Haitian Beatz

Performer, conductor and composer, Jean R Perrault is Director of Orchestras and professor of violin/viola at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). Rudy coaches chamber music, conducts both

the Symphony andChamber Orchestras, teaches violin and viola, string techniques and the fundamentals of conducting.

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he earned his Master's degree in performance from Temple University, under the tutelage of Helen Kwalwasser. He moved to the New York area and became assistant conductor of the New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble while maintaining his post as Principal Guest Conductor of the Holy Trinity Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, Rudy has conducted numerous ensembles, most recently the Sinfonietta de Paris, the Karelia State Conservatory Orchestra (Russia), the Conservatoire de Paris région Boulogne- Billancourt (Paris, France), members of the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory of Palermo (Sicily, Italy) and the Hacettepe Conservatory Symphony Orchestra (Ankara, Turkey).

He is a frequent panelist on national and international, instrumental and conducting  competitions, and has participated in many prestigious music festivals including the international Music Camp, Aspen, Tanglewood, Chautauqua. Rudy maintains an active schedule performing with many different organizations including the U3 Piano Trio, the Duluth-Superior Symphony in Duluth, the New York Virtuosi, the New York Pops, the