Saint-Eustache

Alain Ricard (Guitar, Ukulele)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Alain Ricard holds a DEC in jazz guitar from Collège Lionel-Groulx. For 17 years, he lived and studied in Europe, particularly in France. During this time, he produced albums, gave guitar and improvisation clinics and collaborated with several European artists. As a guitarist, Alain has accompanied Daniel Bélanger, Bruno Pelletier, Marie Carmen and many others. He has been teaching guitar since the 1990s.

Langue parlée : français

Alexandre Galarneau-Ronde (Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele)

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Teaching Day(s): Wednesday, Friday

Alexandre Galarneau-Rondeau has a Professional Technique - Music and Song and Composition and Arrangement from Lionel-Groulx College. A street musician who has traveled across Canada, Alexandre has visited our country from Percé to Tofino. He has shared his passion and discovered new musical cultures during his numerous trips to Europe (Ireland, Spain, France). He has participated in many events in the Greater Montreal area, such as Festival Tintamarre and Festival Emergenza. He cumulates 7 years of stage and teaching experience. He has recorded a studio album with Pontésable, produced 2 albums of his own compositions and 2 EPs in studio.

Cédrik Bérubé (Drums)

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Teaching Day(s): Friday

Cédrik Bérubé completed his DEC in pop/jazz interpretation at Collège Lionel-Groulx, then went on to earn a bi-disciplinary Bachelor's degree in Psychology/Sociology at Université de Montréal. He has completed a Master's degree in Sociology at the same University. With 7 years of music teaching experience under his belt, he believes in the joy of the instrument above all else. What's more, he knows how to take advantage of his university training to augment his teaching with interdisciplinary concepts from psychology, philosophy and sociology. A firm believer in the cognitive benefits of the musical act, particularly as regards concentration, memory, coordination and patience, Cédrik likes to approach musical language as a means of individual and collective expression with undeniable positive impacts on human life. Having also been a member of several musical groups in a variety of styles, including metal, pop, folk, rock, funk and cover bands, he would be delighted to share with you his passion for drums and, more generally, for music. Finally, he would like to share the fact that drums are one of the most natural of instruments, since the heart is in a way the first drum, the one that sets the tempo of life. To sum up this paragraph in the words of Frank Zappa: "Music is the best!

Charles-Antoine Fortin (Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Piano)

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Wednesday

Charles-Antoine holds a DES in intensive music training from Polyvalente Ste-Thérèse, a DEC in performance from Cegep St-Laurent and is currently studying composition at Université de Montréal. He has been teaching since 2017, notably as a specialist for several local bands and also conducts and arranges music for several ensembles.

Langues parlées : français, anglais

Claude Gagné (Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Composition)

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Wednesday

Claude Gagné holds a Bachelor's degree in guitar from Université de Montréal. For 15 years, he was a professional singer and arranger with the vocal group La Bande Magnétik. With this group he has completed 3 albums, 3 video clips and has presented several hundred shows in Quebec and Europe. He is the winner of a Félix in 1994 for arranger of the year. Claude has also self-produced 4 albums with his own songs and has performed several shows, including one at the Studio théâtre de la Place des Arts in 2012. He has over 25 years of experience teaching guitar, bass, ukulele and songwriting.

Langues parlées: français, anglais

Danika Haineault (French Horn)

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Danika is a young horn player who began her musical journey a few years ago in the intensive music program at Polyvalente Sainte-Thérèse. She instantly fell in love with the French horn, an instrument that is now an important part of her life. She continued her studies in the classical music program at Cégep Saint-Laurent, where she was able to develop her knowledge of music theory, as well as her mastery of her instrument with Jocelyn Veilleux. Throughout her years as a musician, Danika has been involved in many orchestras and organizations. She has been a member of the Orchestre à vents de musiques de films and of Harmonie Omnigamme. Danika wishes to share her passion for this art with others. It is for this reason that she is now teaching music at Long & McQuade!

Langues parlées: français et anglais

David Gauthier (Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

David Gauthier holds a DEC in classical guitar from Collège Lionel-Groulx. He has been working as a musician since 1996 and teaching since 1991. Twice awarded a CALQ grant, he also won the Prix de la culture des Laurentides in 2011. He has played at many festivals in Canada, Germany and Japan. He has played several times at the FIJM, the Off Festival and the Festi-Jazz de Tremblant. While coming from a rock background, has also studied classical music, and plays jazz, blues and world music. He has been teaching popular guitar for the city of Mirabel for 15 years. He is a specialist in rock, jazz, classical and popular music.

Langues parlées : français, anglais

David Masse (Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Harmonica)

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Teaching Day(s): Sunday

Earl Wilson (Piano)

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Teaching Day(s): Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Earl placed 1st overall in Piano Performance at McGill University and obtained a Masters in Performance from Université de Montréal. He studied pedagogy with Marc Durand, Nathalie Pepin, Claude Savard and Norair Atinian. Earl has performed as a soloist and chamber musician with members of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Métropolitain and many of Montreal's top freelance musicians. His students have gone on to win many competitions and have pursued graduate studies at some of the top universities including Harvard and the Sibélius Institute in Helsinki.

Langues parlées : français, anglais

Élise Lambert (Piano, Theory)

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Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Saturday

Florence Brousseau (Voice, Piano)

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Teaching Style: pop, classical

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Thursday, Saturday

Géraldine Eguiluz (Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Voice)

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Teaching Day(s): Thursday, Sunday

Graham Hudson (Piano)

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Teaching Day(s): Wednesday

Graham began his piano practice at the age of 10 and has been teaching piano since 2018.
He graduated from Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse in Composition and Arrangement where he studied Jazz/Pop piano with his teacher Denis Fauché. It was also there that he discovered the Ableton Live software and a real passion for composition under the guidance of his teacher Louis-Philippe Quesnel. Graham won the CEGEP en spectacle competition in 2019 as a solo artist where he played his own composition on the piano and in 2020 where he played with his new duo < Malfé > which explores the timbral universe of piano, synthesizers and noise. He started his Bachelor's degree in Digital Music at the University of Montreal in the fall of 2021.

Spoken languages : English and French

Guillaume Beaulieu (Violin, Fiddle, Mandolin)

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Wednesday

Guillaume obtained his professional technique in music and song in violin, in 2018 and has held a bachelor's degree in folk violin since 2023. Under the teachings of Marie-Soleil Bélanger, then Frederic Lambert and Tommy Gauthier, at UQÀM, Guillaume dabbles in all musical styles, moving from classical to blues, from jazz to traditional music, and more. A teacher since 2017 and an active freelance musician since the same year, Guillaume accompanies artists such as Édith Butler, la Famille Soucy, David Jalbert, Francis Degrandpré and Véronique Labbé. Very active on the Quebec scene, and taking part in over 75 shows a year, his passion and dynamic approach are sure to inspire you to take up the instrument.

Isabelle Maillé (Piano)

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Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Friday

Jules Minville (Guitar, Bass Guitar)

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Teaching Day(s): Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Jules Minville grew up in an environment where art was at the heart of the family nest, he quickly discovered a passion for music. He took piano, electric bass, saxophone and finally guitar lessons. Several shows in high school, a few music camps and teachers involved around him have pushed him to undertake a 3 year jazz guitar technique at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent, which he will complete in the spring of 2023. With over 7 years of experience in his field, he plans to share his passion with as many people as possible!

Spoken languages: French, English.

Louis Plouffe (Drums)

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Teaching Day(s): Saturday, Sunday

Louis holds a DEC in pop/jazz drums from Collège Lionel-Groulx and is currently completing a Composition techniques diploma at the same college. Passionate about music since he was a child, he has explored many styles, but has always had a preference for rock, funk, jazz, rap and Latin music. He is currently composing music in the Neo-soul / R & B colors, another music he loves! His teaching style, built over the years, is based on fun and creativity! He knows how to play the electric bass and the guitar, instruments that he often brings to class to jam with his students to make the classes more dynamic!

Langues parlées : français, anglais

Maria Mondiru (Violin)

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Maria began playing music at the age of five and was taken under the wing of her violinist aunt for more than five years. She was the first prize winner at the Festival Jeunes Talents in Saint-Lambert for three consecutive years from 2005 to 2007 as well as recipient of the Certificate of Honor and the Coup de Coeur Diploma. She studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal for four years, where she had the opportunity to be a member of the Junior String Orchestra of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. She was notably part of the Orchestre à cordes Junior de la Montérégie (AOJM), the Orchestre Philharmonie jeunesse de Montréal, the Orchestre de chambre du cégep de Saint-Laurent and the Orchestre Symphonique des jeunes de Montréal. In 2019, she obtained her Double DEC in Humanities and Music. She is currently starting her first year of the Master of Music program in Violin Performance at the University of Montreal. Maria loves music in all its forms. Patient and communicative, she adapts to each student and seeks to make learning the violin enjoyable and fun, while keeping goals in mind.

Langues parlées : français, anglais

Philippe Bourdua (Piano)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

Philippe Bourdua discovered a growing passion for the piano when he was in high school. He holds a DEC in classical piano performance from Collège Lionel-Groulx and is currently completing a BAC in music education at Université du Québec à Montréal. He has participated in several competitions, including Cégeps en spectacle, and has also performed many times in front of an audience at group events, including the opening of the very first concert of the Lionel-Groulx North Shore Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the Lionel-Groulx Choir and is currently a chorister with the Vagabonds de Boisbriand. Philippe aspires to share his great passion for music in order to allow future musicians to learn with joy and pleasure in order to reach their personal goals at their own pace. He has been teaching classical, pop and jazz piano since 2018.

Langues parlées : français, anglais

Sarah Lévesque (Voice)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Thursday, Sunday

Sarah Lévesque is a 2019 graduate of Lionel-Groulx College in pop/jazz singing. She had the chance to work with Mr. Gino Vannelli and to perfect her art with various teachers and trainings at several levels: vocal technique, interpretation, studio technique, acting in front of the camera, composition workshops and others. She has participated in several singing competitions, both in front of the public and on television, which have taken her around Quebec. Her musical career has also led her to open for several well-known artists and groups such as: The Brooks, Louis-Jean Cormier, Émile Bilodeau among others. Versatile, she is also a professional singer-songwriter. Having founded a neo soul band herself, she is used to playing in a group. In constant evolution, she is currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in pop/jazz singing at UQAM. She is currently working on neo soul/RnB/pop material that she wishes to share with the public. She is looking forward to meeting you and sharing her passion and knowledge with you!

Langues parlées : français, anglais

William Bergeron (Drums, Audio Engineering)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Sunday

William Bergeron is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and music producer who holds an AEC in Audio Production and Recording Technique from the Musitechnic school since 2017. He began his journey at a young age as a singer and also learned the piano. His passion was defined when he started playing guitar and drums in Cégep, it was his springboard to bring him into the world of audio recording. He signs his name on several productions, notably with the artist Endy Trebor for the Ep le magnétisme des couleurs, with Dr.Chat for the EP 1100 Papineau and as well as other collaborations with various artists from Canada. He performs on stage as a drummer for the group Dr. Chat as well as a guitarist for the group Keyru, and also produces his own music from his Home Studio.

Langues parlées : français, anglais