Members – Manon Lafrance
Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn
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As a renowned performer, trumpeter Manon Lafrance leads a triple career as an orchestral musician, teacher, and soloist.
Principal trumpet of Canada's l'Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens, of the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval, and l'Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil, Ms. Lafrance was also a member of the trumpet section of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra during the 1994-1995 season. At the invitation of the National Ballet Orchestra of Canada, she was also Principal Trumpet from 1999 to 2001.
A member of l'Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, the Capital BrassWorks, and the Rideau Lake Brass Quintet in Ottawa, Canada, Manon Lafrance is also regularly invited to play with many ensembles such as Ottawa's National Arts Centre Orchestra and Québec City's Les Violons du Roy.
Ms. Lafrance participates regularly in recordings, be it on CD (so far 55), for radio and television broadcasts, or for movie soundtracks. She has also taken part in many tours of the United States, Europe and Japan with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Center Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy and with various other orchestras and musical ensembles.
Manon Lafrance recorded James Cohn's Concerto for trumpet and string orchestra with the Latvian National Orchestra in Riga, Latvia, for XLNT Records, New York (CD-180010), in October 2001.
Since September 1997, she has been teaching trumpet and conducting the brass choir at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. In 1999, she founded the Ensemble de trompettes du Conservatoire, of which she is both the musical and artistic director. Since 1989, she has also taught trumpet at the Université du Québec in Montreal. In 2001, she joined the Brass teaching staff at the Domaine Forget music camp in Canada's Charlevoix area.
A graduate of the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec in Montreal, Manon Lafrance obtained First Prize in Trumpet in 1986, and First Prize in Chamber Music in 1987. In 1987, Manon Lafrance pursued her training in New York with Mr. Philip Smith, and later perfected her art with such renowned teachers as Vincent Cichowicz and Arnold Jacobs.
