Jeffrey William Anderson (born 26 April 1928) is a Canadian music critic, journalist

Journalist

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, and television

Television producer

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 and radio producer

Radio producer

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.

Born in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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, Anderson is the son of composer W. H. Anderson and the brother of soprano and actress Evelyne Anderson. He earned a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1951 from the University of Winnipeg

University of Winnipeg

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 and a Master of Philosophy

Master of Philosophy

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 in history from the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 in 1960. Although not a musician by profession, he studied both the organ and piano with Hugh Bancroft and is recognized as an authority on British composers.

From 1951-1953 Anderson was an employee of Boosey & Hawkes

Boosey & Hawkes

Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and wind musical instruments....

 in the London office of their promotions department. In 1959-1960 and 1966-1968 he worked as a music critic for the Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press

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. In 1960 he became a music producer in both radio and television for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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. For CBC Television

CBC Television

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 he produced the 1963 broadcast of Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....

's Savitri

Savitri (opera)

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and the TV series Recital. From 1968-1972 he served as the CBC's program representative in England. He then returned to Canada to become suprervisor of radio program evaluation for CBC Radio

CBC Radio

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 in Toronto in 1973. He left that post to work as the CBC's national supervisor of radio arts from 1975-1977. He then worked as an executive music producer for CBC Radio from 1977-1982. From 1983-1990 he was a member of the School of Journalism faculty at the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

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. Since 1990 he has worked as a freelance journalist in Winnipeg.