Sous la direction de Roseline Blain, l’Ensemble Phœbus réunit des hommes solidement formés qui ont pour passion commune le chant choral de haut niveau, dans le but de faire connaître le répertoire pour chœur d’hommes. Figurant parmi les meilleurs chœurs amateurs montréalais, l’Ensemble Phœbus, chœur d’hommes à voix égales, a remporté en 2015 et en 2019 le 1er Prix au concours pancanadien de Choral Canada (CCCA) dans sa catégorie. Ses nombreux projets, concerts, collaborations avec divers ensembles font de Phœbus un ensemble maintenant bien établi dans la grande région métropolitaine,

Vincent Ranallo brings vocal passion and precision to a vast repertoire ranging from German Lieder (Schubert, Mahler, Webern…) to the modern avant-garde (Xenakis, Tremblay, Sciarrino…).
Lauded by critics for his vocal intelligence and onstage presence, Mr. Ranallo performs more and more with various ensembles such as the McGill Chamber Orchestra, I Musici, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, the SMCQ, KORÈ ensemble, Chants Libres and Les Voix Humaines. He takes part in festivals such as Athelas New Music Festival (Copenhagen), New music concerts (Toronto), Orford Arts Center, Codes d’Accès, Métropolis bleu, Musimars and Montréal Baroque.On the occasion of the North American première of Don Quichotte chez la duchesse by Boismortier, Mr. Ranallo played Sancho Panca with La Nouvèle Sinfonie under the direction of Hervé Niquet. This production was awarded an OPUS prize by the Conseil québécois de la musique.
Numerous Québec and European composers have been inspired by his voice, his creative personality and his evolving musicianship. He has participated in numerous Montréal opera and chamber music creations and premieres.His interpretation of Tremblay’s À quelle heure commence le temps in a recent Canadian and European tour with the Aventa ensemble has won him public and critical acclaim.
A graduate from the Conservatoire de musique du Québec, where he studied with Marie Daveluy and Gilles Tremblay, this baritone was awarded a Ph.D in voice performance from the Université de Montréal, having studied under the supervision of Rosemarie Landry and Mark Pedrotti. Mr. Ranallo’s thesis focused on aural creativity in the works of composer Gilles Tremblay. He wrote articles on the subject published in CIRCUIT and the Cahiers de la SQRM.
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