Rémi Bouchard

Rémi Gédéon Bouchard (March 15, 1936 – September 2, 2019) was a Canadian composer and educator.

[1] The son of Ernest Bouchard and Alma Fradette, he was born in Laurier, Manitoba and studied piano with nuns there,[2] going on to further studies in music with Gerald Death, Phyllis Holtby and Alfred Zimmerman.

[1] Bouchard first composed works for solo voice and choirs, as well as pieces used for teaching piano.

In 1986, he received the award for choral work at the Satori Festival of Contemporary Canadian Music.

[3][4] He published two books: Distant Voices: Memoirs of My Youth and Afterthoughts: A Career in Music Recollected.