FALCK, Robert Alan - Robert Falck died peacefully, in Toronto on December 2, 2023, at the age of 86.
He was predeceased by Erika, his wife of over 35 years.
He leaves behind his daughter, Joanna; sons, Hendrik and Brian; and grandchildren, Zachary, Charlotte, Kirstyn and Kathleen Falck.
Robert was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on September 14, 1937.
He received his BMus from the New England Conservatory and his MFA and PhD from Brandeis University in musicology. While researching his PhD at the University of Göttingen as a Fulbright fellow, he met Erika.
Following their marriage, he moved to Toronto in 1967, accepting a job at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. He was twice Acting Dean (1981, 1995-6) and once Associate Dean (1979-83), during his more than thirty years at the Faculty of Music.
He particularly enjoyed mentoring graduate students, supervising over a dozen PhD dissertations.
He retired in 2003 which allowed him to travel extensively and investigate his genealogical roots.
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