WAYNE LAVALLEE
Composer
Wayne Lavallee is an actor, musician, score composer of film and dance who received 3 Leo Awards nominations for his original music scores for the award winning NFB documentaries The Road Forward, Holy Angels and the feature motion picture Red Snow written and directed by Marie Clements. He is inspired to create music that is rooted in his Indigenous culture, a hybrid of unique modern sounds with old world sounds that evoke the ancient spirit within.
Wayne Lavallee is an award-winning recording artist, singer-songwriter and producer of Métis heritage who lives in Vancouver, Canada. Lavallee is a 2 time Juno nominee, Canadian Folk Music Award winner for Best Indigenous songwriter, also winning multi Canadian Indigenous Music Awards. Lavallee’s last album brought his music to international audiences through the Dixiefrog record label in France, where Wayne toured garnering glowing reviews along the way: "The voice of Wayne Lavallee taps into his mystical roots... an album that is supernatural and enchanting” (The Review BCR); "This Canadian songwriter goes well beyond with songs like ‘Sacred Journey’ and ‘Star Spangled Sensation’... Just superb!” (Guitarist Magazine).