FRÉDÉRIQUE LE DUC-MOREAU
COMPOSER | ORCHESTRATOR
Music
Films | Animations | Video games
Bio
Frédérique Le Duc-Moreau is a composer originally from Montreal (Canada), based in Chicago, whose artistic range extends across concert music, music for stage performances, dance productions, and various visual media such as video games and cinema.
As a film composer, Frédérique aims to enrich storytelling through music by combining her artistic vision with technical expertise. With a strong foundation in concert music composition, she integrates new textures and extended techniques into her scores, creating distinctive and personal soundscapes. Her focus is on elevating both orchestral and hybrid scores by blending the traditions of film music and concert music, bringing together her two creative worlds.
Throughout her career, Frédérique's compositions have been performed by renowned ensembles including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Molinari Quartet, the Mémoires Quartet, the Quartango ensemble, and the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+). Collaborating with diverse artists on films and video games, her music has been showcased at numerous festivals across Canada, the United States, Belgium, Romania, Portugal, Italy, Finland and Germany.
Frédérique holds a Bachelor's degree in Viola Performance and an Undergraduate Diploma in Instrumental Composition at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. She furthered her studies with a dual Graduate Diploma from the Université de Montréal (Canada) and the KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent (Belgium). Currently, she’s pursuing an MFA in Composition for the Screen at Columbia College Chicago.
2024-2026
Music Composition for the Screen MFA
2022-2024
Programme InMICS
KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts of University College of Ghent
2017-2022
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
Collaborations
Music by Frédérique Le Duc-Moreau
Some achievements
November 2025
November 2025
October 2025
October 2024
September 2024
July 2024
March 2024
October 2023
Spring 2023
August 2022
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March 2022
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Fall 2021
August 2021
Fall 2020
February 2020
Winner of the Brave Scoring Competition - OnScore in collaboration with Patrick Doyle (composer) and Disney | Pixar
Chosen for the highly selective Screen Music Lab of the SOCAN Foundation, hosted by Ubisoft Montréal and led by music supervisor Simon Landry
Selected for the highly selective 3rd Character initiative at the Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (FNC), in partnership with the Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille
Recipient of the 2nd Prize, Best Original Score, Animation, awarded by the SOCAN Foundation for the music of Red Meat
Selected by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) and L’inis (Institut national de l’image et du son) for the 4:4 Project, a collaborative initiative pairing composers and film directors to co-create an original short film, 0004ngel with director Eli Jean Tahchi
Delivered a public Master’s thesis defense (viva voce) exploring extended techniques and contemporary musical processing as emotional narrative forces in Canadian cinema
Unquiet Man, work performed by the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, as part of its concert Emerging Voices in Music Creation | Composer
Selected for a matchmaking session between composers and directors at the
Internship at Side Montreal (preiously Vibe Avenue) | Composition & Integration
Ad Vitam Brevem, a ballet-concert at the Jardins de Métis | Composer and Violist
Composition residency for the Piano Rue of Rimouski
End-of-Bachelor dissertation viva in instrumental composition
Selected for the InMics program (International Master in Composition for Screen) following a competitive entrance contest
Composition residency with the Molinari Quartet
Composition residency with the MusquAvenir ensemble
Selected for the Orford Music Academy composition workshop
Composition residency with the Quartango ensemble
Collaboration with Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+) | Composer