BIOGRAPHY (for the short version, click here)
A native of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Catherine Meunier began her percussion studies at the age of twelve. She is the first percussionist to win the prestigious Prix d'Europe and, on this occasion, she also received the Canadian Music Centre Prize for the best interpretation of a Canadian composition.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Catherine Meunier has given concerts in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Taiwan and Japan. She has been a guest soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Mexico, the Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil and Ensemble Prestissimo. Her duo, with flautist Marie-Hélène Breault, performed over forty concerts in Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes as part of the 2004-2005 Jeunesses Musicales of Canada concert season. The duo was also a finalist of the prestigious Opus prize 2006-2007 for Concert of the year - Regions. She is an active performer of contemporary music, having premiered many works for marimba or percussion by composers such as Andrew MacDonald, Michel Frigon, Alejandra Odgers, Nicolas Gilbert, Christien Ledroit, Katia Makdissi-Warren and Emily Hall. In November 2006, she was a guest performer at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, Texas, alongside Shawn Mativetsky and Marie-Hélène Breault. She has given several master classes in Canada in addition to being a jury member at the Canadian Music Competition. She is a founding member of the Ensemble Mont-Royal and the violin-marimba duo, The Wooden Project. She is also heard on the airwaves of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio-Canada and Opus 94 (Mexico).
Catherine Meunier completed her Doctor of Music in Performance at the Université de Montréal. She also holds a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Music in Performance from McGill University and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Sherbrooke. She has studied with numerous professors such as Robert van Sice, Mario Boivin, Serge Desgagnés, D'Arcy Gray, Andrei Malashenko and Pierre Béluse.
Catherine Meunier is sponsored by the Pearl/Adams Corporation.
A native of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Catherine Meunier is the first percussionist to win the prestigious Prix d'Europe. As a soloist and chamber musician, Catherine Meunier has given concerts in Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and Japan. She has been a guest soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Mexico, the Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil and Ensemble Prestissimo. She is an active performer of contemporary music, having premiered many works for marimba or percussion by composers such as Andrew MacDonald, Michel Frigon, Alejandra Odgers, Nicolas Gilbert, Christien Ledroit, Katia Makdissi-Warren and Emily Hall. Catherine Meunier completed her Doctor of Music in Performance at the Université de Montréal. She also holds a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Music in Performance from McGill University and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Sherbrooke. She has studied with numerous professors such as Robert van Sice, Mario Boivin, Serge Desgagnés, D'Arcy Gray, Andrei Malashenko and Pierre Béluse.
Catherine Meunier is an artist sponsored by the Pearl/Adams Corporation.
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