2023 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, 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
