In 1981, André is doing music with the group Kéno Beer Band for a good 3 years. He also played for a Stage Band named Contre Point of Alma while being a student at the
Alma Cegep in music from 1981 to 1983. Employed with the Canadian Armed Forces in Esquimalt (BC) in the Music School under Marty Vanderweer. In August 1984, André was mutated to the
Canadian Forces Central Music in Ottawa. In June 1990, he joined the
Artillery Music in St-Hubert, in June 1992, he was promoted to conductor of the Voluntary Music at the St-Jean Garrison. In September 1998, he joined the
Cercle Philharmonique de St-Jean and took the presidency of the group in 2000 to replace Denis Desnoyers who was leaving his post after 6 years.
In September 2000, with Denis Bellemare, he founded Brass Kamarades. Unfortunately, in May 2001, still employed by the Armed Forces, he was transfered to the Music of the Royal 22nd Regiment. In December of the same year, he was transfered to the Artillery Music in Edmonton. André had not said his last word in music because from 2002 to 2004, he undertook private lessons with the renowned Jens Lindemann.
In June 2005, he took a well deserved retirement form the Canadian Forces and established in Delta BC, near Vancouver. In septembre 2005, he became the musical conductor of the Delta Music Makers.
He spent his 2006 summer vacation in the Saguenay and decided to come back to his roots. So, in September 2006, he took his chair back, twenty-eight years later, as a member of the Harmonie du Saguenay.
