{"id":519,"date":"2012-10-19T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T17:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/?page_id=519"},"modified":"2021-06-15T09:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:36:22","slug":"2012-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/2012-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 WOMEN IN MUSIC FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Events, Venues &amp; Directions\" href=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/archive\/2012-events\/\">2012 Events, Venues &amp; Directions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/2012-performers\">2012 Performers Info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/WMF12_Brochure.pdf\">2012 Festival Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/WMF12_prgrm.pdf\">2012 Festival Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Women in Music Festival<br \/>\nMarch 26-31, 2012<br \/>\nJazz Pianist Lorraine Desmarais<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Women in Music Festival is proud to welcome <strong>Lorraine Desmarais as its guest composer for 2012<\/strong>. \u00a0Ms. Desmarais will be in Rochester for a four-day residency, March 28-31, 2012, which will include open rehearsals, coachings, and a lecture-presentation at the Eastman School of Music. \u00a0Eastman\u2019s New Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dave Rivello, will join Ms. Desmarais for a concert on<strong> Saturday, March 31 at 8 pm in Kilbourn Hall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24 size-medium\" title=\"Jazz Pianist Lorraine Desmarais\" src=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"image of \" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-335x335.jpg 335w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1-234x234.jpg 234w, https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/files\/Lorraine-Desmarais1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Canadian pianist Lorraine Desmarais is a power-packed dynamo in which echoes of Evans are transformed by the pianist&#8217;s powers of invention, relentless momentum, and technical panache.\u00a0 Brava Desmarais !&#8221; (<\/strong><em><strong>Jazz Times<\/strong><\/em><strong> magazine)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pianist and composer Lorraine Desmarais has achieved national and international acclaim, performing alongside such greats as Chick Corea, Oliver Jones, Paquito D\u2019Rivera, Joanne Brackeen, Marian Mc Partland, Tiger Okoshi, the Diva Big Band, Michel Cusson and Alain Caron (Uzeb) and Guido Basso. A regular fixture at the Festival International de Jazz de Montr\u00e9al, she has also given numerous performances at international jazz festivals, namely in Jakarta (Indonesia), in Saint-Louis (Senegal), in the Parc Floral of Paris, in Montpellier (France), and at the Women in Jazz festival, in Washington, and Piano aux Jacobins, Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n<p>Working with her long-time collaborators Camil B\u00e9lisle and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Alarie, Lorraine Desmarais constantly pushes the limits of the jazz trio format. In addition to frequently performing piano solo or with small ensembles, she guests with prestigious symphony orchestras, including the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al and the Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Galicia, in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine Desmarais also has to her credit 10 CD\u2019s as a leader and many others as a side woman working with Alain Caron, Jim Corcoran and the New York Big Band Diva. \u00a0She wrote several film scores, including works for the National Film Board (Canada). \u00a0Upon special commission, she wrote a flute and piano sonata featuring duettists Lise Daoust and Louise Bessette, and, XIII-Th\u00e8me et Variations, for violinist Ang\u00e8le Dubeau and La Piet\u00e0. \u00a0She also lead a musical radio program entitled \u00ab Lorraine Desmarais re\u00e7oit&#8230; \u00bb for Radio-Canada-CBC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorrainedesmarais.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.lorrainedesmarais.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please visit the festival\u2019s website again in March for details about featured composers and repertoire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/faculty\/beaudette_sylvie\">Dr. Sylvie Beaudette<\/a>, Women in Music Festival Director<br \/>\n<a title=\"Beata Golec\" href=\"http:\/\/beatagolec.us\/\">Dr. Beata Golec<\/a>, Assistant Director<br \/>\nSponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/\">Eastman School of Music<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2012 Events, Venues &amp; Directions 2012 Performers Info 2012 Festival Brochure 2012 Festival Program Women in Music Festival March 26-31, 2012 Jazz Pianist Lorraine Desmarais The Women in Music Festival is proud to welcome Lorraine Desmarais as its guest composer for 2012. \u00a0Ms. Desmarais will be in Rochester for a four-day residency, March 28-31, 2012, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpautop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdc-f5-www-esm.rochester.edu-vs.its.rochester.edu\/wmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}