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Marcel has been working in Toronto as a composer, arranger, pianist and
educator
Marcel has been working in Toronto as a composer, arranger, pianist, singer songwriter and educator since 1998. During this time he has held weekly gigs at the Cameron House, Gate 403 and the Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar in addition to being a featured performer in the Toronto Downtown Jazz and 416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festivals. From 2004 to 2005 he co-organized the monthly music series STRANGE FOLK with guitarist Geordie Haley. The series was held at holy Joe’s in Toronto and featured improvised music, singer-songwriters, dance and short plays. In 2005 he stepped out of his role as a sideman to release his first CD as a leader: WEIRD COCKTAIL, a quirky mix of funk, jazz and classically inspired original pieces that Carl Wilson of the Globe and Mail described as "a corkscrewed concoction that goes down easy, combining a searcher’s sensibility with influences from the exotica end of the jazz spectrum.” Marcel’s current projects include the monthly series the piano salon which he co-hosts and organizes with Michael Holt and a solo album of his original vocal compositions that will hopefully be released before the Pan-American games come to Toronto in 2015.
since 1998. During this time he has held regular gigs at the Cameron
House, Gate 403, The Trane Studio and The Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar. He
has also been a featured performer in the Distillery, Barrie, Toronto Downtown
Jazz and 416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Festival. Marcel has completed five
CDs as a sideman (Peace of Mind, Nine Moments of Time, Crush, Break and
Enter, Face It), and from 2004 to 2005 he organized his own monthly music series
entitled STRANGE FOLK which featured improvised music, singer-songwriters,
dance and short plays.
In 2005 he stepped out of his role as a sideman to release his first CD as a
leader: WEIRD COCKTAIL, a quirky mix of funk, jazz and classically inspired
original pieces. Carl Wilsonof the Globe and Mail described it as ".... a
corkscrewed concoction that goes downeasy, combining a searcher's sensibility
with influences from the exotica end of the jazz spectrum… Au Coin has one ear
cocked to the experimental aspects of his genre while making the music
accessible to anybody marinated in late-20th-century pop culture..." In that same
year Marcel also served as composer, arranger, and performer for the East Hill
Productions’ film Rise up, which was the only Canadian film to be featured in the
prestigious AFI film festival in Los Angeles.
Marcel's current projects include a monthly series entitled the piano salon which he
co-hosts and organizes with Michael Holt, and a solo album of his original vocal
compositions that will hopefully be released sometime in 2011.