Linda Bouchard

Quebec composer Linda Bouchard has written a variety of works, from orchestral pieces to dance scores. After living and working in N.Y.C. for 11 years, Bouchard organized festivals and workshops and conducted a number of ensembles and orchestras (New York Children's Free Opera, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players), was music director at Banff, and resident composer of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, which she also directed. In the 1990s, Bouchard has won the Canada Council for the Arts' Joseph S. Stauffer Prize, first prize in competitions such as the Princeton Composition Contest, four PROCAN Awards, and was named Composer of the Year by the Conseil Quebecois de la Culture's Prix Opus. Her works have been recorded for the Analekta, CRI, Marquis Classics, and ECM labels. ~ Joslyn Layne