Bruce Carey | |
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Born | |
Died | May 6, 1960 | (aged 83)
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Music educator |
Years active | Conductor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Music |
Institutions | Royal Hamilton College of Music |
Bruce Anderson Carey (16 November 1876 – 8 May 1960) was a Canadian choir conductor, baritone, and music educator. He began his career in Hamilton, Ontario, where he notably founded the Bach-Elgar Choir in 1905. After directing that ensemble for seventeen years, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States where he was conductor of two famous choruses: the Mendelssohn Club and The Bach Choir of Bethlehem.[1]