Steven Langlois

Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Étienne began performing at the young age of nine years old.[2] While attending the University of Windsor, where he graduated with a B.A. in French Language and Literature and a B.Ed., he began composing his first few educational songs while attending Teachers' College in 1993. His career as an educational performing artist began by accident in February, 1994 when he shared a few songs he had composed with some teaching colleagues at a district school board meeting in Stratford, Ontario.[1] It was at this meeting where he was jokingly crowned with the stage-name "Étienne" (the French translation of his birth name Steven). Étienne recorded his first album, self-titled "Étienne" that same summer. Étienne has released 8 French albums. In 1999, he released the first of his two Spanish albums which were both followed by concert tours in the United States. In 2003 and 2004, he released two English language albums for students. Those albums were distributed by Pacific Music/Warner Music Canada. Étienne was nicknamed as the "Eminem of educational French music" by some of the teachers who became exposed to his music. After 12 album releases and tireless touring, Étienne has built a worldwide fan-base among educators and students alike.[3] Probably the most recognizable fan of Étienne is popstar Justin Bieber who sang the Étienne song "Avoir II" live on national TV in France on the Canal+ segment La boîte à questions in 2012. On top of recording albums and producing videos, Étienne has authored, consulted and composed for several international school programs produced by leading educational companies including Thomson Nelson, Oxford University Press, Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, Ginn, Gage Canada, Xpresslab, and Denmark's Forlag Malling Beck.[1] In 2014, Étienne surprised fans by releasing an album under a different stage name: DJ DELF.[4] In May 2018, Educorock signed an independent Canadian musician who took on the role of DJ DELF. Étienne continues to perform concerts under his original stage-name.[1] Étienne is working on a 25th anniversary release complete with remixes of fan-voted favorites with help from new educational artists Nate Vedette, Guy Tariste, Mike Musique, and DJ DELF, with whom Étienne tours. Now residing in LaSalle, Ontario, teaching at Sandwich Secondary School, he has taught English and French to students from grades one to twelve for the past 25 years.