Christien Ledroit was born in 1975 in London, Ontario. He studied music composition at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and completed a Master of Music degree in composition at McGill University in Montreal in 2002. He has studied with an eclectic group of composers including Michael Colgrass, Jean Lesage, alcides lanza, Alfred Fisher, John Burge and Marjan Mozetich. Since high school Christien has played guitar in a punk band, while still continuing to develop technique on the violin and in contemporary art music. It is precisely this dichotomy which most influences his music today. Christien has received commissions and awards from many sources including two SOCAN Young Composers Competition awards. Christien now lives near Toronto with his wife Stefanie and daughters Ramona and Chloë.

 
News:
-Night Chill, for marimba and electronics, recently released on Catherine Meunier's new Centrediscs CD entitled, interestingly enough, "Night Chill". Available here, and also on iTunes (search title for Night Chill).
 
-January 31, 2010, Night Chill, performed by Nick Papador, 2:00pm, Assumption Chapel, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
 
-February 1, 2010, Metropolis, performed by Louis-Pierre Bergeron, Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal, 5:00pm