Well established in the Baroque music world, Marie Bouchard leads an active performing career as a chamber and orchestral musician, accompanist, and soloist.
She collaborates with several ensembles, including the Ottawa Baroque Consort, Thirteen Strings, Seventeen Voyces, Symphony Nova Scotia, and various festivals. In the course of her career, she has also worked with the MSO, Les Violons du Roy, SMAM, and Tafelmusik.
Marie has recorded with Les Boréades, Les Voix Baroques, Aradia, the Ottawa Bach Choir, Tempest, and Thirteen Strings.
In addition to sharing her love of baroque music with her audiences, Marie is very involved as an accompanist and pedagogue in harpsichord, organ, piano, chamber music, and Kindermusik. Her future plans also include sharing the joy of music through concerts in seniors residences.
Marie holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from McGill University. She also completed training in Germany and France. She studied with John Grew (a Nova Scotia native), Hank Knox, Noëlle Spieth, and Jean Boyer.
When she is not off camping in the woods, Marie enjoys participating in summer music festivals such as Music and Beyond, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, and Boxwood (Lunenburg).