Jacques Faubert (born 30 May 1952) is a

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composer,

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, and

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, known for founding the Mont-Royal Symphony Orchestra.

Early life and education

Faubert earned premiers prix in harmony, counterpoint, and fugue from the

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(CMQM) where he studied with

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, and

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from 1970 to 1976. He then went to France to study at the

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with

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and

Jacques Castérède Jacques Castérède (10 April 1926 – 6 April 2014)Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine (CDMC) biographical pagebr>Musique Contemporaine files on Castérède Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières (CMQT) is a music conservatory located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. Most of the school's students come from the Saint-Maurice region of Quebec; many of them from the conservatoi ...

. In 1985 his choral work "Messe de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste", commissioned by the Archdiocese of Montreal, was premiered by a 150 voice choir at St-Jean-Baptiste Church. That year joined the music faculty of the CMQM, where he taught harmony until 2005.Toute une vie en musique: vie et oeuvre du compositeur Jacques Castérède
Denise Claisse; 2009. p. 89. He also composed two psalms for the vocal group Arioso. IN 1986 Faubert conducted the newly formed choir of the Orchestre Métropolitain. In 1987 Faubert founded the Mont-Royal Symphony Orchestra and its choir. He directed both until 1997, after which he shared some of these responsibilities with Michel Brousseau.
. ''La Scena Musicale'', 1 November 1997

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