# Brian Cherney

Artist · Montreal, QC

Brian Cherney is a Montreal composer and McGill educator whose intricate concert music has shaped Canadian contemporary composition for more than five decades.

## Links

- [mcgill](https://www.mcgill.ca/music/fr/brian-cherney)
- [apple-music-classical](https://classical.music.apple.com/us/artist/167075843)

## Sources

- [Current McGill faculty profile identifying Brian Cherney in Montréal, Québec and his music faculty role](https://www.mcgill.ca/music/fr/brian-cherney) — 2026-08-19
- [McGill biography documenting the five-decade teaching career and catalogue of more than one hundred compositions](https://www.mcgill.ca/cherney75/about/brian-cherney) — 2026-08-19
- [Governor General of Canada Order of Canada citation identifying Cherney as a Montréal composer](https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-101187) — 2026-08-19
- [Canadian Music Centre composer showcase and catalogue records](https://collections.cmccanada.org/final/Portal/Composer-Showcase.aspx?component=AAIL&record=6ae7d4f9-0f28-41eb-97cc-5ccdd104e048) — 2026-08-19
- [Apple Music Classical profile with exact composer identity and listed works](https://classical.music.apple.com/us/artist/167075843) — 2026-08-19
- [Stable exact MusicBrainz identity reference](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d4931709-b52d-44a3-9f8c-8ea85c84ecd6) — 2026-08-19
- [Stable Canadian composer identity reference for Q912002](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912002) — 2026-08-19

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Profile: https://musiclist.ca/artist/brian-cherney
Last checked: 2026-08-19