11 Facts About Serge Garant

Albert Antonio Serge Garant, was a Canadian composer, conductor, music critic, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of Musique de notre siecle on Radio-Canada.

Serge Garant attended the Sacred Heart of Jesus Elementary School in Quebec City for three consecutive years.

In 1946, Serge Garant taught himself how to play the saxophone.

Serge Garant chose to dedicate himself to learning piano, where he was initially supervised by Sylvio Lacharite, one of the creators of the Symphony Orchestra of Sherbrooke.

Thereafter, Serge Garant continued his piano studies in Montreal with Yvonne Hubert.

In 1951, Garant went to Paris; Serge Garant followed the lessons of Andree Vaurabourg-Honegger and Messiaen.

The first experience of teaching for Serge Garant likely traced back to the summer of 1951, when he was invited to participate in the camp musical Knowlton.

However, it was not until 1967 that Serge Garant was invited by the Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Montreal to teach the twentieth-century composition analysis class.

In 1986, Serge Garant ended his teaching duties due to illness.

However, Serge Garant communicated by telephone from the hospital to assign grades to his students through another professor of music from the University of Montreal.

Serge Garant participated in several radio programs as an expert, but his career as a host for CBC began in 1955 with Do-Mi-Sol and continued through Sur nos ondes and Musique de notre siecle.