Musical Portrait: A Fiftieth Anniversary Project

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Saint-Marcoux (b Coulombe), Micheline Coulombe. Composer, teacher, b Notre-Dame-de-la-Doré, near Roberval, Que, 9 Aug 1938, d Montreal 2 Feb 1985; B MUS (Montreal) 1962, premiere prix composition (CMM) 1967. She studied piano and harmony 1956-8 with François Brassard in Jonquière, Que, and worked 1960-3 with Yvonne Hubert (piano), Françoise Aubut (theory) and Claude Champagne (composition) at the École Vincent-d'Indy. She then became a pupil of Gilles Tremblay and especially of Clermont Pépin at the CMM. Awarded the Prix d'Europe for composition in 1967 with Modulaire for orchestra, she lived 1968-70 in Paris, studying electronic music with the Groupe de recherches musicales of the ORTF and taking courses with Pierre Schaeffer at the Paris Cons. The Groupe de recherches musicales commissioned her to write a work, Arksalalartöq, which was premiered 26 Feb 1971 in Paris. While she was in Paris she also studied privately with Gilbert Amy and Jean-Pierre Guézec. In 1969, with five young composers from different countries, she founded the Groupe international de musique électroacoustique de Paris (GIMEP). She took part until 1973 in its concerts in Europe, South America, and Canada. Two of her works, Bernavir and Trakadie, were premiered in 1970 by GIMEP. Makazoti, commissioned in 1971 by the CBC IS, originally was conceived for the Swingle Singers and was the first of a set of three vocal works influenced by the composer's obvious desire to return to her roots.

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