Sylvie Proulx :: Press Kit
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Canadian virtuoso guitarist, Sylvie Proulx has concertized throughout Canada, the United States and England. A champion of
new works for the guitar, she has presented numerous Canadian world-premieres. Acclaimed for her exceptional musicality
and remarkable technique, her repertoire reflects a wide range of periods and styles. In addition to solo and orchestral work,
Ms. Proulx always enjoys the collaborative aspect of chamber music, welcoming new and challenging pieces for that genre.
Multi-award winning Sylvie Proulx holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the Universities of Ottawa and Toronto where she studied
with Ed Honeywell and Eli Kassner. Under the auspices of the Canada Arts Council, she also studied in England with renowned
guitarist David Russell who called her "a great player with all the right ingredients". A busy recitalist, Ms. Proulx is also a well-
known broadcast personality in Canada, and a respected pedagogue at the university level. Her talents for instruction and per-
formance were combined in her popular television program, Guitare en Mains, which introduced students to the rudiments of
guitar playing. A charming and frequent guest on both English and French networks, engaging commentaries often accompa-
ny her recital appearances in which Sylvie Proulx shares her knowledge and her passion for the guitar.
Her affinity for South American music is brilliantly apparent in Sylvie Proulx's recording Tango Nuevo - The Music of Astor Piaz-
zolla which features solo guitar, guitar and flute (with flutist Robert Aitken) and Piazzolla's concerto for guitar and bandoneon
(recorded with members of Symphony Nova Scotia). Ms Proulx who currently teaches guitar at Memorial University's School of
Music, has recently released her solo recording, Sirocco, which features works of some of the most celebrated composers to-
day.
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"Wonderfully coloured and intelligently rendered...Proulx demonstrated a grasp of the music and tech-
nical facility that could scarcely been bettered." ~ Ottawa Citizen
"...clarity of line, refined sound and effortless technique...virtuosic and compelling mastery."
~ Halifax Chronicle-Herald
"One of Canada's finest guitarists, [Ms. Proulx] gave a stirring two-hour performance...demonstrated a
masterful command of the guitar."~ Northern Pen
"....The ease with which she played was astounding...she played with the loose intensity of a master...She is
respected as a master of many musical forms...her concert ended with a standing ovation."
~ St. Mary's Journal
"A very fine interpreter of the music of this century." ~ Soundboard Magazine
"Vast technical abilities...she had the audience dancing in their seats and wanting to hear more."
~ Fredericton Daily Gleaner
"Outstanding technical virtuosity and musicality!" ~ Guitar Lines
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Sylvie Proulx :: Repertoire
Dionisio Aguado Andante and Rondo
Isaac Albeniz Recuerdos del Alhambra
Granada
Asturias
Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne in D minor
Lutes suites no 1, 2, 3 and 4
Prelude Fugue and Allegro
Fugue in A minor
Agustin Barrios Vals no 3 & 4
Una Limosna
Choro de Saudade
Daniel Batchelar Monsieurs Almaine
Paulo Bellinati Jongo
Leo Brouwer El Decamaron Negro
Elogio de la Danza
An Idea
Cancion de Cuna
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Capprichio Diabolico
Tarentella
Jorge Crespo Norteña
Carlo Domeniconi Koyunbaba
John Dowland Farewell
Roland Dyens Triaela
Eduardo Falù Cuandos Las Sombras Llegan
Pamperada
Carlos Fariñas Preludio
Abel Fleury Pago Largo
Mauro Giuliani Grand Ouverture
Sonata Eroïca
Alberto Ginastera Sonata
Harold Gramatges Pequeña Suite
Enrique Granados Danzas no1, 3, 4 and 10
Frederick Hand Trilogy
Nikita Koshkin The Prince’s Toys (first 5 movements)
Antonio Lauro selected Venezuelan waltzes
Frank Martin Quatre Pièces Brèves
Kaspar Mertz Fantaisie Hongroise (early Romantic)
Jorge Morel Sonata for Guitar
Danza Brasilera
Romance Criollo
Solo Repertoire
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto in D Major
Astor Piazzolla Double Concerto with Guitar and Bandoneon
Joaquin Rodrigo Concerto de Aranjuez
Fantasia para un Gentilhombre
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in D Major
Double Concerto in G Major
Solo Repertoire (Continued)
Concertos
Paulindo Nogeira Bachianinha no1 and 2
Frevinho Doce
Chôro Para Bordôes
Valsa Em Sol Do Meio Dia
Chôro Chorado Para Paulindo Nogeira
Turlough O’ Caralan Eleanor Plunket
Bridget Cruise
O' Caralan's Concerto
Astor Piazzolla selected tangos
Manuel Ponce Sonata Classica
Variations and Fugue on la Folia
Valse in D major
Stepàn Ràk Voces de Profundis,
Toccata
Temptation of the Renaissance
Joaquin Rodrigo Evocacion y Danza
Eduardo Sainz de la Maza Suite: Platero y yo
Henry Sauguet Soliloque
Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas (various)
Vincente Sojo Five Pieces from Venezuela
Fernando Sor Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart
Variations on "Folias de España"
Moreno Torroba Sonatina
Joaquin Turina Sevillana
Rafaga
Hector Villa-Lobos Preludes #1 to #5 and Etudes #1, #3, #7, #11 and #12
William Walton Five Bagatelles
Sylvius Leopold Weiss Suite no 18
Passacaille in D major
Andrew York Sirocco
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Chamber Music Leo Brouwer Per Suonare a Tre (guitar, violin and flute)
Johann Hummel Grande Serenade en Potpourri, Op. 63 (guitar,
clarinet, violin, bassoon)
Aaron Jay Kernis 100 Greatest Dance Hits (guitar and string quartet)
2 Awakenings and a Double Lullaby (guitar, voice, violin and
piano)
Chamber Music :: Flute & Guitar Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in C major (BMV 1033)
Robert Beaser Mountain Songs
Manuel de Falla La Vida Breve
Mauro Giuliani Grand Sonata Op. 85
Frederick Hand Four Excursions
Louis Moyse Cantos de las Sierras
Astor Piazzolla Histoire du Tango
Chamber Music :: Voice & Guitar Manuel de Falla Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
Astor Piazzolla selected tangos
Joaquin Rodrigo En Jerez de la Frontera
Adela
De Ronda
Hector Villa-Lobos Aria (from Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5)
Chamber Music :: 2 Guitars Johann Sebastian Bach English Suite no. 3
Dusan Bogdanovic Balkan Bargain
No Feathers on this Frog
Johannes Brahms Theme and Variations Op. 18
Leo Brouwer Micro Piezas
Ida Presti Prelude and Fugue
Domenico Scarlatti selected sonatas
Fernando Sor L’Encouragement
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Sylvie Proulx :: Repertoire
Chamber Music :: 4 Guitars Clarice Assad Bluezilian
Sergio Assad Uarekena
Paulo Bellinati A Furiosa
Baiao de Gude
Luigi Boccherini Introduction and Fandango
Leo Brouwer Cuban Landscape with Rain
Marco Pereira Dança Dos Quatro Ventos
Canadian Repertoire Robert Bauer Homage to Astor Piazzolla
William Beauvais Horizon’s Echo
John Beckwith After images, after Webern (for guitar and cello)
Omar Daniel My Angel (for voice and guitar)
Stephen Gellman Concertina (for guitar and string quartet)
Richard Gibson Cantilena
Chris Harman The Swan that Died in Darkness
Jacques Hétu Final (from Suite for Guitar op.41)
Raymond Luedeke Elemental Dances (for guitar and string quartet)
Alisdair MacLean Songs about Birds (for guitar, voice and clarinet)
Sandy Moore Prisms (for guitar and celtic harp)
Steven Naylor Imaginary Places 5 (with electronic CD)
Pierre Proulx Variations on a Folkloric Theme
Clark Ross Variations on McGillicuddy’s Rant
Don Ross August on the Island
Carolan’s Quarrel with the Landlady
Patrick Roux Endiablado (guitar, sax, clarinet, percussion)
Tango Contretemps Go (guitar, sax, clarinet, percussion)
Les rues mal famées (guitar, sax, clarinet, percussion)
Harry Somers Sonata
Claude Vivier Pour Guitare
John Weinzweig Contrasts for Guitar
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Sylvie Proulx :: Curriculum Vitae
Education 1997 TESL Course Certificate and 20 hours practicum
Saint Mary’s University
September-December
1989 Master of Music in Performance
University of Toronto,
Principal teacher: Eli Kassner
1988 Music Performance and Communication Diploma
University of Toronto
Principal teacher: Ezra Schabas
1985 Private Music Studies - London, England
Canada Council Study Grant
Principal teacher: David Russell
1985 Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance
University of Ottawa
Principal teacher: Ed Honeywell
Teaching Experience 2005 - Present Guitar Professor
School of Music
Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
1995 - 1996 Professor of Guitar, lecturer
Dalhousie University, Halifax NS
1994 Guitar instructor
TVO, Toronto ON
1990 - 1994 Professor of Guitar
Royal Conservatory of Music
Toronto, ON
1990 - 1991 Ear training and guitar instructor Summer Performance Academy, Oakville ON
1988 Master classes and workshops by invitation at: University of Western Ontario, Lakehead
University, St. Francis Xavier University, Cambrian College, Toronto and Scarborough
Board of Education, Brandon University, various guitar festivals across Canada, 1988 to
present
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Grants & Awards 2007 Memorial University VPR Support Recording Program $5,000
2008 Grant received for the production of a new recording featuring contemporary solo
guitar works
NLAC Professional Project Grants Program $2,500
Grant received for the production of a new recording featuring contemporary solo
guitar works
1998 Canada Arts Council Touring Grant $5,000
Grant received for performances with Prism Ensemble featuring new music and multi
disciplinary works for the 1998 Sound Symposium Festival
NSAC Creation Project Grant $9,000
Grant received for multidisciplinary concert production and performance
1995 FACTOR Recording Loan Program $5,000
Grant received for the production of a new recording featuring the solo and chamber
music repertoire of Astor Piazzolla
Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture Recording Grant $5,000
Grant received for the production of a new recording featuring the solo and chamber
music repertoire of Astor Piazzolla
1987 Ontario Arts Council Chalmer's Award $11,000
Award received for the completion of graduate studies at the University of Toronto
1985 Canada Arts Council Grant for Studies Abroad and Travel Grant $10,500
Discography 2010 Sirocco, solo guitar, Centaur Records
2004 Rumba, music from Cuba, Brazil and Central America
Alma Latina Ensemble
1996 Tango Nuevo, The music of Astor Piazzolla with featured artists Robert Aitken (flute)
and Joseph Petric (accordion), Skylark Music
Selected Performances 2011 Chamber music recital featuring Brazilian guitar quartet repertoire
ITCM Conference Sound Shift Festival, St. John’s NL
Chamber music recital featuring Brazilian guitar quartet repertoire for CBC Broadcast
Petro Canada Hall, St. John’s NL
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Selected Performances (Continued) 2010 Chamber music recital featuring Latin American and Spanish repertoire with clarinetist
Paul Bendza, percussionist Rob Power, pianist Bill Brennan and vocalist Jeff Dyer
Newfound Music Festival, St. John’s NL
2009 Solo recital, Centre Culturel de St. Pierre, St. Pierre FR
Chamber music recital featuring American guitar repertoire with flutist Michelle Chera
my, percussionist Rob Power and students from the guitar and bass studios of the
School of Music conducted by graduate student Chris Miller, MUN Concert Series, St.
John’s NL
2008 Chamber music concert performance featuring Canadian works with cellist Vernon
Regher and clarinettist Paul Bendza, Newfound Music Festival, St. John’s NL
2007 Solo recital, Guitar Society of Toronto Concert Series, Toronto ON
Solo recital featuring the Canadian premiere of Secret Gardens, by composer Kati
Agosc Sound Symposium, Winter Concert Series presented in joint collaboration with
the Newfound Music Festival, CBC Broadcast, St. John’s NL
Chamber music concert tour across Newfoundland with guitarist John Mills and
members of the NSO
2006 Solo performance, Sound Symposium Festival, St. John’s NL
Concert performance with Alma Latina Cuban Ensemble
Edmundston Jazz and Blue Festival, Edmunston NB
Solo recital, Festival des Guitares du Monde, Rouyn-Noranda QC
2005 Concert performance with Alma Latina Cuban Ensemble
Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, Fredericton NB
Solo recital, MUN Concert Series, St. John’s NL
Solo recital, Acadia International Guitar Festival, Wolfville NS
ECMA performance showcase with Alma Latina Cuban Ensemble, Sydney NS
2004 Concert performance with Tango Extasis Ensemble featuring the music of Astor Piazzol
la The Music Room, Halifax NS
Concert performances across Nova Scotia with Alma Latina Cuban Ensemble at the At
lantic Jazz Festival World Tent Series, The Stan Rogers Festival, the Shelburne Jazz Festi
val, The Lunenburg Folk Festival, The Multicultural Festival and The Wolfville Summer
Concert Series
Chamber music recital with N.S. Symphony principal flutist Patricia Creighton
Shelburne Concert Series, Shelburne NS
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Selected Performances (Continued) 2003 Concert performance with Tango Extasis Ensemble featuring Astor Piazzolla works
Atlantic Jazz Festival, Halifax NS
Solo guest artist for the Venezuelan Embassy featuring an all Venezuelan repertoire,
Ottawa ON
ECMA chamber music performance showcase with Tango Extasis, Halifax NS
2002 ECMA chamber music performance showcase with Tango Extasis, Saint-John NB
Artist in Residence with the St Cecilia Concert Series, Halifax NS
Featured guitarist in the music score recording of the Pierre Trudeau television
series, recorded in Halifax NS
2001 Concert performances with Alma Latina Cuban Ensemble, World Music Series,
Atlantic Jazz Festival, Halifax NS 2001 - 2004
Concert performances across Nova Scotia with soprano Janice Jackson
CBC broadcast, Dingwall NS
Debut Prairie solo recital tour including 13 concerts across Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Musique Royale solo recital tour across Nova Scotia
2000 Chamber music performances, New Brunswick Summer Music Festival, CBC Broadcast
Fredericton NB
1999 Concert in collaboration with Jazz Vocalist Jeri Brown, flutist Patricia Creighton, bass
player Danny Sutherland and drummer Dave Burton
CBC Broadcast, Summerside Music Festival, Summerside PEI
Concert with Jazz vocalist Jeri Brown, Bishop's University Jazz Series, Sherbrooke QC
1998 Flute and guitar recital with flutist Patricia Creighton
Musique Saint-Bernard Performance Series, Saint-Bernard NB
Multidisciplinary Concert performances with contemporary dancer Gwen Noah, visual
artist Malcolm Callaway and harpist/composer Sandy Moore as well as a solo perfor-
mance of world premiere Imaginary Places 5 by Canadian composer Steve Naylor, CBC
Broadcast, Sound Symposium, St. John’s NL
1997 Solo recital, Music on the Mountain Concert Series, Whistler BC
1996 Guest soloist, Baroque Series with SNS orchestra, Halifax NS
Solo recital, Edmundston Concert Series, Edmundston NB
Solo recitals, Chamber Music Festival, Ottawa ON
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Selected Performances (Continued) 1996 Chamber music world premiere performance of Elemental Dances for guitar and
string quartet by Canadian composer Raymond Luedeke with the Pederecki String
Quartet CBC Broadcast, Ottawa ON
1995 Solo recital, Glenn Gould Studio Concert Series, CBC Broadcast, Toronto ON
Solo performance of Canadian premiere The Swan that Died in Darkness for solo guitar
by Canadian composer Chris Harman, Winnipeg New Music Festival, Winnipeg MA
Guest soloist, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Mississauga ON
1997 Christmas concert tour across British Columbia and Ontario music and narration with
CBC radio celebrity Alan Maitland
1994 Christmas concert tour Newfoundland and Nova Scotia featuring music and narration
with CBC radio celebrity Alan Maitland
Solo concert performances featuring world premiere of The Swan that Died in Darkness
for solo guitar by Canadian composer Chris Harman, Eastern States USA
1992 Debut Atlantic tour including 16 concerts across the Atlantic provinces
CBC Broadcast, St. Anthony NL
Professional Activities 2011 Guitar Adjudicator, Nova Scotia Provincial Music Festival
2010 Guitar adjudicator, Ontario Music Festivals Provincial Competition
2004 Guitar adjudicator, Nova Scotia Provincial Music Festival
2003 Guitar adjudicator, Nova Scotia Provincial Music Festival
1990 Editor and Contributor
Frederick Harris Guitar Series (Royal Conservatory of Music guitar curriculum)
1990 Guitar adjudicator, Kiwanis Music Festivals, southern Ontario region
1988 Television interviews for stations including TV5 International, CJOH Ottawa, CTV Winni
peg, ATV, CJRT Toronto, Global TV and SRC Moncton as well as for radio programs
such as CBC's Arts National, Morningside, Guitar Today, and SRC Halifax Bonjour
Atlantique, CBC Weekend AM Radio Show and Musicraft
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