Lloyd Burritt - Composer


Lloyd Burritt was born in Vancouver and has resided most of his life in the region, teaching secondary-school music and theatre in North Vancouver. Lloyd's own musical, compositional and conducting education is thoroughly detailed by the Canadian Music Centre, to which his affiliation is that of Associate Composer. Since the late 1970s, regional and provincial festivals have recognized Lloyd's synthesis of musical and educational skills by naming him an adjudicator of composition.

Lloyd has extensive theatre experience and has composed in a wide variety of musical idioms, producing electronic music and numerous choral works as well as major orchestral works. His name has appeared in the programs of eminent orchestras in North America and Europe and of major ensembles in Canada, the USA, Great Britain, and Sweden. Canada Council Arts Grants supported Burritt projects in 1968 and 1970.

A comprehensive account of Lloyd's oeuvre appears in the Canadian Music Encyclopedia. Special projects include "Song for Marshall McLuhan" for the opening ceremony in the Canada Pavilion at Expo 86. Other commissions include:

  • "Assassinations," "Fanfare," and "Electric Tongue" for Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  • "Spectrum" and incidental music for Peer Gynt for CBC Radio
  • "Overdose" for National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • "Memo to RCCO" for Royal College of Canadian Organists
  • "Icon" for Hugh McLean and the CBC Radio
  • "Yellow The Sweet Ache" for the Canadian Music Centre