Frances Adaskin

Frances Alice Adaskin, CM (née Marr; August 23, 1900 – March 8, 2001)[1] was a Canadian pianist.

She also began playing the piano at an early age under the direction of Whitney Scherer.

[1] The couple travelled until 1938 on tour of North America and Europe with the Hart House String Quartet.

[note 1][2] She also completed her unpublished memoirs, titled Fran's Scrapbook: A Talking Dream.

It was awarded for "...a life devoted to music as accompanist of international repute and as a soloist and teacher..."[3] She was invested as a Member on April 29, 1977.