 Marcelle Deschênes 
Marcelle Deschênes, pioneer of electroacoustic composition, pianist, educator and multimedia artist. Born in 1939 in Price, Marcelle Deschênes made her mark in the 1980s and created the very first electroacoustic composition program at the Faculty of Music at the Université de Montréal. She was involved in various organizations and research groups and paved the way for women in an almost exclusively male field. She also worked with young people and non-musicians. She is known for her large-scale multimedia shows and her innovative creative approach stemming from the era of Laurie Anderson, Michel Lemieux, and La La La Human Steps. At a time when everything was allowed and the stage had become an integral part of the musical production known as the classical tradition, she surrounded herself with collaborators such as Raôul Duguay, Les mimes électriques, Jacques Collin, and Paul St-Jean (L’Écran humain). It was a musical period bursting with new ideas in all artistic spheres.