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.

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.

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Taran Plamondon

Owner & Lead Music Editor

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 a full-time career as a horn player as Acting Sub-Principal Horn with the Auckland Philharmonia.

As an active freelancer, he has appeared with Canadian orchestras from coast to coast, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and many more. He also held the position of 4th Horn in the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra from 2019-2022. During his three years in the National Youth Orchestra of Canada took him to stages across the country as well as in Portugal, Germany and Scotland. A lover of chamber music (woodwind quintet in particular), Taran has taken part in the NAC Orchestra Mentorship Program and the NAC Young Artists Program, NYO Chamberfest, and the Glenn Gould School New Music Ensemble.

Outside of music, he enjoys playing rhythm games like Guitar Hero and cycling increasingly ludicrous distances through the New Zealand countryside in search of the ultimate flat white.

Vivian Kwok

Featured Composer & Assistant Music Copyist
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Hong Kong-born pianist, violinist, and composer Vivian Kwok is known for her versatility and involvement with new music across Canada. As a performer, Vivian has premiered over 40 works and collaborated with no fewer than 20 composers. Her most recent achievements include prizes from the Vancouver International Music Competition, the Canadian Music Competition, the Piano Scholarship Competition by the Vancouver Westcoast Music Society, and the University of Toronto Winds Concerto Competition. As a composer, she was named a winner of the Young Canadian Composer Awards by the SOCAN Foundation, as well as winner of the Edmonton Composers Competition by the Edmonton Pops Orchestra. Published by Éditions Plamondon, her music has been performed internationally by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, UofT Opera, Bedford Trio, Concreamus Chamber Choir, many emerging soloists, and herself.

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. She then completed her Master of Music in piano at the University of British Columbia, studying with Corey Hamm. Currently, Vivian is a Vancouver-based artist who maintains a private teaching studio and continues to perform and compose for the concert hall.