Trevor W. Payne

Trevor Winston Payne, (born 21 December 1948) is a Canadian musician and member of the Order of Canada. He is the founder of the Montreal Black Community Youth Choir, as well as the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. and began studying the piano at the age of 8; he later added the saxophone, percussion, cello and keyboards. In 1974, together with Daisy Peterson Sweeney, he founded the Montreal Black Community Youth Choir, The choir became known for its eclectic musical style, described by Billboard magazine as "fusing conventional American black gospel music with funk, jazz, and even calypso and classical music".

Awards and honours In 1994 he was given the Montreal Black Theatre Workshop's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award for his promotion of gospel music. In 1996 he was inducted into the Order of Canada.