Nicole Lizée

Biography

Sample Works

In 2001 Nicole Lizée received a Master of Music degree in composition from McGill University in Montreal 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 l’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, CBC, ECM+, Ensemble Kore, So Percussion, Continuum, Bradyworks, Brigitte Poulin, Motion Ensemble, Toca Loca and l’Association des orchestres de jeunes du Québec. Her works have been performed in festivals including the MATA Festival (NYC), the Winnipeg New Music Festival (Canada), Huddersfield (UK), Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound (Canada), and C3 (Berlin).

Nicole has twice been named a finalist for the Jules-Léger Prize, most recently in 2007 for the work This Will Not Be Televised, scored for chamber ensemble and turntables. This work was selected as a top ten recommended work at the 2008 International Rostrum of Composers. In 2003 Left Brain/Right Brain was selected to represent Canada at the ISCM World Music Days in Germany. In 2002 she was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Robert Fleming Prize, and in 2004 she was nominated for an Opus Prize.

2009

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