Background
Marcelle Price was born near Rimouski, Quebec.
Marcelle Price was born near Rimouski, Quebec.
She graduated with a bachelor"s and master"s degree from the University of Montreal, studying from 1963 to 1967 with Jean Papineau-Couture and Serge Garant. She also studied audio-visual techniques at the Pierre Schaeffer"s Conservatoire and analysis at the École César-Franck with Olivier Alain. At the University of Paris, she studied with Daniel Charles, Claude Laloum and Jean-Étienne Marie.
She continued her education in France with François Bayle, Henri Chiarucci, and Guy Reibel of the Groupe de Recherches musicales de Paris. After completing her studies, Deschênes returned to Canada in 1971 and took a teaching and research position at the electronic music studio of Laval University, where she helped organize a sound library. in 1979 she founded the electroacoustic studio Bruit Blanc, and in 1980 she took a position as professor at the University of Montreal.