Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 29, 1986
• Invested on: April 29, 1987

This great cultural leader of the Joliette region has devoted most of his life to training young musicians by means of such initiatives as the Jeunesses musicales de Joliette, the Festival-concours de musique de Joliette, the Camp musical de LanaudiÌre and the Festival d'ÚtÚ de LanaudiÞre, of which he is the artistic director.