Joseph Masella (french hornist)
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Joseph Masella was a Canadian
french hornist and music educator.
Masella was born in Montreal
into the well known Masella family of musicians. His father Frank Masella was principal clarinetist with a number of important Canadian orchestras and his grandfather Raffaele Masella had played the clarinet with the Montreal Concert Band and the Victoria Rifles Band during the 19th century. All of his brothers were also professional musicians and they all played together in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
: Pietro (oboist), Rodolfo (bassoonist), Alfred (violinist), and Mario (violinist). Joseph notably premiered Michel Perrault
's Serenade per tre fratelli on CBC TV with his brothers Paul and Giulio in 1964.
Masella studied the french horn with Harry Berv at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal from 1943-1946. While a student he was appointed principal horn of both the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the CBC Montreal Orchestra, holfing both posts from 1943-1969. He also played for the CBC 'Little Symphonies' Orchestra for many years and partnered with the Masella Wind Trio for performances and recordings.
Masella served on the music faculties of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (1946–1987), the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec
(1946–1964), and at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières
(1965–1986). Two of his notable pupils included horn players Paul Marcotte and Marc Bouchard. He died in Montreal at the age of 71.
Canada
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french hornist and music educator.
Masella was born in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
into the well known Masella family of musicians. His father Frank Masella was principal clarinetist with a number of important Canadian orchestras and his grandfather Raffaele Masella had played the clarinet with the Montreal Concert Band and the Victoria Rifles Band during the 19th century. All of his brothers were also professional musicians and they all played together in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
: Pietro (oboist), Rodolfo (bassoonist), Alfred (violinist), and Mario (violinist). Joseph notably premiered Michel Perrault
Michel Perrault
Michel Brunet Perrault is a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and percussionist. As a composer, his work largely pulls on Canadian folk melodies and his compositions avoid modernism in favor of classical ideas of harmony and counterpoint. He described his own work in these words, "I'm...
's Serenade per tre fratelli on CBC TV with his brothers Paul and Giulio in 1964.
Masella studied the french horn with Harry Berv at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal from 1943-1946. While a student he was appointed principal horn of both the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the CBC Montreal Orchestra, holfing both posts from 1943-1969. He also played for the CBC 'Little Symphonies' Orchestra for many years and partnered with the Masella Wind Trio for performances and recordings.
Masella served on the music faculties of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (1946–1987), the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec
Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec
The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec is a music conservatory located in Quebec City, Quebec. Founded by the Quebec government in 1944, it became the second North American music institution of higher learning to be entirely state-subsidized...
(1946–1964), and at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières
The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières is a music conservatory located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.Most of the school's students come from the Saint-Maurice region of Quebec; many of them from the conservatoire preparatory programs at the school of St-Gabriel du Cap-de-la-Madeleine...
(1965–1986). Two of his notable pupils included horn players Paul Marcotte and Marc Bouchard. He died in Montreal at the age of 71.