{{short description|Canadian musician}} '''Marcel Aymar''' (born in Meteghan, Nova Scotia)<ref name=fc>{{cite web |title=Marcel Aymar|url=https://capsulesacadiennes.ca/themes/la-musique/marcel-aymard?highlight=WyJtYXJjZWwiLCJheW1hciIsIm1hcmNlbCBheW1hciJd |publisher=Les capsules acadiennes|access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref> is a Canadian musician, composer, writer and actor.<ref name=eo/> He moved to Sudbury, Ontario, in 1972 as a teen and was a founding member of the popular Franco-Ontarian group CANO, playing guitar.<ref name=eo/><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-droit/arts-et-spectacles/201106/15/01-4409637-un-dernier-gros-show-pour-cano.php |title=Un dernier "gros show" pour CANO |author=Marc André Joanisse |work=La Droit|date=June 16, 2011 |accessdate=22 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=thatband>Kuzyk, Jane. "That Band from Sudbury." ''The Globe and Mail'', November 30, 1977.</ref> During this time, he was also active in the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|title=50 ans de théâtre!|url=https://letno.ca/cinquante/#annees-1970|publisher=Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario|access-date=2022-02-20}}</ref>
Aymar, with John Doerr and Marc Cholette, wrote the theme song for CBC Television's ''The National'' and SRC's ''Soirée du Hockey'', the French equivalent to ''Hockey Night in Canada''.<ref>{{cite archive|fonds=John Doerr|collection-url=https://biblio.laurentian.ca/research/sites/default/files/pictures/P221%20Fonds%20level%20March%201%2C2021%20ENG.pdf|institution=Laurentian University|repository=J.N. Desmarais Library and Archives|location=Sudbury, Ontario|collection=P221|access-date=2022-02-19}} </ref><ref name=fc/> He also wrote the soundtrack for the film ''Jerome's Secret (Le secret de Jérôme)'',<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/CANO.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160310224351/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/C/CANO.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= March 10, 2016 |title=CANO |encyclopedia=JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia |year=2012 |access-date=22 January 2012}}</ref> and toured with Robert Paquette and Paul Demers as the performing group Paquette-Aymar-Demers.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/singer-paul-demers-wrote-anthem-for-franco-ontarians/article33096867/ "Singer Paul Demers wrote anthem for Franco-Ontarians"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', November 29, 2016.</ref>
In 2003, he recorded his self-titled debut solo album, ''Aymar''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aymar|first=Marcel|title=Aymar|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13343868-Aymar-Aymar|publisher=Discogs|date=2003|access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref> The album is diverse, featuring folk cajun styles, rock songs ("Dans un café américain à Paris"), and even ballads.
In 2009, Aymar was awarded the Prix Hommage by the Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique at its fifth annual Gala des prix Trille Or.<ref name=eo>{{cite web |url= http://www.expressottawa.ca/Nos-gens/2009-02-18/article-788285/Marcel-Aymar-laureat-du-prix-Hommage/1 |title= Marcel Aymar, lauréat du prix Hommage |work= L'Express Ottawa |first= Kristina |last= Brazeau |date= 18 February 2009 |accessdate= 22 January 2012 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120805012139/http://www.expressottawa.ca/Nos-gens/2009-02-18/article-788285/Marcel-Aymar-laureat-du-prix-Hommage/1 |archive-date= 5 August 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
In 2021, two classic CANO songs from the band's first album, Aymar's "Baie Sainte-Marie" and André Paiement's "Dimanche après-midi," were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Aymar|first=Marcel|interviewer=René Homier-Roy|title=Le groupe franco-ontarien CANO honoré|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/culture-club/segments/entrevue/359841/marcel-aymar-auteur-compositeur-interprete-guitariste-cano-deux-chansons-intronisees|work=Culture Club|publisher=Radio-Canada|date=2021-06-21|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Dimanche après-midi / Baie Sainte-Marie: Two of Cano's classics inducted to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame|publisher=Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame|url=https://www.cshf.ca/dimanche-apres-midi-baie-sainte-marie-cano-pantheon-auteurs-compositeurs-canadiens-gala-trille-or/|date=2021|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Boulianne|first=Mario|title=La musique de CANO au Panthéon des auteurs et compositeurs canadiens|url=https://francopresse.ca/2021/06/10/la-musique-de-cano-au-pantheon-des-auteurs-et-compositeurs-canadiens/|publisher=Francopresse, Le Droit|date=2021-06-10|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=D'Amours|first=Christelle|title=La musique franco-ontarienne de CANO intronisée au Panthéon|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1800305/cano-musique-intronisation-pantheon-auteurs-compositeurs-canadiens-baie-sainte-marie-dimanche-apres-midi-marcel-aymar-andre-paiement|work=Radio-Canada|date=2021-06-10|access-date=2022-02-19}}</ref> == Discography == * ''Aymar'', 2003
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==External links== * [http://www.aymar.ca Marcel Aymar] Official site
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