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Maxim Cormier

Cape Breton

Maxim Cormier is an award-winning guitarist and composer from Chéticamp. Trained in classical, jazz and world music with a B.Mus from Dalhousie University in guitar performance, he has performed across Canada and toured in Scotland, England, Australia, and France. Maxim has been a regular at Celtic Colours since 2010, playing with his father Gervais, and released his debut album after receiving the Festival Drive’ers Association Big Sampie award in 2012. In 2017, Maxim released two albums: Maxim Cormier Plays J.S. Bach, features music written for flute, lute, keyboard and voice played with a flat pick on a steel string guitar; and Maxim and Gervais Cormier: Cape Breton Guitar, a Celtic duo album with Gervais. When he’s not working on his music, Maxim spends his time teaching others. He has taught at Colaisde na Gàidhlig / the Gaelic College in St. Ann’s, facilitated workshops for the Celtic Colours Roots in the Room program, and taught guitar with Fèis Rois in the Scottish Highlands.

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