Nicole LizeeCA

In 1995, Nicole Lizée received a Bachelor of Music degree from Brandon University with a double major in piano and composition. In 2001 she received a Master of Music degree in composition from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, where she studied with Denys Bouliane and John Rea. Her Masters thesis consisted of a work for large ensemble and solo turntablist that featured scratch DJ techniques fully notated and integrated into a concert music setting.

Nicole has received commissions from several artists and ensembles including I'Orchestre Métropolitan du Grand Montréal, Ensemble Kore, CBC, Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, Bradyworks Ensemble, Lithium Ensemble and I'Association des Orchestres de Jeunes du Québec.

Nicole has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. In 2004 she was named a finalist (3rd place) in the Jules-Léger Prize for New Chamber Music for the work Left Brain/Right Brain. In 2002 she was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Robert Fleming Prize and in 2004 she was nominated for an Opus Prize.

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