Solo and theatrical work
Page began collaborating with Stephen Duffy, a founding member of Duran Duran, in the early 1990s. Several of their compositions appeared on Barenaked Ladies albums, beginning with Maybe You Should Drive (1994). In 2005, Page released an album of their collaborations under the name The Vanity Project.
Page also composed music for the Stratford Festival. His credits there include As You Like It, Bartholomew Fair, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Miser.
In February 2010, Page and the Art of Time Ensemble released A Singer Must Die, a studio album of songs they had previously performed in concert. This was followed by a 12-date tour.
Page's first album of original material under his own name, Page One, was released in October 2010. It included songs written with Duffy and the Canadian musician Craig Northey.
In 2011, Page performed the Canadian national anthem at the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, and he sang Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at the state funeral of Jack Layton.
He released the songs "A Different Sort of Solitude" and "Manchild" in 2012. The former, written for the film French Immersion, received a nomination for best original song at the 32nd Genie Awards.
His second album of original solo material, Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct, came out in March 2016. Its follow-up, Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II, was issued in September 2018. The latter incorporated political themes alongside Page's personal songwriting. Exclaim! described it as recapturing the anger and activism of his earlier work.
Page and the playwright Daniel MacIvor wrote the musical Here's What It Takes, which was scheduled to premiere at the 2020 Stratford Festival. The production was cancelled when the festival suspended its season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Page subsequently began a series of online concerts and performed material from the musical with members of its cast for Q.
In December 2021, Page released "Canada Loves You Back", featuring Odds, after performing the song as a tribute to the actor Ryan Reynolds at the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
He issued the album Excelsior in September 2022. It addressed grief, loss, and loneliness, including the deaths of Page's father and several friends.
