Sylvie Desgroseilliers (SD)

While some artists release albums before performing in public, others live for the stage and that is just where you will find Sylvie Desgroseilliers. She learned her craft in bars where she wowed her fans night after night.****Her solo and choral experience in the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir led to her stellar performance of Amazing Grace at a jam-packed Bell Centre as an opening act for Celine Dion. Fresh from this triumph, she went on to perform in productions such as Du Rock a l'Opera and Cinemashow, and has performed one of the female leads in the show, Motown Generation, since 2002. Ms. Desgroseilliers is also a regular on the Tele-Quebec show, Belle et Bum.****The powerful voice of Sylvie Desgroseilliers is truly one of the most remarkable in Québec. Her interpretation of Boule Noire’s smash hit, Aimer d’Amour, sung under the pouring rain to an enthusiastic audience at the 2004 Fete Nationale du Quebec, thrust her into the public consciousness.****Her first album, Sylvie Desgroseilliers, was released on the LCQ Musique label in February 2005. It includes three original titles plus compelling interpretations of Aimer d'amour, How I Got Over and Funkystation, made famous by the group Toulouse at the end of the seventies. The second album, which is in the works, will include more original songs but will also include cover songs because she is an incredible interpreter and she loves to revamp old songs so the younger generation discovers them!!!****Desgroseilliers, who is of Haitian background, sang for the Queen of England and was even asked to sing at Governor-General Michaelle Jean's induction. "When I sang O Canada she was at the other end of the ballroom and we're looking at each other and I thought, 'I hope she knows two Haitian women are in total control of this room.' I was so full of pride."****