Scholarship Winners – Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival

2023 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, Anne Burrows Music Foundation, Canadian Chinese Children Choir Association of Edmonton, Chateau Lacombe Hotel, Edmonton Flute Association, Edmonton Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmonton Recital Society, Edmonton Ukulele Circle, Farmer Family Trust, Harry Farmer Foundation, Jean & Gerry Staring Fund, Kiwanis Club of Edmonton (Downtown), 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, The Speech Studio Inc., Estate of Robert Tegler (Trust), St. David’s Welsh Society of Edmonton, The Shean Trust

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

BAND

NEIL A. LONGSON BAND SCHOLARSHIP

Avalon Gr. 8/9 Band

KENT SUTHERLAND BAND SCHOLARSHIP

Archbishop MacDonald Honour Band

CHOIRS

Archbishop MacDonald Honour Choir, ECSD All-City Junior High Honour Choir, ECSD All-City High School Honour Choir

MCCOY FAMILY FOUNDATION ELEMENTARY CHOIR AWARD

Rutherford School Division II Choir

JENNY MOK MOTHERWAY YOUTH COMMUNITY CHOIR AWARD

Cantilon Chamber Choir

CHAMBER MUSIC

Rubato Trio

COMPOSITION

JOYCE OLIVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP 

Evan Yin

STRINGS

Liam Ng, Savannah Seibel, Natalie Wong, Noemi Uchida, Lily Wurster, Anthony Yue, Elina Yuma, Elana Zhang, Grace Zhou

EDMONTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SCHOLARSHIP 

Elana Zhang

RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (JUNIOR)

Ryan Zhuang

RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (SENIOR)

Jessica Zhuang

JOHN PEREPELETZA FIDDLE/VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP

Rachel Zhu

MUSIC SPIRIT SOCIETY VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP

No entries in 2023

STRING AND PIANO SCHOLARSHIPS

RANALD & VERA SHEAN SONATA SCHOLARSHIP 

Anna Yin/Evan Yin

ANNE BURROWS MUSIC FOUNDATION PIANO/VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP 

Anna Yin

PIANO PLAN I

Demi Alba, Jonah Binette, Alex Deng, Wesley Deng, Dylan Jiang, Cynthia Johannessen, Ellie Morison, Nikolai Nyagolov, Mark Rico-Lam, Alice Shen, Adam Wenzel, Brady Wu, Joy Wu, Evan Yin, Han Han Zhang, Sophia Zhang, Yihao Zhang

VERA SHEAN 100TH ANNIVERSARY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP  

Kiana Zhu

LESAUNIER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

No entries in 2023

HARRY FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP  

Kiana Zhu

NADINE THIRUCHELVAM PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Grace Zhou

PAMELA FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Ethan Johannessen

RICHARD S. COOK CHOPIN PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

ZiJia Zhuang

ALBERTA UKRAINIAN COMMEMORATIVE SOCIETY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP 

Sophia Zhang

PIANO PLAN II  

Ivana Au Yang, Lily Capetillo, Marcus Capetillo, Daryna Lavryshyn, Noah Mok, Nicole Ramos, Arwen Thang, Annie Wang, Jason Xu, Jayden Zhang, Matthew Zhang

ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP

Avery Chan

ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II INTERMEDIATE SCHOLARSHIP

Jessica Xu

PAMELA FARMER AWARD FOR PIANO PLAN II

Roy Jiang

SPEECH ARTS 

Khadija Haque, Jonelle Li, Faran Shoa-Anwar, Vicky Zhao 

KIWANIS OIL CAPITAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP 

1st Place: Ali Haque; 2nd Place: Tanisha Mcloughlin

E.B. ‘MAC’ MCKITRICK MEMORIAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP

1st Place: Meggie Yang; 2nd Place: Kaline Tan

SHELINA AND HUSSEIN BHANJI SCHOLARSHIP

1st Place: Selina Murji

LUCILLE ‘TOOTS’ LONGSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN SPEECH ARTS

1st Place: Kiyaan Bhanji; 2nd Place: Abdullah Haque

VOICE

Kailin Ames-Gagne, Marya Berlin, Chloe Brinco, Sandra Croll, Elizabeth Flexer, Renata Huang, Violet Penney, Ava Rechlo, Emma Rechlo, Brenda Thiru-Chelvam, Sophie Turgeon

LARRY JOHNSON VOICE SCHOLARSHIP

Marya Berlin

MICHAEL (MICKEY) AWID MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Violet Penney

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

Gavin MacKenzie

PAUL J. BOURRET 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL VOICE SCHOLARSHIP

Maria Yamniuk

PAMELA FARMER VOICE SCHOLARSHIP 

Marcus York

BEDFORD VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP

Cleo Harcus

PAT AND ERIKA LARSEN MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP

Ariane Alexander

MUSICAL THEATRE/CONTEMPORARY VOICE

Alexa Haley, Lily Gervais, Darya Gusarova, Lada Ivanchikov, Adam Skogstad

DENISE LAVIGNE MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP

Marya Berlin

KENT SUTHERLAND MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP

Gavin MacKenzie

SANDRA LEAH PAGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Ella Lavallee

MATTICE MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP

1st Place: Larissah Lashley; 2nd Place: Rain Matkin-Szilagyi; 3rd Place: Kailin Ames-Gagne

COREY SMITH MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP

Darya Gusarova

BRASS

No Scholarships awarded in 2023

WOODWINDS 

Eric Davidson, Joshua Gray, Arion Miu

PAMELA FARMER WOODWIND SCHOLARSHIP

Macy Pollock

KEN MYERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN WOODWINDS

Joshua Gray

EDMONTON FLUTE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

Yujia Jiang

ALEXANDER DARRELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

April Sun

MCCOY FAMILY FOUNDATION CLASSROOM MUSIC AWARD

A. Blair McPherson Recorder Consort

GUITAR

Luke Concini, Evan Komm, Emily Ma, Lincoln Ohuchi

HARP

Elena Oberg

UKULELE

RON MERCER ALOHA AWARDS 

1st Place: Linda Stollings; 2nd Place: Darlene Blischak & Darcy Hicks