Press release
For immediate release
Montreal, January 28, 2025 – Jeunesses Musicales Canada is pleased to announce the national tour of Francoeur: Strings, strife, and the court of the king featuring Marie Nadeau-Tremblay (baroque violin), Tristan Best (viola), Kerry Bursey (voice and lute). The tour, organized as part of the JMC Concerts programme, offers audiences a unique opportunity to discover these exceptional artists in an intimate setting.
The Francoeur tour kicked off on January 25, 2025, in Midland, Ontario, and will include 20 stops across Quebec, Ontario and the Maritime provinces, concluding in Trois-Rivières on March 9, 2025. The artists invite you to discover composer François Francoeur through the art of French music. From instrumental pieces to sung airs de cour, this expressive trio offers a repertoire where love and betrayal intersect with Couperin, Marais and Lambert.
Danièle LeBlanc, Jeunesses Musicales Canada’s General and Artistic Director, shared her enthusiasm at the prospect of this tour, noting: “Jeunesses Musicales Canada is delighted to be associated with such a talented Baroque trio. It’s a delicately crafted concert that lets us put our feet up and listen to music that’s all too rare on our stages.”
Tickets for the Francoeur: Strings, strife, and the court of the king tour are available for purchase now on the JMC website and at local outlets. Given the limited capacity of concert halls, music lovers are advised to buy their tickets early to guarantee access to these unique performances.
For more information on this tour, please visit the Jeunesses Musicales Canada website at: https://tinyurl.com/2236ek6w
2024-25 tour dates – Francoeur: Strings, strife, and the court of the king
January
25: Calvary Baptist Church, Midland (QC)
29: Théâtre des Eskers, Amos (QC)
30: Théâtre du Cuivre, Rouyn-Noranda (QC)
31: Théâtre Lilianne-Perrault, La Sarre (QC)
February
6: Joseph-Rouleau Hall, André-Bourbeau JMC House, Montréal (QC)
9: Centre de diffusion des Arts de la scène du Mont Jacob (QC)
11: Salle de spectacles de Gaspé (QC)
13: Centre culturel de Caraquet, Caraquet (NB)
14: Centre des arts de la petite église Edmundston, Edmundston (NB)
15 : Théâtre L.E.R., Dalhousie (NB)
16 : Quai des Arts, Carleton-Sur-Mer (QC)
17: Salle Denis-Richard, Bathurst (NB)
21: Auditorium Rosaire-Vigneault, Havre-Aubert, Îles-De-La-Madelaine (QC)
26: Auditorium du Centre communautaire Ste-Anne, Fredericton (NB)
27: Théâtre L’Escaouette, Moncton-Dieppe (NB)
March
1: The Stage – St. Andrew’s, Halifax (NS)
4: Café-théâtre Graffiti, Port-Cartier (QC)
9: Salle Anaïs-Allard-Rousseau, Trois-Rivières (QC)
Artist Biographies
Marie Nadeau-Tremblay is one of Canada’s leading young baroque violinists. First Prize 2019 at the Mathieu Duguay International Early Music Competition, Radio-Canada Classical Revelation 2021-2022, Opus 2022 Discovery of the Year from the Conseil québécois de la musique, Marie is also the recipient of the Prix Choquette-Symcox 2021 from the JM Canada Foundation. Her album, La Peste (2020), was nominated for Junos and Opus awards; her most recent recording, Préludes et Solitudes (2021), Opus 2023 album of the year, was hailed by critics including the CBC and Early Music America.
A gambist originally from New York and Nova Scotia, Tristan Best moved to Montreal in 2016 to study viola da gamba at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree and then a master’s degree under the direction of Betsy MacMillan and Elin Soderstrom. A frequent performer with the Montreal ensemble Les Barocudas, he has taken part in the Montreal Baroque Festival and was awarded the Founder’s Prize and second place as soloist at the Mathieu-Duguay Early Music Competition 2022.
Montreal tenor, lutenist and guitarist Kerry Bursey is known for his “clear voice of dreamy troubadour softness”. He accompanies himself in song, from Renaissance lute songs to Baroque court airs to traditional Western music. He is a regular soloist with early music groups such as L’Harmonie des Saisons, Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM), Idées Heureuses and La Nef, as well as his own group Ménestrel, co-founded with soprano Janelle Lucyk.
About Jeunesses Musicales Canada
Jeunesses Musicales Canada is a talent incubator that propels the careers of up-and-coming musicians and helps bring classical music to audiences of all ages, reaching over 75,000 spectators each year. A regular JMC season includes more than 1,600 musical activities across Canada, from chamber music concerts to stimulating musical activities for young people.
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Artist photos: https://tinyurl.com/2k5zmvne
Media relations:
Erin Whittaker, Head of Communications, Jeunesses Musicales Canada
ewhittaker@jmcanada.ca
514-706-3705
Public Partners:
JMC thanks the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for its financial support.
Series Partners:
JMC would like to thank Mr. Claude LeBlanc for supporting the Happy Hour Concert series.
