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Stéphane has a special interest in French music. After sharing Charpentier’s Concerts pour violes last year, Stéphane brings us orchestral selections from Lully’s Bourgeois gentilhomme. All excerpts are available in their original form playable with strings, oboes, bassoons, as well as in arrangements for recorders. All together, this will make for a fun afternoon of exploring French dance movements, including the Ouverture, Chaconne des Scaramouches, Canarie, and the most famous Marche des Turcs.
Stéphane was born and raised in a small town near the city of Québec. He started music lessons at age seven. In high school he discovered his interest in choral and orchestral conducting. During his time in the McGill Chamber Singers, he fell in love with early music; that passion still flows in him today. He received a B. Mus in piano performance from McGill and master’s degree in choral conducting from the University of Illinois. He is very privileged to have studied conducting with Fred Stoltzfus and Frieder Bernius. Nowadays, he devotes his energies in teaching privately and working with Kammerchor London, an early music ensemble in London Ontario.