Antoine St-Onge

Bassoon Instructor

Antoine St-Onge joined the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra as Principal Bassoonist in June 2018, at the age of 23. A native of Morin-Heights, Québec, he earned his Bachelor’s in Music from the Montreal Music Conservatory and then graduated from McGill University, under the guidance of Montreal Symphony Orchestra members Mathieu Harel and Stéphane Lévesque. He also spent a semester studying with Carlo Colombo at the CNSMD in Lyon, France. Before his appointment to the Calgary Phil, St-Onge performed with the Montreal Contemporary Ensemble (ECM+), and was a substitute for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Drummondville Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, and Les Violons du Roy.

Antoine is currently bassoon instructor at the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge and Mount Royal Conservatory.

In 2024, he was featured as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in Weber’s bassoon concerto. In previous years, Antoine appeared as a soloist with the Montreal Music Conservatory and the McGill Symphony Orchestras, in G. Rossini’s and André Jolivet’s bassoon concerti.

Antoine has an unconditional love for animals, and the outdoors — especially biking and splitboarding. He plays on a Benson Bell bassoon made in Ontario, Canada.