Richard Charron (Orchestra)
Richard Charron obtained a Masters of Performance on trumpet and has performed as a freelance musician with many orchestras including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the S.M.C.Q., Orchestre de Radio-Canada and Montreal Pop.
He has taught trumpet and ensemble classes in many schools such as Vincent-D’Indy, Marguerite-Bourgeois, Pierre-Laporte, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and at Université du Québec à Montréal.
Richard Charron has been a jury member in numerous competitions and festivals, some of which include the Festival des harmonies et des orchestres du Québec, Musicfest and Jazz fest. He has also taught at the Camp musical des Laurentides. He has been associated with École Joseph-François-Perrault since 1991 where he is currently musical director and conducts the Concert Band and the JFP Symphony Orchestra.
Erica Phare (Choirs)
Erica Phare obtained a Master’s Degree in choral conducting from McGill University under the direction of Iwan Edwards. She is also a classically-trained pianist. Ms. Phare currently directs the choral program at Vanier College’s Music Department as well as the McGill Conservatory Children and Youth Choir, which she founded in 1994.
From 1994 to 2006, Ms. Phare was a specialist in vocal music at the primary level at F.A.C.E. School, and directed the F.A.C.E. Young Singers junior and senior choirs. For 11 years, she also conducted the EMSB Junior Chorale. She is in demand as a choral workshop leader and has been on many juries for choral competitions in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Manitoba as well as teaching at CAMMAC and Artemusik summer camps.
In the summer of 2000, Ms. Phare was the program director for a children's group, King's Kids, in a tour to Israel. She also prepared the New Streams Children’s Choir for their European and Israeli tour of Oratorio Terezin. In July 2006, she traveled to Uganda to work with the African Children’s Choir.
In addition to her very busy choral conducting career, Ms. Phare also is a choral music arranger; two of her pieces have been published by Gordon V. Thompson.
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