His career as an educational performing artist began by accident in February 1994 when he shared a few songs he had composed with some teaching colleagues at a district school board meeting in Stratford, Ontario.
On top of recording albums and producing videos, Étienne has authored, consulted, and composed for several international school programs produced by leading educational companies including Thomson Nelson, Oxford University Press, Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, Ginn, Gage Canada, Xpresslab, and Denmark's Forlag Malling Beck.
In 2019, YouTuber and heavy metal drummer Joey Muha released a video where he played along to Étienne's song "Avoir II".
These songs were then remixed and re-recorded with the help of artists Nate Vedette, Mike Musique, Guy Tarise, and DJ DELF.
Now residing in LaSalle, Ontario, teaching at Sandwich Secondary School, he has taught English, French, and History to students from grades one to twelve.