Marcelle Deschênes
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Marcelle Deschênes-Harvey née Price (b. 2 March 1939) is a Canadian multi-media artist, music educator and composer.
. She graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Montreal, studying from 1963-67 with Jean Papineau-Couture
and Serge Garant
. She continued her education in France
with François Bayle
, Henri Chiarucci, and Guy Reibel
of the Groupe de Recherches musicales de Paris
. 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 Pairs, she studied with Daniel Charles
, Claude Laloum and Jean-Étienne Marie
.
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.
Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
Life
Marcelle Price was born near Rimouski, QuebecQuebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. She graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Montreal, studying from 1963-67 with Jean Papineau-Couture
Jean Papineau-Couture
Jean Papineau-Couture, was a Canadian composer and academic.Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture. As a child he studied piano with his mother...
and Serge Garant
Serge Garant
Serge Garant, OC was a Canadian composer, conductor, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of Musique de notre siècle on Radio-Canada. In 1966 he cofounded with Jean Papineau-Couture, Maryvonne Kendergi, Wilfrid Pelletier and Hugh Davidson the Société de musique...
. She continued her education in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
with François Bayle
François Bayle
François Bayle is a composer of Musique concrète or acousmatic music.In the 1950s he studied with Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1960 he joined the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, and in 1966 was put in charge of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales...
, Henri Chiarucci, and Guy Reibel
Guy Reibel
Guy Reibel is an electronic or acousmatic composer.Made his musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris.Trained under Olivier Messiaen...
of the Groupe de Recherches musicales de Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. She also studied audio-visual techniques at the Pierre Schaeffer's Conservatoire and analysis at the École César-Franck with Olivier Alain
Olivier Alain
Olivier Alain was a French organist, pianist, musicologist and composer.- Life :Olivier Alain was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, into a musical family. His father was the organist and composer Albert Alain , as well as his elder brother Jehan Alain , and his sister, French organist...
. At the University of Pairs, she studied with Daniel Charles
Daniel Charles
Daniel Paul Charles was a French musician, musicologist and philosopher, born on November 27, 1935 in Oran and deceased on August 21, 2008 in Antibes .- Biography :...
, Claude Laloum and Jean-Étienne Marie
Jean-Etienne Marie
Jean-Etienne Marie was a French composer of contemporary music. He is an important figure in the history and exploration of Microtonal music and electroacoustic.-Biography:...
.
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.
Honors and awards
- First prize for mixed-media music at the sixth Concours international de musique électroacoustique in BourgesBourgesBourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
in 1978 - Gold medal at the Multi-Images international competition in MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
(1989)
Works
Deschênes composes multimedia works and film soundtracks. Selected works include:- Amertube film soundtrack (1973)
- Le Phasé mou film soundtrack (1973)
- Le Port de Montréal film soundtrack (1975)
- 1 1/2 (1966)
- Voz (cantate mitrailleuse) (1968)
- 7+7+7+7 ou aussi progressions sur la circonférence du jaune au rouge par l'orange ou du rouge au bleu par le violet, ou même embrassant le pourtour total (1968)
- Talilalilalilalarequiem (1970)
- Moll, Opéra-Lilliput pour six roches molles (1976)
- OPÉRAaaaAH! (1983)
- L'Écran humain, (1983)
- deUSirae (1985)
- Lux (1985) in collaboration with Renée Bourassa
- Big Bang (1987)
- Noël réinventé (1988)
- Ludi (1990), opera-theatre work with Renée Bourassa
Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
- Big Bang II (1990)
- Halogènes (1991)