André Saint-Cyr
André Saint-Cyr (* 1930 in Montreal ) is a Canadian Benedictine monk , choirmaster and Gregorian chant .
Saint-Cyr came from a family of musicians. He studied piano and organ in Québec and continued his musical training in the monastery of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac , in Paris and in Rome. He earned a bachelor's degree in composition and a master's degree in church music. In 1970 he followed Georges Mercure as choirmaster and singing teacher at the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac .
As an expert in Gregorian music, he worked as a choirmaster on several programs for Société Radio-Canada and made more than twenty recordings. The National Association of Pastoral Musicians invited him to teach Gregorian chant. In 1989 he became director of the Gregorian Choir at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church in Montreal, where a monthly Gregorian mass is held.
With his brother, the cellist Marcel Saint-Cyr and the organist André Laberge , he recorded the album Chant grégorien . In the 1980s he founded the quartet Quatuor Saint-Cyr with his siblings Hélène (soprano), Claire (alto) and Bernard (baritone) .
source
- Library and Archives Canada - Virtual Gramophone - Choir of the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
- Allmusic - Dom André Saint-Cyr
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| SURNAME | Saint-Cyr, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian Benedictine monk, choirmaster and Gregorian chant expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |