David Bourque is a Canadian musician, was a member of the

Toronto Symphony Orchestra The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1906, the TSO gave regular concerts at Massey Hall until 1982, and since then has performed at Roy Thomson Hall. The TSO also manages the Toronto ...

from 1983 to 2011. He played

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

and

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in the TSO, and he has played on numerous film soundtracks. Bourque teaches in higher education at the

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and teaches regularly at the

Jacobs School of Music The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music. It has more than 1,500 students, approximately half of whom ar ...

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. Bourque is a native of

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and is a graduate of the

' Faculty of Music. Prior to his appointment to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra clarinet section, Bourque played in the orchestras of the

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(1978–1983), the

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(1977–1983) and the

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(1977–1983). He has guested with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. He plays regularly in international chamber music festivals:

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(1987 onward) and the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival (from 2002). Bourque is considered one of the finest bass clarinettists in North America and is Canada's leading

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player.

Film and television sound recording

Bourque's work in film and television sound recording includes many episodes of the re-makes of the television series ''

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'', seven seasons on ''

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'', "

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" and numerous episodes of '' Street Legal''. He is also heard in the

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-winning

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film ''

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'', the

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–

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film '' Getting Away with Murder'', and the miniseries soundtracks ''Texas'' and

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's ''The Streets of Laredo''. Bourque's playing can also be heard in the film score recording of the music for the 1996 remake of '' The Island of Dr. Moreau'' and many made for TV movies including the CBC docudrama of the

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story.

Publications

Bourque is the editor of Northdale Music International's first editions of the ''

Harmonie is a German word that, in the context of the history of music, designates an ensemble of wind instruments (usually about five to eight players) employed by an aristocratic patron, particularly during the Classical era of the 18th century. The Harmo ...

musik'' of K. Anh. C. These editions will be identified as first editions in new the Köchel catalogue of the works of

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. The complete ''Harmoniemusik'' of K. Anh. C has been recorded by the Festival Winds for

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. He is the author of a DVD tutorial ''Working The Single Reed'' and ''The Bass Clarinettist's Workbook'', an annotated guide to orchestral excerpts, and he is published in a number of journals including ''The Clarinet'' and the ''Canadian Music Educator's Journal''.

Orchestral and chamber music recording

Bourque is a versatile and extensively recorded instrumental artist.

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recordings include ''Mozart's Magnificent Voyage'' – ''Classical Kids''. His recording credits include numerous recordings with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, compact discs and radio broadcasts for CBC, the first recording of the Barenreiter edition of Mozart's ''Serenade in B flat'' (K. 361, "Gran Partita"), the Canadian Saxophone Quintet's recording ''Thanks for the Memories'',

Gary Kulesha Gary Kulesha (born 22 August 1954) is a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Since 1995, he has been Composer Advisor to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He has been Composer-in-Residence with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (198 ...

's ''Third Chamber Concerto'' for

and winds (''

'') and ''Mysterium Conjunctionis'' with clarinettist

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. The latter are two of the five works that have been composed for Bourque by Gary Kulesha. Bourque, Campbell and Kulesha are mentioned in connection with the ''Mysterium'' in ''The Cambridge Guide to the Clarinet''.

Teaching

He has taught in higher education since 1979 and has held positions at the

Faculty of Music and the

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. In 2004–2005 he was visiting professor at

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and in the spring of 2008 was an associate professor at the

University of Prince Edward Island The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the ''University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.'' H ...

. Bourque is a regular guest instructor at the

Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music. It has more than 1,500 students, approximately half of whom ar ...

where he has taught studio clarinet, given lectures, coached chamber music and given master classes. Bourque acted as an adjudicator for clarinet and bass clarinet in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra II He currently teaches clarinet, bass clarinet and coaches the wind players of the orchestra at the University of Toronto. Bourque is a member of the teaching faculty of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

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