Percussionist Michel Deschênes obtained his B.Mus. in performance from the Université de Moncton; he then pursued graduate studies at McGill University under Pierre Béluse. He is a fouding member of the percussion quartet Amerythme, with whom he has toured Canada, France, and Belgium. A winner of the Acadian cultural prix Éloizes in 1998, as “musical artist of the year,” he has been active on the Canadian musical scene, including at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. He has made many television broadcasts for Radio-Canada and has taken part in the Jeunesses musicales du Canada “Concertino” series of youth concerts for over ten years.
Michel Deschênes is also a professor in the Département de music at the Université de Moncton.