Gary Hayes, born in Hamilton in 1948, showed an early interest in music. He studied violin, piano, percussion and theory, beginning at the age of seven, and performed in an orchestra and a variety of bands. He entered the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, where he obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Composition. His teachers there were John Beckwith and John Weinzweig.

After graduating, he was one of a group of six composers ...

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