The MusicFest Hall of Fame Award is awarded annually to an individual who has made a major contribution to music education, on a national level, in Canada. It is awarded at the discretion of the Board of Directors and is reserved for people who have had a national influence.
For over two decades, in her role as the National Arts Centre’s Senior Director of Learning and Community Engagement which she recently left last June, Geneviève Cimon was a champion of Musicfest and secured a robust partnership between MusicFest and the NAC’s Executive team that carries on today. Over that time, she ensured that the NAC supported Musicfest every year, whether in the capacity as a host to the Nationals, sponsoring the Outstanding Orchestra Director, Band Director, and Jazz Director Awards. During the pandemic when MusicFest was the most vulnerable, Genevieve was a huge champion of MusicFest Canada, enabling NAC Orchestra musicians and their Music Director, Alexander Shelley, to offer private lessons, group masterclasses, and conducting workshops.
2023 INDUCTEE
- Geneviève Cimon
Ottawa, ON
2022 INDUCTEE
- G, Wayne Hill
Thornhill, ON
2021 INDUCTEE
- Bill Thomas
Toronto, ON
2020 INDUCTEE
- Hugh Fraser
Vancouver, BC
2019 INDUCTEES
- Peter Grant & Grace Westcott
Toronto, ON
2018 INDUCTEE
- Mark Wicken
Toronto, ON
2017 INDUCTEE
- Paul Read
Toronto, ON
2016 INDUCTEE
- Neil Yorke-Slader
Ottawa, ON
2015 INDUCTEE
- Douglas ‘Pace’ Studervant
Ottawa, ON
2014 INDUCTEE
- John Trepp
Vancouver, BC (Awarded Posthumously)
2013 INDUCTEE
- Howard Cable
Toronto, ON
2012 INDUCTEE
- Allan Ash
Whitby, ON
2011 INDUCTEE
- Brian Lillos
Toronto, ON
2010 INDUCTEE
- Catherine Mitro
Toronto, ON
2009 INDUCTEE
- Denny Christiansen
Toronto, ON
2008 INDUCTEE
- Orvin Anderson
Winnipeg, MB
2007 INDUCTEE
- Cathy-Lynn Yorke-Slader
Ottawa, ON (Awarded Posthumously)
2006 INDUCTEE
- Tom Glenn
Calgary, AB
2005 INDUCTEE
- Bob Labonte
Surrey, BC
2004 INDUCTEE
- George Douglas
Winnipeg, MB
2003 INDUCTEE
- Sarah Falls
Port Alberni, BC
2002 INDUCTEE
- I. Keith Mann
Red Deer, AB (Awarded Posthumously)
2001 INDUCTEE
- Phil Nimmons
Toronto, ON
2000 INDUCTEE
- John Chalmers
Caledon, ON
1999 INDUCTEE
- Jim Ferris
Parry Sound, ON
1998 INDUCTEE
- Barry & Pat Miller
Port Alberni, BC
1997 INDUCTEE
- Al Michalek
Toronto, ON
1996 INDUCTEE
- Gary Boddington
Toronto, ON
1995 INDUCTEE
- Bob Schaefer
Vancouver, BC
1994 INDUCTEE
- Don Strathdee
Etobicoke, ON
1993 INDUCTEE
- Bryan Stovell
Nanaimo, BC
1992 INDUCTEES
- Russ Baird
Oshawa, ON
- Art Divers
Scarborough, ON