About Arlene Pach
Lived 1928 – 2000 (aged 71). Arlene Pach was a music educator, pianist and classical pianist.
Arlene Nimmons was born in Kamloops in 1928. She was a piano student of Boris Roubakine at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, where she earned an Associate Diploma in 1945. She made her professional debut in 1947 with the Vancouver Junior Symphony. In 1960 she and her husband Joseph Pach, whom she had married in 1954, formed the Duo Pach. Arlene Pach continued to perform as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as with Duo Pach.
In 1966 the Pachs initiated an annual Chamber Music and All That Jazz Festival at UNB. Arlene Pach was the festival's artistic director until it ceased in 1983.
After her death in 2000 the Arlene Nimmons Pach endowment fund was set up to fund a scholarship at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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Who was Arlene Pach?
musical artist
When was Arlene Pach born?
Arlene Pach was born on 26 May 1928 in Kamloops.
When did Arlene Pach die?
Arlene Pach died on 2 March 2000.
What was Arlene Pach's occupation?
Arlene Pach was a music educator, pianist and classical pianist.
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