Jerome Blais, Dalhousie University
Associate Professor
Music
Halifax, Nova Scotia
jerome.blais@dal.ca
Office:
(902) 494-3037
Bio/Research
After studying Music Theory at McGill University, Jérôme Blais completed Master's and doctoral degrees in composition at the University of Montreal. His works, which feature a unique encounter between traditional composition and improvisation, have been performed by several ensembles, among which...
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Bio/Research
After studying Music Theory at McGill University, Jérôme Blais completed Master's and doctoral degrees in composition at the University of Montreal. His works, which feature a unique encounter between traditional composition and improvisation, have been performed by several ensembles, among which are Symphony Nova Scotia, Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Rosa Ensemble of Amsterdam, Quasar Saxophone Quartet, Bozzini String Quartet, Bradyworks, Array Music and Continuum. He has been invited as featured composer by festivals such as Newfound Music in St. John's, Newfoundland and Shattering the Silence in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and in 2010 he was keynote speaker at the Canadian University Music Society’s annual congress.
Recent prestigious performances of his works include Es ist genug! by Canadian pianist Ang Li at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and an excerpt of his song cycle Songs for Milena (dedicated to the memory of Czech journalist Milena Jesensnká) by Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal. He is now Professor of Composition and Music Theory at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Recent prestigious performances of his works include Es ist genug! by Canadian pianist Ang Li at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and an excerpt of his song cycle Songs for Milena (dedicated to the memory of Czech journalist Milena Jesensnká) by Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal. He is now Professor of Composition and Music Theory at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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