Biography:

Brazilian artist André Januário has built a diverse and interdisciplinary career as a performer, educator, and researcher. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance and has worked as both a bassoonist and conductor in Brazil and the United States. Currently, Dr. Januário is an associate researcher at McGill University’s Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory (IDMIL) and a member of the Applied Performance Sciences Hub and the Music Education Laboratory at the Schulich School of Music in Montréal, Canada.

Dr. Januário has performed as a soloist, orchestra, and chamber musician in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. He has held positions as Assistant Principal Bassoon at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro Symphony Orchestra (Rio de Janeiro Opera & Ballet House), Principal Bassoon at the Caxias do Sul Symphony Orchestra (OSUCS), and the Theatro São Pedro Chamber Orchestra in Porto Alegre, Brazil. In the U.S., he has collaborated with various symphonic ensembles in West Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Throughout his career, Dr. Januário has played under the baton of remarkable maestros such as Kurt Masur, Silvio Barbato, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Claude Villaret, Roberto Minczuk, Ligia Amadio, Ira Levin, John Neschling, and has accompanied distinguished soloists such as Nelson Freire, Antonio Meneses, Eliane Coelho, and José Carreras. As a chamber musician, his performances have been broadcast on WPLN in Nashville, Tennessee – USA, Radio MEC Rio de Janeiro – Brazil, and U92 FM, West Virginia – USA.

Prior to his move to the United States, Dr. Januário was a Professor of Bassoon at the University of Caxias do Sul—School of Music, in addition to serving as a public school band director in the greater Porto Alegre region. In the U.S., he has taught bassoon, chamber music, music history and theory, and music appreciation at collegiate and community levels in Tennessee and West Virginia, and has lectured on Brazilian music and culture, bassoon and chamber music at secondary and higher education institutions in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Québec (Canada). In addition, his career as a conductor includes positions as music director in ensembles such as the University of Caxias do Sul Youth Orchestra (Brazil) and Morgantown Community Orchestra, and eventual collaborations as assistant conductor with the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band in Wisconsin, USA.

As a PhD researcher in Applied Performance Sciences at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, Dr. Januário explores the challenges posed by the lack of digital literacy among instructors and students in music performance training. His research focuses on developing a pedagogical framework to integrate educational technology tools into the core curriculum of instrumental music training at the tertiary level. He is a member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) in Montreal, and his research interests lie in Research Axis 1: Instruments, devices & systems; Research Axis 3: Cognition, perception & movement; and Research Axis 4: Expanded Musical Practice.

 Originally from Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil, Dr. Januário began his bassoon studies with the French bassoonist Noël Devos. He received his B.M. in Bassoon Performance and additional studies in orchestral conducting from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he studied with Aloysio Fagerlande and Ernani Aguiar, respectively. He was mentored by acclaimed bassoonists such as Milan Turkovic, Fabio Cury, Alexandre Silvério, Francisco Formiga, James Rodgers, Ryan Romine, and Ariane Petri. He enhanced his conducting skills through international masterclasses with Kurt Masur, Anton Nanut, Ricardo Rocha, Victor Hugo Toro, Andreas Weiss, and Guillermo Scarabino.

Dr. Januário completed his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Bassoon Performance with Secondary Performance in Conducting at West Virginia University, where his professors were Lynn Hileman (Bassoon), Scott Tobias, Mitchell Arnold, and Kym Scott (Conducting).

Research Areas:

• Movement Analysis

Projects

Publications:

• Januário, G., , A. (2021). Fostering Music Performers in the 21st Century: A Contemporary Professional Perspective toward a New Curricular Agenda for Graduate Study in Music. . West Virginia University.Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

Contacts:

• Email: andre.januario@mail.mcgill.ca
• Website: http://andrejanuario.com/