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Rémy Bélanger de Beauport is a multifaceted, jack of all trades, passionate musician who will certainly leave his mark, from the intricacies of musique actuelle, to formal academia — behind or in front of class —, and in and through the dirty back alleys of rock.

His formal training includes a B Mus (Honors in Composition, McGill, 2007) and a B Sc (Mathematics, UQAM, 2009), which lead him to an MA (Music Theory, McGill, 2011). As a teacher, his open but structured approach was recognized in 2010 (Schulich School of Music Teaching Award Graduate Teaching Assistant/Course Instructor Category), year during which he also taught rock (Garage Band Camp) and Calculus (Cégep du Vieux-Montréal). He is now creator and director of the Contemporary Improvisation Ensemble of McGill.

His first documented improvising endeavors start in Québec City in the early 2000s. He is then singer and guitarist of noise rock duo KL6 39e (self released, 2003) and member of Soda Pop (Pilé dans plate-bande, compilation Déluge/Alterflow ds-07, 2003), an experimental and cacophonous trio in which he plays prepared acoustic guitar, roaring acoustic bass and an assorted set of loud objects. He later turns to classical upright bass (McGill, 2006), but eventually switches over to cello and forms Duo Bélanger, a telepath duo for solo amplified cello and dance (France Bélanger, 2006-). As a composer, Rémy Bélanger de Beauport’s premiered works include a piano solo (Les ailes de la perruche, 2006), a piece for flugelhorn and tape (Fluggiari, 2007), and some electroacoustic (Musique cohérente, 2008; Literie, 2010). But he says that most of his creative energy goes to — and comes from — the forward drive, the instantaneity of free improv.

One easily recognizes Rémy Bélanger de Beauport’s acoustic or distorted classically — but also rock-influenced cello tones. We have seen him in collaboration with dance (Duo Bélanger, 2006-) and theatre (Théâtre Émergence, 2007), but we hear him mainly in free improvised musical contexts. In the last few years, he has played in Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Toronto, New York et Berlin, with artists such as Lori Freedman, Jean Derome, Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Michel F Côté, Scott Thompson, Kathy Kennedy, Charity Chan, Gordon Allen, Pierre-Yves Martel, DB Boyko, D. Kimm, to name a few. His most recent projects include Fenaison (Ambiance Magnétiques, AM169, 2007), Quintette de l’Halloween (Coup de Cœur SuperMusique 2008), Chat Perdu (Rencontres de Musiques Spontannées in Rimouski, 2010), guest with Erlenmeyer (Festival International de littérature 2009, Francofolies 2010), and his own Windturbine Project, a solo with wind turbines of the world (Toronto, 2007; Berlin, 2008; Gaspésie 2011). Let us not forget he is also a rock singer, bass player, guitarist and drummer, a trained classical pianist, a dilettante poet, music theorist and mathematician. His most recent rock undertakings — whether experimental or not — include sos bambi (1998-), KL6 39e (2003), guest with Les momies de Palerme (2007-), and Elvar, (2010-).

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Rémy Bélanger de Beauport
  • Composer
  • Performer (cello, voice)

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