Viviane Houle is a Canadian vocalist, improviser, composer and psychotherapist. She has performed in international festivals (FIMAV, the Vancouver International PUSH Festival and Vancouver International Jazz Festival) and collaborated within theatre (The Only Animal Theatre Company; Boca Del Lupo); dance (Noam Gagnon, Vision Impure, Judith Garay, Kinesis Dance, Mascall Dance); and, animation (Matthew Talbot-Kelly, Pierre Hebert). She was featured as a soloist with Vancouver Opera, the Vancouver Symphony, NOW Orchestra, Ensemble SuperMusique (Montréal) and the Berlin Improvisers Orchestra. Her graphic scores were developed at residencies with Yellow House Art Centre (Galiano, Canada) and Trondheim Voices (Trondheim, Norway), and performed with improvising orchestras (NOW Orchestra and Ensemble SuperMusique), poets (The Offending Adam), and improvisers in Canada and Europe. Her critically acclaimed album, Treize, a collection of improvised duets, was released on Drip Audio in 2009. In 2023 she released a book/album of graphic scores, the third iteration of her Unsung Songs project. Viviane teaches Vocal Improvisation in the Centre for Music Wellness program at theVictoria Conservatory of Music (VCM) as well as Introduction to Performance Awareness for the VCM/Camosun College Diploma in the Music Performance program.
