News
JFP makes the news
14 June 2021
Radio-Canada
Story by Catherine Richer – Instrument donation to JFP (Evenko Donation) – in French
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-15-18/episodes/540220/rattrapage-du-lundi-14-juin-2021/2314 June 2021
L’initiative | Arnaud Soly on a virtual visit to his high school
Arnaud Soly on a virtual visit to his high school – Joseph-François-Perrault in the St-Michel district – to donate $30,000 in musical instruments (Evenko Donation) – in French
https://linitiative.ca/arnaud-soly-en-visite-virtuelle-son-cole-secondaire-joseph-franois-perrault-dans-le-quartier-st-michel-pour-remettre-30-000-en-instruments-de-musique/14 June 2021
Broadway World
Arnaud Soly Makes A Virtual Visit To His High School To Give $30,000 In Musical Instruments (Evenko Donation)
https://www.broadwayworld.com/montreal/article/Arnaud-Soly-Makes-A-Virtual-Visit-To-His-High-School-To-Give-30000-In-Musical-Instruments-2021061414 June 2021
Radio-Canada
Arnaud Soly and the Evenko Foundation donate $30,000 worth of instruments to a school – in French
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1801570/arnaud-soly-fondation-evenko-30-000-dollars-instruments-musique-ecole-montreal?fbclid=IwAR2vCNKkbBdYZn-aiQGRDn9Ma2rECXqNyh9MQBrCLFMOiDIVcHgpKiArG7s30 November 2020
La Presse | Lighting the passion
The gratitude of the trombonist (interview of Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Éric Levasseur) – in French
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/2020-11-30/allumeurs-de-passion/laurence-lafond-beaulne-la-gratitude-de-la-tromboniste.php5 November 2020
OSM Web site | Interview with Thomas Le Duc-Moreau, Assistant Conductor of the OSM
“When I was at Joseph-François-Perrault, I had the chance to tour France three times for more than three weeks… and practically all of these tours were paid for by the Music Program Foundation! I developed a great sense of responsibility […] At Joseph-François-Perrault, we played the last concert of the tour practically without our scores, because we knew the pieces so well.”
https://www.osm.ca/fr/entrevue-avec-thomas-le-duc-moreau-chef-assistant-de-losm/11 September 2019
Le Devoir | Ballet Opera Pantomime’s “Le vaisseau-cœur (heart-ship)”: with a heart this big! – in French
But this new project, Le vaisseau-coeur, goes further. It touches us deeply, viscerally, because the heroines of this well thought-out and well-crafted show are 25 young girls from the Joseph-François-Perrault school who carry it on their shoulders.
Here is a project that impresses us, but that will mark them for life. Engaged in the adventure on a voluntary basis, outside of any school program, they have memorized Poulenc and Messiaen, plus the gestures, movements and staging, while ensuring a vocal quality and intonation in formidable works. Such an accomplishment is deeply moving.
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/562320/bop10 September 2019
Radio-Canada | Tout un Matin
Story by Eugénie Lépine-Blondeau about the Vaisseau-Cœur – in French
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/tout-un-matin/episodes/442922/audio-fil-du-mardi-10-septembre-20197 September 2019
Le Devoir
BOP, the youthful bet of Bourgie Hall (Bourgie Hall opens its season on Tuesday with Le vaisseau-coeur, a multidisciplinary show entrusted to the company Ballet Opéra Pantomime (BOP) which will bring together 50 musicians, including I Musici and a choir of students from the Joseph-François-Perrault school, under the direction of Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse) – in French
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/562012/entrevue-bop-le-pari-jeunesse-de-la-salle-bourgie6 September 2019
La Presse
And the vaisseau-cœur sails (article on the Ballet opera pantomime – mention JFP) – in French
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/musique-classique/201909/06/01-5240075-et-vogue-le-vaisseau-coeur.php28 May 2019
Kollectif.net
Winners of the student architectural competition for the Joseph-François Perrault School Music House – in French
https://kollectif.net/61238-2/9 May 2019
Le Devoir | Lettre d’opinion de Michel Gay
Formidable jeunesse (on the May 3, 2019 concert at the Maison symphonique de Montréal) – in French
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/lettres/553954/lettre-formidable-jeunesse10 May 2018
Le Devoir
The Joseph-François-Perrault school students’ heartfelt words (about the need to have access to adequate facilities).
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/527341/joseph-francois-perrault-un-grand-concert-en-attendant-la-salle9 May 2018
La Presse | Concert for Joseph-François-Perrault School
Joseph-François-Perrault is a musically oriented high school located in the Saint-Michel district. On Friday, renowned alumni (Milk & Bone, Dear Criminals, Ariane Moffatt, Martine St-Clair, Pierre Lapointe) will come together to present a benefit concert at the Maison symphonique.
https://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/413a269f-ef8d-41d1-8d45-8f370fa375ef__7C___0.html3 May 2018
Ludwig van Montréal | Grand concert JFP : for the future of the world – in French
What do Martine St-Clair, Alain Trudel, Jean Marie Zeitouni and Frannie Holder from Dear Criminal and Random Recipe have in common? They all work in music, in the most varied styles. And they all attended a unique place in Montreal, in the heart of the Saint-Michel district: the Joseph-François-Perrault school (JFP)!
https://www.ludwig-van.com/montreal/2018/05/03/concert-benefice-grand-concert-jfp-suite-monde/1 May 2018
Petition to the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports for the expansion of Joseph-François-Perrault School and the construction of a concert hall – in French
https://www.mesopinions.com/petition/enfants/salle-concert-agrandissement-ecole-joseph-francois/429231 October 2017
Ludwig van Montréal | Vies en musique
Profile of Claude Arnold Thibault, retired teacher from Joseph-François-Perrault: “The important thing is to be happy”.
https://www.ludwig-van.com/montreal/2017/10/01/vies-musique-claude-arnold-thibault-enseignant-perreault/19 December 2016
Mattv.ca | Holiday show at Notre-Dame Basilica
Symphonic tale Les Mages
https://www.mattv.ca/conte-symphonique-les-mages/5 March 2015
Le Journal de Montréal | Bravissimo
Selected for a prestigious music festival, the Joseph-François-Perrault High School Symphony Orchestra performed on the legendary stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City. Bravissimo! – in French
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/03/05/bravissimo2 March 2015
Radio-Canada | Montreal students at Carnegie Hall: after the concert, the euphoria
Article on the experience of JFP students at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York – in French
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/709406/eleves-montreal-carnegie-ovation-photoreportage3 February 2015
La Presse | From the Classroom to Carnegie Hall – in Fench
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/education/201412/10/01-4826857-de-la-salle-de-classe-au-carnegie-hall.php10 June 2014
Radio-Canada Info | At the service of music
The Orchestre métropolitain de Montréal will give a concert to raise funds for the Joseph-François-Perrault public school’s music program, which is struggling to find money for a concert hall. – in French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU0Dhqr8pA49 September 2013
YouTube | JFP Musique channel
The Orchestre Métropolitain and École Joseph-François-Perrault: an electrifying collaboration! – in French
“It energizes me, what do you want. to come and see this youth who is thirsty to play the orchestra and who likes to play the orchestra“. – Yannick Nézet-Séguin
11 March 2013
YouTube | Orchestre Métropolitain’S Channel
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a rehearsal of the Joseph-François-Perrault Symphony Orchestra – in French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLM7XN-mU4Q