Canadian-born organist and choral conductor, Maxine Thévenot enjoys a distinguished international career performing throughout Europe, Great Britain, and North America, with a wide-ranging repertoire that includes contemporary works written especially for her. She is known as a consummate musician with an engaging performance style coupled with a flair for exciting programming.

Ms. Thévenot has received the Bachelor of Music in Music Education with distinction from the University of Saskatchewan, and the degrees, Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance from the Manhattan School of Music, New York where she was twice-awarded the Bronson Ragan Award for ‘most outstanding organist’. She also holds the Associate diplomas from the Royal Canadian College of Organists and the Royal Conservatory of Music. In December 2006, Dr. Thévenot was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the National College of Music, London, UK for her services to music.

Maxine Thévenot has performed throughout North America and Europe at many prestigious churches, concert halls and festivals, including Westminster Abbey, UK; Salisbury Cathedral, UK; Canterbury Cathedral, UK; St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, UK; St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK; la Cathèdrale de Notre Dame, Paris; Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York City; Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, New Jersey; Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary; la Basilique de Notre Dame du Cap, Montréal, and the music festivals of Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, and Vienna. She was the first woman to perform in the prestigious Stratford Summer Music Festival in Canada last summer.

In 2008, Ms. Thévenot will perform at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver; Emmanuel Episcopal, Chestertown, MD; give a lecture on Canadian Choral Music as part of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale Guest Speaker Series; give a lecture-recital on Canadian Organ Music at the Arnold Schoenberg Hall, UCLA, and perform in recital at Royce Hall, UCLA. She will perform on the International World Organ Day in Tucson, AZ as their featured artist and entertain their local AGO chapter with a presentation on her photography of pipe organs from around the world. Ms. Thevenot will return to her native country of Canada to perform on the acclaimed Toronto Organ Series in co-presentation with the Royal Canadian College of Organists in November.  

In 2009, she will perform at England's Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Oxford Town Hall; Notre Dame, Paris; Stanford University, Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico; and in Canada's Victoria, Montreal, and Ottawa. 

She has been a featured performer at the opening night of the American Guild of Organists National Convention in Chicago (2006) and the Royal Canadian College of Organists National Conventions in Winnipeg (2004) and Calgary (1995). The recipient of several competition prizes and scholarships, Ms. Thévenot was unanimously awarded First Prize in the Canada Bach 2000 National Organ Competition. She has broadcast for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Pipedreams and has recorded three commercial compact discs: The Seven Joys of Christmas, Calgary Girls Choir; Hearts Ascending, Calgary Boys Choir; Without Boundaries, her début solo recording. In June 2008, Maxine will record her second CD on the Cathedral organ.

As a concerto soloist, Ms. Thévenot has played with numerous orchestras including performances with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and the Adelphi University Orchestra. As a chamber musician she has performed with the UBS Verbier Orchestra together with Grammy award-winning soprano Renée Fleming and conductor/violinist Dimitri Sitkovetsky, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra. She has toured internationally with several renowned ensembles including the CBC award-winning Calgary Girls Choir.