Kerry Bursey is a Canadian tenor and plucked string instrumentalist from Montréal. An early music specialist and a versatile singer, he is acclaimed for his “clear voice, made of dreamy troubadouresque sweetness” (Ôlyrix, France) and “beneficent tenderness” (Le Temps, Switzerland). He is a sought-after lutenist and guitarist, notably invested in self-accompaniment, from lute songs to […]
Named Radio-Canada’s 2023–2024 classical breakout artist, Elisabeth St-Gelais completed a master’s degree in the Opera and Voice program at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in April 2023. As a member of the Innu First Nation from the community of Pessamit, she attaches immense importance to sharing her culture through her mission as an artist. […]
Known for her sensitivity and enthusiasm, Louise Pelletier has led a career as a pianist, accompanist and vocal coach. For over 20 years, Pelletier has held the position of accompanist/vocal coach at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music and serves as a rehearsal pianist for Opera McGill. She is an official pianist for the Canadian […]
The world-renowned Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is proud to be one of Canada’s oldest, largest, and best-known choral organizations. The Choir presented its first concert on January 15, 1895, as part of Massey Hall’s inaugural season, and has been a leader in choral music in Canada ever since, commissioning works by Canadian composers and presenting world […]
Praised for her “staggering range of vocal alchemy” (Adam Scime, Musicworks) and described as “mindbendingly versatile” (Organ), Sarah Albu is a singer and performance maker whose work moves fluidly between different forms, genres and collaborations. A prolific and active soloist specializing in new/experimental music, 20th-century repertoire, chamber music and free improvisation, she can be heard […]
Taking its name from an evocative composition by iconic Montréal composer Claude Vivier, Paramirabo was founded in 2008 by young musicians at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. The ensemble has since forged new paths through its audacious programs, multiple collaborations and exchanges, engagement with the public, and its commitment to showcasing new music works […]
Described as a “rising star” by Musicworks magazine, Juno-nominated composer Jared Miller’s eclectic music is “playful” (The New York Times), “hypnotic” (Sequenza21), “phantasmagorical” (Lucid Culture) and “highly personal” (CBC Radio). He has collaborated with the American Composers Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, the symphony orchestras of Montréal, Vancouver, Toronto, Nova Scotia, Detroit, New Jersey and Chicago, […]
Called “a brilliant musical scientist” (CBC), “breathtakingly inventive” (Sydney Times Herald), and “utterly inspiring” (I Care If You Listen), multi award-winning composer and filmmaker Nicole Lizée explores themes of malfunction, glitch, turntablism, rave culture, urbex, film theory, psychedelia, game culture, experimental fashion, and thrash metal to create a new kind of expression. Nicole’s works are […]
Keiko Devaux is a contemporary music composer based in Montréal. Her approach embraces a love of electroacoustic sounds and methodology by manipulating and distorting acoustic sound with digital tools, and then transcribing or retranslating it back into musical notation and the acoustic realm. Her varied interests include emotional experience and affect, auto-organizational phenomena in nature […]
Three-time Grammy nominee Missy Mazzoli was recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Her music has been performed by the Kronos Quartet, LA Opera, Eighth Blackbird, the BBC Symphony, Scottish Opera, Norwegian National Opera and […]
