2008

The 5th Annual Gala, which took place on Saturday, March 1, 2008, at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, was enormously successful and received kudos by media, the music industry and the audience alike. The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame honoured five Canadian music legends including Paul Anka, Claude Dubois and Oscar Peterson and 23 classic Canadian songs including Les Emmerson’ Signs and Georges Thurston’ Aimes-tu la vie comme moi? for their roles in shaping our country’s musical landscape. Our 5th Annual Gala, held at the Toronto Centre for the Arts was a magical evening that saw the who’s who of the Canadian music industry out in full force to pay their respects to Canada’s songwriting greats.

The Gala featured incredible performances, including Oliver Jones, Dione Taylor and Faith Chorale’ rendition of Oscar Peterson and Hariette Hamilton’s Hymn to Freedom; Yelo Molo performing Raôul Duguay’s La bittt à Tibi; Anna and Kate McGarrigle, Martha and Rufus Wainwright and Sylvan and Lily Lanken’s rendition of Anna’s Heart Like a Wheel; Emilie-Claire Barlow’s jazzy version of Alex Kramers Ain’t Nobody Here but us Chickens and Anik Jean’s version of André Lejeune’s Une promesse.

5th Annual Gala Media Conference

On Thursday, November 15, 2007, the 2008 inductees into the CSHF were announced at Toronto's Le Royal Meridien King Edward. The event was attended by over 150 artists, members of the media and industry movers and shakers.

Performers at this year's press conference were:

All photographs - Grant Martin Photography