Robert Comrie Turner, CM (June 6, 1920 – January 26, 2012) was a Canadian composer, educator, and radio producer.
[1] Born in Montreal, Turner graduated in 1943 with a bachelor's degree in music from McGill University, following studies with Douglas Clarke and Claude Champagne.
[1] While enrolled briefly at Colorado College in 1947, he met the percussionist, Sara Scott, whom he married in 1949.
His students included Peter Allen, Pat Carrabré, Jim Hiscott, Diana McIntosh, and Glenn Buhr.
The composer himself described his music as lyrical and tonal; it also has been noted that Turner could integrate "contemporary techniques with a strong command of mood and evocation, especially of place.