The Conservatoire de musique de Gatineau is a public music conservatoire in Gatineau, Quebec, offering musical training from primary level to the second university cycle.
The Conservatoire de musique de Gatineau is a public institution, subsidized by the Government of Quebec and affiliated with the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec, a state corporation under the Ministry of Culture and Communications. It is located at 430, boulevard Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau (Québec) J9A 1M7. The Conservatoire is directed by Eric Vaillancourt.
The Conservatoire has had a musical tradition in the city of Gatineau since 1967. Since 1987, it has been installed in the Riverview house, a historic Tudor-style building dating from 1865, alongside its gardens.
The Conservatoire offers a continuum of musical interpretation training from primary school to the second university cycle, starting at age eight. Professional musicians work with students to train a high-level generation of musicians. Students at the college and university levels receive 1 hour and 30 minutes of specialty instruction per week. The Conservatoire hosts two resident ensembles, Ensemble Prisme and Plaisirs du clavecin.
The Conservatoire has a student body of about 120 young people, which allows for a very personal scale of teaching. Students have access to a library of 35,000 books and 50,000 scores, and instrument loans are available. Facilities listed include piano accompaniment and musical ensembles.
Admission to music programs is based on an audition.