Danielle Palardy Roger
(b. 1949)
Danielle Palardy Roger has been an active percussionist, composer, and improviser on the Montréal music scene since 1980. Roger has co-founded groups such as Justine, Wondeur Brass, Les Poules, and founded Ensemble SuperMusique.
As a percussionist and improviser she focuses on asymmetrical rhythms, musical narrative in improvisatory settings, and layering. She has worked with composer Marie Pelletier and composed music for the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal and for Ensemble SuperMusique. She wrote a Harbour Symphony in 2001 (La grande entente), commissioned by the Musée Pointe-à-Callière in Montréal. Danielle Palardy Roger has made several albums for the Ambiances Magnétiques label, and has collaborated with other label-mates such as Jean Derome, Lori Freedman, Fred Frith, Joane Hétu, Diane Labrosse, Joëlle Léandre and Martin Tétreault.
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