Tournées et enregistrements:
Guy Donis et la “Montreal Bluegrass League”: 2021 à ……
Notre Dame de Grass (Bluegrass) 2005 à 2019
Guy Donis Trio (New Acoustic Music) 2003 à 2006 et 2017 à 2019 Guy Donis et “Paroles D’arbre” (New Acoustic Music) 2008 à 2013 Mademoiselle s’amuse (Traditionnel Québecois) 2003 à 2006 Chloé Sainte Marie (2000 à 2003)
A été nominé à plusieurs reprises pour les prix de musique Folk canadienne et “independent Music Awards”
Collaborations occasionnelles avec: L’orchestre symphonique de Montréal, l’office National du film, Trio de Guitares de Montréal, Big O String Band, etc…..
En Europe: “Gold Rush” (Bluegrass/Newgrass) et “Badiane” (musique du monde/New Acoustic Music) de 1985 à 1999
Expérience Pédagogique
Enseigne depuis plus de 30 ans en privé, à l’université (UQAM), au Cegep (Cegep Marie-Victorin, Cegep St Laurent) et en stages de musique (Old School Bluegrass Camp Ontario, stage international de musique acoustique de Virton, Belgique).
DVD d’apprentissage du banjo 5-Cordes pour “MacBeth Productions” (2009)
Animations scolaires avec l’organisme “Apprendre par les arts” (Conservatoire de Toronto) de 2004 à 2008
Divers:
Repris parmi les meilleurs banjoïstes internationaux sur deux compilations sur le banjo: Banjo Influences (XIII Bis musique, France, 1999) et Magic Banjo (NoEthno Music, Allemagne, 2005), ainsi que dans le livre «Banjo pour les Nuls»
English Bio
Started 5 String Banjo playing in the 80’s after classical music training.
Also playing guitar, mandolin and other stringed insruments…
In Europe, leader of the Bluegrass Band «Gold Rush» and the instrumental Project «Badiane» until his move to Montréal in 1999.
Two albums were recorded with both bands that were touring Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and more.
First years in Montreal were mostly in the French Music Business, touring and recording with the like of Chloé Ste Marie, Gilles Bélanger, Annick Granger, Laurence Hélie and many more
Joining the band «Notre Dame De Grass» around 2005, two recordings made in 2007 and 2013 and tour all around Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E I. and Saskatchewan including
Festival Mémoire Et Racines (Qc)
Festival de Jazz de Montréal (Qc)
Hillside Festival (On)
Northern Boreal Folk Festival (On)
Blue Skies Festival (On)
Northern Lights Bluegrass Festival (SK)
Lunenburg Folk Festival (N.S.)
And many more….
Still making and touring original music featured in these three recordings
Guy Donis Trio: Balade Imaginaire (2003)
Guy Donis: Paroles D’arbre (2008)
Guy Donis Trio: Roots, Risks & Rêveries (2017)
In 2019 recorded the album «Guy Donis & The Montréal Bluegrass League», each of the 14 tracks featuring a guest from the Montréal Music Scene.
Under the same name, have Launched a monthly concert and Jam series that still happens every third tuesday of the month
Nowadays, mainly busy teaching and playing locally.
Other facts worth mentioning….
Nominated for multiple awards from Folk Canada and Independent Music Recordings.
Other collaborations with L’Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal (OSM), Office National Du Film (ONF), Trio de Guitares de Montreal (MG3), Big O String Band and many more…