ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Roseline Blain

Artistic director, choral conductor, pianist, coach and broadcaster

Active on the music scene for over 25 years, Roseline Blain is a versatile artist who is sensitive to the world around her. Creating, sharing, collaborating and pooling resources are intrinsic to her way of being and conceiving artistic projects. 

A lifelong lover of the stage, over the years she has explored different artistic disciplines (theater, dance, stage direction, oral and written communication, interpretation and artistic direction) to create projects that reflect her own image. Guided by in-depth research, her performances and speeches are authentic and embodied, appealing to the audience's sensibility and enhancing the artistic and human experience. 

For Roseline Blain, every work must be treated with depth and commitment, in a constant quest to place it in its historical and stylistic context, while respecting the composer's intention. This rigor, at the heart of her work as interpreter and choral conductor, means that she places the meaning of the text and the "natural music" of the language at the heart of the musical treatment. 

While respecting the heritage of the past, like the foundations of an ever-evolving artistic present and future, her approach is in keeping with modernity. For several years now, she has been promoting live music and addressing the issue of female leadership in the arts. She proudly proclaims her status as a woman and mother, a status that is constantly reflected in her work. 

Trained as a pianist and choral conductor, Ms. Blain is a graduate of the Université de Sherbrooke and the University of Ottawa. In 2024, she will be guest conductor of the National Youth Choir of Canada. Her enthusiasm and boundless energy led her to found four choirs between 2012 and 2014, three of which she still directs: the Chœur du Plateau, Ensemble Gaïa and Ensemble Phoebus, in addition to directing the Chœur du musée d'art de Joliette and Ensemble Musica Orbium. 

In recent years, she has been guest conductor at the Domaine Forget choral singing workshop, held the position of head of the Master's program in choral conducting and of the Université de Sherbrooke's Summer School of Choral Singing during Robert Ingari's sabbatical, and was co-president of PODIUM 2020. 

Several ensembles and organizations have called on her leadership skills, including the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, with whom she has conducted a dozen concerts in Europe, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Orchestre de l'Agora, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montréal, the Orchestre de la Francophonie, the Orchestre philharmonique des musiciens de Montréal, CAMMAC and the Père Lindsay music camp.

Her talents as a communicator have led her to speak about music on Radio-Canada, CIBL and Radio Ville-Marie, where she has worked as a columnist, host, producer and researcher, as well as a lecturer for the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke. A passionate educator, she regularly coaches up-and-coming musicians.

Her work as a choral conductor has been rewarded on numerous occasions, including the nomination of the Chœur du Plateau as Chœur fleuron ambassadeur, the highest distinction awarded by the Quebec Choral Alliance.