as president of the Académie de musique du Québec (1947–1950, 1953–1956, 1963–1965, and 1971–1974). From 1973 to 1985 he taught viola and orchestral classes at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec. In 1984 the University of Quebec awarded him an honorary doctorate. He died in Quebec City in 2005 at the age of 94. References 1910 births 2005 deaths Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people Male conductors (music) Canadian classical violinists Male classical violinists Canadian classical violists Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec faculty Canadian music educators People from Montmagny, Quebec 20th-century classical violinists 20th-century Canadian conductors (music) 20th-century Canadian male musicians 20th-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers Canadian male violinists and fiddlers 20th-century violists