Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux

Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938-1985) was a Quebec composer and teacher born in Notre-Dame-de-la-Doré, near Roberval. She studied in Montreal with Gilles Tremblay and Clermont Pépin, then in Paris with the Groupe de recherches musicales and Pierre Schaeffer. Her music joins acoustic instruments, percussion, voice and electronics, and in 1967 she won the Prix d'Europe for composition. Coulombe Saint-Marcoux won the Prix d'Europe with the orchestral piece Modulaire.