A founding member of the OSG, Yves Léveillé has a degree in music and received the Prix du Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Gatineau in clarinet and chamber music. Between 1985 and 2019, he went on to teach the clarinet, chamber music and introduction to orchestra conducting, while continuing to manage the orchestra’s choir.

Eleven-time winner of grants from the Government of Quebec, he has taken professional development internships in clarinet in Chicago with Robert Marcellus, in contemporary music, choir direction, song and violin basics.

Mr. Léveillé studied orchestral conducting at Sienna, Italy, thanks to financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Quebec. Yves Léveillé was nominated artist of the year and received Gatineau’s Culturiades Prize in the “Creation” category in 1998.

He is a founding member of Ensemble du Jeu Présent and of the Avignon wind quintet, and he also served as Director of the École de musique d’Orléans (MIFO) from 1992 to 1995.

From 1999 to 2003, he directed Les Productions lyriques de Gatineau. As a clarinettist and conductor, Yves Léveillé has been involved in numerous recordings such as: Contretemps/Go, Sax Lib, Passions symphoniques, Keep Close to God, Classic Gypsy, Hommage à la chanson française, with Noël Samyn, Les Deux Rives and L’artiste de Noël, with the orchestra and the Top Passion vocal group.

Mr. Léveillé managed the famous Canadian Guitar Quartet, and founded the TGIF/Enfin vendredi concert series.