Francis Brûlé
Driven by his passion for music and his creativity, Francis Brûlé is currently completing a master's degree in composition and sound creation at the University of Montreal. He made his first compositions around the age of eleven and took his first piano lessons at the age of five. He completed a D.E.C. in jazz/pop piano interpretation at Cégep de Joliette in 2009 (with excellence scholarship), a bachelor's degree in music - writing in 2012 at the University of Montreal as well as a major in digital music completed at UdeM in 2022. In addition to having projects as a singer-songwriter in pop music and visual music, Francis is interested in music composition and sound design for video games. For his mastery, he aims to identify, explore and bring together the formal, stylistic and technical paradigms of the worlds of acousmatic-concrete music and popular music through the composition of a set of performative visual music works. This project aims to expand and enrich the composition techniques of the two musical styles by destroying the walls that may seem to isolate them from each other. A multi-instrumentalist, he is first and foremost a pianist, but also a singer and guitarist in addition to playing other instruments. He recently completed two sessions teaching computer-assisted music at the Recording Institute of Canada (RAC). Having varied interests, he completed comics courses, visual art and Aqtis 101 training.
Residencia:
This stay aims to explore the stylistic, technical and formal paradigms of the worlds of acousmatic-concrete music and popular music through the composition of a set of performative visual music works and is part of a research already started on the subject. The targeted approach will be the diversion of sounds produced by so-called more “traditional” instruments through digital manipulation to make them unrecognizable. The composition will focus on the aspect of rhythm, the rhythm often dictated by the sound itself, as well as loops. This principle will also be applied to the visuals. During this stay, I will carry out studio experimentation, composition and mixing activities as well as weekly meetings with Dr. Rodrigo Sigal in addition to weekly virtual meetings with my advisor, Myriam Boucher from the University of Montreal. I will work with my equipment, the studios and the creation tools of the CMMAS which will be made available to me. It will all culminate with the presentation/performance of the results of this work in front of a CMMAS class in November. The body of work will be approximately 15 to 30 minutes long. This project aims to infuse a new vision, perspective and expertise to enrich the advances and creative breakthroughs that the research-creation project can bring. In addition, I hope this stay can contribute to the development of a relationship between CMMAS and the University of Montreal in the field of digital music.
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