Music Scholarships

Special Awards

Best Band Award - $1,000.00
Aurora High School - Conductor: Mark Tse
Elmer Iseler Best Choir Award - $500.00
Bach Chamber Youth Choir - Director: Linda Beaupre
Best String Ensemble - George Heinl Award - $500.00
Cardinal Carter Academy Sr. Strings
Kingsway Foundation Scholarships (donated by the Kingsway Humber Kiwanis Club)
Alberta Brown - $2,000
Alexander Serendenko - $1,500
Edward Brescacin - $1,500

SCHOOL TROPHIES

The Major Brian S. McCool Trophy - TBA
The Frank Bayes Memorial Scholarship - TBA
The Mary Frances Arrigo Memorial Trophy - TBA
The Col. George W. Peacock Trophy - TBA
The William B. Rothwell Trophy - TBA

Scholarships

The Kiwanis Music Festival Association is a charitable organization and contributions thereto are authorized as deductible under the Income Tax Act. In accordance with Revenue Canada regulations, T4A forms will be issued to those receiving Scholarships/awards of $500 or more.

Most Promising Students

The Sid Oue Memorial Scholarships:
Three scholarships of $400 each are offered annually by the Kiwanis Club of Toronto to honour Sid Oue, a distinguished Canadian and a Past President of the Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto. 
Strings: Sarah Velasco
Woodwinds: Jisun Oh
Brass: Jacob Plachta

The David Ouchterlony Memorial Scholarships
Two scholarships of $400. each are offered annually by the Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto to honour Dr. David Ouchterlony, a distinguished Canadian musician and a past Executive Director of the Kiwanis Music Festival. They will be awarded in the fields of Solo Voice and Piano.
Piano: Cissy Zhou
Voice: Jenavieve Moore

Alumni

Christopher James - $600 (Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Award & Peter Douglas Award)
Alberta Brown - $450 (Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation and Kiwanis Club of North York - Peter Douglas Award)

Bands

$500 - Aurora High School - Best Band Award
$500 - Huron Heights S.S. - Kiwanis Club of Toronto - Colonel Peacock
$350 - Martingrove C.I. Bands - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$350 - York Mills C.I. Bands - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$350 - Earl Haig S.S. - Kiwanis Club of North York - David Ross Memorial
$350 - Markville S.S. - Kiwanis Clubof Toronto Foundation
$350 - John G. Althouse Bands - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$300 - St. Michael's Catholic Academy - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Eric Mundinger Award
$300 - Lawrence Park C.I. Bands - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Dr. G.W. Williams Bands - Kiwanis Club of Scarborough - Wally Kostur Memorial
$250 - Loretto Abbey - Kiwanis Club of North York - George & Margaret Hosie Award
$250 - Etobicoke School of the Arts Jr. Band - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$250 - Father Michael McGivney - Kiwanis Club of North York - Allan Lowe Memorial Award
$250 - John English - Bill & Faye Stuart Scholarship
$250 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau - Yamaha Canada Music Ltd - Percussion Section
$200 - Regent Park/Duke of York - Kiwanis Club of East York - Solomon Rajanayagam
$100 - North Toronto C.I. - Len Relf Memorial Award
$100 - Bishop Allen Academy - Kiwanis Club of Riverdale
$50 - Runnymede Brass - Oceanna Music Publications Award

Brass

$500 - Brindley Venables - Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber
$400 - Jacob Plachta - Sid Oue Memorial
$250 - Laurenne Sideen - Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.
$250 - Elburz Sorkhabi - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$200 - Marcus Venables- Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber - Hugh C. Proctor Memorial Award
$150 - Orlin Zlatarski - Kiwanis Club of Scarborough - David Adjey Award
$100 - Toronto Horn Club - Keynotes
$100 - Barrington Venables - Kiwanis Club of Bloor-Toronto

Choirs

$500 - Bach Chamber Youth Choir - Elmer Iseler Award - Best Choir
$500 - Northlea School - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$400 - Lawrence Park C.I. Alumni Choir - Keynotes Scholarship
$300 - Thomas Street Chamber Choir - James Henderson Memorial
$300 - John G. Althouse Choirs - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - President's Award
$250 - Howard Jr. Choir - Barry Gosse Award - Etobicoke Centennial Choir
$250 - Riverdale C.I. Choirs - Kiwanis Club of North York - Alan Watson Award
$250 - St. Elizabeth's Choir - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Vocal Horizons - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Gintareliai Lithuanian Children's Choir - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - John Fisher Choirs - John Govedas Memorial Scholarship
$200 - John G. Althouse Choirs - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - John Bird Award
$200 - St. Clement's Choir - Kiwanis Club of Islington - Douglas Gilmour
$200 - Oakridge Choir- Kiwanis Club of Scarborough - Stuart R. McCormack Award
$150 - Eastdale Singers - Kiwanis Club of the Golden Mile - Fred Everest & Bill White Memorial
$150 - St. Clement's School Grade 2 Homeroom Choir- Nancy Rae MacDonald Memorial
$100 - Howard Primary Choir - Portia White Memorial
$100 - Branksome Hall Choir - Corus Entertainment
$100 - The Linden School - John Ford Memorial

Composition

$250 - Carter Brodkorb - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Greg Chapman - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Bonnie Penfound - National City Bank

Electronic Keyboards

$100 - James Sun - Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Memorial Award
$100 - Christopher Ma - National City Bank

Guitar & Bandura

$400 - Arash Noori - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$400 - Rachel Di Cresce - Keynotes Scholarship
$150 - Shanon Wong - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Oksana Kilik - The Pidkowich Bandura Award
$100 - Solomia Yanishevsky - The Pidkowich Bandura Award
$100 - Hongsuk Choi - Vera & Vern Stevens Memorial
$100 - Craig Rodrigues - National City Bank, Canada

Jazz

$500 - BC Jazz - Arrigo Trophy - Best Jazz
$500 - Camilla Rd. Stage Band - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Ron Sclater Memorial
$250 - John G. Althouse Jazz Choir - Kiwanis Club of North York - William (Bill) Cotton Memorial
$100 - Earl Haig Gr. 9/10 Stage Band - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award

Musical Theatre

$400 - Wexford Ensemble "B" - Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Memorial Award
$300 - Charles Sy - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Len Frost
$200 - Graeme Robinson & Brianna Playter - Louise Tandy Murch Memorial
$150 - Selena Ng - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Scholarship
$150 - Alyssa Dimarco - Kiwanis Club of Scarborough - Frank Fenwick Award
$100 - Shara Nauth - National City Bank, Canada
$100 - Elizabeth Polese - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Jaime Redford - National City Bank, Canada
$100 - Shayne Redford - National City Bank, Canada
$100 - Jacqueline Sirois - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Erika Thompson - Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Award

Orchestras

$500 - Cardinal Carter Senior Strings - George Heinl Award for Best S.S. String Ensemble
$350 - North Toronto C.I. Strings - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Yapa Sr. Piano Trio - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Earl Haig Chamber Strings - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Catholic Central H.S. Sr. Strings - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$250 - Lawrence Park C.I. Strings - Kiwanis Club of North York
$200 - Cardinal Carter Jr. Strings - Kiwanis Club of East York - Solomon Rajanayagam
$200 - East Hamilton Strings - Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber - Donald A. White Memorial
$200 - Riverdale C.I. Sr. String Orchestra - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$200 - Agincourt Symphony Orchestra - National City Bank
$200 - John G. Althouse Honour Orchestra - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$150 - Glenview Gr. 8 Strings - Kiwanis Club of Scarborough - John Innala Award
$150 - Runnymede Gr. 6 Strings - Victoria Cross Centennial Chapter IODE
$100 - Lord Lansdowne - National City Bank
$100 - North Toronto C.I. Jr. Strings - Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Memorial Award
$75 - Riverdale C.I. Quartet "C" - Kiwanis Club of the Golden Mile - Douglas Milne Memorial

Piano

$1,000 - Leonard Gilbert - Margaret Dryden Memorial
$500 - Ken Yang - Sinawik Club
$400 - Cissy Zhou - David Ouchterlony Memorial
$400 - Younggun Kim - BDO Dunwood Award
$400 - Daniel En-Hao Lin - Elsie & Percy Sarjeant Memorial
$350 - Ricker Choi - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$350 - Robert Kawasaki - Percy Nightingale Memorial
$350 - Petya Stavreva - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$350 - Eric Tan - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$300 - Nathan Kong - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Sean Crader MacDonald
$300 - Kenneth Law - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - William Bothwell
$300 - Kathleen Penny - Frederick Reilly Memorial
$300 - Melody Qin - Bob & May McClintock
$300 - Andrew Wong - Kiwanis Club of Don Mills - Golden K
$250 - David Ahn - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$250 - Claudia Chan - Ron Sclater Memorial
$250 - Aaron Chow - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$250 - Piao Piao Huang - Douglas Gilmour Memorial
$250 - Ariel Kwan - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Colonel Peacock
$250 - Jason Lee - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Colonel Peacock
$250 - Jean Liang - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$250 - Alice Wang - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$250 - Hannah Wong - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Colonel Peacock
$200 - Priscilla Chan - Keynotes
$200 - Sherrie Cheng - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$200 - Deema Couchman - Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber - Arnold Angus Memorial
$200 - Jemark Earle - Adelmo Melecci Centenary Scholarship
$200 - Minji Kim - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$200 - Carolyn Leps - Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber - Bev Best Award
$200 - Jennifer Liu - Corus Entertainment
$200 - Judith Ma - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Len Frost Memorial
$200 - Emil Azuma Prikryl - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$200 - Anastasia Rizikov - Keynotes
$200 - Coral Solomon - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$200 - Sayaka Tanaka - Kiwanis Club of Islington - Herbert Thornton
$200 - Ana Vertypolokh - National City Bank, Canada
$200 - Annie Zhou - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$150 - Aaron Khan - Kiwanis Club of Riverdale
$150 - Misha Nili - Kiwanis Club of Riverdale - Douglas Gilmour Award
$100 - Sallya Aleboyeh - Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Memorial Award
$100 - Rashaan Allwood - Keynotes
$100 - Anika Ines Bousquet - Adelmo Melecci/Wang Yang Scholarship
$100 - Sydney Brandt - National City Bank
$100 - Caroline Bocknek - Carol Caulfield Memorial
$100 - Jennifer Chan - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$100 - Geoffrey Chaung - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$100 - Daniel Crosner - National City Bank
$100 - Rhiannon Dickson - National City Bank
$100 - Jemark Earle - Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Memorial Award
$100 - Hillary Fung - Corus Entertainment
$100 - Anna Jolocha - National City Bank
$100 - Vera Katkova - Margaret Caulfield Memorial
$100 - Isabelle Keng - Kiwanis Club of North York - Fred Speer Memorial Award
$100 - Aaron Khan - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Jessica Khan - National City Bank
$100 - Julia Knobelsdorf - Keynotes
$100 - Rachel Liu - Corus Entertainment
$100 - Sing-Yan Ng - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Award
$100 - Helen Park - National City Bank
$100 - Sasha Teteruck - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Kevin Xiao - Keynotes
$100 - Tiffany Yau - Kiwanis Club of the Golden Mile - William B. Sullivan Memorial
$100 - Qiaochu (Tiffany) Zhang - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Annie Zhou - National City Bank
$50 - Miranda Lee - Fanny Levitan Memorial Scholarship
$50 - Konrad Camile Samsel - Fanny Levitan Memorial Scholarship
$50 - Serene and Carina Shum - Oceanna Music Publications Award

Speech Arts & Drama

$200 - Denise Wong - Keynotes Scholarship
$200 - Zoe Joffe - Keynotes Scholarship
$200 - Holy Name of Mary Improv Team - Kiwanis Club of East York - Solomon Rajanayagam
$150 - Kory Tyler - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Shara Nauth - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Catherine Roberts - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Brennan Wong - National City
$50 - Hugo Tang - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Incentive Award
$50 - Julia Debowska - Douglas Gilmour Memorial Incentive Award

Strings

$500 - Katya Poplyansky - Percy Hermant Memorial
$500 - Ema Nikolovska - Jack & Erma Ruddell Scholarship
$500 - Bora Kim - Frank Strugnell Memorial
$400 - Sara Velasco - Sid Oue Memorial - Most Promising Student
$350 - Roderic Chan - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$350 - Nicholas Delbaere-Sawchuk - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$300 - Joanne Lee - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Jubilee
$300 - Alexander Volkov - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$300 - Nicole Li - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Elizabeth Kovalchuk - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Colonel Peacock
$250 - Danton Delbaere-Sawchuk - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Colonel Peacock
$250 - Sooyeon Lee - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Omer Strumpf - John C. Van Esterik Memorial
$250 - Calvin Cheng - Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.
$200 - Chadd Yaniw - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Campbell Strachan
$200 - Kimberly MiYoung-Jeon- Kiwanis Club of Islington
$100 - Mostin Aiyu Hu - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Winnie Huang - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Kate MacDonald- National City Bank
$100 - Chantal Li - C. Norman Fox Memorial
$100 - Sharon Lin - Keynotes
$100 - Julia Pandolfo - The Pidkowich Junior Violin Award
$100 - Rebecca Li - Douglas Gilmour Memorial
$100 - Elaine Yang - John C. Van Esterik Memorial
$100 - Julia Zisser - John C. Van Esterik Memorial

Voice

$500 - Leanne Thorne - Jean Marie Scott Memorial
$500 - Chelsea Sauer - Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber - Immediate Past President
$500 - Jennifer Sullivan - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Colonel Peacock
$500 - John Radtke - Kenneth G. Allman Memorial
$500 - Kyle Merrithew - Frank Lowe Memorial
$400 - Jenavieve Moore - David Ouchterlony Memorial
$350 - Joyce Goh - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$300 - Jenavieve Moore - Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma - Sir Henry Pellatt
$300 - Sonia Maria Cosentino - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$300 - Justin Ralph - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$300 - Ellen MacDonald-Kramer - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation - Bert Gould
$300 - Chantale Nurse - Gardiner Anniversary Award
$250 - Aria Umezawa - Bill & Faye Stuart Scholarship
$200 - Alison Boudreau - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$200 - Grace Lee - Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber - Stanley Valiant Memorial
$200 - Patrick Twaddle - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$200 - Gena Van Oosten - Marion Lauder Memorial
$150 - Valery Kondrashov - C. Geoffrey Mason Memorial
$100 - Heewoo Ahn - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Alicia Ault - Douglas Gilmour Memorial
$100 - Amanda Ault - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Troy Crema - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Benjamin Dimante - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$100 - Hana Foulds - Douglas Gilmour Memorial
$100 - Charmaine Koo - National City Bank, Canada
$100 - Kyle Merrithew - Glen & Edith Gardiner
$100 - Candace Miles - Solomon Rajanayagam Memorial
$100 - Natasha Negovanlis - Keynotes
$100 - Elizabeth Polese - Ed Crossman Memorial
$100 - Jocelyn Regina - National City Bank, Canada
$100 - Ben Varden - Keynotes
$100 - Lily Xiao - William R. Cockburn Memorial

Woodwinds

$500 - Garrett Hudson- Kiwanis Club of Kingsway Humber - Murray McFarlane Memorial
$400 - Jisun Oh - Sid Oue
$300 - Daniel Hasznos - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$300 - Lorraine Rigden - Kiwanis Club of Toronto Foundation
$250 - Alex Jiang - Yamaha Canada Music Ltd.
$200 - Earl Haig Flute Choir - Kiwanis Club of East York - Solomon Rajanayagam
$200 - Earl Haig Trio: Jisun Oh, Christopher James, Minji Kim - Kiwanis Club of East York - Solomon Rajanayagam
$100 - Lily Chapnik - National City Bank
$100 - Charmaine Bacon - National City Bank
$100 - Katherine Watson- Kiwanis Club of Bloor Toronto
$75 - Kevin Chien - Kiwanis Club of the Golden Mile - Ken Allman Memorial