MARC DESORMEAUX - MEMORIES

The life and times with Marc. Share your moments with him by sending them to: made62marcdesormeaux@gmail.com

Saturday, 17 November 2012

Lise Desormeaux, Marc's Mom, presents the following card she received and cherished. It has always held a special place in her heart: November 16, 2012

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Marc Desormeaux 1962 - 2012: Born in Sudbury and raised in Timmins to Lise, an administrative assistant, and Camille Desormeaux, teacher and high school principal, Marc was always close with his siblings Fran and Mike. Sports, music and theatre kept him busy in those early years and fed his passions. After leaving high school he moved to Ottawa where he studied music at the University of Ottawa. Trumpet was his major, but Marc’s musical explorations covered a broad landscape of instruments, eventually leading him to composition. Outside of university he put these compositional skills to use writing music for his band Mark Stern and The Big Umbrella. The band enjoyed some success and even won the popular CHEZ 106 radio station’s band competition. The prize was a recording session and bookings in many of Ottawa’s ‘hot spots’. After the band split, Marc returned to an old love, theatre, this time in the capacity of composer. The National Art Centre’s L’Atelier would provide him his first gig. He was hooked.

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