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Joe Bocan
Joe Bocan is the stage name of Johanne Beauchamp (born September 8, 1957), a Canadian pop singer and actress from Quebec."Joe Bocan: repartir à zéro" '' La Presse'', June 10, 2014. She is best known for her 1989 single "Repartir à zéro". Background Beginning her career in ,"She's no ordinary Joe; Singer Bocan could revive Quebec's pop scene". '' |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. '' Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (GBCM) is a ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A creative and repertory company, it performs works that reflect the diverse trends of contemporary ballet. History Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal was founded in 1957 by Ludmilla Chiriaeff. Conductor and composer Michel Perrault served as the organization's first music director. Since its creation, Les Grands Ballets has performed a broad range of dance, ranging from classics to major contemporary work. Under the direction of Chiriaeff and Fernand Nault (1965–1973), Brian Macdonald (1974–1977) and Lawrence Rhodes (1990–1999), the institution fostered the development of such notable artists as James Kudelka, Édouard Lock and Ginette Laurin. In 1981 the company participated alongside the National Ballet of Canada, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, le Groupe de la Place Royale, the Danny Grossman Dance Company, the Toronto Dance Theatre, Winnipeg Contemporary Dance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
44th Félix Awards
The 43rd Félix Awards were held on November 6, 2022 to honour achievements in Quebec music. The gala was hosted by Louis-José Houde, and televised by Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The advance ceremony announcing the winners in categories not selected for the main gala was hosted by Pierre Lapointe and broadcast by Télé-Québec The Société de télédiffusion du Québec (; en, Quebec Television Broadcasting Corporation), branded as Télé-Québec (), is a Canadian French-language public educational television network in the province of Quebec. It is a provincial Cro ... on November 2.Louis-Philippe Labrèche"Les résultats du Premier Gala de l’ADISQ 2022" ''Le Canal Auditif'', November 2, 2022. Nominees and winners References {{reflist Felix Felix Felix Félix Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Journal De Montréal
''Le Journal de Montréal'' is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by Quebecor Media, and is hence a sister publication of TVA flagship CFTM-DT. It is also Canada's largest tabloid newspaper. Its head office is located on 4545 Frontenac Street in Montreal. ''Le Journal de Montréal'' covers mostly local and provincial news, as well as sports, arts and justice. It is known for its sensationalist news, and its columnists who are often public figures. Since 2013 the newspaper also has an investigation desk that published several major news about Quebec's politics, businesses, crime and national security. It is the only Montreal newspaper that prints on Sundays since '' La Presse'' and ''The Gazette'' dropped their Sunday editions (La Presse has had an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Quebec
The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Until 2021, Quebec had reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Canada, eventually overtaken by Ontario. The pandemic first spread to Quebec in late February 2020, with the first confirmed case being a 41-year-old woman from Montreal who had returned from Iran on a flight from Doha, Qatar. Quebec declared its first ''Public Health Emergency'' in its history on March 14, 2020, and it was renewed every 10 days until June 1, 2022, when it was officially ended. On March 15, the government enforced the closure of various entertainment and recreational venues, and on March 23, all non-essential businesses were ordered to close. By the end of March, over four and a half thousand cases had been confirmed in all regions of the province. Long-term care homes were particul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Denise Pelletier
Marie Denise Pelletier (born 3 April 1960) is a francophone Canadian singer. She served as President of Artisti, a copyright collective for music artists operated by Quebec's l'Union des artistes (UDA). Biography While studying literature and cinema at the CÉGEP de Rosemont, Pelletier developed her song technique under veteran Quebec singer Lucille Dumont. In 1982, she won honours at the Granby Festival of song and also first place in a CKMF-FM contest for song talent. In 1985, she recorded a 45 RPM vinyl single entitled "Échec et Mat" (Checkmate) before beginning studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Upon returning to Quebec, she was offered the role of Stella Spotlight in the second Quebec production of the rock opera '' Starmania''. In 1986 Pelletier composed and recorded her first album ''Premier Contact'' which received a nomination as "Discovery of the Year" at the Félix Awards. In 1987, she recorded an album based on ''Starmania'' then proceeded to reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Carmen
Marie Carmen is the stage name of Marie-Carmen Aubut (born August 24, 1959), a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actress born in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. Associated with the bands Accident, Blood et Marie and The Radio Rats in the early 1980s, she subsequently became a backing vocalist for Claude Dubois and The Box, and was later selected by Luc Plamondon to play the role of Marie-Jeanne in a revival of '' Starmania''. She subsequently released her debut album as a solo artist, ''Dans la peau'', in 1988. She has since released four more studio albums and a greatest hits compilation, and participated in another production of ''Starmania'' in 2000, this time in the role of Sadia. In the early 2000s, she retired from the music business to do humanitarian work in Peru. She returned to Montreal in 2005 to perform several benefit concerts to raise money for development projects in Peru. In 2020, Carmen, Joe Bocan and Marie Denise Pelletier announced the joint concert tour ''Pour un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVA Nouvelles
TVA Nouvelles is the news division of TVA, a French language television network in Canada. Programs produced by the division include nightly local and national newscasts branded as ''TVA Nouvelles'', as well as the news magazine program ''JE''. The division also owns and operates the 24-hour news channel Le Canal Nouvelles. In September 2020, the Group announced that Serge Fortin, who was managing the activities of TVA Nouvelles and LCN since 2004, would be replaced by Martin Picard, vice president and chief content officer. Mornings In the mornings, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs as headline news segments during the network's breakfast television program ''Salut, Bonjour!''. These segments are anchored by Gino Chouinard weekdays from Montreal, and Ève-Marie Lortie on weekends from Quebec City. Noon At noon, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs for one hour weekdays and half an hour on weekends. Two weekday editions are produced, with Pierre Bruneau anchoring from Montreal for stations in west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHRF
CHRF (980 kHz) was a French language commercial AM radio station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada."Making waves: Montreal broadcasters in flux" '''', August 11, 2012. Owned by , the station broadcast an adult standards , along with some multi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term is an adaptation of the initialism ', which began to replace the term ''gay'' (or ''gay and lesbian'') in reference to the broader LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s. When not inclusive of transgender people, the shorter term LGB is still used instead of LGBT. It may refer to anyone who is non-heterosexual or non- cisgender, instead of exclusively to people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. To recognize this inclusion, a popular variant, ', adds the letter ''Q'' for those who identify as queer or are questioning their sexual or gender identity. The initialisms ''LGBT'' or ''GLBT'' are not agreed to by everyone that they are supposed to include. History of the term The first widely used term, '' homose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joliette, Quebec
Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages. Joliette has 3 Francophone high schools and 1 Anglophone high school, as well as the Joliette campus of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière. It was founded as L'Industrie by businessman Barthélemy Joliette in 1823 and was incorporated as a city in 1863. The city's economy is mainly in the manufacturing and service sectors. The largest gravel manufacturer in the area, Graybec, is located in Joliette and exploits a huge quarry just outside the city. Joliette is the seat of the judicial district of Joliette. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ideal Man
''The Ideal Man'' (french: L'Homme idéal) is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by George Mihalka and released in 1996. The film stars Marie-Lise Pilote as Lucie, a successful magazine editor who feels her biological clock ticking as she has reached the age of 35 without becoming a mother, and sets out on a quest to meet as many men as possible over the next three months in the hopes of finally finding the ideal man to father a child. The film's cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Macha Grenon, Linda Sorgini, Pauline Lapointe, Denis Bouchard, Patrice L'Ecuyer, Joe Bocan, Rita Lafontaine, Martin Drainville and Rémy Girard. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 18th Genie Awards, for Best Original Score ( François Dompierre) and Best Original Song (Dompierre and Luc Plamondon Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ (b. March 2, 1942 in Saint-Raymond, Quebec), is a French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. He is best known for his work on the musicals ''Starmania'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
