Jean-François Denis
Jean-François Denis first discovered electroacoustics during a summer course given by Kevin Austin in 1981 at Concordia University in Montréal. Hooked, he pursued music studies at Mills College in Oakland (California, USA) under David Rosenboom (MFA, 1984). He has worked in live electroacoustics (solo and in ensembles) and works for dance and multimedia from 1982 until the mid-90s.
He is the director of Diffusion i média (1989) which produces and distributes the empreintes DIGITALes (1990), the SONARt (1992-95) and the No Type (2002-08) record labels.
In 1994, for his exceptional commitment to Canadian composers, he was awarded the Friends of Canadian Music Award organized by the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) and the Canadian League of Composers (CLC). In 1995 he was presented the Jean A Chalmers Award for Musical Composition — Presenters’ Award for his contribution to the diffusion of new Canadian (electroacoustic music) work. In 2011 he was awarded the Prix Opus 2009-10
Jean-François Denis is one of the three co-founders and co-artistic directors (1991-2008) and first president (1991-2009) of the concert presenter Réseaux des arts médiatiques (now known as Akousma). He is a founding member (1986) and the first president of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) (1986-87
He has taught electroacoustics at Concordia University (1985-89) in Montréal where he also directed the Concordia Electroacoustic Composers’ Group (CECG) annual concert series. He is the editor of the CECG Tape Collection catalogs Q/Résonance (1988) and Q/Résonance Addendum (1989). Jean-François Denis was a member of the organizing committee of the 2001 (-14) festival / conference (Montréal, May 1987).
He was awarded a fellowship grant from the ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec (1988), from the Canada Council for the Arts (1988
He has also been on several boards of directors
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Jean-François Denis has received awards at the following contests
- Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 1988
