LE VIVIER CONTINUES THE DEPLOYMENT OF ITS EMERGING ARTISTS PROGRAM
The first year of the Emerging Artists Program, our incubation, support, distribution, and circulation program for emerging works funded by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (CALQ), has proven to be a year rich in artistic projects. This initial deployment, which has been structurally organized on a daily basis throughout the year, has enabled various artists to receive financial support, mentoring according to their needs, promotion, and much more.
As a reminder, our Emerging Artists Program supports emerging projects in incubation, distribution, and circulation throughout the territory of Quebec through various forms of mentoring, visual identity ideation, and presentations to an international delegation that further professionalize artists and prepare them for the music scene. During this year, under the supervision of Julie Vachaudez, project manager of the Emerging Artists Program, artists have had access to rehearsal spaces to facilitate their creative phase.
Le Vivier has always been committed to supporting the community of emerging artists in new music. This commitment is already expressed through the emerging members programmed throughout the seasons and the Vivier interUniversitaire (ViU) since 2015, whose objective is to promote contemporary music creation within various higher education institutions in Montreal. This season, and since Jeffrey Stonehouse's arrival as artistic director, Le Vivier has sought to go further by supporting emerging young artists more strongly in the development of their first artistic projects and enabling them to acquire skills and master their visibility for the coming years.
The Missions of the Emerging Artists Program
Through this Emerging Artists Program, Le Vivier aims to develop, with, by, and for young artists, a hub for professionalization, resource sharing, and artistic exploration to support their initiatives, with the goal of developing an audience and experiences in contemporary music in collaboration with partners in the region. How does this translate into action?
During its prototyping phase, the deployment of the Emerging Artists Program began with a selection of artists and projects that Le Vivier and its artistic direction wished to support. The support process can then begin. Le Vivier connects the musicians and provides them with initial guidance and tools to develop their projects.
Once this initial training phase is established, the ensembles, still accompanied and supported by Le Vivier, execute their action plans according to their needs: developing a communication strategy, visual identity, artistic mentoring, coordination, residency releases, and grant applications.
In addition to this mentoring mission, Le Vivier commits to programming these ensembles during its cultural seasons and connecting them with presenters outside of Montreal.
Our achievements
Following our commitment this year, we will continue to provide all the necessary support for the development of artistic projects. With the assistance of Julie Vachaudez, the Emerging Artists Program has become more structured, enabling us to identify the recurring needs of artists and implement high-quality mentoring from members of the industry.
Here is what we are proud to have supported this year:
- An international proposal - Paris / IRCAM
- Presentations of projects in front of an international delegation
- 6 accompanied artistic projects
- 5 presentations in Montreal
- 1 screening at the cinema
- 2 residency releases in the territory of Quebec with mediation activities
- 550 hours of coaching and mentoring aimed at professionalization and the implementation of promotional tools (capturing, photography) and circulation (technical sheets, and touring), creating bridges with new partners in the region, engaging in dialogue with a new audience.
- 7 partnership collaborations that continue to welcome projects supported by the Emerging Artists Program
For the next editions, there are 7 new artistic projects, each as promising as the next, which will be presented in Montreal and circulated throughout the territory of Quebec via the Emerging Artists Program.
The New Artists of the Emerging Artists Program
These new artists were selected through a call for proposals launched in January 2024, which received a rich array of fascinating applications. Among them, we have:
- Corie Rose Soumah
Currently based in New York, Corie is interested in the emerging artistic connections and concerns between Montreal and New York.
- Olivier Saint-Pierre
Olivier will showcase contemporary organ repertoire. You can find him on September 28, 2024, at the Sanctuaire du Saint-Sacrement.
- Alexandra Templier in partnership with Codes d’Accès
A performative project on silence where media, singing, and dance come together to invite the audience to an immersive and transformative experience: listening differently to think differently.
- Gabo Champagne
The collective's interests revolve around transdisciplinary (co-)creation, with sound as a guiding thread and experimental musical theater as a preferred form.
- Duo Étrange
A recent duo composed of Sahara and Vanessa who explore the lesser-known contemporary repertoire of the cello and soprano.
- Audréanne Filion
Audréanne Filion is a Montreal-based composer and cellist. Co-founder of the Ensemble Tesse, she is involved in contemporary music, improvisation, and participates in multidisciplinary projects.
- Ensemble Éclat
Dedicated to programming immersive events, promoting the work of emerging composers, and advancing technological developments related to mixed and electronic music.
- 5ilience
5ilience is a brand-new ensemble based in Montreal, consisting of five emerging artists passionate about chamber music.
A New Call for Projects
For the 2024-2025 season, Le Vivier is proud to launch its call for proposals for the second cohort of the Emerging Artists Program, the support program for emerging Quebecois ensemble and/or collective artistic projects in contemporary music.
If you are a young Quebecois emerging artist, ensemble, or collective in contemporary music and you would like to see your artistic project come to life with 360-degree support ranging from fundraising to dissemination and circulation throughout the territory of Quebec, do not hesitate to fill out this form.
