“The technical demands are considerable, but Ducharme makes light of them. There’s never a hint of struggle, and all the layers of sound come through clearly and solidly, with the air of pure joy that can make this such a delight.’
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One of the most respected guitarist of his generation, Jérôme Ducharme travels through North America to perform recitals, masterclasses and for adjudication panels. His career took off when he won the first prize at the 2005 Guitar Foundation of America International Competition. His cd, released on the NAXOS label, received appraisal from various critics, as well as the mention of CD of the month from the Scena musicale.
Jérôme graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique et d’Art dramatique du Québec with great distinction in 2000 and holds a doctorate degree in performance from Université de Montréal.
Jérôme is a guitar instructor at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music and at Marianopolis College. Jérôme is also a member of the Tangere Trio.
Jérôme Ducharme plays on a guitar made by René Wilhelmy.
Please join us for a pre-concert intro session at 6:15
Catherine M. Stewart will be our exhibiting artist
Originally from Windsor, Ontario, Catherine Mary Stewart has lived and worked
most of her life as an artist in Vancouver. She earned a BSc from the University
of Toronto and a MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her early studies
have been an ongoing influence in her art practice with many of her artistic
investigations relating visually and/or philosophically to the practices, aesthetics
and history of science.
Catherine’s prints and photographs have won awards and been shown locally,
nationally and internationally in group and solo exhibitions.
More information about the artist can be found at www.catherinestewart.net
About the work: Elements of Grace is a suite of 12 black and white photo-etchings in which I have juxtaposed diagrams from the first English translation (1729) of Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica with photo-details of the human form. Although the two types of images are very different in subject matter and graphic character, when they are brought together as etchings on the same page, a ‘dialectic’ of sorts occurs between them, both formally and metaphorically. The titles are phrases drawn from the text of Principia associated with each diagram.
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