MARC-XAVIER LEBLANC
Art Discipline(s)
- Media Arts
- Multidisciplinary
- Music
- Visual Arts
Moncton | (506) 866-6611
Preferred School District(s)
- ASD-East
- ASD-South
- ASD-North
- ASD-West
- First Nations Community Schools
- DSF North East
- DSF North West
- DSF South
Preferred Grade Level(s)
- K-2
- 3-5
- 6-8
- 9-12
Can provide residency in
- English
- French
Indigenous Artist
- No
Completed Policy 701
- Yes
Space/Material Requirements
- classroom, media room or music classroom
Bio
Marc-Xavier LeBlanc has led an impressive career in the music industry as a photographer, musician, radio show host, archivist and sound explorer. His passion to explore the connections between music and the arts leave strong imprints from the past, present and future in his work. He demonstrates a strong sensibility to showcase a sense of meaning through art and music. With his photography he creates fluid imagery that captures movement and space in unique perspectives that challenges the onlooker’s perception. With music he loves to compile moving soundtracks that awakens a listener’s awareness to our environment. As a sound explorer he is always pushing boundaries through original concepts and manipulating sound to create unforgettable soundscape.
Residency Project
Music and art were two ways I felt at ease to communicate and for that same reason I’ve always loved to empower kids through the art of sound. I’d love to work on cross curricular projects merging essential skills and music outcomes. In these workshops students will be exploring the concept of sounds that surround us, teaching them how we can manipulate these sounds by weaving them into soundscapes. Students would construct their own microphones out of salvaged materials (old phones, ear buds etc.) and then use them to capture, document and identify sounds in our biosphere and their daily surroundings. They will also be able to capture higher fidelity sounds using a field recorder (Zoom H6). Then, using this library of sounds, students will create electro acoustic music with the help of a Digital Audio Workstation.
The project will consist of the following parts:
- Contact microphone construction
- Recording/capturing sound
- Sound manipulation/sound texture and effects and
- Music composition.
These workshops will initiate students on various electronic music creation techniques and hardware such as sampling, sound manipulation, sound effects and arranging. Students will have a real-life opportunity to express themselves musically and will create an original pieces of music art. Once completed, a digital copy of the original pieces and a description will be made available to the greater school community via the school website.
Teaching Experience
He has been giving workshops in schools and communities mainly all over the east coast of Canada for nearly fifteen years and has been working in the music industry for more than 25 years as a photographer, DJ and radio show host. As a DJ or freelance reporter, he has contributed to a number of different industry publications/charities/events/organizations/conferences, including The Government of Canada, CBC, Radio Canada, Fédération des jeunes francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick, Music NB, Radarts, AAAPNB, Association Canadienne d’éducation de langue française, East Coast Music Awards, Acadie Rock.