Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 27, 2000
• Invested on: February 28, 2001

As host of CBC Radio's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and Choral Concert, he ignites, in his fellow Canadians, enthusiasm and curiosity about the broad spectrum of vocal music. Conductor and Artistic Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir, he is in demand as a clinician, lecturer and adjudicator. As well, he is Co-founder and Artistic Director of Consort Caritatis Choir and Orchestra, whose members volunteer their talent for concerts and recordings that support charitable causes.