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ACADÉMIE MUSICALE DE
ST-MARCA dream coming to
reality
Éval Manigat at the KatrinAid relief concert, Spectrum 2005
World music pioneer in Canada
Very talented bass and vibes player, composer
and arranger
His dream: going back to Haiti, to teach and train a future
generation of music teachers
He left us too soon in 2008 .
Éval Manigat, world music pioneer in
QuébecÉval Manigat introduced carribean and latin funk to the musical community of Montreal. He was the co-founder and musical assistant of two of the most famous haitian ensembles, Tropicana and Weber Sicot. He especially loved to write for brass sections . Eval Manigat was our Quincy Jones. His bass playing had the groove that makes one dance and feel alive.
Festival de jazz
TRIBUTE FROM HIS MUSICIANS,
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, MONTREAL 2009
Karen Young, great singer and one of Eval’s most admired collaborator was there
A music school in St-Marc, Haiti
Eval went back to Haïti in 2006 to start a school where an international musical language could be taught, like the one he had developped during the 40 years of his musical career. His principal goal was to train a future generation of musicians and music teachers.
Our sincere desire today is to achieve this wonderful project.
L’Académie, on the 3rd floor of this primary and secondary school
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Académie musicale de St-Marc
Students in classroom with the school director, Lufrantz Dort
Étienne Lebel, Montreal trombone player and visiting teacher with Isnel
Pierre(to his right), regular music teacher living in St-Marc, both playing with the students brass band in March
2011
L’Académie musicale de St-Marc in a secondary school is beneficial because
it gives us the possibily to train youngsters as well as young adults
that are already musicians. Haïti is full of talented individuals, but this
country always lacked the full support of his government.
L’Académie présently needs a few elements to achieve its goals . We also invite professionnal music teachers to go to Haïti and
participate in this unusual teaching experience !!!!!!
WHAT WE NEED
Guitar Keyboard
Metronome Wind instruments
Keyboard Drum Set
Percussions Amplification
Piano Computer
Electrical instruments
Printers
Donations(Income tax
receipts)
DVD player, screen and projector
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