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Catherine Meunier, percussionnist
7701, avenue De Gaspé
Montréal (Québec)
H2R 2A5
Phone: (514) 808-1956
Email: info@CatherineMeunier.com
Education
| 2001-2004 | Doctor of Music in Performance |
| Université de Montréal | |
| 1999-2001 | Graduate Performance Diploma |
| Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University | |
| Baltimore, United States | |
| 1997-1999 | Master of Music in Performance |
| McGill University | |
| 1994-1997 | Bachelor of Music in Performance |
| Université de Sherbrooke | |
Prizes
| 2008 | Finalist, Opus prize, Concert of the Year - Regions |
| (Duo Meunier-Breault) | |
| 2001 | Prix Jeunes artistes of Radio-Canada |
| 2000 | Prix d'Europe |
| 2000 | Canadian Music Centre Prize |
Funding
| 2008 |
Career Development
Program for the creation of a web site |
| 2005 | Artist
Ambassador Grant City of Sherbrooke |
| 2001-2004 | Doctorate
Grant Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture |
| 1999-2001 | Full
Study Grant Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore |
Concerts
Solo and Chamber Recitals (select list)
| 2007 | Piazzola resurrection, soloist alongside Denis Plante and Noémi Racine-Gaudreault |
| 2007 | Quintette Mont-Royal, performances at the Domaine Forget International Festival in Saint-Irénée and the Up To Your Ears festival, Montreal |
| 2007 | Duo
Meunier/Breault, Jetstream, a concert of premieres for flute
and percussion, Lennoxville and Montreal *Opus prize finalist for the Lennoxville concert |
| 2006 | Trio Mativetsky-Meunier-Breault (Trio Kali), performance at the Percussive Arts International Convention, Austin, TX |
| 2006 | Bradyworks, Canadian tour of the chamber opera Three Cities in the Life of Dr. Norman Bethune |
| 2006 | Recital solo, Up To Your Ears festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal |
| 2006 | Allegra music series, L'Histoire du soldat, with members of the MSO, Redpath Hall, Montreal |
| 2005 | Quintette
Mont-Royal, Up To Your Ears festival, Christ Church Cathedral,
Montreal * TOP 5 classical concerts of the year 2005, Voir Montreal |
| 2005 | Solo Recital, Évolutions concert series, Innovations en concerts, Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, Montreal. |
| 2005 | Duo
Gray/Meunier, concerts in Montreal and Lennoxville *Recorded by Radio-Canada |
| 2004-2005 | Duo
Meunier/Breault, On Tour in Canada, presented by Jeunesses musicales
of Canada, with the flautist Marie-Hélène Breault *40 concerts in Canada |
| 2003 | Concerts
with Emmanuel Séjourné (France) Concerts in Lennoxville and Montreal *Recorded by Radio-Canada |
| 2003 | Ensemble Mahapooram, Himalaya, premiere of Himalaya, dance and contemporary music, Usine C, Montreal |
| 2001 | The
Wooden Project, Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal *Recorded by Radio-Canada |
| 2000 | Trio de percussion, tour, Montreal, Taipei (Taiwan) and Tokyo (Japan) |
Concertos
| 2008 |
Alejandra Odgers,
Moemi, concerto for marimba and orchestra |
| 2001 | Eric Ewazen,
Marimba Concerto Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil Marc David, conductor |
| 1997 | Peter Klatsow,
Marimba Concerto Ensemble Prestissimo, Sherbrooke François Bernier, conductor |
Ensembles
Musique de chambre
| 2008-… | Ensemble Mont-Royal,
an ensemble of varying geometry comprised of Marie-Hélène
Breault, flute, Marie-Julie Chagnon, clarinet, Pierre-Yves Martel, contrabass,
Catherine Meunier and Shawn Mativetsky, percussion |
| 2004-2008 | Quintette Mont-Royal,
flute, clarinet, contrabass, percussion and marimba |
| 2000-2008 | Duo Meunier/Breault,
flute-marimba duo with Marie-Hélène Breault *Continues to exist as a subset of Ensemble Mont-Royal |
| 2000-… | The Wooden Project, violon-marimba duo with Annaliesa Place (2000-2005), and Noémi Racine-Gaudreault (2006-…) |
Orchestras (select list)
| Percussionist (substitute) | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke | |
| I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra | |
| Les Grands Ballets Canadiens Orchestra | |
Contemporary Music Ensembles
| Percussionist (substitute) | Société de musique contemporaine du Québec |
| Ensemble contemporain de Montréal | |
| Bradyworks | |
Teaching
| 2007-… |
Percussion Professor |
| 2006 | Master Class,
Moving Around the Marimba McGill University |
| 2004 | Master Class,
Evolution of the Marimba Repertoire McGill University, Université de Sherbrooke, Cégep d'Alma, Conservatoire de Rimouski |
| 2003 | Lecturer in percussion Université de Sherbrooke |
| 2001-… | Teacher, various youth orchestras and schools with a concentration in music |
| 2000-2001 | Assistant, master classes of Robert Van Sice, Canadian and American universities |
| 1993-… | Private Teacher |
Implication professionnelle
| 2007-… |
Member of Groupe Le Vivier, representing Ensemble Mont-Royal |
| 2007-… | Member of the Conseil québécois de la musique |
| 2005-… | Member of the society Codes d'accès |
| 2003 ; 2005 | Jury Member, Canadian Music Competition |
| 2004-… | External examiner, McGill University, undergraduate recitals |
Discography
| Estria Woodwind Quintet | Grant,
Chan, MacDonald, Lemay, Gougeon, ATMA Classique, ACD2 2357, Stanstead, Québec, 2004. Participation in Nature/Nurture de Chan Ka Nin *Opus prize finalist 2004-2005 |
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Luna Pearl Woolf |
Après
moi, le Déluge, Oxingale records, Montréal, 2006. Participation in Orpheus on Sappho's Shore, Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, dir. Véronique Lacroix. |
Catherine Meunier is an artist sponsored by the Pearl/Adams corporation
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