Domaine Forget

Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix is an international Music Festival as well as a music and dance Academy located in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, in Quebec, in Canada. This domain is a operated by a non-profit organization occupying a large set of land and buildings located in Saint-Irénée, near La Malbaie. Concerts take place in the Concert Hall. Since the concert hall opened in 1996, it has also hosted a variety program.[1]

Main entry of Domaine Forget
Le Domaine Forget de Charlevoix
Formation1977 (1977)
TypeNon-profit organization
PurposeMusic, Dance, Sculpture, Nature
Location
Coordinates47.5637°N 70.2081°W / 47.5637; -70.2081
Region
Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
President
Louise St-Pierre
General Director
Ginette Gauthier
Artistic Director
Paul Fortin
Websitedomaineforget.com
Masterclasses in L'Écurie
French Garden

A meeting place for great musical traditions from all over the world, it welcomes more than 400 artists to its various activities each year. Its International Festival presents each summer more than seventy events including more than thirty concerts focused mainly on classical music, but also relating to jazz and dance, a dozen brunches-music and twenty activities free awareness. The International Academy, at the heart of Domaine Forget's activities, welcomes some 120 pedagogues and nearly 500 students each year to its professional development sessions. Affecting different families of instruments or disciplines, these sessions include: Brass, Composition, Piano, Wood, Chamber music, Vocals and vocal accompaniment, Guitar, Dance, Strings, Conducting, String ensemble and Choir, Variety programming is devoted to popular music, song, humor, theater, cinema and much more.

History

At the turn of the twentieth century, Domaine Forget was three separate estates owned by three eminent Canadians. 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 property, 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 music and dance.[2]

International Festival

The festival features dance, jazz, and, most prominently, classical music. Concerts run from June to September and feature well-known artists from all over the world.

The festival concerts take place almost exclusively in the Concert Hall, a 600-seat concert hall constructed in 1996 by Le Domaine Forget and known for its remarkable acoustics.[3]

International Music and Dance Academy

The Academy plays host to a number of different masterclass sessions: Brass. Composition, Piano, Chamber Music, Voice & Vocal Accompaniment, Guitar, Dance, Strings, Conducting, String Ensemble and Choir. All occur at different times of the summer and fall and feature faculty from around Quebec, Canada, and the world. Domaine features the Paul-Lafleur Pavilion, a complex of double-occupancy rooms with 1 shared bathroom per 4 people and a recently renovated dormitory. At the end of each session, a public concert is offered featuring student performances.

Notable International Festival performers

Notable International Music and Dance Academy teachers

References
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  2. Bergeron, Stéphanie; Gauthier, Ginette (2001). "Le Domaine Forget Pour l'amour de la musique". Continuité. 91: 44–46.
  3. Ulysses Quebec. Canada: Hunter Publishing. 2006. p. 496. ISBN 2-89464-711-5.
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  5. Renaud, Lucie (1 June 2002). "Summer Festival Preview". scena.org. La Scena Musicale. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. Perron, Alexandra (10 August 2010). "Oliver Jones de retour au Domaine Forget". le Soleil. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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  8. "Summer Festivals" (PDF). La Scena Musicale. June 2001: 30. 2001.
  9. Gingras, Claude (30 April 2009). "Zander au Domaine Forget". labpresse.ca. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  10. Tousignant, François (22 July 2003). "Concerts classiques - Vrais amis, vraie musique de chambre". Le Devoir. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  11. "Woodwind Session of Domaine Forget (domaineforget.com)". 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  12. Perron, Alexandra (18 June 2010). "Le Domaine Forget selon le flûtiste Emmanuel Pahud". le Soleil. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

See also

47.5637°N 70.2081°W / 47.5637; -70.2081

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