André Brégégère was born in Paris, France, in 1975. In 2002, he moved to the United States and entered the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied Jazz composition with Ken Pullig and Greg Hopkins—earning his BM in 2005. He joined the Aaron Copland School of Music in 2006, where he studied composition with Bruce Saylor. In 2008, he was awarded the Enhanced Chancelor’s Fellowship from the City University of New York, where he is now working towards his Ph. D, studying composition with Jeff Nichols. Mr. Brégégère is currently serving as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Queens College.
As a composer, Mr. Brégégère’s work has been recognized several awards, including the George Perle Composition Prize (2008), and the Charles Mingus Composition Award (2005). His works have been performed throughout Boston and New York City by ensembles including Ken Pullig’s Jazz composers Orchestra, Cygnus, and Second Instrumental Unit, His quartet, Vol de nuit, was featured at the ACA festival in June 2008. Mr. Brégégère is member of ASCAP since 2007.
A founding member of Dr. Faustus, Mr. Brégégère has also been involved for the past three years in the organization and promotion of new music concerts in NYC, featuring, among others, Dave Fulmer, Marc Williams (Second Instrumental Unit); William Anderson; Cynthia Powell (Stonewall Chorale); Tom Palny, David Lisker (Trofeo String Quartet).
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