2024 Scholarship Winners

We are grateful to the many individuals, trusts, and companies whose donations make these scholarships possible.If you would like to talk to us about making a donation in your name or in a name of a friend or family member, please contact us at musicfest@emsaf.ca

CORPORATE & SOCIETY DONORS; DONORS THROUGH THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association (Edmonton Branch), Alberta Ukrainian Commemorative Society, Edmonton Flute Association, Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival, 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, The Shean Trust, The Speech Studio, Underdog Theatre Company

PRIVATE DONORS — Rhonda Anderson, Evelyn Awid-Caskey, Heather Bedford-Clooney, Shelina & Hussein Bhanji, Roger & Midge Clissold, Richard S. Cook, Sandi Darrell, Elaine Dunbar, Heather Johnson, Peter Krejcar, Estate of Patricia Larsen, Mairead Lavigne, Sigmund Lee, Estate of Neil A. Longson, Miriam Mahood, Kim Mattice Wanat, The Family of Ken Myers, David Oberholtzer, The Page Family, Kent Sutherland, Brenda Thiru-Chelvam, Evan Yin

BAND

NEIL A. LONGSON BAND SCHOLARSHIP

McKernan Mustangs Senior Band

KENT SUTHERLAND BAND SCHOLARSHIP

Archbishop MacDonald Senior Band

CHOIRS

Archbishop MacDonald Senior High Choir, Cantilon Chamber Choir

MCCOY FAMILY FOUNDATION ELEMENTARY CHOIR AWARD

A. Blair McPherson School

CHAMBER MUSIC

No scholarships awarded in 2024

COMPOSITION

JOYCE OLIVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Mark Rico-Lam

STRINGS

Music Enrichment String Orchestra #1, Noemi Uchida, Charles Wachowicz, Aiden Wang, Lily Wurster, Anna Yin, Anthony Yue, Jessica Zhuang

EDMONTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SCHOLARSHIP

Elina Yuma

RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (JUNIOR)

Aiden Wang

RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (SENIOR)

Elina Yuma

MUSIC SPIRIT SOCIETY VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP

Elana Zhang

STRING AND PIANO SCHOLARSHIPS

RANALD & VERA SHEAN SONATA SCHOLARSHIP

Deng/Yuma Duo

PIANO PLAN I

Jenna Shirley Chang, Charlotte Kiang, Daryna Lavryshyn, Clyde Li, Elsa Shang, Monkia Schulz, Angela Sun, Harrisen Wang, Adam Wenzel, Matthew Williams, Brady Wu, Luna Zhang, ZiJia (Jaydon) Zhuang

VERA SHEAN 100^TH ANNIVERSARY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP

Kiana Xiaohua Zhu

FRANZ LISZT SCHOLARSHIP

Ruoyui Li

LESAUNIER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP

ZiJia (Jaydon) Zhuang

HARRY FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP

Kiana Xiaohua Zhu

MIRIAM MAHOOD PIANO STUDIO PLAN I SCHOLARSHIP

Leah Sun

NADINE THIRUCHELVAM PIANO SCHOLARSHIP

Leah Sun

PAMELA FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP

Grace Zhou

RICHARD S. COOK CHOPIN PIANO SCHOLARSHIP

ZiJia (Jaydon) Zhuang

ALBERTA UKRAINIAN COMMEMORATIVE SOCIETY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP

Ethan Johannessen

PIANO PLAN II

Jasen Huang, Linus Jin, Leo Li, Kara Lin, Ayla Ma, Noah Mok, Adedoyin Olaniyan, Charlton Qiu, Ivana Wankie

ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP

Marcus Capetillo

ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II INTERMEDIATE SCHOLARSHIP

Lily Capetillo

MIRIAM MAHOOD PIANO STUDIO PLAN II INTERMEDIATE/SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP

Adedoyin Olaniyan

PAMELA FARMER AWARD FOR PIANO PLAN II

Roy Jiang

SPEECH ARTS

Ivana Au Yang, Kiyaan Bhanji, Kadija Haque, Herine Iynkkaran, Jonelle Li, Meggie Yang, Faith Yu

KIWANIS OIL CAPITAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP

1^st Place: Selina Murji; 2^nd Place: Kiyaan Bhanji

E.B. ‘MAC’ MCKITRICK MEMORIAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP

1^st Place: Ava Leong; 2^nd Place: Kris Gao

SHELINA AND HUSSEIN BHANJI SCHOLARSHIP

1^st Place: Jeffrey Xu; 2^nd Place: Maya Murji

LUCILLE ‘TOOTS’ LONGSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN SPEECH ARTS

No entries in 2024

VOICE

Cleo Harcus, Max Harty, Gavin MacKenzie, Sophie Turgeon, Elora Wesson

LARRY JOHNSON VOICE SCHOLARSHIP

Marya Berlin

MICHAEL (MICKEY) AWID MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Lada Ivanchikov

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

Cleo Harcus

PAMELA FARMER VOICE SCHOLARSHIP

Max Harty

BEDFORD VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP

Elizabeth Flexer

PAT AND ERIKA LARSEN MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP

Mack Schneider

MUSICAL THEATRE/CONTEMPORARY VOICE

Gabriela Jarillo Alvarada, Max Harty, Jodon Ho, Raya Jean Smith, Jane Story English, Elora Wesson

DENISE LAVIGNE MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP