Violinist Starts Over In Canada
- Publication
- Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 30 Nov 1983
Description
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Description
- Alec Hou ; assistant concertmaster with Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra ; started career in native Shanghai ; Shanghai Ballet Orchestra ; arrived in Thunder Bay last year ; repairs and tunes violins, begun making violin bows ; skilled craftsman ; bow requires special wood from Brazil ; needs to dry for 6 months, found supplier near Toronto ; in China graduates guaranteed a job ; had to start over in Canada ; joined orchestra in Toronto first ; wife Yvonne also violinist ; daughter taking lessons from father, already a pianist ; photo
- Notes
- Full text available in Newspaper Clipping File
File subject: LF - Thunder Bay - Biography - Hou, Alec
Full text available on microfilm - Date of Publication
- 30 Nov 1983
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.4001 Longitude: -89.31683
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