Philippe Bourque
The aim of my research and thesis is to gain a better understanding of the rhetorical elements used in five of Mendelssohn鈥檚 choral-orchestral masterworks (St. Paul Op.36 / Symphony No. 2 Op.52 鈥淟obgesang鈥� / Die erste Walpurgisnacht Op.60 / Elijah Op.70 / Christus Op. 97) and to garner a renewed interest in the performance practice needed to successfully render these works. While scholars have somewhat touched the presence of seventeenth-century musical forms and idioms in individual works by Mendelssohn, there has been no attempt to place the rhetorical gestures devices of the Musica Poetica specifically within the context of a larger body of works by the composer.
Philippe Bourque, chef de choeur et d鈥檕rchestre, pianiste, p茅dagogue et ma卯tre de chapelle. Musicien polyvalent et passionn茅 de musique chorale et orchestrale, il est nomm茅 directeur artistique du Choeur St-Laurent en mars 2014. Il entreprend avec cet ensemble distingu茅 la tenue de concerts et des collaborations uniques 脿 Montr茅al o霉 les grandes 艙uvres du r茅pertoire choral-orchestrale sont dignement repr茅sent茅es. P茅dagogue r茅solu et convaincu de la n茅cessit茅 d鈥檌nvestir dans nos g茅n茅rations futures, Philippe Bourque enseigne depuis septembre 2010 au Coll猫ge Vanier o霉 il est chef des ch艙urs et professeur de formation auditive. Il a aussi travaill茅 avec les ch艙urs de l鈥櫭ヽole de musique Vincentd鈥橧ndy et les Jeunes Chanteurs de l鈥櫭ヽole F.A.C.E., en plus d鈥檈nseigner la direction en priv茅 et d鈥櫭猼re invit茅 r茅guli猫rement comme juge ou clinicien 脿 divers festivals musicaux d鈥檌ci et d鈥檃illeurs. Il a 茅galement 茅t茅 directeur artistique du Ch艙ur du Mus茅e d鈥檃rt de Joliette (2008-2014), des Petits Chanteurs de la cath茅drale (2005-2007), du groupe vocal Ch艙ur en Jazz (2006-2009) et du ch艙ur Simply Sweetly (aujourd鈥檋ui Les Muses Chorale) de l鈥檜niversit茅 苹果淫院 (2007-2011). Dipl么m茅 de l鈥檜niversit茅 苹果淫院 avec distinction, il 茅tudie la direction chorale et orchestrale avec Julian Wachner, Robert Ingari, Alexis Hauser ainsi qu鈥橧vars Taurins. Il est d茅tenteur d鈥檜n prix du lieutenant-gouverneur 脿 l鈥櫭ヽole de musique Vincent- d鈥橧ndy, boursier du Constance-Willey Prize 脿 l鈥檜niversit茅 苹果淫院 ainsi qu鈥檜ne bourse d鈥櫭﹖udes du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH).
Philippe Bourque, choir master and conductor, pianist, pedagogue and music director. A versatile and passionate musician of choral and orchestral music, he was appointed Artistic Director of St. Lawrence Choir in March 2014. With this distinguished ensemble, he undertakes many concert projects and the planning of unique musical collaborations. An unwavering pedagogue, Philippe is convinced of the necessity to invest in the future generations. He has been teaching at Vanier College since 2010 where he is active as choir master and ear training instructor. He has also worked with the choir of the Vincent-d鈥橧ndy music school and the F.A.C.E. Young Singers. He also gives private lessons in conducting and is regularly invited as a jury member or clinician to countless festivals both here and abroad. He was also artistic director of the Choeur du Mus茅e d鈥檃rt de Joliette (2008-2014), the Petits Chanteurs de la Cath茅drale (2005-2007), the Choeur en Jazz vocalists (2006-2009) and 苹果淫院鈥檚 Simply Sweetly (now Les Muses Chorale, 2007-2011). Philippe Bourque studied choral and orchestral conducting under Julian Wachner, Robert Ingari, Alexis Hauser and Ivars Taurins and graduated from 苹果淫院 with distinction. He is the recipient of a Lieutenant-Governor鈥檚 Award while studying at the Vincent-d鈥橧ndy music school and received 苹果淫院鈥檚 Constance-Willney Music Scholarship and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship (SSHRC).
D.Mus Performance
Supervisor(s): Jean-S茅bastien Vall茅e / Alexis Hauser
