Home Routes / Chemin Chez Nous Brings Award Winning Fiddler Daniel Gervais to the “Aurora Trail” Series

Fiddle, songs, old time to jazz, Celtic and classical!
Performing in YT, BC, and NWT with Guitarist Graeme Poile April 2019

2016 and 2011 Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion

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Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous house concert network is thrilled to present Daniel Gervais on the ‘Aurora Trail’ house concert series this April. Gervais is touring Yukon, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories with guitarist  Graeme Poile.  The Aurora Trail tour kicks off March 31 in Whitehorse, Yukon.  Full schedule is below, and online → homeroutes.ca

Daniel Gervais is the 2016 Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion. He also won this competition in 2011, becoming the first and only Albertan to earn this prestigious title. He completed a Master of Music degree in classical performance under the supervision of Dr. Guillaume Tardif in 2014.
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Guitarist Graeme Poile (Whitehorse, YK) has studied music for over 20 years, including a year at Vancouver Island University for jazz, and has performed with respected Canadian fiddlers such as Troy McGillivray and Alex Lamoureux. He is a member of the Moanin’ Mountain Boys.

Aurora (Yukon) Trail Dates - Daniel Gervais
March 31, 2019    Whitehorse, YT
April 1, 2019        Haines Junction, YT
April 2, 2019        Crag Lake, YT
April 3, 2019        Atlin, BC
April 4, 2019        Marsh Lake, YT
April 6, 2019        Whitehorse, YT
April 7, 2019        Faro, YT
April 9, 2019        Mayo, YT
April 10, 2019    Dawson City, YT
April 11, 2019    Inuvik, NT
April 14, 2019    Whitehorse, YT
 
To attend any of these shows, please contact Home Routes/ Chemin Chez Nous HERE or via email attend@homeroutes.ca  or info@homeroutes.ca or call: (204) 480-3380, Toll-free in Canada: 1 (866) 925-6889.  The full Home Routes schedule can be accessed online at homeroutes.ca.
 
About
2016 and 2011 Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Champion

Daniel has been playing the violin since the age of five. He plays a variety of fiddle styles and classical violin. Daniel completed a Master of Music degree in classical violin at the University of Alberta studying with Dr. Guillaume Tardif. During his studies, Daniel was awarded a prestigious research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Daniel had the opportunity to perform at the 2012 London Olympics as a cultural ambassador of Alberta. In the spring, he performed for a reception at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. Daniel has toured with Zéphyr, a French-Canadian dance group, performing at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., Mondial des cultures in Drummondville, PQ, the Folkmoot USA Festival in North Carolina, and Festival Interfolk in France. Daniel has also had several television and radio appearances. In 2010, he was a guest artist with The Lost Fingers, performing at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, ON.

Daniel is the first and only Albertan to win the Canadian Grand Master Fiddle Competition. Daniel first competed in the Canadian Grand Masters in 2003 and returned to this competition in 2004 and again in 2008, finishing in the top eleven both times.

In 2014, Daniel received the Eugène-C. Trottier award from the French-Canadian Association of Alberta (ACFA) for community involvement. Daniel was also awarded the Prix Sylvie Van Brabant-Excellence en création artistique (2010) by the Regroupement artistique francophone de l'Alberta and the City of Edmonton Arts and Culture Award (2007).

Daniel currently teaches as sessional faculty at MacEwan University in the jazz and popular music program. Daniel has had experience teaching a variety of students of different ages and abilities in collaboration with other music organizations such as the National Arts Centre MusicAlive! program, Calvin Vollrath Fiddle Camp and the North Eastern Music Association in St. Paul, AB, the John Arcand Fiddle Fest, Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party and the Pelletier Guitar and Music Camp in Saskatchewan, The Hills are Alive Music and Dance Cultural Fest in Elkwater, AB, Frontier Fiddlers in Manitoba, and the Suzuki Strings and Fiddleheads in Whitehorse, YT. In 2010, Trad'badour in collaboration with Canadian Parents for French completed a school show tour of over 90 presentations in Western Canada.

Daniel has six albums to his credit, including three solo albums, Flying Fiddle (2003) and Endless Possibilities (2005) and Old Red Barn (2013). In 2006, he was nominated for “Young Performer of the Year” at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Daniel is a founding member of Trad’badour, a French-Canadian duo, with Roger Dallaire and Hot Club Edmonton with guitarist Clinton Pelletier. Hot Club Edmonton was awarded "Instrumental Album of the Year" at the Western Canadian Music Awards in 2010.

Guitarist Graeme Poile (Whitehorse, YK) has studied music for over 20 years, including a year at Vancouver Island University for jazz, and has performed with respected Canadian fiddlers such as Troy McGillivray and Alex Lamoureux. He is a member of the Moanin’ Mountain Boys.

Aurora Trail
The Aurora Trail is a project of Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous, presenting Canadian and international artists to audiences in the Yukon, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and throughout Canada. Home Routes’ programming emphasizes artistic excellence, and diverse and entertaining performances that leave audiences breathless and wanting more.

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Daniel Gervais Links:
Website: https://www.danielgervais.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gervais-Daniel-musics-information-544243639096270/
Tour Schedule: https://homeroutes.ca/homeroutes-artists/daniel-gervais/