About Esprit's Guest Soloist

                    Christien Ledroit

                    Christien Ledroit was born in London Ontario, Canada in 1975. He started playing the violin at a very young age, and later picked up the electric guitar, playing in a punk rock band throughout his teenage years.

                    After finishing high school, he continued his studies in music at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. While studying at Queen's, he chose to focus on composition, studying with, among others, Marjan Mozetich, Kristi Allik, John Burge and Alfred Fisher.

                    After completing his Bachelor of Music degree in 1999, he moved on to graduate work at McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At McGill he first studied with alcides lanza, then Jean Lesage and Sean Ferguson. He was also a member of g.e.m.s. - McGill's Group of the Electronic Music Studio. Christien currently lives in Toronto, Ontario.

                    For more about this performer/composer go to:
http://members.rogers.com/cledroit/