L’Orchestre symphonique de l’Estuaire (OSE) has issued a press release announcing the world premiere of my most recent composition, entitled L’Indécis (The Undecided). The concert will take place at Salle Desjardins-Telus in Rimouski this coming November 2.

I composed this concerto for trumpets and one soloist for trumpeter Frédéric Demers. Mr. Demers will be performing as an invited soloist under the direction of OSE conductor Luc Chaput. I would like to express my thanks to Mr. Chaput for including this work on the evening’s program.

L’Indécis is a unique work in that the soloist uses six different trumpets. The title of the piece points to the difficult choices the performer must make in choosing amongst the six. Having been a trumpeter for a good part of my career, I drew on my own experience in imagining this performer constantly pulled in different musical directions by his instruments.

The evening’s program (in French) and complete program notes (in English) explaining the inspiration and underlying concept of L’Indécis.

Here is an extract from the program notes:

“The Trumpeter has all the symptoms of multiple-personality disorder. It’s a known phenomenon affecting most trumpeters: he plays different instruments and each one highlights a separate aspect of his personality and sensibility. But he does not know who he really is. So he decides to consult a psychologist!”

(in French)