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Ruth Watson Henderson
Canadian composer and pianist
Ruth Louise Watson Henderson (born 23 November 1932) is a Canadian composer and pianist.[1] She was the accompanist for the Festival Singers of Canada under Dr.
Elmer Iseler for many years, where she developed her ear for composing mixed-choral works.[2] Henderson also accompanied the Toronto Children's Chorus under Jean Ashworth Bartle from its inception in 1978 to 2007 and was music director for Kingsway-Lambton United Church in Toronto from 1996 to 2013.[1]
An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, Watson Henderson's compositional output includes works for organ, piano, violin, trumpet, string orchestra, and more than 200 choral pieces.[1][3] Her works are known for their use of modal and impressionisticharmonies.
In 1989 her Chromatic Partita for Organ won a prize in an International Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim, Germany. In 1992 her Voices of Earth wo