Bernier, Conrad 9.may.1904-7.nov.1988 Canada, Quebec City - USA, Washington DCpianist, organist, studied solfege, organ and piano with his father, studied piano with Berthe Roy, 1920-1923 organist of the St Sacrement Church and St Jean Baptiste Church in Quebec City, 1923-1926 in Paris studied piano with Sylva Herard and Simone Ple Caussade, organ with Joseph Bonnet and theory with Georges Caussade, 1927-1974 taught organ at the Catholic University of Washington, 1943-1947 taught at the Conservatories of Quebec in Montreal and Quebec City, 1935-1969 organist of St Anne's Church in Washington DC, 1962 DM from Saint Francis University in Loretto Pennsylvania, 1974-1988 as professor emeritus taught counterpoint, fugue and composition at the Catholic University of Washington ; son of composer Arthur Bernier and Marie Louise Cote who married 8.may.1899 at St Sauveur in Quebec City ; 1927 he married teacher french Denise de Gorostiaga (Monaco, Monte Carlo 1905-)