MusicFest Hall of Fame

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