2025 Scholarship Winners

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CORPORATE & SOCIETY DONORS; DONORS THROUGH THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association (Edmonton Branch), Alberta Ukrainian Commemorative Society, Allard Foundation, Edmonton Flute Association, Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmonton Recital Society, Farmer Family Trust, Harry Farmer Foundation, Jean & Gerry Staring Fund, Kiwanis Club of Edmonton Oil Capital, LeSaunier Trust, McCoy Family Charity Foundation, National Association of Teachers of Singing (North Central Alberta Chapter), Pamela Farmer Trust, Estate of Robert Tegler (Trust), St. David’s Welsh Society of Edmonton, Ranald & Vera Shean Sonata Fund, The Shean Trust, The Speech Studio, Underdog Theatre Company

PRIVATE DONORS — Marianne Anderson, Rhonda Anderson & Mark Hemmes, The Awid Family, Heather Bedford-Clooney, Alice Bell, Shelina & Hussein Bhanji, Richard S. Cook, Sandi Darrell, Elaine Dunbar, Friends of Crystal Fleuty, Heather Johnson, Peter Krejcar, Estate of Patricia Larsen, Mairead Lavigne, Sigmund Lee, Estate of Neil A. Longson, Miriam Mahood, Shari McCoy, The Family of Ken Myers, David Oberholtzer, The Page Family, Kent Sutherland, Brenda Thiru-Chelvam, Evan Yin

BAND

NEIL A. LONGSON BAND SCHOLARSHIP

Grandview Heights Grade 9 Band

KENT SUTHERLAND BAND SCHOLARSHIP

Archbishop MacDonald Honour Band

CHOIRS

Archbishop MacDonald High School Choir, Cantilon Chamber Choir

MCCOY FAMILY FOUNDATION ELEMENTARY CHOIR AWARD

Archbishop Joseph MacNeil Grade 4 Choir

CHAMBER MUSIC

No awards given in 2025

COMPOSITION

JOYCE OLIVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 

Matthew Craig

STRINGS

Liam Ng, Henreich Schmuhl, Harrisen Wang, Anna Yin, Anthony Yue, Elana Zhang, Rachel Zhu

EDMONTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SCHOLARSHIP 

Anthony Yue

RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (JUNIOR)

Liam Ng

RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (SENIOR)

Anna Yin

MUSIC SPIRIT SOCIETY VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP

Rachel Zhu

STRING AND PIANO SCHOLARSHIPS

RANALD & VERA SHEAN SONATA SCHOLARSHIP 

Anna & Evan Yin

PIANO PLAN I

Demi Alba, Brandon Hun Yule Kwon, Clyde Li, Samuel Tin Yu Li, Jessie Lin, Matthias Long, Anna Maria Rachwal, Alexa Thang, Harrisen Wang, Finley Weng-Bui, Anthony Yue, Binson Zhao, Sophia Moxuan Zhang, Yihao Zhang, Zijia (Jaydon) Zhuang

VERA SHEAN 100^TH ANNIVERSARY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP  

Angelina Lee

FRANZ LISZT SCHOLARSHIP  

Zijia (Jaydon) Zhuang

LESAUNIER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Amy Chau

HARRY FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP  

Demi Alba

MIRIAM MAHOOD PIANO STUDIO PLAN I SCHOLARSHIP  

Grace Zhou

NADINE THIRUCHELVAM PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Leah Sun

PAMELA FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Jiayi Cheng

RICHARD S. COOK CHOPIN PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Ellie Morison

ALBERTA UKRAINIAN COMMEMORATIVE SOCIETY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Daryna Lavryshyn

PIANO PLAN II  

Sarah Gurnett, Adedoyin Olaniyan, Alexandra Rybalko, Isaac Tram, Rebekah Uy Wicks, Joy Wu, Michael Wu, Linda Xu, Sylvia Zhou

ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP

Peter Tang

ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II INTERMEDIATE SCHOLARSHIP

Joy Wu

MIRIAM MAHOOD PIANO STUDIO PLAN II INTERMEDIATE/SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP

Jessica Xu

PAMELA FARMER AWARD FOR PIANO PLAN II

Noah Mok

SPEECH ARTS 

Kris Gao, Gajakharini Iynkkaran, Ethan Luo, Selina Murji, Ayva Priani, Kaline Tan, Kaysen Virani, Daniel Wang, Jayden Zhang 

KIWANIS OIL CAPITAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP 

1^st Selina Murji; 2^nd Kiyaan Bhanji

E.B. ‘MAC’ MCKITRICK MEMORIAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP

1^st Faith Yu; 2^nd Hana Al-Battaineh

SHELINA AND HUSSEIN BHANJI SCHOLARSHIP

1^st Gajakkarini Iynkkaran; 2^nd Maya Murji

LUCILLE ‘TOOTS’ LONGSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN SPEECH ARTS

No entries in 2025

VOICE

Darya Gusarova, Max Harty, Lada Ivanchikov, Kelly Kilson, Cooper Nash Rajotte, Mack Schneider, Pearl Sequeira

LARRY JOHNSON VOICE SCHOLARSHIP

Edith Rhoades

MICHAEL (MICKEY) AWID MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

No entries in 2025

NORTH CENTRAL ALBERTA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING (NATS) SCHOLARSHIP 

Sophie Turgeon

PAUL J. BOURRET 100^TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL VOICE SCHOLARSHIP

Grayson MacKenzie

PAMELA FARMER VOICE SCHOLARSHIP 

Sophie Turgeon

BEDFORD VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP

Grayson MacKenzie

CRYSTAL MACDONALD FLEUTY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Darya Gusarova

PAT AND ERIKA LARSEN MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP

Clara Knoefel

MUSICAL THEATRE/CONTEMPORARY VOICE

Deirdre Clooney, Max Harty, Aoife Linehan, Sanvi Karthik Kumar, River McKay, Edith Roades

DENISE LAVIGNE MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP

Edith Rhoades

KENT SUTHERLAND MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP

Mack Schneider

SANDRA LEAH PAGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Jane Story English

BRASS

Esugen Gantumur, Sonia Skakun

WOODWINDS 

Ronn Bastian, Eric Davidson, Joshua Gray, Seth Howells, Adele Ng, April Sun

PAMELA FARMER WOODWIND SCHOLARSHIP

Nicholas Chong

KEN MYERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN WOODWINDS

Eric Davidson

EDMONTON FLUTE ASSOCIATION AWARDS

No entries in 2025

GUITAR

Calis Chiam, Emily Ma, Ciara Ward