About Us
Bonjour! My name is Taran Plamondon. I founded Éditions Plamondon (or ép for short) in November 2020, during the first dark winter months of the COVID-19 pandemic. I originally conceived it to focus my musical arranging and engraving services, work I had already been doing for several years via word of mouth.
- Arranging & Orchestration
- Musical Transcription
- Engraving Services (Finale, Sibelius & Dorico)
- Printing & Shipping (unavailable February-August 2024)
- MIDI Realization
Éditions Plamondon is a fully remote business based in Québec, and we work with musicians across the continent. We have worked on dozens of scores performed by high-profile orchestras and chamber ensembles, including the Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras. We’ve prepared music for films, podcasts, studio recording sessions, and even a music theory textbook.
In addition to music preparation services, we are also publishing new editions of works, which are currently available in digital format on our storefront, and we will resume print editions in August 2024. These editions include seldom-performed gems which are due for a comeback, and we are in the process of publishing new works by Canadian composers and songwriters (stay tuned!).
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Taran Plamondon
Music Copyist
Born and raised in Edmonton, Taran Plamondon is a horn player and music copyist currently based out of Auckland, New Zealand.
Taran holds an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School, where he was the recipient of the Hazel Workman Kettley Scholarship, and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the University of Alberta. Alongside his pursuits an engraver and publisher, he maintains an active freelance career as a horn player.
As a hornist, he has appeared as an extra with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, along with many Canadian orchestras across the country including in Kingston, Niagara, Windsor, Thunder Bay, and Kamloops. He also held the position of 4th Horn in the Saskatoon Symphony from 2019-2022. His three years in the National Youth Orchestra of Canada took him across Canada, and to Portugal, Germany and Scotland. A lover of chamber music (woodwind quintet in particular), Taran has been a part of the National Arts Centre Young Artists Program, NYO Chamberfest, and the Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble.
When not playing horn or obsessing over minute details in music notation, he enjoys cycling increasingly ludicrous distances or playing nostalgic 90s video games.
Vivian Kwok
Featured Composer & Assistant Music Copyist
Hong Kong-born pianist, violinist, and composer Vivian Kwok is known for her versatility and active engagement in the creation of new music. As a performer, Vivian has premiered over 40 works and collaborated with no fewer than 20 composers. She is a winner of the 2021 University of Toronto Winds Concerto Competition and has also left a memorable presence at the Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival, the Alberta College Fall Music Festival, and the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. As a composer, she has written for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, UofT Opera, Bedford Trio, M.E. LaZerte High School concert band, and Concreamus Chamber Choir. Vivian received her Bachelor of Music (Piano Performance and Composition) at the University of Toronto, studying with Jamie Parker and Abigail Richardson-Schulte. She is grateful to be awarded the W.O. Forsyth Graduating Scholarship in 2022. Vivian is currently pursuing her graduate studies at the University of British Columbia, studying with Corey Hamm.