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SOCAN board of directors 2006 - 2009
The SOCAN Board of Directors consists of the following composers and songwriters:
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François Cousineau |
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François
Cousineau, a lawyer and a member of the Quebec Bar Association,
has an outstanding track record as an advocate of the rights
of creators. He was a co-founder of SODRAC, whose board of directors
he chaired from 1985 to 1990, and has been a board member of
that organization virtually without interruption ever since,
including the current 2004-07 term. He was elected to the CAPAC
board in 1990, to the SOCAN board from 1991 to 1998, and was
SOCAN president from 1994 to 1996. Re-elected from 2000 to 2003,
he now solicits a new mandate. Born in Montreal in 1942, François
Cousineau is one of Quebec's most versatile musicians, conductors
and composers. He has scored eight feature films, composed music
for three musicals and written one hundred songs and many jingles.
From 1992 to 1994, he composed the music for the Radio-Canada
television series Marilyn, and produced and wrote music
for Jean-Pierre Ferland's Blue Blanc Blues album. In
1995, he produced an album for Jean Lapointe and co-produced
French legend Charles Trenet's final album. In 1999, François
Cousineau, the artist, released his first, self-titled album,
for which he received the Felix Award for Instrumental Album
of the Year from ADISQ. In 2000, he released a second album,
Veux-tu que j't'aime? which was nominated in the same
category. Following a major concert tour of more than 65 Quebec and
other communities with his orchestra, Cousineau released a third
instrumental album, Clin d'œil à des amis, in 2003.
Later that year, he received the SOCAN National Achievement
Award and was honoured by the Faculty of Law of the University
of Montreal for his outstanding achievements in the cultural
industries. |
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Paul Cram |
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Composer-performer-artistic director Paul Cram hails from the West Coast, where he played in R&B bands before earning a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia in 1978. He moved to Toronto in the 1980s before settling in Halifax in 1989. He has toured Canada extensively and been nominated twice for Juno awards for best jazz album. He now writes for television, film, theatre and concerts, and performs as a saxophonist with the Paul Cram Orchestra and Sextet, Benghazi Sax and the Upstream Orchestra. Currently he is artistic director of the Upstream Music Association, an organization that produces cutting-edge concerts in Halifax of local, national and international artists. His CD, Campin' Out, with the Paul Cram Orchestra, was released on Victo Records to rave reviews and earned him nominations for two National Jazz Awards in 2002, for best composer and best big band.
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Victor
Davies |
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Born
in Winnipeg, Victor Davies studied at the University of Manitoba
and Indiana University, graduating with a Bachelor of Music
degree in composition. He has written scores for dramas and
documentaries in a variety of styles, for CBC-TV, the National
Film Board of Canada and various independent producers. Davies’
works run the gamut of forms from children’s songs to his major
oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Revelation.
His score for The Nutcracker Prince (Warner Bros) was
recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, while For the
Moment (20th Century Fox) was recorded in Prague with musicians
of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. He has served as president
of the Canadian League of Composers and a board member of the
Canadian Music Centre, and won a Gemini Award for best documentary
score in 2002. He is currently at work on two musical comedies
and has recently finished a Jazz Piano Concerto for Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra conductor Bramwell Tovey to play and conduct. |
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Bill Henderson (second Vice-Chair) |
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As
a songwriter and composer of scores for television and theatre
as well as a singer, guitarist and record producer, Bill Henderson
has brought a broad view of the music industry and a detailed
view of writers' concerns to his role as a board member of SOCAN
for the past 10 years. He has helped create fairer distribution
rules, shepherd major concerns of members through to favourable
outcomes and generally worked toward the establishment of clearer
lines of communication between SOCAN, its members, the music
industry and the public. Bill is a winner of Juno, Genie, SOCAN
and other music awards as well as being a member of the musical
groups Chilliwack and UHF. He was president of SOCAN 1996-98
and is a member of the Executive Governance Committee of the
organization’s Board of Directors. |
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Stan Meissner (Treasurer) |
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Stan
Meissner has been a staff songwriter for nearly 25 years (currently
under contract with BMG Music Publishing), writing for many
international artists including Céline Dion, Lara Fabian, Lee
Ann Womack, Eddie Money, Farmer’s Daughter, Ricochet, Rita Coolidge,
BJ Thomas, Darby Mills and Lee Aaron. He has also written music
for many TV shows and films. His work has earned him numerous
gold and multi-platinum records, as well as a Gemini Award,
two Juno nominations, a CMPA Award, a SOCAN No. 1 Award and
a number of SOCAN airplay awards. As the president of the Songwriters
Association of Canada and a member of the board of directors
of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, he has been very active
in the songwriting community, working as a tireless advocate
for music creators’ rights. |
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Pierre-Daniel Rheault (President) |
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In 1980, after working for six years in radio, sound recording and as a teacher, Pierre-Daniel Rheault embarked on a composer/arranger career focusing on the multimedia, film and television markets. A graduate of the Vincent d’Indy School of Music and McGill University’s Faculty of Music, he has written scores for more than 240 television programs, three feature films, over 250 CBC radio dramas, and more than 40 museum and national and international exhibitions. In 1994 and 1997, he received the SOCAN International Film and Television Composer of the Year Award. Mr. Rheault is also a guest lecturer at McGill University’s Faculty of Music. In 1996, he joined the Guild of Canadian Film Composers, serving since then as a member of its board. He was recently elected President of the Board of Directors of SPACQ, and has been a member of the SOCAN board since 1996. He was elected as president to SOCAN’s board in May of 2006. |
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Laura Smith |
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Laura Smith, born in Ontario, has lived in Nova Scotia for twenty-one years. She moved to Cape Breton in 1984 and it was there she received the encouragement from friends and neighbours to pursue a career in songwriting full-time. Moving to Halifax in 1988, Laura received the great honour of being chosen by the CBC to record a full-length recording of her work at Studio H. That album, Laura Smith, was the first of three full-length recordings of original songs. B'tween the Earth and My Soul came next and she received Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards in 1996 for this project. Next, It's A Personal Thing was released in '97 to six ECMA nominations. In '98, Laura released Vanity Pressed-A Collection to celebrate 10 years as a professional songwriter. Laura tours as much as she can each year and performs with her longtime accompanist George Antoniak, whom she considers to be a brilliant songwriter in his own right. George always sings a few tunes in her shows, to enraptured audiences. On the strength of her songwriting, Laura received an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Mount St. Vincent University in 2003. She is studying Music Therapy at Acadia University as time allows. She sees that elusive "next album" approaching over the horizon.... |
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Gilles Valiquette |
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Gilles
Valiquette is a singer-songwriter with 11 albums to his credit,
five BMI/PROCAN Certificates of Honor, and three SOCAN Awards
for the success of his songs. As creator of the Québec
Ministry of Education approved “Computer Assisted Sound
Design” program, he is widely known as a leader in the
field of new technologies through his Musitechnic College where
he holds the position of President and CEO. Gilles Valiquette
is a current board member of the Société de Développement
des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), a board member of l’Alliance
NumériQC and recently served as President of the Board
of SOCAN between 1998 and 2003. |
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Jim Vallance |
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A SOCAN
(BMI Canada) member since 1972, Jim Vallance has written chart-topping
songs for Canadian performers such as Bryan Adams, Anne Murray
and Glass Tiger. His international credits include Rod Stewart,
Tina Turner, Aerosmith, Heart, Bonnie Raitt and Joe Cocker,
representing more than 100 million CD sales. Jim Vallance is
a recipient of SOCAN's top honour, the Wm. Harold Moon Award,
and he has been awarded the "Composer of the Year" Juno on four
occasions. He has served on the boards of SOCAN, PROCAN and
FACTOR, and he is on the Advisory Board of the Songwriters Association
of Canada. |
And the following publishers:
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Rosaire Archambault (L’Industrie musicale inc.) (Secretary) |
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Rosaire
Archambault is president of L’Industrie musicale inc. (previously
known as Éditions Archambault), a long-established Canadian
music publishing company. L’Industrie musicale has a huge catalogue
of works created principally by Quebec authors and composers.
Archambault is also vice-president of Les Disques Audiogram
inc. and its subsidiary Éditorial Avenue. He has been a SOCAN
director since 1994 and is co-chair, along with Bill Henderson
and Denise Donlon, of the Canada Music Council, overseeing the
federal government’s Canada Music Fund. |
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Jodie Ferneyhough (Universal Music Publishing Canada) |
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Jodie
Ferneyhough started his music industry career in 1989, working
for the independent distribution company Electric Distribution.
He later worked for the now defunct publication The Record,
and moved on to become the Canadian liaison for the annual CMJ
conference in New York City, where he recruited bands and Canadian
companies to participate in the conference. As a band manager,
having secured a publishing deal with peermusic Canada for the
band pigfarm, Ferneyhough worked closely with that company’s
Canadian and worldwide staff, and was later asked to step in
as creative manager. After five years at peermusic, Ferneyhough
was offered the chance to run the Canadian division of Universal
Music Publishing. Since accepting the position he has been responsible
for signing Kevin “K Cut” McKenzie, Sam Roberts, K-OS and Theory
of a Deadman. He is also responsible for the existing roster
of artists and writers including Ashley MacIsaac and Jann Arden.
Since accepting the post at Universal he has joined the board
of directors of the CMRRA, and currently sits on the executive
committee of the CMPA. |
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Gary Furniss (Sony/ATV Music Publishing Canada) |
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Since
1993, Gary Furniss has been responsible for the development
and growth of Sony ATV Music Publishing in Canada and has been
instrumental in bringing Sony/ATV’s domestic writers to the
world stage. The roster that he has worked with includes such Canadian artists/writers as Amanda Marshall,
Our Lady Peace, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jarvis Church (Track and
Field), David Martin, Tom Wilson and The Philosopher Kings,
all recipients of gold, platinum and other music industry awards.
Sony/ATV Canada is also responsible for Canadian administration
of the international song catalogues of The Beatles, Neil Diamond
and Pearl Jam, and the recently acquired Acuff-Rose catalogue,
to name a few. Furniss is a member of the boards of directors
of CMPA, CMRRA and CARAS, and executive editor of Music Publisher
Canada. |
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Craig Horton (Nettwerk Music Publishing) |
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Craig Horton works for the Nettwerk Music Group as Director of Publishing
and Licensing Administration where he oversees day-to-day
publishing duties for Nettwerk songwriters and sub-publishers,
manages licensing for the Nettwerk labels and provides music
publishing assistance for Nettwerk-managed artists including
Sarah McLachlan, Avril Lavigne and the Barenaked Ladies. He
moved from Ontario to Vancouver in 1983 after being hired
by PROCAN, the performing rights organization, to oversee
member services. He established Horton Music Publishing in
1987, providing administration and publishing consulting services
for Larry Wanagas and a host of clients such as k.d. lang,
Colin James, Blue Shadows, Strange Advance and Randy Bachman.
In early 2004 Craig was approached by Mark Jowett of Nettwerk
to assist with Nettwerk's publishing administration in their
Vancouver offices. He has most recently worked with the Nettwerk
partners in the establishment and growth of Nettwerk One Music,
representing writer/producer Greig Nori of Treble Charger,
MF DOOM, DB Clifford, Hundred Reasons, BC Camplight, Ken Andrews
and members of Sum 41, among others.
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Michael McCarty (EMI Music Publishing Canada Ltd.) |
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Michael
McCarty has spent 15 years in the music publishing business
and has been president of EMI Music Publishing Canada since
September 1992. His previous experience includes periods as
creative director of EMI Publishing, L.A.; creative manager
of CBS/SBK Songs Canada; and creative manager at ATV Music Group
Canada. Active in the areas of song plugging and talent development,
he has worked with such artists and songwriters as Sum 41, Len,
Matthew Good Band, soulDecision, Moist, Sky, Esthero, Snow,
Moka Only, Kim Stockwood, Bob Rock, Jelleestone and Wilson Phillips.
EMI has been named Publisher of the Year the last six years
in a row by music industry ballot. Michael McCarty is a member
of the CMPA, the CMRRA and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of
Fame. |
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Sébastien Nasra (Les Éd. Avalanche Sound Publishing) |
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Sébastien
Nasra has studied law, administration and music. As a student, he
formed various music groups, producing and releasing his first
album and performing. Gradually branching out to press relations,
he organized album releases and concert openings, and operated
a radio promotion service (Avalanche Promotions, winner of a
1998 ADISQ award) for various record companies. Éditions Avalanche
Sound Publishing was created in 1995 through a co-publishing
venture (with CRDA Music Publishing) for the songs of the company’s
initial group, Soul Attorneys. The company’s catalogue has grown
steadily since then, and currently includes over 100 works by
music creators such as Jorane, Les Respectables, Projet Orange
and, more recently, One Ton. Nominated in the publisher of the
year category for the last three years at the ADISQ Awards,
Avalanche Sound Publishing has distinguished itself in the Quebec
culture industry by discovering emerging talents, developing
them and providing their work with high visibility. |
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Earl Rosen (de Sade Songs) (Past President) |
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Earl
Rosen is founder and President of Marquis Classics, for 20 years
one of Canada's leading independent record labels, and De Sade
Songs, its affiliated publishing company. He served as Executive
Director of CIRPA (Canadian Independent Record Production Association)
from 1978 until 1987. During his time at CIRPA, he was the founding
Executive Director of both FACTOR and VideoFACT. He has since
served on the Board of Directors of several music industry organizations
including CARAS and CIRPA, where he was Chairman from1999-2002.
He is past
Chair of the Trade Team Canada-Cultural Goods and Service of
the Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada, and
a member Canada Music Council of the Department of Heritage.
Prior to entering the music business, he was a film and TV producer,
having produced several award-winning music television programs. |
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Carol Ryan (Créations Méandres Inc.) |
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Carol
Ryan started her music industry career in 1977 with PolyGram,
first in the Sales and Promotion Department of the company’s
Montreal branch, then in the Inventory Control Department of
the company’s head office. From 1980, she worked for PROCAN
(which merged with CAPAC to form SOCAN 10 years later), where
she worked in the Member Services Department for the next 11
years. In 1995, she was appointed head of Cirque du Soleil’s
publishing arm, Créations Méandres Inc. Over the past eight
years, she has set up the team and infrastructure required for
the copyright management of one of Canada’s most active cultural
undertakings. Thanks to Cirque du Soleil’s extensive international
dealings and its varied activities, Carol further developed
her knowledge of copyright and became familiar with the workings
of many European and Asian copyright societies. She is a member
of ALAI and a founding member of PMPA (Professional Music Publishers
Association). |
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Marty Simon (Music Revenue Publishing) (first Vice-Chair) |
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Marty Simon is the founding director of MRD-Music Revenue Data, administering publishing catalogues worldwide for hundreds of Film and TV programs including Capote, Being Julia, Little Miss Sunshine and 2005 Academy Award ® winner for Best Animated Short Film, Ryan. Born in Montreal, Simon began his musical career at McGill University’s Faculty of Music, and lived/worked in London, Paris, Los Angeles and Atlanta, before moving to Toronto in 1994. He joined ASCAP as a writer member in 1980. He has written and published hit songs for Michel Pagliaro, Wilson Pickett, Julien Clerc, Serge Gainsbourg, Luc Plamondon (“Des mots qui sonnent" for Céline Dion), among others. Simon has composed and published music for more than 25 films and has been twice nominated for Gemini music awards. He has produced workshops and seminars for the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), moderating panels on “How To Get Your Music Into Television” at Canadian Music Week 2003, 2004 and 2005. As a member of the board of directors of the Guild of Canadian Film Composers (GCFC), Simon has co-produced seminars for the Toronto International Film Festival, (including bringing in Oscar-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal), the Canadian Film Centre, SOCAN and Harbourfront Theatre. He was re-elected to the board of directors of SOCAN as a film and TV music publisher and has served as the first Vice-Chairman of the Board of SOCAN since May 2006. |
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