Dave Campbell, director of the Middlesex Centre and Seaforth chapters of the Ontario District, has been awarded the Paul Tamblyn Music Educators award. The award was presented by John Wilkie, Board Member for Sing Canada Harmony, at the Western Division Charity Christmas Concert in early December.
The award is a perpetual endowment within Sing Canada Harmony, seeded by the bequest of a very special Ontario district barbershopper, the late Dr, Paul Tamblyn. Tamblyn’s lifetime passion for excellence in training for choral and barbershop leaders and directors lives on through his endowment and the endowment continues to grow as family and friends honour Tamblyn’s name with additional gifts to Sing Canada Harmony. The Endowment currently supports an annual scholarship award of $1000.00. The Dr. Paul Tamblyn Music Educator Scholarship is awarded to a choral director who has made a significant impact on the development, promotion and improvement of choral directing and performance in Canada, with preference given to those involved with a capella choral groups.
Campbell was unanimously selected by the Board of Sing Canada Harmony adter reviewing this year’s nominations. A 29-year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Campbell attended Harmony College in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1990 majoring in chorus direction. He has sung in and directed numerous choruses in the Ontario District and currently directs the Harmony Kings Chorus of Seaforth Chapter and Forest City Fire Chorus of Middlesex Centre Chapter. He has become well known in recent years for his excellence as a trainer in Chorus Director Workshops held throughout the Ontario District.
Previous winners of the award include Betty Jean (BJ) Vermue, Harmony Inc., A Cappella Showcase; Shawn Oakes, Brantford Collegiate Institute, O YA Chorus; Dan Austin, Guelph Collegiate & Vocational Institute, Ontario District BHS; and Ken Holzer past member of Regina Chapter, Land of Lakes District, BHS. Ontario District welcomes this recognition of a great barbershopper by Sing Canada Harmony Scholarship fund and congratulates Dave Campbell on his award.