Louis Applebaum Composers Award

Canadian composer, administrator and champion of the arts, Louis Applebaum established the Louis Applebaum Composers Fund at the Foundation in 1998.  The award recognizes excellence in composition.  To date the selection process for the awards was administered by the Ontario Arts Council at the request of the Foundation.

Current Recipient
2011     Dean Burry (composition for young people)

Past Recipients
1999     R. Murray Schafer  (lifetime achievement)
2002     Alex Pauk and Alexina Louie  (film and television)
2005     James Rolfe   (theatre, music theatre, dance or opera)
2008     David Virelles (jazz)