Laurence Jobidon | composer & organist
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November 10 2024 at 3 PM
Debout sur mon orgueil
Jacqueline Woodley, soprano & Michael McMahon, piano
Mont St-Grégoire
November 28 2024 at 4 PM
Premiere of L'anomalie, for solo marimba
Commission and premiere by Krystina Marcoux, marimba
Off-Bach
Montreal, Qc
February 6 to 9 2025
Premiere of Le phare (short version) - libretto by Maria Reva
with Sylvain Scott (stage director) and Agora Orchestra (dir. Nicolas Ellis)
Commission by l'Opéra de Montréal
Montreal, Qc
Mai 2025
Premiere of Le phare (long version)
Commission by Memorial University
St-John's, NewFoundLand
Fall 2025
Premiere of a new work for voice, cello and piano, on a text by Thomas Royer
Commission by Duo Étrange (Vanessa Croome, soprano and Sahara von Hattenberger, cello)
Salle Bourgie, Montreal, Qc
October 2024
Ceux qui répondent à l'écho
Kopenhaguen, Denmark
July 7 2024 at 1 PM
Organ Concert at St-James United (MusOrgue series)
Including Prélude & fugue for solo organ
Montreal, Québec
Mai 8 2024
Huit broderies sur des fragments de langue
for marimba & violoncelle
Commissioned by Stick & Bow
Chapelle Bon-Pasteur - Salle Paul-Desmarais du Centre Canadien d'Architecture
Montreal, Qc
October 19 2023
Premiere of Huit broderies sur des fragments de langue
for marimba & cello
Commissioned by Stick & Bow
Montreal, QC
October 21 2023
U.S. Premiere of Huit broderies sur des fragments de langue
for marimba & cello
Commissioned by Stick & Bow
Baltimore, Maryland
July 18 2023
Organ Concert
St-Michael Cathedral
Sherbrooke, QC
July 2 2023 2:00 PM
Organ Concert
Notre-Dame du Cap Basilica
Notre-Dame du Cap, Quebec
June 18 2023
Organ Concert
St-Marie de Beauce, QC
June 6 2023
Ceux qui répondent à l'écho, an art film
Creative team: Charlotte Gagnon, Gabriel Jobidon, Alexis Cousineau, Yan Kazinczynski
Musicians: Charlotte Gagnon (mezzo), Lindsay Roberts (oboe/English horn), Camille Paquette-Roy (cello) & Laurence Jobidon (piano)
pour mezzo, piano, hautbois et violoncelle
Generously supported by the CCA
Q & A
May 22 2023
Concert/introduction to Saint-François-Xavier's organ
Amis de l'Orgue de Montréal et de Québec annual excursion
St-François-du-Lac, QC
May 22 2023
Concert/introduction to Saint-Pierre de Sorel's organ
Amis de l'Orgue de Montréal et de Québec annual excursion
Sorel-Tracy, QC
May 17 2023
Premiere/exhibition of Unda Maris
Commissioned by EarthWorld Collaborative
through the generous support of the CCA
Montreal, QC
April 4 2023
Concert with Sasha Djihanian (soprano)
Debout sur mon orgueil & Lea's Aria (excerpt from L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi)
MUHC, Montreal, Québec
March 9 2023
Premiere of Par-delà nos champs et nos rives
for the Canadian Art Song Project
Mishael Eusebio, tenor and Holly Kroeker, piano
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur
February 14 2023
Concert with Sasha Djihanian (soprano)
Debout sur mon orgueil & Lea's Aria (excerpt from L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi)
Glenn Hospital, Montreal, Québec
November 18 & 19 2022
Rituaels
Concert with Collectif 9
Saint-Pierre Apôtre Church, Montreal, QC
October 27, 28, 29 & 30th 2022
Tapestry Opera Briefs
Opera excerpts on libretti by Nathalie Boisvert, Matthew Jocelyn,
Christine M.L. Lee & Maria Reva
Spadina Theatre, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
October 20 9:30 PM
Premiere of Prélude & fugue
Commissioned by the Canadian International Organ Competition
Saint-Jean Baptiste Church, Montreal, Québec
September 28, 29 & October 1st 2022
European premiere of L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi
Libretto by Pascale St-Onge
Suzanne Rigden, soprano, Kristin Hoff, mezzo-soprano
Ensemble Paramirabo (dir Jennifer Szeto)
ufaFabrik Kulturencentrum, Berlin, Germany
September 30 and October 1st 2022 7:30
Big Bang - Sommet de la création // Le Vivier
World Premiere of Carnets de l'exil
Commissioned & performed by Orchestre de l'Agora (dir: Nicolas Ellis)
through the generous support of the CCA
Édifice Wilder, Montreal, Quebec
August 4 2022
Organ recital
Saint-Andrew & Saint-Paul Church, Montreal, QC
August 13 2022
Organ recital
Saint-Pierre Apôtre Church, Montreal, QC
June 18 2022
Le harfang et le loup
Les Violons du Roy (conductor: Thomas Leduc-Moreau)
Palais Montcalm, Québec, QC
June 17 2022
Les 24 heures du banc
24 hours of organ music and 24 organists...
St-James United Church, Montreal, QC
June 16 2022
Le harfang et le loup
Les Violons du Roy (conductor: Thomas Leduc-Moreau)
Palais Montcalm, Québec, QC
June 8 2022 7:30 PM
Réconciliation
Raphaël Ashby, organ
Saint-Andrew & Saint-Paul Church, Montréal, QC
June 3 2022
Réconciliation
Raphaël Ashby, organ
Concert Hommage to Gaston Arel, Fédération Québécoise des Amis de l'Orgue Congress
St-Hyacinthe Cathedral, St-Hyacinthe, QC
March 17 2022 7:30 PM
Premiere of Ancrages
Marc-Étienne Leclerc (classical guitar)
Festival Guitare Alla Grande
Ottawa, ON
January 2022 12:30 | cancelled
Adrian Foster in concert
Réconciliation
Redpath Hall, Montreal, QC
November 12 2021 7:30 PM
Les Violons du Roy and Kerson Leong, under Nicolas Ellis
Concert Saison des Amériques
Le harfang et le loup (The White Owl and the Wolf)
Bourgie Hall, Montreal, QC
November 11 2021 7:30 PM
Les Violons du Roy and Kerson Leong, under Nicolas Ellis
Concert Saison des Amériques
Le harfang et le loup (The White Owl and the Wolf)
Grands rendez-vous series
Raoul-Jobin Hall, Palais Montcalm, Québec, QC
November 7 2021 3 PM to November 14
Webdiffusion and interview
Music by Dupré, Duruflé & Jobidon
As part of Les Saints-Anges en Musique Concert Series,
October 31 2021 3 PM
Organ recital
Music by Dupré, Duruflé & Jobidon
Creation of Hymne au soleil (excerpts)
Concerts Lachine, Les Saints-Anges en Musique Concert Series,
Saints-Anges Church, Lachine, QC
September 26 2021 3 PM
Graham Sommer Composition Competition Concert
Premiere of Hublots, for piano trio
Amy Hillis (violin), Chloé Dominguez (cello) and Meagan Milatz (piano)
Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, QC
August 5 2021
Charlotte Gagnon (mezzo) & Laurence Jobidon (piano)
Montreal, QC
Arts-Vocal Québec Concerts Series
May 9 2021 7:00 PM
Jacqueline Woodley (soprano) and Jennifer Szeto (piano)
World premiere of Debout sur mon orgueil
Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montreal, QC
May 8 2021 7:30 PM
Lindsay Connolly (mezzo) & Andrea Grant (piano)
Spotlight on Diversity Concert
Ah, les murmures (from L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi)
Université de Toronto, Toronto, ON
May 4 2021 1:00 PM
Raphaël Ashby (organ) in Concert
Expansion: An Ode to the Big Bang
St-John the Baptist Church, Montreal, QC
March 24 2021 | postponed to 2022
Concert orgue France-Québec
Animata Ventis
Myriam Genest-Denis (flute) et Louis Brouillette (orgue)
Maison de la culture de Warwick, Warwick, QC
Tickets at maisonmusicalewarwick@gmail.com or at 1-819-358-2201
November 5 to November 19 2020
Double bill: L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi (Jobidon/St-Onge) and La voix humaine (Poulenc/Cocteau)
Opéra de Montréal, Atelier Lyrique
Webdiffusion
Vanessa Croome (soprano), Florence Bourget (mezzo) and Jennifer Szeto (piano)
Stage director Solène Paré
October 22 2020
World Premiere of Réconciliation
Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) online festival
October 4 2020 3 PM
Organ and jazz saxophone
Fantasy on "À la claire fontaine"
Louis Brouillette, organ
Église des St-Anges, Lachine, QC
Click for the online live event
September 27 2020 3 PM
Organ and jazz saxophone
Fantasy on "À la claire fontaine"
Louis Brouillette, organ
Église des St-Anges, Lachine, QC
September 27 2020 2 PM | postponed to 2021
Graham Sommer Composition Competition Concert
Premiere of a new work for piano trio
Amy Hillis (violin), Chloé Dominguez (cello) and Meagan Milatz (piano)
Pollack Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, QC
September 15 2020 6 PM
L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi (excerpts)
Vanessa Croome (soprano), Florence Bourget (mezzo) et Jennifer Szeto (piano)
Sans Souvlaki séries de la voix // Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec
Outdoors concert, Montreal, QC
August 23 2020 | postponed to 2021
Organ recital
Notre-Dame Basilica, Quebec City, QC
August 18 2020 6 PM
World Premiere of Plaines
Adrienne Munden-Dixon (violin) and Jennifer Szeto (piano)
Sans Souvlaki séries de la voix // Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec
Outdoors concert, Montreal, QC
August 14 2020 12:15 PM
Organ Concert
Expansion : une ode au Big Bang
Église St-Pierre-Apôtre, Montreal, QC
Free admission
April 19 2020 | postponed to 2021
Concert France-Québec
World Premiere of Animata Ventis
Myriam Genest-Denis (flautist) and Louis Brouillette (organist)
Maison de la culture de Warwick, Warwick, QC
Tickets available at maisonmusicalewarwick@gmail.com or 1-819-358-2201
April 3 2020 7 PM & April 4 2020 10 PM | cancelled
US premiere of Plaines
Duo Ladino (Elizabeth Castro Abrams, violin and Ronny Michael Greenberg, piano)
The Painted Ladies, San Francisco, CA
April 2 2020 | cancelled
Plaines for violin and piano
Bandeen Hall, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC
Free admission
March 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28 2020 | postponed
Double bill: L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi (Jobidon/St-Onge) and La voix humaine (Poulenc/Cocteau)
Opéra de Montréal, Atelier Lyrique
Vanessa Croome (soprano), Florence Bourget (mezzo) and Jennifer Szeto (piano)
Espace Go, Montreal, QC
March 5 2020
Choros Woodwind Quintet
World premiere of In/material
Joseph Rouleau Hall, Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, Montréal, QC
20$ general admission - 15$ students
Tickets available at the door
December 1 2019 4 PM
New music recital
Excerpts of L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi
UOttawa singers
Freiman Hall, UOttawa, Ottawa, ON
November 30 2019 2 to 4 PM
Composer talks: "Building blocks: tips and techniques for Opera Creation"
Maria Atallah & Laurence Jobidon
Creator Space, Pérez Building, UOttawa, ON
October 6 2019
Jazz organ and saxophone
Fantasy on À la Claire Fontaine
Louis Brouillette (organist)
Chapelle St-Mark's, Sherbrooke, QC
October 5 2019
28th International Review of Composers
European Premiere of Expansion: an Ode to the Big Bang
Maja Smiljanić Radić (organist)
Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Belgrade, Serbia
July 24 2019 5 PM
Quebecois organ music recital
Fantasy on À la Claire Fontaine
Louis Brouillette (organist)
St-Michel Basilica, Sherbrooke, QC
June 30 2019 2 PM
Quebecois organ music recital
Fantasy on À la claire Fontaine
Louis Brouillette (organist)
Notre-Dame du Cap Basilica, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC
June 16 2019
Jazz organ and saxophone
Fantasy on À la Claire Fontaine
Louis Brouillette (organist)
Sainte-Marie de Beauce Church, Sainte-Marie de Beauce, QC
April 5 2019
Premiere of Les fous de bassan, for piano trio
Lydia Gasse (violin), France Veillette (cello) and Carmen Picard (piano)
Bandeen Hall, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC
Free admission.
March 30 2019 7:30 PM
US premiere of Al claro de luna
Vivien Shotwell (mezzo) and Minji Kwon (piano)
Voxman Music Building, University of Iowa School of Music, Iowa City
Free admission.
March 23 2019 7:30 PM
Staged excerpts of L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi
Ensemble 3 Femmes & Aria Umezawa, director.
Ernest Balmer Studio, Tapestry Opera, Toronto, ON.
Free admission.
March 19 2019 12 PM
Excerpts of L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi
Ensemble 3 Femmes
Richard-Bradshaw Amphithéâtre. Toronto, ON.
Free admission.
March 6 2019
Excerpts of L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi
Ensemble 3 Femmes
Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Queen's University, Kingston, ON.
January 16 2019 6:30 PM
SongSlam, hosted by Sparks & Wires Cry, Women on the Verge and UofT voice.
Premiere of Al Claro de Luna
Vivien Shotwell (mezzo-soprano)
Walter Hall, Université de Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Free admission.
January 11, 13 & 14 2019
Radio-broadcasting of Expansion: une ode au Big Bang
Radio-Galilée
Point d'Orgue, hosted by Claude Lemieux.
September 23 2018 3 PM
World Premiere of Expansion : une Ode au Big Bang
Raphael Ashby (organist)
Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Church, Montreal, QC
Donations will profit TSNJ organs maintenance.
September 23 2018 2 PM
Excerpts of L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi
Jacqueline Woodley (soprano), Kristin Hoff (mezzo) & Jennifer Szeto (piano). Animation: Frédéric Cardin.
Unitarian Church, Westmount, QC
September 22 2018.
Opera's Changing Worlds Summit hosted by Opera.ca, Opéra de Montréal & Opéra McGill.
Excerpts of L'hiver attend beaucoup de moi
Jacqueline Woodley, Elisabeth Boudreault (sopranos), Kristin Hoff, Lindsay Connolly (mezzo-sopranos) & Jennifer Szeto (piano).
Salle Tanna Schulich, McGill University, Montreal, QC
September 16 2018 3 PM
Opening concert of les Amis de l'Orgue de Montréal season
With organists Mélanie Barney, Jean-Willy Kunz, Julien Girard, Laurence Jobidon, Raphaël Ashby and Jason Biel.
Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus Church, Montréal.
Tickets: 15 $, available at the door.
August 13 2018 1 PM
Organ concert in l'Art en Ciel festival
Saint-Pierre Apôtre Church, Montréal, QC.
March 25 2018 3 PM
Composer's Forum
Premiere of Pas tout à fait carré
Bandeen Hall, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC
Free admission.
March 18 2018 3 PM
Premiere of Animata Ventis
Louis Brouillette (organist) and Myriam Genest-Denis (flute)
José Evangelista concert series of the SMCQ
Chapel St-Mark's, Sherbrooke.
Le 10 septembre 2017 (13h30). Bières, fromages et orgues à l'église Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus (Montréal). Lancement de la saison 2017-2018 des Amis de l'Orgue de Montréal, en compagnie de Mélanie Barney, Olivier Lavoie-Gagné, Raphaël Ashby et Jason Biel. Billets disponibles à la porte.
Le 19 août 2017 (13h). Concert d'orgue à l'église Saint-Pierre Apôtre (Montréal) dans le cadre du festival l'Art en Ciel. Au programme des oeuvres de Bach/Vivaldi, Jobidon, Janacek et Liszt. Contribution volontaire.
Le 11 juin 2017 (14h). Inédits d'orgue à l'église Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus. Interprétation de musique graphique par l'ensemble vocal Fiat Lux sous la direction d'André Pappathomas, les Vents de l'Iglonthe, Gregory Couture et Laurence Jobidon.
Le 12 mai 2017 (12h15). Musiques d'Espagne et d'Italie. Concert d'orgue au Sanctuaire Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs (Montréal). Au programme des oeuvres de Scarlatti, Rossi, Correa de Araujo et plus encore. Contribution volontaire.
Le 11 avril 2017 (15h). Forum des compositeurs de l'Université Bishops à la Salle Bandeen (Sherbrooke). Au programme de nouvelles compositions pour quatuor dont Attention Flottante.
Le 8 janvier 2017 (14h). Danses, couleurs et mélodies : les musiques québécoises et françaises du XX et XXIe siècle. Au programme, Duruflé, Alain, Laurin, Jobidon, Messiaen.
Le 5 juin 2016 (14h). Concert d'orgue à la Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Cap (Cap-de-la-Madeleine). Au programme, des oeuvres de compositeurs québécois, notamment Daveluy, Laurin et Jobidon (Fantaisie sur "À la Claire Fontaine"). Contribution volontaire.
Le 14 mai 2016 (14h). Concert d'orgue à l'église Saint-Pierre (Shawinigan) dans le cadre de l'excursion culturelle en Mauricie. Au programme, Bach, Hakim, Liszt.
Le 1er mai 2016 (14h). Inédits d'orgue à l'église Très-Saint-Nom-de-Jésus. Interprétation de musique graphique par l'ensemble vocal Fiat Lux sous la direction d'André Pappathomas, quintette à vents, Gabrielle Tessier et Laurence Jobidon. Billets disponibles à la porte.
Le 1er avril 2016 (20h). Forum des compositeurs de l'Université Bishops avec le quatuor à cordes Quatrouvailles. Création de l'adaptation pour quatuor à cordes de la pièce Le Harfang et le loup.
Le 30 janvier 2016 (19h30). Le Carnaval des Animaux. Concert de l'Orchestre Nouvelle Génération à la Salle Claude-Champagne (Montréal). Création de la pièce Le Harfang et le loup.