Domaine Forget
Domaine Forget is an international music festival as well as music and dance academy located near La Malbaie in the Charlevoix region of Quebec.
History
Le Domaine Forget was three separate estates of three eminent Canadians at the turn of the twentieth century. Les Sablons was owned by Joseph Lavergne — a judge, and colleague of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Hauterive was the property of Adolphe-Basile Routhier — a judge and the lyricist of the French language version of O Canada. Gil'Mont, which forms the major part of the Domaine Forget was the estate of Rodolphe Forget — a Member of Parliament and investor and entrepreneur in the Charlevoix region.
In 1945 Les Petites Franciscaines de Marie, a religious order, first purchased Gil'Mont as the school "Institut Familial" (Family Institute) and a year later bought the properties belonging to Judges Laverge and Routhier, in order to protect the privacy of the educational institution. In 1977 the school was converted into what is now known as Le Domaine Forget, a non-profit corporation with a mission of promoting the fine arts.
Festival
The festival features dance, jazz, and — most prominently — classical music on its program. Concerts go from May to September and feature well-known artists in each of the fields of the arts.
The festival events take place almost exclusively at Le Salle Françoys-Bernier, a 600-seat concert hall constructed in 1996 by Le Domaine Forget and known for its remarkable acoustics.
Academy
The academy plays host to number of different sessions: chamber music, brass, woodwinds, guitar, strings, new music/composition, singing, jazz singing, and dance. All occur at different times of the summer and fall and feature faculty from around Quebec, Canada, and the world. Le Domaine features a dormitory for under-18 students and slightly more six three-story studios for its over-18 students. At the end of each session, a public concert is offered featuring student performances.
Notable festival guests and musicians
Past festival performers have included Martin Beaver, Oliver Jones, Gabriela Montero, John Pizzarelli, François Rabbath, Benjamin Zander, Pinchas Zukerman, National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.
Notable academy faculty
Previous teachers at the academy have included Atar Arad, Roger Bobo, James Box, Larry Combs, Daniele Damiano, Elaine Douvas, Tiger Okoshi, James Dunham, Paul Ellison, Matt Haimovitz, Jeffrey Khaner, Hans Jorgen Jensen, Jens Lindemann, Darren Lowe, Jean-François Normand, Emmanuel Pahud, Régis Pasquier, François Rabbath, Hansjörg Schellenberger, James Sommerville, Peter Sullivan, Barry Tuckwell, Radovan Vlatkovic, James Watson, Gail Williams, Froydis Ree Wekre and Fabio Zanon.
External links
Media related to Domaine Forget at Wikimedia Commons- Domaine Forget - official website
Coordinates: 47°33′49″N 70°12′29″W / 47.5637°N 70.2081°W