Élise Poulin

Highly active on Québec’s musical scene, Élise Poulin has been a member of the renowned wind quintet Pentaèdre since 2019. In addition to serving as principal oboe of the Orchestre de l’Agora, she performs regularly as a substitute musician with several Québec orchestras, including the Laval Symphony Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Ballet-Opéra-Pantomime (BOP) ensemble, and many others.

She also appears at numerous festivals, including the Festival de musique de chambre du Bic, Festival Classica, and the Festival de Lanaudière. Élise earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in performance from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, studying under Lise Beauchamp, and later pursued further training with Olivier Doise at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris.

She is currently beginning a doctoral degree at the Université de Montréal under the supervision of Vincent Boilard and Caroline Traube. Élise is a recipient of awards from the Fonds Pierre-Rolland, the Stingray Rising Stars program, and the Père Lindsay Foundation.

She has also been awarded an Excellence Scholarship from the Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique (OICRM) to support her doctoral studies in performance. Élise teaches oboe at École secondaire Pierre-Laporte, École secondaire Massey-Vanier, and through the Coopérative des professeurs de musique.