Avec ou sans Parapluie is a short piece composed in a scholastic setting in the winter of 2000. The sonic materials used come almost exclusively from human voices. The form is very simple: A to B, slowly. Effectively, somewhat in the manner of a natural evolution, the primitive sounds in the beginning become progressively more complex. This evolution is punctuated by a transition.

Rhythm plays a very important role in this work. In effect, it is the main subject. To such an extent that the source sounds could have been replaced by others.

This piece was a finalist in the 2001 CBC Young Composers Competition.