Walter Boudreau

Artistic Director, SMCQ

Ross Cammalleri

Director of Marketing, Bombardier Aerospace

Jean Pasquero

A full professor of management in the business strategies department at the École des sciences de la gestion (Université du Québec), Jean Pasquero has garnered a number of awards for his work on the relationships between business and society, and gives regular lectures on the topic abroad. A longstanding interest in the arts, and music in particular, led him to take an active place in Québec’s creative milieu. A former president of two scholarly societies, Pasquero has served on the SMCQ’s board of directors since 1995.

Me Bob Sotiriadis

Lawyer, Léger, Robic, Richard.

Lawyer and associate with Léger Robic Richard, s.e.n.c., as well as its patent and trademark sectors, Bob Sotiriadis completed his studies at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Barreau du Québec’s training school. As a specialist in all areas of intellectual and industrial property, he teaches at both McGill and the Université de Montréal, and maintains membership in several professional associations, including BioQuébec and the American Bar Association. Sotiriadis serves on a number of committees, and has sat on the SMCQ’s board of directors since 1998.

Alain Vaugeois

Director, Partenariats stratégiques (Québec) Produits biologiques, Talecris

A member of the board of directors and honourary fundraising committee since November of 2003, Alain Vaugeois has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 28 years, the past 15 of which he has spent at Bayer Inc. As director of strategic partnerships for Quebec, he shoulders significant responsibility for a number of projects. Thanks to him, Bayer agreed to become the principal sponsor of the SMCQ’s 38th season, and honourary president of the benefit event. In the city where he currently resides, Alain Vaugeois has also worked closely with the Orchestre des Jeunes de Sherbrooke.

André Hamel

Composer

Born in 1955, André Hamel has been active as a composer since the mid-80’s. His music has been played in concerts in Montreal, Brussels, Toronto, Sofia, Bologna, Vienna, Miami and Lyon. André Hamel received a special mention from the International Composition Contest Goffredo Petrassi (Parma, Italy, 1997), the Opus prize for Creation of the year (CQM, 1998), the Joseph-S Stauffer Prize (CAC, 2000), and the second prize of the Concours collégien de musique contemporaine (CEGEP of Sherbrooke, 2009). In June 2007, his saxophone octet, À huit, was chosen among the pieces recommended by the UNESCO Rostrum of Composers. His CD, La Trilogie du presto, was nominated for the Opus Prizes 2006-2007. From his residence in the Studio du Québec à New York (2003), André Hamel took part in different important events such as Urnos (La Nef — 2004), the Symphonie des éléments (MNM — 2005), Fanfares (FIMAV — 2005) and Spatio lumino (MNM 2007). He presently teaches Music Composition and Ear Training at CEGEP Marie-Victorin.

Denis Chabot

Double bass player

Denis Chabot has been a member of prestigious symphony orchestras in Canada, Finland and Spain. His career as a double bass player has taken him to the farthest corners of the Americas, Asia and Europe, and across the musical and performance spectrum. He has played tango in Buenos Aires, baroque in Mexico, chamber music in London, folk in Winnipeg, new music in Helsinki and still more. He has participated in international festivals, concerts, competitions, film music, musical comedies and numerous recordings. Mr. Chabot is currently principal double bass with the Romulo Larrea Tango Ensemble, the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec, the Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. He also holds the position of personnel manager for the McGill Chamber Orchestra and artistic coordinator for the Festival international de Lanaudière. Mr. Chabot completed his post-graduate orchestral training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the UK and holds a degree in performance, with distinction, from McGill University. He also played with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada from 1983 to 1986.