William Eugene Beauvais is a Canadian classical guitarist and composer who has performed in the United States, Europe, and across Canada.
Background
When Beauvais was nine years old he asked his father for a set of drums. His father came home the very next day with a guitar. Some time later his father came home with sheet music for his favorite piece of music, Jeux Interdits, and Beauvais taught himself to read music in order to play the piece for his father.
Education
He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance at the University of Toronto.
Career
He is also known for his ability to collaborate with other musicians and has done so with Eugene Martynec, John Gzowski, George Koller, Barry Prophet, Julian Knight and John Armstrong. His current base of operations is Toronto, Canada. In over three decades, Beauvais has accumulated many diverse performing and recording credits.
The artists he has worked with include: Brian Katz, The Evergreen Club, Arraymusic, New Music Concerts, Alan Hetherington, The Canadian Chamber Ensemble and Les Amis Concerts.
He has also worked with choreographers Terrill Maguire and Hedy Minton, as well as poets Steven McCabe, Richard Truhlar and Wayne Keon. He has given many premier performances, including works George Crumb, Elliott Carter, Jon Siddall, Stephen Wingfield, Ronald Bruce Smith and Chris Harman.
His recording are available through the Canadian Music Centre Distribution Service. More recently Beauvais has devoted much time to his own creative output writing music for The Montreal Guitar Trio, the Canadian Music Centre, Jeffrey McFadden and the Echo Women"s Choir.
His music is published by les Productions d"OZ, Mel Bay, Tuscany Publications and Frederick Harris Music.
Membership
He is a member of the Canadian Music Centre, and currently teaches at York University and at his studio.