2022 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, Farmer Family Trust, Harry Farmer Foundation, Horns ‘A Plenty, 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, 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, Roger & Midge Clissold, Richard S. Cook, Sandi Darrell (Family of Alexander Darrell), Elaine Dunbar, Mark Hemmes, Heather Johnson, Estate of Patricia Larsen, Vic & Mairead Lavigne, Sigmund Lee, Neil Longson, The Family of Ken Myers, David Oberholtzer, Esther S. Ondrack, The Family of Sandra Leah Page, George & Eileen Smith, Gerry & Jean Staring, Kent Sutherland, Brenda Thiru-Chelvam
BAND
KENT SUTHERLAND BAND AWARD
MacEwan University Conservatory Big Band
CHOIRS
MCCOY FAMILY FOUNDATION ELEMENTARY CHOIR/CLASSROOM MUSIC AWARD
St. Alphonsus Grade 4-5-6 Choir
JENNY MOK MOTHERWAY YOUTH COMMUNITY CHOIR AWARD
Cantilon Chamber Choir
COMPOSITION
JOYCE OLIVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Evan Yin
STRINGS
Grandview Heights Grade 7 Orchestra, Nathasha Hendra, Melissa Lank, Ehrentraud Moser, Mikaela Olsen, Charles Wachowicz, Anthony Yue, Elina Yuma, Dongping Zhang, Elana Zhang, Rachel Zhu
EDMONTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SCHOLARSHIP
Jessica Zhuang
RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (JUNIOR)
Rachel Zhu
RANALD SHEAN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP (SENIOR)
Jessica Zhuang
STRING AND PIANO SCHOLARSHIPS
RANALD & VERA SHEAN SONATA SCHOLARSHIP
Yuma Duo
ANNE BURROWS MUSIC FOUNDATION PIANO/VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP
Anna Yin
PIANO PLAN I
Demi Alba, Shevana Au Yang, Alice Cheng, Wesley Deng, Ethan Johannessen, Bill Lu, Nikolai Nyagolov, Tianyi Qin, Adam Wenzel, Qien Yang, Evan Yin, Han Han Zhang, Kiana Zhu
VERA SHEAN PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
No entries in 2022
VERA SHEAN 100TH ANNIVERSARY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Evan Yin
LESAUNIER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Amy Chau
HARRY FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Evan Yin
NADINE THIRUCHELVAM PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Ellie Morison
PAMELA FARMER PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Joyce Ji
RICHARD S. COOK CHOPIN PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Zijia Zhang
ALBERTA UKRAINIAN COMMEMORATIVE SOCIETY PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
Cynthia Johannessen
PIANO PLAN II
Ivana Au Yang, Charisse Espiritu, Samuel Hoekman, Kyle Morison, Adedoyin Olaniyan, Charlton Qiu, Nolan Wittmeier, Ada Wu, Eva Wu
ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP
Jessica Xu
ELAINE DUNBAR PIANO PLAN II INTERMEDIATE SCHOLARSHIP
Megan Taja
SENIOR PIANO AWARD FOR PIANO PLAN II
William Chizewski
SPEECH ARTS
Eric Jin, Selina Murji, Spoken Word Youth Choir, Meggie Yang, Chloe Zhu, Umer Zia
KIWANIS OIL CAPITAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP
1st Place: Tanisha Mcloughin; 2nd Place: Jonelle Li
E.B. ‘MAC’ MCKITRICK MEMORIAL SPEECH SCHOLARSHIP
1st Place: Kaline Tan; 2nd Place: Alex Jewitt
LUCILLE ‘TOOTS’ LONGSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN SPEECH ARTS
Kiyaan Bhanji
VOICE/MUSICAL THEATRE
Nigel Albert, Rhonda Anderson, Julia Barton, Jenna Boehme, Chloe Brinco, Molly Danko, Makayla Forde, Darya Gusarova, Mairead Lavigne, Grayson MacKenzie, Evie Marsten, Ellie Morison, Adheesh Patnaik, Violet Penney, Leah Sinelnikov, Brenda Thiru-Chelvam, Sophie Turgeon, Robyn Wispinski, Marcus York
LARRY JOHNSON VOICE SCHOLARSHIP
No entries in 2022
MICHAEL (MICKEY) AWID MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Ariane Alexander
NORTH CENTRAL ALBERTA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING (NATS) SCHOLARSHIP
Gavin MacKenzie
PAUL J. BOURRET 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL VOICE SCHOLARSHIP
Emily Brinco
PAMELA FARMER VOICE SCHOLARSHIP
Virginia Briggs
BEDFORD VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP
Emily Brinco
PAT AND ERIKA LARSEN MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP
No entries in 2022
DENISE LAVIGNE MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP
No entries in 2022
KENT SUTHERLAND MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP
Chloe Brinco
SANDRA LEAH PAGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Emma Yee
DONNA SOUTHWORTH MEMORIAL MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP
Ariane Alexander
COREY SMITH MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP
Darya Gusarova
BRASS
Anastasia Hoekman, J. Isaac Shantz
KEVIN P. SMITH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN BRASS
No entries in 2022
WOODWINDS
Dayna Lueck, Adrian McCurdy
PAMELA FARMER WOODWIND SCHOLARSHIP
No entries in 2022
KEN MYERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN WOODWINDS
Ijaz Janmohamed
EDMONTON FLUTE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP
No entries in 2022
GUITAR
Calis Chaim, Luke Concini, Juliette Smitke, Kenneth Ulmer-Franco
HARP
Rose-Aimée Davoine