Geneviève Leclair
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Geneviève Leclair is an active guest conductor with organizations across Canada, the United States and the U.K. She is a principal guest conductor with Orchestre Classique de Montréal and an associate professor at Berklee College of Music where she has been teaching since 2016. Equally at home in the symphony, ballet, and opera worlds, she was the music director of the Parkway Concert Orchestra from 2013 to 2019, the assistant conductor and guest conductor for Boston Ballet from 2010 to 2017, and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Conductors Guild from 2017 to 2020.
In recent years, she has also had the opportunity to work with orchestras such as The National Ballet of Canada, Northern Ballet, Winnipeg Symphony, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Symphony New Hampshire, Symphony New Brunswick, Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Concord Orchestra, and Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, among others. In 2020, she conducted the Québec premiere of Laura Kaminsky’s opera, As One, with Orchestre Classique de Montréal in a live stream that has since been broadcasted on OUTV to rave reviews.
- Assistant Conductor, Boston Ballet
- Music Director, Parkway Concert Orchestra
- Principal Guest Conductor, Orchestre Classique de Montréal
- Guest conducting appearances include New England Conservatory Chamber, Philharmonia and Youth Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse University Symphony Orchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, and Symphony New Hampshire, The National Ballet of Canada, Northern Ballet (UK), Orchestre Métropolitain, Boston Ballet, and Orchestre Symphonique de Sherbrooke
- Recorded with Josh Rzepka: Baroque Music for Trumpet, Five/Four Productions (2010)
- Published Les Devoirs du Prof Rémi, Vol. 2–6, Éditions École de Musique Vincent-d'Indy (2008–2013); Prof Solfa's Workbooks, Vol. 2–6, Éditions École de Musique Vincent-d'Indy (201); Littérature Musicale, vol. 4–7, Éditions École de Musique Vincent-d'Indy (2010–2015); Programme de Flûte Traversière, Éditions École de Musique Vincent-d'Indy (2006)
- Instruments include flute, piccolo, and recorder
- 2017 American Prize in Conducting, college/university division
- 2017 American Prize in Conducting, professional division, 2nd place
- 2010 Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award in Orchestral Conducting
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School NameBoston UniversityState or ProvinceMassachusettsDegreeDoctor of Musical Arts (DMA)Field of StudyOrchestral ConductingDate Degree Received
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School NameUniversité de MontréalCountryCanadaDegreeMaster of Music (MM)Field of StudyContemporary Classical Music PerformanceDate Degree Received
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School NameUniversité de MontréalCountryCanadaDegreeBachelor of Music (BM)Field of StudyContemporary Classical Music PerformanceDate Degree Received
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School NameÉcole de musique Vincent d'IndyCountryCanadaDegreeDiploma of College Studies (DCS)Field of StudyMusicDate Degree Received
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School NameCollège Jean-de-BrébeufCountryCanadaDegreeDiploma of College Studies (DCS)Date Degree Received
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School NameCollège St-Alexandre de la GatineauCountryCanadaDegreeHigh School Diploma (HS)Date Degree Received