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Marcel, Luc
(b. 1962, Charlemagne, Québec). Canadian composer of mostly orchestral and
chamber works that have been performed throughout the Americas and in Europe.
Mr. Marcel studied composition with Serge Garant and Michel Longtin at the Université de Montréal from 1984-92, where he graduated with his maîtrise.
Many leading ensembles, including Arraymusic, the Chromos Saxophone Quartet, Die Reihe Ensemble, l'Ensemble Solange, the SMCQ Ensemble, and the Xenakis Ensemble, among others, have played his works, as well as the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
The American Festival of Microtonal Music, Arraymusic, pianists Jacques Drouin and Louis-Philippe Pelletier, the Festival International de Saxophones de Montréal, the ensemble Jeu Présent, Montréal Danse, the Quatuor Bozzini, the Quatuor Quasar, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and the Xenakis Ensemble have commissioned works from him.
He has earned prizes in the SOCAN
(1986, for Troie), the CBC Young
Composers (1986, for Détention) and
the Arraymusic (1995, for On the Spot)
competitions and in 1999, his Pastel
earned First Prize in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival
Competition. He has earned grants from the Canada Council and the Conseil des
Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail
address: hallee@mlink.net
Street
address: Mr. Luc Marcel, 1631 rue Gauthier, St.-Bruno, QC J3V 5Y4, Canada
Telephone:
450 653 6724
Fax:
450 653 7993
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Entre la mémoire et l’oubli
(ballet music, choreography by Paul-André Fortier), clarinet (+ E-flat
clarinet, bass clarinet), trombone, cello, piano, 2 percussion, 1996; Wind (ballet music, choreography by Bill
James), 4 saxophones, 1996 (also version for orchestra); La maison aux lumières brûlées, tap dancer, piano, 1998
ORCHESTRAL: Troie, piano, symphonic band, 1985; Silence 8va bassa, 2 percussion, symphonic band, 1987; Doigts sur bois, string orchestra, 1989;
L'envers
de la cité (concerto), violin, orchestra, 1989; Kippawa, 1993; Coeur,
1994 (version of choral work); Hommage à
Xenakis, small orchestra (11 players), 1996; Wind, 1996 (version of stage work); Asile, piano, small orchestra, 1998; Pastel, 1998; Modèle 312,
small orchestra, 1999; Les Masques,
2000; Le Cirque des Mosaïques, small
orchestra (15 players), 2001; Tour
génoise, 2002; Concerto, piano,
small orchestra (15 players), 2002-03
CHAMBER MUSIC: Chorégraphie, flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1984; Sept, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
violin, viola, cello, 2 percussion, 1984; Détention,
2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 percussion, 1986; L'anniversaire d'un mort, trombone, cello, piano,
percussion, 1988; Ne pas fermer les yeux,
trombone, 1990; Voyage vu de l'extérieur, tenor saxophone (+ baritone
saxophone), trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 1990 (each of its three
sections may be performed separately: Duo,
tenor saxophone, trombone; Trio,
trumpet, piano, percussion; Quintet,
baritone saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion); Attraction, soprano saxophone, trombone, 1992; On the Spot, E-flat clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, piano,
percussion, 1995; Sous un arbre rouge,
bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, 2 percussion, 1995; L'illusionniste, flute,
oboe, bass clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1995; Le poisson volant, violin, 1995; La nouvelle lune, flute, oboe, cello, piano, 1995; Beach Glass, bassoon, violin, viola,
cello, 1997; Strawberry field reflection,
alto flute, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, harpsichord, percussion, 1999; Appel, 12 saxophones, 2000; Fenêtre, string quartet, 2000; Miroirs des vents, 4 saxophones, 2001; Le Pendule, string quartet, 2001
CHORAL: Coeur, mixed chorus, 3 pianos, 1985 (also version for orchestra); Souches, mixed chorus, 1996; La symphonie du millénaire, choruses,
organ, carillon, 15 church bells, 2000 bell ringers, 2 fire trucks, large
orchestra (333 players), 1999-2000 (collaboration with 19 other composers)
VOCAL: L'avalée des avalés I,
mezzo-soprano, 4 percussion, 1995; L'avalée des avalés II, mezzo-soprano, 4
percussion, 1997; Les langues humaines,
mezzo-soprano, clarinet, viola, piano, 2001
PIANO: L'univers de la cité,
1984; Pièce en 'té-rieur', 2 pianos,
1988; La Cité des Anges, 2001
MULTIMEDIA:
Phonographe (symphonie portuaire),
boats, trains, church bells, 2000
ARRANGEMENT: Expansive embarassement (reduction of opera by Denis Gougeon),
piano, 1997
DISCOGRAPHY
Entre la mémoire et l'oubli. Walter Boudreau/SMCQ
Ensemble (private, 1996)
Wind. Charles Zachary
Bornstein/Chromos Saxophone Quartet (Vandenburg Wave, 1997)
(Last
updated on February 16, 2003)
