William Capitaine Kraushaar

Born in Québec's Eastern Townships, William Kraushaar is a classically-trained film-score composer with a strong fondness for vocal music. Bass recognized for his "charisma and impressive voice", he has earned himself a privileged position in a number of prestigious canadian vocal ensembles, namely l'Harmonie des Saisons (Eric Milnes), l'Ensemble Caprice (Matthias Maute), the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal (SMAM), and many more. He has also soloed for the Ottawa Baroque Consort, Early Music vancouver & Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Caelis Academy Ensemble, Capella Regalis (Paul Haley), the OSM Chamber Choir, the Lamèque International Baroque Festival, the Burlington Baroque Festival, the Choeur Classique de Montréal, Les Idées Heureuses, the Theater of Early Music (Dan Taylor), the Edison Singers and the Choir of St-Andrew/St-Paul, to name a few. As a composer, he was awarded by the SOCAN Foundation twice and by the Amadeus Composition Award, and his music has been played, among others, by the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Voces Boreales, L'Ensemble Art-Choral, l'Harmonie des Saisons, the National Youth Choir of Canada and other Québec ensembles, in addition to him having written the scores to multiple films and documentaries.