Education - 6 years - Quebec Conservatory of Music - Organ and Piano major
Berklee College of Music - Graduated Summa Cum Laude in Arranging and Composition.
Composition - Winner of 1st GMN.com jazz composition contest December 2000
2 time winner of the International Jazz Composition Contest in Monaco. Recipient of two Canadian Arts Council Grants for writing of Orchestral Pieces.
“Suite for Vibraphone with Jazz Quartet and Chamber Orch.”
“Suite for String Quartet and Jazz Quartet”
Has composed music for 7 record albums entitled;
“FORCES”, “CANVAS”, “JERRY TACHOIR & FRIENDS”
“TACHOIR VISION”, “BEYOND STEREOTYPE”,
“IMPROVISED THOUGHTS - TACHOIR/MANAKAS DUO”,
“TALES OF EMOTIONS - Marlene Tachoir - Solo Piano Project”
New CD "TRAVELS" - The Jerry Tachoir Group (www.avitajazz.com)
Most recent orchestral composition;
“JAZZ CONCERTO FOR VIBRAPHONE & ORCHESTRA”
Original music aired on:
CBC Network
American Public TV
Jazz radio stations worldwide
N.P.R. “Morning Edition”
CBS Sports Broadcasts
GMN.com
More than 60 compositions published and/or recorded
Currently composing 4 pieces for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Quartet
Produced Educational DVD - Marlene Tachoir - 2 Hand Chord Voicings
for Master Study Series.
www.masterstudyseries.com
Keyboards - As a member of the Group Tachoir, Marlene has performed in concert
with famed drummer Alan Dawson and recorded with Danny Gottlieb (formerly with Pat Metheny), and drummer Chester Thompson.
Performed with the Michael Gibbs Experimental Orchestra.
Performed at most of the major jazz festivals throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe including the Northsea Jazz festival in Holland, the prestigious Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland, the Montreal Jazz festival in Canada, etc.
Books - “SOLO VIBRAPHONE COLLECTION” - Riohcat Music 92
“CREATIVE STUDIES FOR KEYBOARD VOICINGS” to be published soon.
Teaching Experience - Privately - Piano, Composition and Improvisation
Presented composition and improvisation clinics and concerts at Universities & Colleges throughout U.S. and Canada.
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