Gabrielle Gaudreault Conductor | Pedagogue | Collaborative Pianist
4322 Mountain View Drive 571-208-6332 Haymarket, VA [email protected] 20169 gabriellegaudreault.com
Education
2020 D.Mus. Choral Conducting, McGill University - Schulich School of Music Thesis: 20th-Century Choral Compositions by Québécois Composers Primary Instructors: Jean-Sébastien Vallée (Choral Conducting), Alexis Hauser and Guillaume Bourgogne (Orchestral Conducting)
2017 M.M. Choral Conducting, Indiana University - Jacobs School of Music Primary Instructors: Dr. Betsy Burleigh, Dr. Dominick DiOrio, Walter Huff
2017 M.M. Music Theory, Indiana University - Jacobs School of Music Associate Instructor - Music Theory Department Primary Instructors/Supervisors: Daphne Tan, Julian L. Hook
2014 B.Mus., McGill University - Schulich School of Music Primary Instrument: Piano Minor: Music Theory Primary Instructors: Patricia Abbott (choral conducting), Julia Gavrilova (piano), Alexis Hauser (orchestral conducting), Jean Marchand (collaborative piano)
2011 D.E.C. Music, Vanier College (St-Laurent, QC) Primary Instruments: Classical Piano and Voice Primary Instructors: Julia Gavrilova (piano), Heather Howes (chamber music), Tamara Vickerd (voice), Zaven Zakarian (chamber music)
!1 Upcoming Professional Engagements
April 2021 4ward Voices lecture series (hosted by the Vermont Choral Association) - Guest lecturer
June 2021 Hamburg Staatsoper OpernStudio - Music Director of La Luna by Lorenzo Romano (world premier)
Professional Experience - Conducting
2019-present Artifice Ensemble - C4 Network (Washington, DC) - Conductor, singer, founding member
2020 Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg - Assistant Conductor to Kent Nagano
2019-2020 St-Augustine of Canterbury Parish Choir (St-Bruno, QC) - Music Director
2017-2020 South Shore Children’s Chorus (Saint-Lambert, QC) - Artistic Director
2019 Hamburg Staatsoper (Hamburg, Germany) - Assistant Conductor and French diction coach for production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande
2019 Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton, AB) - Emerging Artist
2019 Connect Youth Choir (Edmonton, AB) - Guest Conductor
2017-2019 Schulich Singers (McGill University, Montréal, QC) - Assistant Conductor
2017-2019 Les Muses chorale (Montréal, QC) - Guest Conductor
2017-2019 St. Lambert Choral Society (Saint-Lambert, QC) - Guest Conductor
2018 National Youth Choir of Canada 2018 (St-John’s, NL)
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2018 McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble - Student Conductor
2017-2018 University Chorus (McGill University, Montréal, QC) - Course Instructor
2016-2017 Indiana University Children’s Chorus (Bloomington, IN) - Assistant Conductor / Accompanist (director: Brent Gault)
2016 Indiana University Opera Theatre (Bloomington, IN) - Assistant Chorus Master to Walter Huff - Productions: Oklahoma! and Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas
2009-2014 The Carousellers (St-Bruno, QC) - Music Director
2009-2014 St-Augustine of Canterbury Parish Choir (St-Bruno, QC) - Assistant Conductor & Sectional Leader - Accompanist
2012-2014 South Shore Children’s Chorus (Greenfield Park, QC) - Assistant Conductor to Betty-Jo Christiani
2013-2014 St-Lambert Choral Society (St-Lambert, QC; David Christiani) - Apprentice Conductor & Sectional Leader - Accompanist
2011 Choeur des jeunes du Quebec (Montreal, QC) - Apprentice Conductor
Professional Experience - Teaching/Management
2020 CG Music Academy - Co-founder, manager, voice and piano instructor
!3 2018 McGill University - Schulich School of Music - Teaching Assistant: Music Appreciation
2017-2018 McGill University - Schulich School of Music - Course Instructor: University Chorus
2015-2017 Indiana University - Coordinator and Instructor of Record of Musical Skills 1
2014 Indiana University - Associate Instructor
2012-2014 Préville Fine Arts (Saint-Lambert, QC) - Piano and theory instructor
2007-2014 Private piano instruction (including theory, ear training and history)
Additional Conducting Training 2019 Lorraine Vaillancourt - Masterclass with McGill University’s Contemporary Music Ensemble on Boulez’s …explosante-fixe…
2017 Simon Halsey and Helmuth Rilling - Masterclasses at 11th World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona, Spain
2016 Caron Daley and John William Trotter - Halifax Choral Conducting Institute
2016 Andrew Megill and Joseph Flummerfelt - Illinois Choral Conducting Symposium
2016 Marguerite Brooks - Masterclass at Indiana University
2015 Simon Carrington and Brian O’Connell - Sarteano Choral Conducting Workshop
2014 Matthew Halls
!4 - Masterclass at Indiana University
2014 Edward Maclary - Masterclass at Indiana University
2013 William Weinert - University of Toronto Choral Conducting Symposium
2011 Pierre Barrette (private)
Professional Experience - Collaborative Piano
2018-2019 McGill University Schulich School of Music - Harmonium and Celesta Player (Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle, Honegger - Le Roi David)
2018-2019 McGill University Schulich School of Music Concert Choir - Rehearsal Pianist
2015-2017 Indiana University All Campus Choir - Rehearsal Pianist
2016 Bloomington Playwrights Project - Rehearsal Pianist and keyboard player in band for performances of Toast by Carner and Gregor
2013 Opéra de Montréal - Rehearsal Pianist for Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
2011-2012 McGill University Chorus - Rehearsal Pianist & Sectional Leader
2005-2014 École de musique Vincent D’Indy - Accompanist for violin competitions
Additional Musical Training
Piano 2013 Olivier Godin (collaborative piano - Orford Arts Academy)
!5 2008 Tom Plaunt (private) 1997-2009 Marie Nadeau (private)
Classical Voice 2006-2009 Jacqueline Woodley (private) 2009-2011 Tamara Vickerd (Vanier College, Montréal, QC)
Diction 2013 Richard Turp (Orford Arts Academy)
Significant Ensemble Singing Experience
2019-2020 Artifice Ensemble (Washington DC)
2017-2019 McGill Schulich Singers (Jean-Sébastien Vallée)
2017 University Singers (IU - Betsy Burleigh)
2014-2017 NOTUS Contemporary Vocal Ensemble (IU - Dominick DiOrio)
2011-2014 McGill University Chorus (François Ouimet)
2012-2013 Ensemble Bellechose (John Wiens)
2011-2013 McGill Schulich Singers (Peter Schubert, Matthias Maute, Jordan de Souza)
2009-2012 Vanier College Choir (Erica Phare, Philippe Bourque)
2009-2011 St-Lawrence Choir (Michael Zaugg)
2009/2010 Domaine Forget Choir (Robert Ingari)
2010 Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Jacques Lacombe, Kent Nagano)
Professional Organization Memberships
!6 Since 2020 Conductors Guild Since 2019 National Association of Pastoral Musicians Since 2017 Chorus America Since 2017 ACQ (Alliance Chorale du Québec) Since 2017 NCCO (National College Choir Organization) Since 2014 ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) Since 2014 SMT (Society for Music Theory) Since 2012 ACCC (Association of Canadian Choral Communities)
Other proficiencies
- French fluency (written and spoken) - Sibelius notation software - Website building and management
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