François Houle

François Houle is definitely a creative and intensely energetic clarinetist, composer, and improviser of avant-garde jazz and contemporary traditional music. A Vancouver indigenous, Houle continues to be an active creator of modern Canadian music through the ’90s through his involvement in Standing Influx as well as the Vancouver SONGS Ensemble, amongst others. He is rolling out a customized improvisational language, obtaining all types of noises from his device and its specific parts. Houle offers performed numerous extraordinary music artists, from Wayne Horvitz to Evan Parker, collaborated with composers including Paul Dolden, and released many albums on Canada’s Songlines and Crimson Toucan labels. He’s also involved with a trio, including guitarist Scott Areas and bassist Jason Roebke, which documented Hornet’s Collage (1999) for the Nuscope label. Cryptology implemented in early 2001, using a cooperation with pianist Benoit Delbecq close behind another year. Furthermore to his exciting music profession, Houle created visual score configurations of Catriona Strang’s poems which were released by ECW Press and different UNITED STATES poetry magazines.