Elyze Venne-Deshaies

Elyze Venne-Deshaies is a Montréal-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, improviser and music educator whose principal instruments include clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor and alto saxophones, flute and synthesizers. Her musical background developed through school music programmes and early experience with wind ensembles and big-band repertoire.

Her artistic work crosses contemporary jazz, free improvisation, electroacoustic music and interdisciplinary performance. She helped found the LUNES concert series and founded La Loba Productions; projects include Tempête solaire and the saxophone ensemble Déplacer d'l'air. Her solo work Les grandes solitudes des femmes sauvages is part of a wider discography in Québec's experimental scene.

On Creative Sources, Elyze Venne-Deshaies is credited on Résonances manifestes (CS741).