Eugène Chartier was a Canadian violinist, violist, conductor, and teacher.

Born in Montreal

Montreal

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, Chartier studied the violin with Alfred De Sève

Alfred De Sève

Alfred De Sève was a Canadian violinist, composer, and music educator. His compositional output includes works for violin and piano, solo piano, and orchestra; many of which were published by Arthur P. Schmidt and Charles H...

 and Oscar Martel

Oscar Martel

Oscar Martel was a renowned Canadian violinist and violin teacher. Born in L'Assomption, Quebec, he received his earliest violin instruction from his grandfather, Pierre Martel. He then studied at the Collège de L'Assomption and at the Royal Conservatory of Liège. He taught at both the New England...

. He played second violin

Violin

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 with the Dubois String Quartet

Dubois String Quartet

The Dubois String Quartet was a Canadian string quartet that actively performed for 28 consecutive seasons from 1910 to 1938. The ensemble was founded and led by cellist Jean-Baptiste Dubois who was the only member of the group to play in every season. The other original members were violinists...

 from 1915-20, and viola

Viola

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

 with the Chamberland String Quartet from 1920-25. He also played viola in the CMS Orchestra, the Montreal Festivals

Montreal Festivals

The Montreal Festivals was an arts festival held annually in Montreal, Canada from 1936-1965. The festival was originally dedicated to the performance of classical music, presenting concerts of symphonic works, operas, oratorios, chamber music, and recitals...

, and the Montreal Orchestra. In 1922, he founded the orchestra of the Conservatoire national de musique

Conservatoire national de musique

Conservatoire national de musique was a music conservatory in Montreal, Quebec that was actively providing higher education in music during the first eight decades of the 20th century...

 in Montreal, which became the Montreal Philharmonic Orchestra, giving concerts at the Mount Royal Hotel. He began teaching at the Conseratoire in 1925, and also taught at the colleges of Terrebonne

Terrebonne

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 and Berthier

Berthier

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, and the convent of Ste-Émilie de Viauville. He was appointed director of the Maisonneuve

Maisonneuve

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 regimental band in 1932, and became a founding member of the Euterpe Chamber Music Society in 1933. He conducted the CMS Orchestra and some of his performances were broadcast on CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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 radio. He conducted the premiere of the comic opera Père des Amours by Eugène Lapierrein 1942.