Achievements At the Conservatoire Vincent-d"Industry in Sherbrook in 1972, where he won the premier prix in analysis and composition. From 1975 to 1978 he won grants to study in Europe, where he took Stockhausen"s composition courses and participated in the electronic music studio of Hans Ulrich Humpert. His work "Chute-parachute" "was a recommended work at the International Rostrum of Composers and has become one of most frequently played compositions." In 1994, he won the Serge Garant prize, which is awarded by the mile Nelligan Foundation.