Marcelle Deschênes facts for kids

Marcelle Deschênes-Harvey was born on March 2, 1939, in Price, a town near Rimouski, Quebec. She is a Canadian artist who works with many different types of media. She is also a music teacher and creates music using electronic sounds, called electroacoustic music. She used to be a professor at the University of Montreal.

Early Life and Learning

Marcelle Deschênes grew up near Rimouski, Quebec. She went to the University of Montreal. There, she earned two degrees between 1963 and 1967. She studied with important teachers like Jean Papineau-Couture and Serge Garant.

After that, she continued her studies in France. She learned from famous people like François Bayle and Guy Reibel. They were part of a group in Paris that researched music. She also learned about sound and video techniques. She studied music analysis and attended the University of Paris.

Her Career in Music

While she was still studying, Marcelle Deschênes started creating many projects. These projects combined different types of art, like sound and visuals.

In 1971, she came back to Canada. She began teaching and researching at Laval University's electronic music studio. She helped set up a library of sounds there. She also created music for several films. In 1979, she started her own studio called Bruit Blanc, which focused on electroacoustic music.

In 1980, Deschênes became a music professor at the University of Montreal. She taught students how to compose electroacoustic music. She also worked with visual artists to create and show multimedia projects. One famous project was OPÉRAaaaAH! in 1983.

Awards and Recognitions

Marcelle Deschênes has received several awards for her amazing work:

• In 1978, she won first prize for mixed-media music. This was at the sixth International Electroacoustic Music Competition in Bourges.
• In 1989, she won a gold medal at the Multi-Images international competition in Munich.

Her Creative Works

Deschênes creates multimedia pieces and music for films. Here are some of her selected works:

• 1¹⁄₂ (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)
• Amertube film soundtrack (1973)
• Le Phasé mou film soundtrack (1973)
• Le Port de Montréal film soundtrack (1975)
• Moll, Opéra-Lilliput pour six roches molles (1976)
• OPÉRAaaaAH! (1983)
• L'Écran humain, (1983)
• deUSirae (1985)
• Lux (1985) (with Renée Bourassa)
• Big Bang (1987)
• Noël réinventé (1988)
• Ludi (1990), an opera-theatre work (with Renée Bourassa)

Her music has also been released on CDs, including:

• Big Bang II (1990)
• Halogènes (1991)