Ottawa-born bassoonist Samuel Rouleau recently graduated with a Master of Music and a pedagogy certificate from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, where he studied with Jussi Särkkä and Jaakko Luoma. He previously completed his Bachelor of Music at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal under Stéphane Lévesque. He began studying bassoon with Jo Ann Simpson and at the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy.

Following his studies, he worked as a freelance musician with various Finnish orchestras and recently won the audition for the position of co-principal bassoon with the Kymi Sinfonietta in Kotka.

As a pedagogue, he has several years of private teaching experience and recently gave a masterclass at his alma mater, De La Salle High School, as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Centre d’excellence artistique de l’Ontario.

Since 2019, Samuel Rouleau performs on a Püchner model 24 bassoon.