Alice Vinette

Alice Vinette (24 April 1894 - 17 March 1989) was a Canadian composer, organist,[1] and nun.[2] Her religious name was Sister Marie-Jocelyne.[3]

Vinette was born in Saint-Urbain, Quebec. She studied piano with Romain Octave Pelletier I, organ with Raoul Paquet, composition with Rodolphe Mathieu and Auguste Descarries, and singing with Fleurette Contant. Vinette joined the Sisters of Saint Anne in 1917 as Sister Marie-Jocelyne, a contemporary of composer Lydia Boucher (Sister Marie-Therese). She taught theory, voice, piano, and organ at the school run by the Sisters of Saint Anne.[4]

Vinette's compositions include:

  1. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  2. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. ^ Drone, Jeanette Marie (2007). Musical AKAs : assumed names and sobriquets of composers, songwriters, librettists, lyricists, hymnists, and writers on music. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-0-8108-5739-1. OCLC 62858081.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)