Prieur (1998–2000, interim) Isolde Lagacé (2000–2007) Raffi Armenian (2008–2013) Notable alumni Raynald Arseneault, composer and organist Colette Boky, operatic soprano Pierre Brabant, composer and pianist Boris Brott, conductor Angèle Dubeau, violinist Louis Dufort, composer Pierre Duval, operatic tenor Jacques Faubert, composer and conductor Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpeter and bandleader Lewis Furey Gérald Gagnier, bandmaster, composer, and trumpeter Karina Gauvin, operatic soprano Monique Gendron, organist Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichordist, organist, and musicologist Violet Grant-States, clarinetist, member, Montreal Women's Symphony Jacques Hétu, composer Christopher Jackson, harpsichordist, organist, and conductor Jacques Lacombe, conductor Robert Langevin, flautist Jacques Larocque, saxophonist Jimmie LeBlanc, composer Marie-Nicole Lemieux, operatic contralto Bruce Xiaoyu Liu, pianist Paul Marcotte, french hornist Joseph Masella, french hornist Roger Matton, composer and ethnomusicologist Pierre Mercure, composer and bassoonist Robin Minard, composer François Morel, composer, pianist, and conductor Éric Morin, composer Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist and conductor Michel Perrault, composer, conductor, and percussionist Lina Pizzolongo, vocal coach and concert pianist André Prévost, composer Serge Provost, composer and organist Louis Quilico, operatic baritone Karen Quinton, pianist André Ristic, composer, pianist, accordion player, and music theorist Charles Richard-Hamelin, pianist Pierre Rolland, oboist, English horn player, radio broadcaster, music critic, and arts administrator. Joseph Rouleau, operatic bass Patrick Saint-Denis, composer Jeff Stinco, rock and punk guitarist for the band Simple Plan Diane Tell, singer-songwriter Olivier Thouin, violinist Huguette Tourangeau, operatic mezzo-soprano Gilles Tremblay (composer) (both student and teacher) Claude Vivier, composer References External links Official Website (in French) Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec Classical music in Canada Performing arts in Montreal Music schools in Canada Education in Montreal Educational institutions established in 1943 Schools in Montreal Le Plateau-Mont-Royal 1943 establishments in Quebec