Eldon Rathburn Timeline

By gzarlino

  • b. Queenstown (Pleasant Villa), New Brunswick, Canada

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    Eldon Rathburn

  • SJVS Graduation Ceremony

  • McGill Licentiate (in absentia)

  • Sister Joan Rathburn born (Saint John, NB)

  • CPRS composition prize from Lord Tweedsmuir (Rideau Hall)

  • Associateship (Royal Cd'n College of Organists)

  • Receives TCM Diploma (? date uncertain)

  • Rathburn, Holder & Marion: "Mr. Churchill" (G.V. Thompson)

  • Letter informing ER of unsuccessful appl'n to RCAF

  • Dept. Labour Med.Cert. (need not report for military training)

  • Father Caleb Rathburn dies (Queenstown, NB)

  • L.A. Phil performance of Symphonette (1944 prize winner)

  • Premiere, TSO, "Images of Childhood" (Sir Ernest MacMillan)

  • Seeks Julliard comp teacher (Pres. rec's V Giannini)

  • Virgil T suggests comp study with Harold Knapik (NYC)

  • Honoured (City of St John) & conducts NBS in "City of G"

  • One of six featured Cd'n Centennial composers (Univ. of Sask)

  • Marriage to Marguerite ("Margot") Payette (Montreal, Que.)

  • Moves from Mtl to 641 Bathgate Dr Apt 504, Ottawa

  • mother Blanche Rathburn dies (Montreal, Que)

  • Sister Inez dies (Frederickton, NB)

  • Award of Merit (Inter'l New Music Composers Competition)

    The Rise and Fall of the Steam Railroad

  • Attends banjo workshop with Tony Trischka

  • Declared "Eldon Rathburn Day" by City of Ottawa

  • Trip to Vienna and Czech Republic (Feb 28 - Mar 15)

  • World Cruise (Jan. 11 - Apr. 26)

  • Order of Canada (Rideau Hall, Ottawa)

  • d. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • d. wife Marguerite ("Margot") Payette