Category: Inductees

Bruce Allen was born on May 19, 1945 in Vancouver, BC. He attended UBC where he studied labour relations. However, his love of music won out and in 1966, he began BRUCE ALLEN TALENT which became the dominant booking agency in Western Canada. That company was the forerunner of Sam Feldman and Associates, the partner Bruce brought into the company…
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Kazuyoshi Akiyama has had long-standing relationships with the leading orchestras of Japan and now serves as Principal Conductor of the Hiroshima Symphony and also the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. The Tokyo Symphony has honored him with the title of Conductor Laureate. He has also been Music Director of the Syracuse Symphony and the Vancouver Symphony Maestro Akiyama is…
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Website Bryan Adams is one of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians whose career has spanned more than three decades.  Constantly in demand, the celebrated rocker is on the road over 150 days a year playing rock n’ roll favorites (“Summer of 69”, “Run To You”, “18 ‘Til I Die”, “It’s Only Love”, “Somebody”, “The…
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Ivan Ackery was born and raised in Bristol, England. Ackery moved to Canada in 1914. After serving in Europe with the Canadian Army during World War I, he returned to Vancouver to further his education. He moved in 1920 to Calgary, Alberta, to begin his long career in the entertainment industry. After returning to Vancouver…
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A graduate of the Theatre Department at UBC in 1965, Rae Ackerman worked in theatre production across Canada from 1965 to 1989 at the Vancouver Playhouse, Theatre Calgary and Alberta Theatre projects, Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, St. Lawrence Centre, National Arts Centre, Expo 67, Neptune Theatre and Charlottetown Festival. In 1989,…
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