Galaxy Rising Star Award

In 2001, Galaxie joined forces with the General Motors Grand Jazz Award (since then renamed TD Grand Jazz Award) to reward the best in music composition. Galaxie awarded $3,000 grants until 2004 and, in 2005, increased the amount to $5,000.

2012 : Backbone, by Don Scott (Peripheral Vision) (Toronto)
2011 : Choices, John Roney (Montréal)
2010 : Dance for Leila, Darren Sigesmund (Toronto)
2009 : Après l'une, Vincent Gagnon (Québec)
2008 : Noffo and Bilbasan*, Mario Allard – Maq (Mario Allard Quintet) (Montréal)
2007 : Sur la route, Marianne Trudel Quintet (Montréal)
2006 : One Shoe Blues, Phantom Power Combo Deluxe (Montréal)
2005 : On the Wall and Saturday Afternoon*, Sage Reynolds – Sage Reynolds Quartet (Montréal)
2004 : House of a 100 Faces, Karl Jannuska (Québec-France)
2003 : Prisoner of a Dream, Karine Chapdelaine – Without Words (Ontario)
2002 : Rituel, Dan Thouin (Québec)
2001 : Nick Ali & Cruzao (Trinidad) – Prize awarded as "Galaxie Bursary"

*Exceptionally for this edition, awards were given to two compositions.