April 26, 2016

Franco-Ontarian rocker Mélissa Ouimet will take to the stage at a number of CSCNO secondary schools from Tuesday, April 26, to Friday, April 29, 2016, as part of her Northern Ontario. Members of the media are invited to attend.

The performances by this former participant of the TVA network’s La voix voix (French equivalent of « The Voice ») will take place at the following schools, on the following dates: École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) on Tuesday, April 26, at 11 a.m.; École secondaire Notre-Dame-du-Sault (Sault-Ste. Marie) on Wednesday, April 27, at 9:30 a.m.; Collège Notre-Dame (Sudbury) on Friday, April 20, at 8:45 a.m.; and École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur (Sudbury) on Friday, April 29, at 12:45 p.m. In addition, Mélissa Ouimet will also present a concert to CSCNO students taking part in Mélomanie, an artistic training activity, on Thursday, April 28, at 8 p.m., at the Collège Boréal auditorium.

Mélissa Ouimet, who hails from the Eastern Ontario town of Saint-Albert, has been carving out a place for herself in the world of music for several years now. It all began in 2003 when she won the People’s Choice award at Ontario Pop.

Since her career took off, Mélissa has enjoyed one success after another, including a performance at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games; bursaries from the Jeux de la Francophonie and the Fondation franco-ontarienne; a grant from the Ontario Arts Council, a tour of Asia with stops in Hong Kong, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur. She also offered well-noticed opening act performances for Martin Deschamps, Dany Bédar, Boom Desjardins, Lost Fingers, Claude Dubois, Robert Charlebois, Compagnie Créole, Éric Lapointe and Véronic DiCaire. 

Mélissa Ouimet has been working on her solo project for more than two years. Her first single, Personne ne pourra m’arrêter, was released last October, and has been drawing attention and airplay on Québec radio.

The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario offers a French Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSCNO provides a quality learning environment and academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 7,000 students in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools.

INFO:

Paul de la Riva
Interim Assistant Communications and Community Development
Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario
(705) 673-5626, ext. 294
(705) 677-8195 – cell phone