Marcel Aymar has an impressive track record. He's a founding member of the band CANO, an author, composer, producer and actor ... a seasoned artist whose varied creative talents continue to flourish.

Originally from Baie St-Marie, Aymar relocated to Sudbury in the early 1970's, where he participated in the creation of the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario. This marked the launch of his professional career and the beginning of a love affair with northern Ontario. A few years later he joined CANO.

Between 1975 and 1985 the group released seven albums and performed to full houses and critical acclaim in some of the most prestigious venues in the country.

After ten years of recording and performing with CANO, Aymar turned his attention to composing and directing musical productions for television and cinema. He joined forces with John Doerr and Marc Cholette to form MAJOMA, which quickly became a rising musical production company. Their credits include the theme song for the CBC's "The National" news program, arrangements for Radio Canada's "La soirée du hockey", as well as the musical score for the film "Le secret de Jérôme" by the Acadian filmmaker Phil Comeau.

Aymar's most recent musical ventures include the sound-track for "Exils", a cinematographic adaptation by the producer Podz (it received the Gémeaux award for best dramatic production of 2003), "Francoeur", a TFO/Radio Canada television series, as well as "Pendant que court l'assassin", a documentary produced by Magnus Isacson.

Marcel Aymar continues to work in theatre as a creator, composer and actor. He was twice nominated for the "Dora Mavor Moore Award" for best sound creation. The poetic musical production "Cris et Blues", a collaboration with Jean-Marc Dalpé and directed by Brigitte Haentjens, toured extensively in both Canada and France. "Les cascadeurs de l'amour", by author Patrice Desbiens, a production of the Théâtre Tangente of Toronto to which Aymar contributed both as a actor and composer, won the Masque award in 2000 for best Franco-Canadian production. More recently, Aymar acted in the play "Trains fantômes" at La petite licorne theatre in Montreal.

Recent songs are featured on his first solo album, "Éponyme", an intimate and joyous compilation of contemporary sounds and arrangements which draws upon Aymar's folk and traditional influences.

In 2005, Aymar was awarded four statuettes at the 2005 "Trille Or Gala", including best interpretation, excellence as author-composer, best album and best producer, a prize he shared with Sylvain Bolduc.