THE MAKERS' FORUM
PLATFORM DEDICATED TO THE
MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTS AND BOWS
Upcoming Activities
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Exhibitions-Concert
Every year, we propose original events, where the public can discover and try the most recent works of our members. During these exhibitions, the greatest musical talents join the height of craftsmanship for unique chamber music concerts.
This year we are looking forward to exhibit in Quebec City for the first time.
We are also very pleased with our new partnership with the Concours Musical International de Montréal. During the competition we will hold a live workshop where 13 violin makers and 4 bow makers will work together at Bourgie Hall to make a violin and a bow (value of $20,000) which will be presented as a prize to the laureate.
Corda Program
Chamber Music Concerts in Schools
As part of our educational mission, the goal of the Corda program is to bring chamber music to children of all social and cultural backgrounds, in exposing them to a "live" concert by a small ensemble like a string quartet. Our presentations are graciously offered to public elementary schools. In order to support future professional musicians, we mainly select and hire quartets of the new generation.
Current season
We are presently working on planning our current seasonal interventions.
If you would like to have your school involved or to obtain more information, please write to info@themakersforum.org. The execution of the Corda program is made possible thanks to our partner Canimex.
Past seasons concerts
We have offered the concerts in the following schools during our past seasons:
2018
École Hamel & École Pélican, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Mondrian Quartet from the Université de Montréal
Samuel Hogue, violin ; Catherine Beaudry, violin ; Victor De Coninck, viola ; Susana Arcila Tascon, cello
Program:
Johannes Brahms - Quartet no 2, (III)
Béla Bartòk - Quartet no 4 (IV)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quartet no 19, Dissonance (IV)
Antonin Dvorak - Quartet no 12, American (IV)
Dmitri Shostakovitch - Polka
École St-Grégoire-le-Grand, Montreal, Quebec
Andara Quartet quatuorandara.com from the Montreal Conservatory of Music
Marie-Claire Vaillancourt, violin ; Jeanne Côté, violin ; Vincent Delorme, viola ; Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy, cello
École Ste-Bernadette-Soubirous, Montreal, Quebec
Mondrian Quartet from the Université de Montréal
Samuel Hogue, violin ; Catherine Beaudry, violin ; Victor De Coninck, viola ; Susana Arcila Tascon, cello
Program:
Johannes Brahms - Quartet no 2, (III)
Béla Bartòk - Quartet no 4 (IV)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quartet no 19, Dissonance (IV)
Antonin Dvorak - Quartet no 12, American (IV)
Dmitri Shostakovitch - Polka
2017
École St-Marc, Montréal, Québec
Andara Quartet quatuorandara.com from the Montreal Conservatory of Music
Marie-Claire Vaillancourt, violin ; Jeanne Côté, violin ; Vincent Delorme, viola ; Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy, cello
Program:
Félix Mendelssohn - String quartet in A minor op. 13 no 2 (I)
Joseph Haydn - String quartet in G major op. 77 no 1 (IV)
Claude Debussy - String quartet in G minor (III)
Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy - Quartet no 1 (II)
École Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau, Montréal, Québec
Mont-Royal Quartet from the Université de Montréal
Julien Patrice, violin ; Audrée Leduc, violin ; Victor de Coninck, viola ; Jérémi D. Ducharme, cello
Program:
Alexander Borodine - Quatuor à cordes en ré majeur no 2
École St-Émile, Montréal, Québec
Molinari Quartet quatuormolinari.qc.ca
Olga Ranzenhofer , violin ; Frédéric Bednarz , violin ; Frédéric Lambert, viola ; Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello
Program:
R. Murray Schafer - Quatuor à cordes no.4
John Zorn
