to 1971 and was a consultant for the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts from 1968 to 70. He was executive director of the Ontario Arts Council from 1971 to 1980. Working on behalf of the Government of Canada as chairman of the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee, he co-authored with Jacques Hébert the influential Applebaum-Hébert Report, the first review of Canadian cultural institutions and federal cultural policy since 1951. He also served as vice-president of the Canadian League of Composers. Honours In 1976 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Applebaum was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 1989. He was appointed to the Companion of the Order of Canada 15 November 1995. In 1997, Applebaum was awarded the inaugural Special Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto. In 1998, the Ontario Arts Foundation established the Louis Applebaum Composers Award. Originally created to honour excellence in music composition for theatre, music theatre, dance or opera, it is presented to recognize "excellence in a body of work by an artist in the field of music composition for film and television." References Further reading External links Louis Applebaum at The Canadian Music Centre Louis Applebaum at the National Film Board of Canada 1918 births 2000 deaths Canadian male composers Male conductors (music) Jewish Canadian musicians Companions of the Order of Canada Canadian film score composers Male film score composers Juno Award winners Members of the Order of Ontario The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni University of Toronto alumni Jewish composers 20th-century Canadian conductors (music) 20th-century Canadian composers National Film Board of Canada people 20th-century Canadian civil servants Ontario civil servants Musicians from Toronto Canadian Screen Award winners 20th-century Canadian male musicians