Isabelle Lavoie is an active bass trombonist and educator based in Toronto. She has performed with many Canadian orchestras, including the Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet of Canada, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony, and Hamilton Philharmonic. She has also played with the Macao Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Ms. Lavoie was appointed Principal Bass Trombone with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for 2018-2019, and previously held the positions of Principal Trombone with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and Trombone Instructor at Lakehead University for 2016-2017. 

Isabelle was a featured artist and clinician at the 2017 International Trombone Festival, and performed on a recital of music by women composers at the 2018 festival. In addition to her involvement with the International Women’s Brass Conference and the Canadian Women's Brass Collective, she has performed with several all-female ensembles such as Monarch Brass, Seraph Brass, and the newly formed Canadian Trombone Quartet, of which she is a founding member. 

Ms. Lavoie has attended the Tanglewood Music Center as a guest artist and the Aldeburgh Festival in England as a member of the Britten-Pears Orchestra. She has also participated to many Canadian summer orchestral programs, including the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and the Banff Festival Orchestra. 

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After receiving a Bachelor of Music from the University of Montreal, Isabelle completed an Artist Diploma at The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where she studied with Jeffrey Hall. 

You can hear Isabelle on the album “Then is Now” recorded at the Banff.