Ensemble ArtChoral: Simply the best vocal ensemble in Québec.

Ensemble ArtChoral
Matthias Maute conductor

INTRODUCTORY TALK PRESENTED BY:

Desjardins Caisse de Lachine

CONCERT PRESENTED BY:

Desjardins Caisse de Lachine

SCHEDULE

7:15pm : Introductory talk by Richard Turp.

7:30pm: Concert

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MUSICIANS

Ensemble ArtChoral
Direction : Matthias Maute – conductor

Sopranos
• Meagan Chartrand
• Charlotte Corwin
• Marie Magistry
• Lea Weilbrenner

Altos
• Rosalie Lane-Lépine
• Claudine Ledoux
• Marie-Andrée Mathieu
• Sandra Simard

Tenors
• Kerry Bursey
• Aldeo Jean

Basses
• Pierre-Étienne Bergeron
• Maxence Ferland

BIOGRAPHIES

Matthias Maute

Conductor, Choir Director, Composer, Flutist
Two-time JUNO Award Winner
Opus Award – Artistic Director of the Year

A two-time JUNO Award winner and recipient of the Opus Award for Artistic Director of the Year, Matthias Maute is internationally recognized as a conductor, composer, and soloist on both the recorder and the flute. He is the artistic director of Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble ArtChoral, and the Bach Society of Minnesota, as well as the co-artistic director of the Montreal Baroque Festival.

A regular guest at major international festivals, Matthias Maute is celebrated for his bold and innovative artistic vision. The New York Times described Ensemble Caprice, the Montreal-based orchestra he directs, as a “group that encourages the listener to hear the world anew.”

With over twenty recordings on the ATMA Classique and Analekta labels, Matthias Maute has also established himself as a prolific composer. His works are published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Amadeus, Moeck, and Carus.

In 2020, he launched the Mini-Concerts Santé et Diversité initiative, delivering 17,000 Mini-Concerts Santé to 130,000 people in hundreds of communities. Matthias is also the founder of ClassiqueInclusif, a project dedicated to promoting inclusion and diversity within the world of classical music.

Ensemble ArtChoral

Ensemble ArtChoral is a professional choir that has been steeped in the grand tradition of choral music in Quebec for over 40 years, with the mission to present professional choral music in Quebec, Canada and abroad. The ensemble won the Opus Award for Musical Event of the Year in 2020. Ensemble ArtChoral has established Maison symphonique as home for its Montreal concert series and is the professional choir in residence for 2023 to 2027 with Festival Classica and Le Nouvel Opéra Métropolitain. With extensive touring in Canada and Quebec, ArtChoral has provided outstanding choral music to cities and communities in all 10 Canadian provinces. ArtChoral’s annual tour with Handel’s Messiah has become a staple of cultural life in Quebec. Their album Messiah with soprano Karina Gauvin was nominated for a Juno Award. The choir’s director, Matthias Maute, a two-time Juno Award winner, has earned an international reputation for his work as artistic director of Ensemble ArtChoral, Ensemble Caprice and the Bach Society of Minnesota, and as co-artistic director of the Montreal Baroque Festival. Ensemble ArtChoral has made 5 000 singer hires since March 2020, engaging more than 150 different professional singers. Ensemble ArtChoral is co-founder of the annual Mini-Concerts Santé & Mini-Opéras Santé. Since 2020, some 17 000 free Mini-Concerts Santé and Mini-Opéras Santé have been delivered “door to door” to 130 000 children, adolescents, seniors, adults and families from underserved neighbourhoods across more than 100 districts, regions and cities. In 2021, Mini-Concerts Santé musicians from Quebec performed in all 10 Canadian provinces. Music for Hope, a documentary financed by the Canada Council for the Arts, was broadcast on Radio-Canada Arts. Ensemble ArtChoral is co-founder of the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes, dedicated to developing new contemporary operas by emerging Canadian female or non-binary composers and librettists who demonstrate extraordinary promise in opera creation. The prizes are awarded to teams for original opera compositions in English or French as well as Jewish or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) works. Since 2018, 12 new operas have been created. Ensemble ArtChoral is a partner in Art Choral, a unique project tracing the history of choral singing over six centuries. With 11 albums, 11 streaming concerts and 110 video clips featuring works by 50 composers from the 16th to the 21st century, the Ensemble has developed a world-class digital library of a cappella choral music throughout history, in partnership with ATMA Classique, Mécénat Marchand and Mécénat Musica. Since 2022, Art Choral Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast has provided collaborative choral music to communities across Canada. Ensemble ArtChoral has also commissioned 13 female composers to compose choral music to be recorded and released on the ATMA Classique label, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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