Among his teachers at the conservatoire were Tania Krieger (piano), Claude Lavoie (organ), André Mérineau (harmony), Magdeleine Martin (counterpoint and fugue), and Donald Thomson (harpsichord).
A series of grants from the Canada Council enabled him to pursue studies in Paris with André Isoir (organ) and Laurence Boulay (harpsichord and figured bass realization) and in Montreal with Bernard Lagacé (organ and harpsichord) between 1973 and 1975.
[5] Beginning in 1969, Bédard served as organist at Church of Notre-Dame de la Nativité in Beauport, Quebec.
He played at several other churches in Quebec, and composed music for organ, piano and harpsichord and other instruments.
Bédard later moved to the west coast and became organist at Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire de Vancouver.