Geneviéve Leclair

Guest Conductor

Geneviève Leclair is an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music who holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting from Boston University. Leclair also received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in flute performance at Université de Montréal. She has been teaching at Berklee since 2016 and acts as an active guest conductor with organizations across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Equally at home in symphony, ballet and opera, she was a recurring guest conductor with The National Ballet of Canada and Northern Ballet (UK), Music Director of Parkway Concert Orchestra from 2013 to 2019, as well as Assistant Conductor and Guest Conductor of the Boston Ballet Orchestra from 2010 to 2017, and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Conductors Guild from 2017 to 2020.

In 2010, Leclair received the Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation Award in orchestral conducting. Leclair was also awarded the 2017 American Prize in orchestral conducting, college/university division, and took 2nd place in the professional orchestra division. Leclair’s conducting style has been praised for its stamina and precision as she utilizes confident dynamics and tempos, crisp rhythms, and clear phrasing to create powerful forward momentum. In addition to her career as a performer, conductor, and teacher Ms. Leclair is also a published author of theory exercise books and music literature.

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Our dancers always feel they have an ally and an artist supporting and guiding them when Geneviève is in the pit. This kind of connection between the orchestra and the stage allows great performances to happen; moments of trust and daring that are unique to live theater.

- Christopher Stowell Associate Artistic Director National Ballet of Canada