André Ménard & Alain Simard announced as 2016 Canadian Music Industry Hall Of Fame inductees
Nov 05, 2015
by Bram Gonshor
Quebec music industry veterans André Ménard and Alain Simard have been announced by Canadian Music Week as the next 2016 inductees into the Canadian Music Industry Hall Of Fame. They will join previously announced 2016 inductees Andy Kim and Rob Steele at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards Gala at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, ON, on Thursday May 5, 2016.
As co-founders of L’Équipe Spectra and the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Simard and Ménard have over 30 years of experience working together in Montreal’s live industry and contributing to the city’s cultural life.
The full release about the pair’s induction can be viewed on CMW’s website.
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