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Dean Burry (born 1972 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian composer, librettist, and educator. He is best known for his operatic adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Early life

Burry began his passion in music at age 10. He was inspired by a teacher to compete in piano competitions. He was also interested in theater, writing plays and musicals for his school drama club.

College

Burry first attended college at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. While at Mount Allison, he produced and conducted The Resurrection, Joe and Mary Had a Baby, and Unto the Earth: Vignettes of a War. He later went to the University of Toronto and studied composition.

Awards

• In 2011, Burry was given the Louis Applebaum Composers Award.

Music

Operas

• Unto the Earth: Vignettes of a War
• The Brothers Grimm (for the Canadian Opera Company)
• The Hobbit (for the Canadian Children’s Opera Company)
• The Vinland Traveller
• Isis and the Seven Scorpions (for the Canadian Opera Company)
• Pandora's Locker (for The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory of Music)
• A Creature of Habit
• Baby Kintyre
• The Mummers' Masque
• The Bremen Town Musicians (for Opera Lyra Ottawa)
• Angela and Her Sisters
• The Secret World of OG (for the Canadian Children’s Opera Company)
• Le nez de la sorcière
• The Bells of Baddeck
• The Sword in the Schoolyard
• Shanawdithit (for Tapestry Opera)

Musical Theatre

• Under the Night
• Emily of New Moon
• Rainbow Valley
• Songs of the Island (for the Charlottetown Festival)
• Home and Away (for Live Bait Theatre)
• The Heart That Knows (for Live Bait Theatre)
• Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story
• Beacon of Light

See also

• Music Contributors from The Hobbit
• List of Canadian composers
• List of University of Toronto people

References

1. "Dean Burry, composer of The Hobbit opera visits Sarasota to promote the opera | HeraldTribune.com". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
2. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - Unto the Earth: Vignettes of a War
3. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - The Brothers Grimm
4. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - The Hobbit
5. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - Isis and the Seven Scorpions
6. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - Pandora's Locker
7. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - The Bremen Town Musicians
8. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - The Secret World of OG
9. The official website of composer/librettist Dean Burry - Shawnadithit

External links

• Dean Burry Interview on Brothers Grimm opera Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Canadian composers
• Canadian male composers
• Musicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
• University of Toronto alumni
• Mount Allison University alumni