E.P.I.C. Trio

 "Ex Pirata International Company/Craziness came to be in the middle of winter in Brandon, Manitoba.  Carole and Liz were university students when Lucas came on an exchange from France with his University choir.  They played together for countless hours and hosted dance workshops within Lucas’ stay.

  The dynamic trio reunited for a tour of France in summer 2008. On that tour, they were invited to four festivals around Central France and Portugal: Avis de Stages, De Bouche a Oreille, Le Grand bal de l’Europe, and Andanças.

  During the summer of 2010, they met again for a Pacific Northwest tour.   They loaded up a ’95 Honda Accord with their instruments and suitcases, starting their tour in Victoria, British Columbia, and winding their way down the west coast to Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The month of August was finished with a warm welcome to the Princeton Traditional Music Festival in Princeton, British Columbia.

  Each musician comes with different musical background, but all with the same love and joy of sharing folk music with each other and their audiences.   The EPIC Trio is known for their creative arrangements and high energy performances. With an array of original compositions sprinkled in the mix of a wide variety of tunes from France and Canada, they keep toes tapping and hands clapping in any setting you find them in.

  Keep your eyes and ears peeled open for their next set of tour dates: seeing as these three eachcurrently live in a different country, it makes regular tours and gigs difficult to manage. But!  When their calendars and schedules to align, great music is bound to come your way!

Carole Bestvater : fiddle

Elizabeth Massi : fiddle, viola

Lucas Thébaut : 3-rows melodeons

Have an ear :

Kerom / Bourée chahute (R.THEBAUT) :

La vieille Galope / reel à 2 et 9 (trad.) :

Concert in Saskatoon, summer 2010 :

(Camera - Jeff Chu & Amanda Birdie)

  Et si vous ne parlez pas un traître mot d'anglais contactez-moi ! Je me ferai une joie de vous raconter.