Patrice Richer

Patrice Richer is a Course Instructor (Trombone & Brass Ensembles) at McGill University's Schulich School of Music. He holds principal trombone positions with L'Orchestre Métropolitain (since 2001), L'Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil, and L'Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadien. Additionally, he teaches trombone at Université du Québec à Montréal and serves as a chamber music professor, brass choir conductor, and artistic director for multiple ensembles.

• Key affiliations: Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal (trombone professor/chamber music teacher), Union Musicale d’Iberville (artistic director/conductor).
• Orchestral experience includes Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Quebec Symphony Orchestra, and Ottawa National Arts Centre Orchestra as extra musician.

His career spans freelance work across classical, jazz, Latin American, and pop genres. He has led the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra as principal trombone/soloist since 1990 and was part of the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (1993–2009).