
Feminine Plural
Femininity
Date
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
Venue
Espace Jax
Solidarity pricing
Fair pricing for music that’s accessible to all
With
Andréanne Brisson-Paquin
soprano
Each of us is born with a feminine side. Through a character embodied by soprano Andréanne Brisson-Paquin, Finzi and Higdon’s music and Josephine Bacon’s texts lead you to question what is innate and what is self-determined in the discovery of the world and the expression of femininity.
Program
Ray Twomey
Love songs on words by John Donne pour soprano et orchestre à cordes Op. 6
(7 min)
Gerald Finzi
Dies Natalis Op. 8
(24 min)
Josephine Bacon
Extraits de poésie
Jennifer Higdon
Dance card
(24 min)
Sans entracte
Artists

Andréanne Brisson-Paquin
soprano
Biography
Montreal-born soprano Andréanne Brisson-Paquin studied voice at the Université de Montréal and then at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where she perfected her skills in the Baroque, Classical and mélodie repertoires. She has made a name for herself in national and international competitions such as the Nadia et Lili Boulanger International Competition in Paris (finalist), the Montreal International Musical Competition (finalist), the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition (2nd prize), the Joy in Singing (2nd prize) and Mary Trueman Art Song Vocal Competition (Audience Award) in New York, and the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition for Canadian and Contemporary Music (2nd prize) in Brandon, Manitoba. In 2012, she was awarded the Guy-Soucie Excellence Scholarship.
A much-appreciated collaborator, the luminous singer with a shimmering voice has forged close ties with a number of exceptional ensembles and collaborating musicians, including the Orchestre de l’Agora and Nicolas Ellis, the chamber orchestra I Musici, the baroque orchestra Arion and clarinettist Lorenzo Coppola, the Arte Musica foundation (recitals and the complete Bach cantatas), the ensembles Pallade Musica, les Idées Heureuses, la Nef and also the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur. In 2017 and 2020, under the direction of American harpsichordist and conductor Jory Vinikour, she recorded O barbaro Amore and À son très humble service (Agostino Steffani).
In concert, she is the guest of numerous national and regional orchestras: Les Violons du Roy, Orchestre Métropolitain, Orchestre symphonique de Laval, Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières, Orchestre classique de Montréal, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra (Los Angeles), New Brunswick Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Finally, at the invitation of composer Gabriel Thibaudeau, she created Notre-Dame-de-Paris le Film with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
Her voice can be heard at numerous classical music festivals and gatherings in Quebec. She takes part in concerts at Rendez-vous musical de Laterrière, the Montreal Bach Festival, Montreal Baroque, Ahuntsic en fugue, Virée classique, the Festival de Lanaudière and the Festival international de musique baroque de Lamèque (NB). She contributes to the promotion of music with organizations such as the Conseil québécois de la musique, SAMS (Société pour les arts en milieu de santé), Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Musique 3 Femmes, Mécénat Musica and the Maisons de la culture de Montréal et du Québec. Committed to the dissemination and democratization of classical music, she collaborates on a number of music conferences hosted by musicologist Pierre Vachon.
Julie Triquet plays on a Giuseppe Odoardi 1726 violin, graciously loaned by Mr. David B. Sela.
Amélie Benoit Bastien plays on a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin, Paris, ca. 1845, number 1672, Stradivarius model, and a Eugène Sartory bow, Paris, ca. 1935, courtesy of CANIMEX.
Christian Prévost plays on a Rafelle et Antonio Gagliano violin, Naples (ca.18xx) and a Jean Joseph Martin bow (ca.1880), courtesy of CANIMEX.
Elvira Misbakhova plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume viola, Paris, ca. 1860-61, number 2342, Stradivarius model and a Louis Bazin bow, courtesy of CANIMEX.
Tim Halliday plays Mira Gruszow and Gideon Baumblatt’s 2014 Kolia cello, courtesy of Mr. David B. Sela.