For several years, Concert Lachine has been seeking to showcase young up-and-coming guitarists from Montreal’s music scene with the help of its faithful partner, the Lachine-based professor and educator, Patrick Kearney. This concert, which kicks off the 2024-2025 season of the Notes et Brioches series, once again demonstrates the immense talent and potential of a new cohort of guitarists. Come and discover these young guitarists, as well as the extraordinary instrument that is the guitar.

LOCATION / TIME
L’Entrepôt (2901, boul. Saint-Joseph, Lachine)
Arrival: 10:30 a.m. | Concert start: 11:00 a.m.

COST
Cost: $5 | Free for ages 12 and under
Recital, coffee, juice, and brioche included.
No tickets required: first come, first served.

BIOGRAPHIES

Jaime Basurto Ponce

Jaime Basurto is a music student at Schulich School of Music with Classical Guitar as a main instrument. After his family immigrated from Mexico when he was 4 years old, music became an outlet that helped him throughout his life to remember his roots and connect with his new home. He studied classical guitar under Benoit Massicotte in the Arts-Études program at l’École Secondaire Curé-Antoine Labelle in Laval. During the pandemic, he studied and completed his pre-university studies in music at Vanier College under Patrick Kearney, who is currently teaching him at McGill University. Recently, he studied jazz guitar under Brazilian guitar master, Paolo Mari, and participated at Clazz Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy.

Nicolas Baraby

Nicolas Baraby started learning music in elementary school and began studying the classical guitar there. At high-school, Nicolas played and performed with the high school guitar ensemble. It was in 2020 that Nicolas met the guitarist and teacher, Patrick Kearney with whom he is now studying for his Bachelor’s degree at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music.
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