He studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (CMQM), where he won first prize for composition in 1979 and musical analysis in 1978.
He is a professor of composition and analysis at the CMQM where some of his notable pupils have included composers Patrick Saint-Denis and Nicolas Gilbert.
One of his notable works is Le Vampire et la Nymphomane, "an opera for which he received the 1996 Prix Opus".
[1][failed verification] His second string quartet, Ventis Arboris Vocis, garnered praise from the international press.
[2][failed verification] He "has also written many articles, particularly for the revue Circuit and the Encyclopédie de la Musique Einaudi".