left there in 1976 to join the faculty of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières. He served as that school's director from 1978 to 1980. He also was involved with the music program in the Mauricie public school district. Among his notable pupils are Albert Grenier and Jacques Hétu. Savaria died in 1998. References 1916 births 1998 deaths Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people Canadian classical pianists Male classical pianists Canadian composers Canadian male composers Canadian music educators Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal faculty Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières faculty Nazi concentration camp survivors Ondists Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni Canadian male pianists 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century Canadian male musicians