Name Linda Bouchard | Role Composer | |
Occupation Canadian composer and conductor living in the USA. Education Bennington College, Manhattan School of Music People also search for Evan Ziporyn, Steven Mackey, Michael Pugliese Nominations Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year Profiles | ||
Linda Bouchard - House of Words
Linda Bouchard (born 21 May 1957) is a Canadian composer and conductor.
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- Linda Bouchard House of Words
- De souffles et de machines portrait de compositeur linda bouchard
- Biography
- Theatrical works
- Vocal music
- Orchestral music
- Large chamber ensemble
- Chamber music
- String quartet
- Solo works
- References
De souffles et de machines portrait de compositeur linda bouchard
Biography
Bouchard was raised in Montreal. She has a BA in music (Bennington College, Vermont, 1979) and an MMus in composition (Manhattan School of Music, New York City, 1982). Her teachers were Ransom Wilson, Sue Ann Kahn, Harvey Sollberger (flute), David Gilbert and Arthur Weisberg (conducting), and Elias Tanenbaum and Henry Brant (composition). From 1979 to 1991 Bouchard resided in New York City, where she composed and conducted ensembles including the St-Luke's Orchestra, Essential Music, New York New Music Ensemble and the New Music Consort. In 1991 she returned to Canada. From September 1992 to August 1995 she was composer-in-residence for the National Arts Centre Orchestra. She has lived in San Francisco since 1997 with her husband and only son. She is the founder of NEXMAP based in San Francisco.
She has cited Henry Brant as a major influence in her music. She has experimented with different spatial placements of performers, both as a composer and as a conductor. Her music is characterized by timbral explorations and percussive explosions.