Daisy Sweeney
Daisy Peterson Sweeney (May 7, 1920 – August 11, 2017) was a Canadian music teacher, known for having taught many of the most notable figures in jazz music.
Daisy Sweeney | |
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Birth name | Daisy Elitha Peterson |
Born | May 7, 1920 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died | August 11, 2017 97) | (aged
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Music teacher |
Instruments | Piano |
Sweeney was born in Montreal in 1920. Her students included Oliver Jones, Ken Skinner, Joe Sealy, Reg Wilson, and her brother, Oscar Peterson.[1] Sweeney would take her students to McGill University for preparatory exams and performances.[2]
Beyond teaching, she also co-founded the Montreal Black Community Youth Choir (now called the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir) with Trevor W. Payne in 1974.[3] She was also the mother of Canadian Olympic athlete and television journalist Sylvia Sweeney.[4] Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre tweeted in August 2017 that he intends for the city to name a street after her.[5]
In 2018, Sweeney was honoured with a community mural on a building in Montreal's Little Burgundy neighbourhood.[6] The artist, Kevin Ledo, also painted a mural of Leonard Cohen in the city's Plateau neighbourhood.[6]
References
- "Daisy Peterson Sweeney". Historica Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- "Street to be named for Daisy Peterson Sweeney: Coderre". Montreal Gazette. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
- "International Women's Day: Women who helped shape Montreal". CBC News. CBC/Radio-Canada. March 8, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- Hemmerick, Kenneth. "Biographies". NCC Montreal. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- "'We won't forget you': Montreal street to be named after Daisy Sweeney". CBC News. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- "Daisy Sweeney mural 'captures her spirit,' says daughter at unveiling". CBC News Montreal, October 23, 2018.