MOSSIE HANCOCK
Born at Mervin, Mossie Hancock moved to Lloydminster as a youth and
took most of her schooling here. She
has a long association with the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association (SMFA)
as performer teacher and adjudicator. She
has adjudicated at 50 Saskatchewan centres and was the first person to
adjudicate in all ten provinces. It
was always a pleasure to have her adjudicate at a number of festivals here in
Lloydminster.
She performed frequently with her late husband, Gordon Hancock,
Executive Director of the SMFA for eighteen years. They formed a piano duo.
Their performances included Mozart's Concerto in E-flat with the Regina
Symphony Orchestra in 1958 and many public and CBC recitals. They were co-hosts from 1955 - 1974 for the music
appreciation program "AsYou Like It" and "The Music of Man"
on CKCK radio, Regina.
Mossie Hancock is also well known as a writer.
She wrote for the Canada Music Book and Musicanada, as well as
broadcasting extensively for the CBC. Her
book, Music for One... Music for All: The Story of the Saskatchewan Music
Festival Association 19O8-1988, was written in 1988 and was commissioned to
celebrate the Associaton's 80th Anniversary.
Mossie has served on the Advisory Board of the Touring Office of Canada
Council, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Saskatchewan Writers Guild. In 1988
she was made an Honorary Life Member of both the Federation of Canadian Music
Festivals and the SMFA.
Concerning music in Lloydminster, she recalls the following:
Lloydminster has made a strong contribution to music in the province from its
earliest day. In 1910 a
Lloydminster Church Choir journeyed to the Provincial Festival in Saskatoon, and
won the Class a Choral Trophy. Mossie
Hancock makes her home in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Further reading, Music for One...Music for All: The Story of the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association 1908 - 1988 c.
1988 published by Saskatchewan Music Festival Association Inc.
