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Monique Jean (Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada, 1960) • Residence: Montréal, Québec

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— Member of: Theresa Transistor

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Acousmatic Night at Nuit bleue, France

David Berezan Francis Dhomont Monique Jean

Élektrophonie (France) will present the 8th “Nuit bleue” on July 11, 2009 at Saline Royale in Arc-et-Senans (France). Many works are programmed during the “Nuit acousmatique” concert: Cyclo by David Berezan, Premières traces du Choucas by Francis Dhomont, Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard, Voix de l’aurore by Ingrid Drese, L’escalier des aveugles by Luc Ferrari, Dancing on the Edge of Silence by Monique Jean and many others. A portrait of Patrick Ascione will also be presented on the same night during the "Cinéma pour l’oreille" concert.

Posted June 16, 2009 in Live Events » 9431

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Je me souviens (2) Pays Tribute to Pierre Mercure, Montréal

L’adieu au s.o.s. Monique Jean

The series Je me souviens (2), tribute to Québec electronic music pionneers (curated by Éric Mattson), will present a concert dedicated to Pierre Mercure with, among others, Monique Jean on May 22, 2009 at La Sala Rossa (Montréal).

Posted May 19, 2009 in Live Events » 9401

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Theresa Transistor in a Tribute to István Anhalt, Montréal

Christian Bouchard Christian Calon Mario Gauthier Monique Jean

Theresa Transistor (Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Mario Gauthier, Monique Jean) will participate to the first concert of a series called Je me souviens (2) on April 2, 2009 at La Sala Rossa (Montréal). This series is a tribute to Québec electronic music pionneers. This frist concert is dedicated to István Anhalt.

Posted March 18, 2009 in Live Events » 9291

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Theresa Transistor at MM10, Québec

Christian Bouchard Christian Calon Mario Gauthier Monique Jean

Theresa Transistor (Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Mario Gauthier, Monique Jean) will be at the Mois Multi (MM10), a festival of technological arts held in Québec City which takes place from February 12 to March 1, 2009. The quartet will present a work of improvised electroacoustics called Espèces d’espaces on February 12, 2009.

Posted January 26, 2009 in Live Events » 9239

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Premiere by Monique Jean in Toronto

Monique Jean

Monique Jean will be in residence in Toronto as part of the SoundPlay festival presented by New Aventures in Sound Art. Figures du temps will be presented and Dancing on the Edge of Silence world premiered on Friday October 26, 2007. Furthermore, a lecture givent by Monique Jean and François Girouard will take place at Labo (Le Laboratoire d’art) in Toronto on October 25.

Posted October 16, 2007 in Live Events » 8791

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Theresa Transistor in Victoriaville

Theresa Transistor (Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Mario Gauthier, Monique Jean) will be at FIMAV on Friday May 18, 2007.

  • Detailed information on the FIMAV 07 event web site — May 17-21, 2007, Victoriaville, Québec — 24e Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville

Posted May 16, 2007 in What’s New » 8682

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Dhomont, Harrison… Invited to Sardinia

Francis Dhomont Jonty Harrison

Ludger Brümmer, Kevin Austin, Flô Menezes, Francis Dhomont, Lucio Garau, and Jonty Harrison are the guest composers at the 3rd Festival di musica acusmatica, June 23 to 25, 2006 in Cagliari (Sardinia). On June 24, Dhomont will spatialize works by several Québec composers: Noyade en magma by Dominique Bassal, 13'13 pour voix défigurées by Monique Jean and Time Well / La fontaine du temps by Christian Calon, and a work by Brümmer. Voyage-miroir by Dhomont will be presented by another guest composer, Garau. Finally, several other composers from empreintes DIGITALes will also be featured: Gobeil, Moore, Álvarez, Smalley, Tutschku, Fort, Stollery, and Lillios!

  • Visit the Festival di musica acusmatica event web site — June 23-25, 2006, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy — 3rd: Brümmer, Austin, Menezes, Dhomont, Garau, Harrison…

Posted June 6, 2006 in Live Events » 7714

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Freedman Performs at the Music Gallery, Toronto

Lori Freedman Monique Jean

Multireedist Lori Freedman presents Girlfriend, a concert with the Contact contemporary music ensemble, at the Music Gallery (Toronto) on March 8, 2006. Featuring new works, such as Freedman’s Brief Candles, and low memory #3 by Monique Jean.

Posted February 9, 2006 in Live Events » 7653

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2004-05 Opus Prizes’ Winners

Trilogie d’ondes Monique Jean

The 9th Opus prizes winners were announced yesterday, January 22, 2006, in Montréal. The “Concert of the year - actuelle and electroacoustic musics” category goes to the Theresa Transistor quartet (Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Mario Gauthier, Monique Jean) while the “Album of the year - actuelle and electroacoustic musics” is Trilogie d’ondes by Gilles Gobeil.

Posted January 23, 2006 in What’s New » 7642

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The Return of Theresa Transistor, Montréal

Christian Bouchard Christian Calon Monique Jean

Theresa Transistor, a quartet of improvised electroacoustics, will play live at La Sala Rossa (Montréal) on January 24, 2006. Winner of the Opus Prize for “Concert of the year — actuelle and electroacoustic musics”, Theresa Transistor features Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Monique Jean, and Mario Gauthier.

Posted January 13, 2006 in Live Events » 7636

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electrocd.com at the Opus Prizes

Puzzles Trilogie d’ondes Estrapade

Many electrocd.com artists are nominated for the 9th Opus prizes, awarded since 1996 by the Conseil québécois de la musique. The concert Pulsar *1, unveiling the musics from Puzzles by Robert Normandeau, is nominated for “Concert of the year - actuelle and electroacoustic musics”, as well as the Theresa Transistor quartet (Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Mario Gauthier, Monique Jean), presented during the Akousma concert series. Estrapade by morceaux_de_machines, Trilogie d’ondes by Gilles Gobeil, and Puzzles by Robert Normandeau are nominated for “Album of the year - actuelle and electroacoustic musics”. Finally, Frank Zappa: 10 ans après (Frank Zappa: Ten Years After) directed by Réjean Beaucage, is nominated for “Book of the year”. Winners will be announced on January 22, 2006.

Posted December 8, 2005 in What’s New » 7623

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A Feminine Patchwork in Brussels

Marcelle Deschênes Annette Vande Gorne

Musiques & Recherches presents Patchwork au féminin (A Feminine Patchwork), a concert of acousmatique music dedicated to works composed by women, on November 11, 2005 in Brussels. Natasha Barrett, Marcelle Deschênes, Beatriz Ferreyra, Monique Jean, Elainie Lillios, Roxanne Turcotte and Annette Vande Gorne are amongst the selected composers.

Posted November 8, 2005 in Live Events » 7602

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Jean Exhibits 80 Loudspeakers

L’adieu au s.o.s.

Composer Monique Jean presents her installation, entitled Point d’attaches ou les infidélités rotatives, at Montréal’s Oboro gallery from January 8 to February 5, 2005. This sound installation comprises a large vertical plane hanging from the ceiling, on which 80 speaker cones from the 1950s and the 1960s are attached.

Posted January 4, 2005 in Live Events » 7482

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empreintes DIGITALes in April 2004 in Lille, France

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For the “Monde parallèle Montréal 45°N//” event, organized by Lille — Cultural Capital of Europe, label empreintes DIGITALes presented a portrait of Montréal’s electroacoustic creation since 1971 through 24 works by 21 Montréal composers: Serge Arcuri, Yves Beaupré, Christian Bouchard, Ned Bouhalassa, Christian Calon, Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Yves Daoust, Francis Dhomont, Paul Dolden, Louis Dufort, Gilles Gobeil, Monique Jean, René Lussier, Robert Normandeau, Arturo Parra, Mario Rodrigue, Stéphane Roy, Alain Thibault, Jacques Tremblay, Marc Tremblay, Roxanne Turcotte. Electroacoustic label empreintes DIGITALes, new media and electronic art festivals Elektra and Mutek with the collaboration of the Society for arts and technology (SAT) all teamed up to present the best of Montréal’s electronic music and video.

Posted April 14, 2004 in What’s New » 7374

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vivie’ vinçent in concert in Montréal

vivie’ vinçent Monique Jean

Sound artist vivie’ vinçent (harpsicord) presents … mais le désir d’entendre, at La Sala Rossa (Montréal) from February 8 to 11, 2004. Two distinct concerts featuring works by Pierre Schaeffer, Kaija Saariaho, Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Amnon Wolman amongst others. Composer Monique Jean will manage sound projection. The public is also invited to experience, before each concert, Rob Godman and vivie’ vinçent’s sound installation inside the eye of silence.

Posted January 19, 2004 in Live Events » 7346

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Monique Jean Installs

Monique Jean

Monique Jean’s sound installation Point d’attaches ou les infidélités rotatives is made of a large number of loudspeakers mounted on a vertical plane, creating a “wall of sound.” At Fonderie Darling in Montréal. June 7 to 14, 2003.

Posted June 3, 2003 in Live Events » 7252

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Electric Fields in Ottawa

Louis Dufort

In Ottawa, starting July 11, 2003, Electric Fields (Saw Gallery, Ottawa) will present Epsilon Lab, Helvetica, Arturo Parra, Jean Piché, Monique Jean, and Louis Dufort.

Posted May 26, 2003 in Live Events » 7248

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Electro to Buzz at Open Ears

Paul Dolden

On Sunday May 11, 2003, the Open Ears Festival, Kitchener (Ontario) helds a free electroacoustic concert in collaboration with New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA). Featuring works by Paul Dolden, Monique Jean, David Eagle and a world premiere by Francis Dhomont.

Posted April 1, 2003 in Live Events » 7223

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eD: Monique Jean Releases Her First

L’adieu au s.o.s.

Says Monique Jean of her first album, L’adieu au s.o.s.: “The works included on this disc were composed with eyes wide open, in the profound conviction that music is the expression of a sensibility anchored in the reality that makes us up, that determines who we are and that surrounds us.” Monique Jean is a composer working in close symbiosis with dance, video and media installation.

Posted February 6, 2003 in Recent Arrivals » 7195

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Musics of the Present Series

Jacques Tremblay

In collaboration with Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, composers Christian Bouchard and Jacques Tremblay invites you for a discussion and an electroacoustic concert Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 8pm. With featured works by Yves Daoust, Monique Jean, Christian Bouchard and Martin Bédard. At Côte-des-Neiges’ “Maison de la culture” (Montréal).

Posted November 19, 2002 in Live Events » 7166

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And The Métamorphoses 2002 Laureates Are…

Monique Jean Robert Normandeau

The jury of the biennial competition for acousmatic composition Métamorphoses 2002 has just announced the laureates of this edition. Amongst the awarded composers, Christian Bouchard won the public’s prize for his work Angle mort. Also awarded, Monique Jean for her composition low memory #2 and Robert Normandeau for his more recent work, Chorus. Finally, composers Theodore Lotis and David Berezan were awarded respectively first and second prizes for the Spatialization competition L’espace du son 2002.

Posted October 23, 2002 in What’s New » 7149

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Métamorphoses 2002 Finalists

Monique Jean Gilles Gobeil Robert Normandeau

The jury of the Métamorphoses 2002 competition (Francis Dhomont, Beatriz Ferreyra, Annette Vande Gorne, Hans Tutschku) met in the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studios, in Ohain (Belgium), in order to determine the finalists and the participants for the public finale to be held at the L’Espace du Son festival in Brussels, on October 2, 2002. Amongst the finalists are composers Gilles Gobeil, Monique Jean and Robert Normandeau.

  • Visit the L’espace du son 2002 event web site — October 1-6, 2002, Brussels, Belgium — 9e Festival acousmatique international

Posted July 17, 2002 in Live Events » 7098

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Bourges 2002: Rewarded Composers

Marcelle Deschênes Monique Jean

Canadian composer Marcelle Deschênes is one of the rewarded composers at the 2002 edition of the Bourges International Electroacoustic Competition where she was awarded the prize for best “multi-media work” for Die Dyer (video by Alain Pelletier). Elsa Justel received a mention in the same category for her work Destellos. For the “studio work without instrument” category, canadian composer David Berezan won the Trivium award. In the same category, composer Jens Hedman received a mention for his work REcoil. In addition to the rewarded musics, the compositions Gwerz by Elsa Justel, Low Memory #2 by Monique Jean and L’éveil d’un titan by Jean-François Laporte had been selected in their respective categories.

Posted June 6, 2002 in What’s New » 7078

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