Marcelle Corneille

Marcelle Corneille (January 27, 1923 – January 3, 2019) was a Canadian administrator and educator in the field of music education. She taught at the Université de Montréal-affiliated École normale de musique from 1949 to 1976 and served as its director from 1957. Corneille founded the Université du Québec à Montréal's (UQAM) music module and was its director until 1978, as well as establishing the École Préparatoire de Musique de l'UQAM in 1976. She also taught at Sir George Williams University and its successor Concordia University and the Thomas More Institute, lectured at events and contributed to musical periodicals. A room in UQAM's Department of Music was named to recognize her legacy at the institution.