Olivier Brisson
Performance Instructor: French Horn
Ever since he picked up the French horn in High School, Olivier Brisson has been extremely passionate about his instrument. He pursued classical music as a career and completed his B.Mus. from the University of Ottawa in 2015 studying under both Daniel Gress and Lawrence Vine (NACO Principal Horn). He then attended the Glenn Gould School of Music under Gabriel Radford (TSO).
Mr. Brisson is an alum of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (2012-13), the NYO Canada/India exchange program (2013) and the National Arts Centre Young Artists Program (2014).
Mr. Brisson is currently a member of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, the Bel Canto Wind Quintet and since May 2018, he is Principal Horn of the Kingston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Brisson is a frequent additional musician with the Orchestre Symphonique de Qu茅bec and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
C’est 脿 l’茅cole secondaire qu’Olivier Brisson commence 脿 jouer le cor fran莽ais. D猫s ses premiers cours, il se d茅couvre une v茅ritable passion pour son instrument. Il poursuivit ses 茅tudes universitaires 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 d鈥橭ttawa en compl茅tant son Baccalaur茅at en Musique (performance) en 2015, sous la tutelle de Daniel Gress et de Lawrence Vine (OCNA). Suite 脿 ses 茅tudes 脿 Ottawa, il fr茅quenta le Glenn Gould School of Music 脿 Toronto sous Gabriel Radford (TSO).
Brisson est un gradu茅 de l鈥橭rchestre des Jeunes du Canada (2012-13), du programme NYO Canada-Inde (2013) et du Programme des Jeunes Artistes du Centre National des Arts (2014) M. Brisson est pr茅sentement membre de l鈥橭rchestre Symphonique d鈥橭ttawa, du quintette 脿 vent Bel Canto et depuis mai 2018, il d茅tient le poste de 1er cor de l鈥橭rchestre Symphonique de Kingston. M. Brisson performe r茅guli猫rement avec l鈥橭rchestre Symphonique de Qu茅bec et l鈥橭rchestre du Centre National des Arts 脿 titre de musicien invit茅.