Owen Underhill (born January 26, 1954) is a Canadian composer, flutist and conductor based in Vancouver.[1] He is currently a professor of music at Simon Fraser University.[2] He has been an active contributor to the new music scene on the West Coast,[3] as a flutist, as co-music director of Western Front New Music (1982-3), as the artistic director (1987–2000) of the Vancouver New Music Society,[4][5] and as a conductor in Magnetic Band and the Turning Point Ensemble, for which he is also currently the Artistic Co-Director.
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- ^ Words & Music. Vol. 12. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada; 2005. p. 28.
- ^ "Owen Underhill" The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Chuck Davis. The greater Vancouver book: an urban encyclopaedia. Linkman Press; 1 January 1997. ISBN 978-1-896846-00-2. p. 687.
- ^ Ear. Vol. 15. New Wilderness Foundation; March 1990. p. 40.