Damien Laframboise is a freelance pianist and pedagogue residing in the Sudbury area. His musical pursuits have led him to perform, lecture and adjudicate in various cities across Ontario and Eastern Canada. He has taught piano, theory, and history courses at both Cambrian College and Laurentian University and has presented academic research at conferences in Sudbury, Toronto, New York, Germany, and Italy.

Damien has studied piano performance, modern language, and ethnomusicology at Laurentian University, the University of Western Ontario and Memorial University. His current research interest surrounds music and liminality in borderland cultures, musical hybridity, and musical participation as a path to community building. He has studied classical piano performance as a student at Laurentian and UWO, fisarmonica in Italy, and healing songs (icaros) of the Shipibo in Peru.

In addition to his robust music studio in Sudbury, he explores a myriad of musically-related topics including continental philosophy, lyric poetry, depth psychology, and cognitive science.