Composer Jérôme Blais has established himself as a major creative voice in Canada. His works have been performed and recorded by leading ensembles and musicians, including Suzie LeBlanc, Symphony Nova Scotia, Quasar Saxophone Quartet, Bozzini String Quartet, l’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Bradyworks, Array Music, Continuum and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal. A recipient of a Creative Nova Scotia Established Artist Recognition Award, he won Quebec’s Concours Collégien de Musique Contemporaine and received multiple ECMA nominations. His album mouvance, a meditation on exile and rootlessness, which he developed with soprano Suzie LeBlanc, has been released on label Centrediscs and nominated for a Juno in 2024. The work is featured in six short films produced by prominent Acadian filmmaker Renée Blanchar and her company, Ça tourne productions. Jérôme Blais is currently professor at Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts.
