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In keeping with the last Homage Series, Circuit, musiques contemporaines magazine dedicated its last edition to Gilles Tremblay. Gilles Tremblay, ou le plain-chant contemporain is the title of this vo… Continued

This year, thanks to the Série Hommage / Tribute Series initiative, nearly 39,000 people have heard at least one Gilles Tremblay work; Among them, we can include 14,215 children across the province th… Continued

Pictures of our last two events — concert Transcouleurs and the conference in honour of the 10th anniversary of the Millenium Symphony — are now available on our Facebook page. You’ll also find a few … Continued

Four “Tremblay” concerts including his new opera on video (a first for Espace classique!) are available upon request for one year, including a three-episode portrait of the composer that features arch… Continued

From the Grand Theatre de Quebec to 94 schools throughout the province, from the National Assembly to Montreal’s Church of the Immaculate Conception, Gilles Tremblay was discussed more than ever last … Continued

How? By attending the tribute at the National Assemblyor the press conference in Quebec City on April 13th (reservations required by April 9th, at smcq@smcq.qc.ca / 514-843-9305); By adding your voi… Continued

With April marking the climax of the Homage Series, the Québec art, political and educational milieu have gathered to salute Gilles Tremblay: On April 13th an official tribute will be paid to Trembla… Continued

On March 18th, pianist Louise Bessette joined Walter Boudreau and the SMCQ Ensemble to present a concert of Gilles Tremblay’s works — including his great piano concerto Envoi. The day before the event… Continued

You can read a statement by Quebec politician Daniel Turp and composer Michel Gonneville’s response. Of particular note: children’s reviews of Gilles Tremblay’s music, that they became acquainted with… Continued

On February 13th, Patricia Abbott will give a presentation on Gilles Tremblay’s Vêpres de la Vierge as part of her lecture entitled “Choral Gems from French Canada” for attendees at the 2010 ACDA (Ame… Continued

We are very pleased to inform you that the concert La porte du ciel, a tribute to Stockhausen which was presented last season by the SMCQ and the Faculté de musique de l’Université de Montréal, won tw… Continued

You want to hear recordings of Gilles Tremblay’s music or consult some of his scores? The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec has just offered about twenty documents by Gilles Tremblay, to r… Continued

The Le Grand jeu / La Grande écoute project has already been talked about in many media across the province: Édition Beauce, Québec hebdo, Le Nord-Est (Côte-Nord), L’Oie blanche (Chaudière-Appalaches)… Continued

Plusieurs photos du concert du 6 décembre, Vers une étoile, sont disponibles sur la page Facebook de la SMCQ. Voir les photos Continued

In honour of the first performance of Vers une étoile, an organ piece composed by Gilles Tremblay in 1993 for Bernard Foccroule, Radio-Canada presented a reporting by James Dormeyer at the Beaux Diman… Continued

After an “all-Tremblay” week-end with three performances of his new opera (Chants Libres), the broadcasting of his “sound landscape” (Centre-élan, Réseaux), the first performance of two arrangements f… Continued

The SMCQ will be present at the congress of the FAMEQ (Federation of Music Educators of Québec Associations), which will be held in Montreal from November 19 to 21. All the teachers’ material for the … Continued

A blog paying tribute to Gilles Tremblay On October 1st the SMCQ launched a blog paying tribute to Gilles Tremblay. Throughout the season it will be maintained by composers, performers, musicologists … Continued

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Our 2009-10 launch took place yesterday evening at the Salle Pierre-Mercure, in the presence of all the partners involved in the Gilles Tremblay Homage Series. Attendees were treated to a performance … Continued

Thursday, September 17th, 7pm, at the Grande Bibliothèque (475, de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal), under the auspices of it’s “Listening club”, will host an event including an interview with Gilles Trembl… Continued

As of September 16th all the details of our 2009-10 season will be online. Our upcoming year features: over 55 events revolving around Gilles Tremblay, the composer selected by the SMCQ artistic commi… Continued

As part of its Tribute Series 2, SMCQ and Circuit are working in tandem on a second international “Tribute” essay competition. During each “Tribute Series” (Série Hommage), Circuit publishes a special… Continued

Our upcoming Série Hommage dedicated to Gilles Tremblay has started to take shape. Our goal: to have all of Tremblay’s works performed at least once during the season. Warning to interested parties: y… Continued