For the past seven years, Quebec artist Ray Sealey  has pursued a passionate return to his early roots in folk music as a singer-songwriter and performer. He has twice won prizes in the Best New Florida Song competition (he spends a good part of each year in the south where he often performs) and will again be a guest performer at the Will McLean Festival in 2017 (line-up not yet public). http://www.willmclean.com/

Before this, his history is convoluted! Born in England, Ray Sealey earned a degree in English Literature from the University of Western Ontario where he was very active in the folk scene. Music, however, finally took the more important place in his life when he was studying classical guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. This culminated in studies with Alexandre Lagoya in both Canada and France, the latter with support from the Canada Council for the Arts.

He taught music at the University of Western Ontario and subsequently at the University of Ottawa. Ray Sealey has made several classical recordings and is a published composer. He also worked as a host and documentary maker for CBC in Ottawa. It was during this period that he became increasingly active in production and arts management.

He produced concerts in Gatineau and the Outaouais and co-founded a music festival in that region. In 1997 he moved to Montreal and later to the Laurentians to become Executive Director of CAMMAC (Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens amateurs du Canada). He retired from this organization in 2007 following the completion of a major rebuilding project at the CAMMAC Music Centre at Lake MacDonald.

He has served as Executive Director for other institutions and has freelanced as a consultant for charitable organizations and arts organizations.

He now lives in the Quebec Laurentians north of Montreal.