Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 17, 1984
• Invested on: April 10, 1985

He has made a great contribution to the arts in Canada, both as an active musician and as the founder/ producer of the "Opera in Concert" series at the St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto. This series provides an invaluable platform from which young Canadian artists can be heard and gain experience while presenting rare, seldom- produced and interesting operas to the public.