Guitar orchestra

The Société de guitare de Montréal Orchestra is an amateur, multi-generational group of guitarists with various technical skills, under the leadership of conductor Luc Lévesque. Members must have at least minimal experience of the instrument, be able to decipher single-note scores and be regular members of the Société. Registration fees for the year are $150. The orchestra rehearses every other week in the premises of the Music Department of UQAM and offers several performances a year, including the creation of original works. Furthermore, as a study group, it helps with education workshops for music teachers and collaborates on various research projects along with the Music Department.
For more information, and to register, please contact orchestra. orchestresgm@gmail.com

The Artistic Director

A composer, arranger and guitarist, Luc Lévesque pursued music studies at the University of Montréal. He has studied lute with the American Lute Society at Oakland University in Michigan. As a composer, he wrote numerous original soundtracks for the Théâtre de la Grande Réplique. As an arranger, he has re-orchestrated Stravinsky’s Tale of the Soldier in a gipsy version for the theatre. He followed this with a Master’s Degree in Drama. Many of his compositions and arrangements have been published by Productions D’Oz. As an educator, he established the guitar programme at the Mulberry and Chambly high schools, and won numerous interpretation prizes with his students. He concluded his teaching career in Burkina Faso, at the American School of Ouagadougou. Finally, Luc Lévesque can be heard in “Le Temple Sacré”, “Le chant des Énergies” Vol. and “Fascination”, three albums by Productions Quantiques, led by Micheline Allaire and Alain Lemay.