​Biography​​

Pianist Sylvie Beaudoin, M. Mus. is a devoted piano instructor with 35 years of teaching experience.  She has held teaching positions in Canadian and American music schools, festivals, universities and her own private studios.  In 2002, she founded the Sylvie Beaudoin Piano Studio in Howard County.  Additionally, she was an Artist in Residence and Lecturer at the University of Maryland Honors College for 2009-2010 to create and teach a music and arts study abroad course in Paris.  Ms Beaudoin was a Presenter at the 2017 Maryland State Music Teachers Association Conference where she also received the 2017 William J. McCormick, Jr. Memorial Educator Grant “in recognition of professional contributions to Music and Piano Education and for steadfast promotion of the highest principals and practices of the music teaching profession.”
Ms Beaudoin is also a well-respected chamber musician and accompanist established in Maryland since 1999.  She has performed chamber music for concert series in the region, most notably with several members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, including principal chairs.  Ms Beaudoin has been heard in concerts and broadcasts across North America as well as in France, Spain and Japan.  Her repertoire reaches over 460 piano and chamber music works from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.  She especially enjoys opportunities to present lesser known chamber music compositions from the romantic and modern eras.

​Ms Beaudoin is the recipient of numerous awards, prizes and scholarships.  She holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of British Columbia under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed pianist Jane Coop.  She studied with several other distinguished pianists during artist residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Orford Arts Centre in Canada, the Cécile Ousset Cours d’Interprétation in France, the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in the United-States.​

 
​Photos by Christian Colberg


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​Various Experiences

Core Certificate in Interior Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (2001-2009);   Boards and artistic committees member, graphic designer for concert series (1993-2002);  Flute, recorder and voice teacher - Member of choirs, orchestras and bands as pianist, flutist and singer - Actor-singer, TV commercial - Music arranger for various institutions - Coordinator for musical events and fundraisers - Music librarian at UBC and Kneisel Hall (1980-1998)
 “The performance was technically refined, interpretively vivid and involving.”
T. Smith, The Baltimore Sun (Schumann Trio)
“. . . proved themselves first-rate musicians by giving a first-rate music performance.”
R. Lacy, Gazette.Net (Duos & trios)​​
Short Excerpts from Live Chamber Music Performances
With Members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
18th Century
Beethoven, ​Piano Trio in B flat major Op. 11 (1798)
S. Beaudoin, piano with
​W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet
​D. Skoraczewski, BSO principal cello
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2015
Mozart, Violin Sonata in G major K.301 (1778)
​S. Beaudoin, piano with
 ​J. Umber, BSO 2nd violin
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2011
19th Century
Farrenc, ​Sextet in c minor Op. 40 (1852)
S. Beaudoin, piano with
M. Kämper, BSO flute - M. Hooper, BSO assistant principal oboe
W. Jenken, BSO clarinet/BSO bass clarinet
D. Coombs, bassoon/BSO contrabassoon - K. Bell, horn                               Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2016

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D’Indy, ​Trio in B flat major, Op. 29 (1887) 
S. Beaudoin, piano with
W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet - D. Skoraczewski, BSO principal cello
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2011
Thuille, ​Sextet in Bb major, Op. 6 (1887) 
S. Beaudoin, piano with
​M. Kämper, BSO flute -  J. Marvine, oboe/BSO english horn
W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet - D. Coombs, bassoon/BSO contrabasson - G. Finck, BSO assistant principal horn
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2013
St-Saëns, ​Caprice on Danish & Russian Airs, Op. 79 (1887)
S. Beaudoin, piano with
M. Kämper, BSO flute -  J. Marvine, oboe/BSO english horn
W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2012
20th Century
Dohnanyi, Sextet in C major, Op. 37 (1935)
S. Beaudoin, piano with
W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet - G. Finck, BSO assistant principal horn
W. Underhill, violin/ BSO assistant concertmaster - ​ N. Chaves, BSO associate principal viola
K. Ostling, BSO cello
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2016
Loeffler, ​Deux Rhapsodies (1901) 
​S. Beaudoin, piano with
S. Scruggs, former BSO assistant principal oboe - K. Brown, BSO assistant principal viola
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2010
​Schickele, Quartet (1982)
S. Beaudoin, piano with
W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet -  ​K. Goldstein, BSO 1st violin - P. Lu, cello
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2012
Hindemith, ​Quartet (1938)
S. Beaudoin, piano with
W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet;  ​K. Goldstein, BSO 1st violin
I. Finkelshteyn, former BSO principal cello/Cincinnati Symph. principal cello
Sundays At Three concert series, 2008
Copland, Sextet (1937)
​S. Beaudoin, piano with
​M. Adkins, violin/former BSO associate concertmaster/ Utah Symph. concertmaster
A. Wasyluszko, BSO 1st violin - K. Brown, BSO assistant principal viola
K. Ostling, BSO cello - W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2006
​Françaix, Trio (1990)
​S. Beaudoin, piano with
​W. Jenken, clarinet/BSO bass clarinet-  P. Minkler, BSO viola
Chamber Music By Candlelight, 2008
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