Marc-André Doran

Born in 1961, Marc-André Doran received the majority of his training at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal from 1976 to 1986, studying under Bernard and Mireille Lagacé, and Gaston Arel. Subsequently, numerous scholarships enabled him to study in France with Jean Boyer and Marie-Claire Alain. He completed his studies at the Université de Montréal, where he earned a doctorate under the supervision of Réjean Poirier. Marc-André Doran has received several awards from the Conservatories of Montreal, Lille, and Rueil-Malmaison. Winner of the Royal Canadian College of Organists’ Performance Competition (1985) and the MacMillan Foundation Prize in Toronto (1989), he has received numerous scholarships from the Fondation de soutien aux arts de Laval, including, in 1993, a Special Jury Mention for his academic achievements. Dividing his time between public and broadcast recitals in Canada and Europe, teaching, and working as a music commentator for CBC Radio FM, Mr. Doran has been the organist at the historic Visitation Church in northern Montreal since 1980. In this capacity, he collaborated with organ builder Helmuth Wolff on the reconstruction of the church’s organ.