[3][4] Born during the Sixties Scoop, Carrabré was taken from his birth parents and subsequently adopted by a white family.
[8][9][10] In March 2007, Carrabré became the weekend host of The Signal, a new program on CBC Radio 2 devoted to contemporary music.
Drawing from this experience, he began lecturing students on effective grant writing in his Arts Administration course.
1 "The Penitent" for the violin and the piano (composed in 1990) was nominated for a Juno Award in the Best Classical Composition category.
"War of the Angels", nominee for the 2013 WCMA Classical Recording of the Year,[16][17] is a collection of pieces commissioned by the WSO, including two symphonies.