death_date birth_date article_title name occupation
november 1 , 1986 september 22 , 1929 serge garant
 serge garant composer , conductor , teacher
serge garant

serge garant , -lrb- september 22 , 1929 -- november 1 , 1986 -rrb- was a canadian composer , conductor , professor of music at the university of montreal and radio host of `` musique de notre siècle '' on radio-canada .
in 1966 he cofounded with jean papineau-couture , maryvonne kendergi , wilfrid pelletier and hugh davidson the société de musique contemporaine du québec .
in 1979 , he was made an officer of the order of canada.the prix serge-garant was created in his honor by the fondation Émile nelligan .
among his notable pupils were ginette bellavance , walter boudreau , marcelle deschênes , denis gougeon , richard grégoire , anne lauber , michel longtin , myke roy , and françois tousignant .
