CHORALE DE LA SALLE

CHORALE DE LA SALLE is one of the two host choirs for the MosaiK Chorale Festival.  The choir is one of several choirs at École secondaire publique De La Salle. École secondaire publique De La Salle opened in the fall of 1971 with students from Mont St-Joseph convent, Rideau Street convent and Académie De La Salle. Just like Académie De La Salle, École secondaire publique De La Salle was named after Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle.
In 1983, De La Salle opened le Centre de Douance (a programme for gifted students) and le Centre d'excellence artistique (a programme geared towards artistic achievers). De La Salle became the first school in Ontario to offers those programmes in French.

CHORALE DE LA SALLE is directed by Maxime Bégin.  Born and raised in Quebec City, Maxime grew up in a family that placed great importance on education, art and the French language, it is guided by these values and passions that Maxime Bégin chose his career path. Following ten years of private piano study, he pursued music at Cégep de Saint-Laurent and at the University of Montreal where he completed a bachelor’s degree in Classical piano interpretation. He then went on to specialize at Université Laval where he earned two master’s degrees in music (piano interpretation and instrumental didactics). In 2010, after having worked as a musician on Canadian and international stages and teaching piano for over 10 years, Maxime Bégin discovered his passion for music education, which led him to the University of Ottawa to complete a bachelor’s degree in education. He was then hired by the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario. Throughout his career as a musician, he has won numerous awards and distinctions and he has performed on several renowned stages and in a multitude of events of all kinds, as a soloist, chamber musician, music director and accompanist.