Boris Favre
Born in Lyon, France, Boris is fluent in both French and English.
At age six, Boris took his first piano lesson and eventually earned the ARCT diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He later went on to complete the Jazz Diploma program at VCC and a Bachelor of Music Degree at UBC. Though much of his formal training is centered around classical piano, his true passion is for Jazz and World music.
Following his studies, he joined the internationally acclaimed Celtic-funk band "Mad Pudding" with whom he toured throughout Canada, the US, and Europe, for nearly a decade. With the Puddings he performed at many prestigious music festivals including Cape Breton's Celtic Colours, Vancouver and Winnipeg Folk (Canada), Glasgow, Shetland and Orkney Folk (Scotland), Edinburgh Fringe (Scotland), Fylde Folk and Canterbury Arts (England), Skagen (Denmark), Philadelphia Folk and San Francisco Celtic (USA), and many more! They have recently performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Bach choir. Boris continues to play bass for the band.
Other active projects include work with Jersey fiddler Shona Le Mottee (shona.ca), children's entertainer "Music With Marnie" (musicwithmarnie.com) , singer/songwriter Kristia DiGregorio (kristia.com), and others. Aside from performing, Boris teaches music part-time and is on faculty at the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach. He is also an amateur fiddler and is learning to play the Uilleann pipes (Irish bagpipes).
In early 2004, he ventured into instrument-making and succesfully completed his first set of Uilleann pipes the following Spring. He has since produced new sets and plans to hone his pipe-making skills over the years to come.
Teaching Thursday
Minimum age: 8
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