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Scholarship Recipients
Fall 2022
Junior Level
Canadian piano: Louis Nguyen, student of Jacqueline Leung
Outstanding piano:
Thomas Nguyen, student of Jacqueline Leung
Noah Lieberman, student of Irene Buttrey
James Hegarty, student of Pauline Potter
Overall Outstanding piano: Catherine Nguyen, student of Jacqueline Leung
Overall Outstanding vocal: Niko Ceci, student of Allison Arends
Intermediate Level:
Canadian piano: Nikolas Quach, student of Elena Krakopolskaya
Outstanding piano:
Zi-Cheng Hwang, student of Victor Tung
Emma Chong, student of Pauline Potter
Out of the Box: Rachel Glogauer, student of Liz Craig
Overall Outstanding piano: Priya Smirnis, student of Natasha Frid Finlay
Senior Level:
Outstanding piano:
Mani Ketabchi, student of Houman Astaneha
Melinda Zhou, student of Elena Krakopolskaya
Overall Outstanding piano: Kavin Dhanasekaran, student of Clayton Scott
Overall Outstanding vocal: Grace Quinsey , student of Allison Arends
Spring 2022 - scholarships awarded from the auditions videos submissions only
Junior Level
Vocal standard repertoire: Kiran Ghanekar, student of Sheelah Saunders
Ensemble: Sboa Li and Lucas Li, students of Julia Tchernik
Outstanding:
Eamon Moore, student of Natasha Frid-Finlay
Reya Rao, student of Andrea Yau
Asher Heninen, student of Irene Buttrey
Outstanding and Maria Case Trophy: Anya Narang-De, student of Judith DeHaney
Overall Outstanding: Emerson Seaman, student of Irene Buttrey
Intermediate Level
Ensemble: Marqus Quach, Nikolas Quach, students of Elena Krakopolskaya
Outstanding: Ben Robinson, student of Alice Dearden
Canadian Composer: Anousha Dhalla, students of Karen Broadhurst
Overall Outstanding: Priya Smirnis, student of Natasha Frid-Finlay
Out of the Box: Gavin Tessier, student of Natasha Frid-Finlay
Senior Level
Vocal standard repertoire: Alyssa Grant, student of Jeanne Yuen
Outstanding:
Nicholas Ladizinsky, student of Julia Tchernik
Madeline Sevilla, student of Karen Broadhurst
Outstanding Adult (tied): Donald Murray, Darren Cole, students of Natasha Frid-Finlay
Fall 2021 - scholarships awarded from the auditions videos submissions only
Junior Level
Vocal standard repertoire: Naya Chandarana, student of Allison Cecilia Arends
Outstanding:
Reya Rao, student of Andrea Yau
Clare Schesnuik, student of Sheelah Saunders
Raewyn Archer, student of Irene Buttrey
Adult Scholarship: Normand Francoeur, student of Ford Barker
Canadian Composer: Marcus Chang, student of Victor Tung
Overall Outstanding: Emma Hew, student of Sheelah Saunders
Intermediate Level
Vocal musical theatre (2 winners): Grace Latella and Niko Ceci; both are students of Allison Cecilia ArendsVocal standard repertoire: Claire Latella, student of Allison Cecilia Arends
Vocal ensemble: Claire and Grace Latella, students of Allison Cecilia Arends
Outstanding:
Guilherme Attie França de Castro Franco, student of Susan Hamblin-Dennis
Leela Bhide, student of Rosalind Johnson
Own Composition: Chloe Chan, student of Julia Tchernik
Canadian Composer: Evelyn Zhou, student of Rosalind Johnson
Adult Scholarship: Anna Dimerin, student of Katherine Ramseyer
Overall Outstanding: Aidan Henry Wong, student of Natasha Frid Finlay
Senior Level
Vocal standard repertoire: Melissa Faber, student of Allison Cecilia Arends
Outstanding: Katrina Siew, student of Veronika Davy
Overall Outstanding: Claire Cheng, student of Joseph Ferretti
Spring 2021 - scholarships awarded from the auditions video submissions only
Junior Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Kian Devon Lavenir - student of Andrea Yau
Clea Dan-Ee Wray - student of Andrea Yau
Eamon Moore - student of Natasha Finlay
STANDARD VOCAL REPERTOIRE
Kiran Ghanekar - student of Sheelah Saunders
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Arjun Kian Chandra - student of Andrea Yau
ENSEMBLE
Sboa Li and Nan Wang (mom) - student of Julia Tchernik
OUTSTANDING ADULT
Steven Stewart - student of Andrea Yau
MARIA CASE (OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMPOSER)
Sofia Belikov - student of Janet Hinton
OVERALL OUTSTANDING VOCAL
Kiran Ghanekar - student of Sheelah Saunders
Intermediate Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Rachel Meiers - student of Judith deHaney
Sophie-Clare Nicklin - student of Pei-chen Chen
Aidan Wong - student of Natasha Finlay
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Antonio Montesano - student of Elizabeth Young Ah Bang
OUTSTANDING ADULT
Mika Tremblay - student of Andrea Yau
OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMPOSER
Edina Jean Lepeniotis (student of Natasha Finlay)
STUDENT COMPOSITION
Brice Hall - student of Natasha Finlay
Senior Recital
OUTSTANDING VOCAL
Daniela Bauer - student of Melissa Bencic
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Steven Luo - student of Iana Ahilov
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Zhengyi (Jenny) Wu - student of Tanya Tkachenko
Nima Ahadi-Sarkani - student of Maziar Heidari
Fall 2020 - scholarships awarded from the auditions video submissions only
Junior Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Priya Smirnis - student of Natasha Frid Finlay
Paul Carter - student of Andrea Yau
Olivia Westfall - student of Katherine Ramseyer
STANDARD VOCAL REPERTOIRE
Kiran Ghanekar - student of Sheelah Saunders
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Anna Dimerin - student of Katherine Ramseyer
Intermediate Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Nicholas Ladsinsky - Julia Tchernik
Shun Ishikawa - student of Pei-Chen Chen
Angela Yu - student of Katherine Ramseyer
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Madelyne Yam - student of Janet Hinton
Lev Petrov - student of Mila Axenova
ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP
Chloe Chan and William Chan - students of Julia Tchernik
Senior Recital
STANDARD VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP
Daniela Bauer - student of Melissa Bencic
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Steven Luo - student of Iana Ahilov
Kavin Dhanasekaran - student of Clayton Scott
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Olivia Chan - student of Julia Tchernik
Spring 2019
Junior Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Ezra Tamir Weinberg
Yaniv Tamir Weinberg
Noah Ag Ibrahim
Coleton Sheffield
Maria Case Trophy
Edina Lepeniotis
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Lucas Yam
ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP
Aislynn Pemberton & Damjan Mitrovic
Intermediate Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Victoria Wu
Anthony Jagdeo
Nadalin Greenfield
Luca Moressi
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Jeanne Lee
STUDENT COMPOSITION SCHOLARSHIP
Micah Weekes
STANDARD VOCAL REPERTOIRE
Lauren Tremain-Calhoun
ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP
Karim Khakimov & Polina Chernik
OUT OF THE BOX SCHOLARSHIP
Cahterine, Elena & Jack Zhang
(family performing 6 hand piano work)
Senior Recital
MUSICAL THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP
Nune Ananyan
STANDARD VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP
Sierra Small
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Belle Lin
Jenny Wu
Yuan Yang
ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP
Polina Chernik, Karim Khakimov & Alexander Dondish
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Eric Lin



Fall 2018
Junior Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $60
Cayden Rivas - student of Janet Hinton
Elizabeth Weston - student of Irene Buttrey
Naomi Harshman - student of Pauline Potter
Sophie-Claire Nicklin - student of Pei-Chen Chen
SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN SCHOLARSHIP $50
Priya Smirnis - student of Natasha Frid Finlay
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $75
Lily Griffiths - student of Julia Tchernik
ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP $100
Lily Griffiths & Nicholas Ladizinsky - students of Julia Tchernik
Intermediate Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $75
Kasra Fowler - student of Lioudmila Axenova
Julian Parodi - student of Sheelah Saunders
Amanda Chow - student of Tracy Lai
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $100
Daniela Bauer - student of Markus Howard
Hannah Boot - student of Pauline Potter
STUDENT COMPOSITION SCHOLARSHIP $75
Daanial Amlani - Pei-Chen Chen
STANDARD VOCAL REPERTOIRE $75
Victoria Tanner - student of Inna Golsband
SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN SCHOLARSHIP $75
Adele Lopes - student of Veronika Davy
Senior Recital
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $100
Lucas Chronis - student of Tanya Tkachenko
Liliana Mahave - student of Tanya Tkachenko
William Vuong - student of Joseph Feretti
ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP $!50
Polina Chernik and Karim Khakimov - students of Julia Tchernik
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $125
Allyson Whitmell - student of Tanya Tkachenko



Spring 2018
Junior Recital
Outstanding Performance:
Charlotte Jeffrey - Teacher Irene Buttrey
Yui Ching Lai - Teacher Oxana Samokhina
Will Greenfield - Teacher Liz Craig
Zach Chan - Teacher Janet Hinton
Overall Outstanding Performance:
Leela Bhide - Teacher Rosalind Johnson
Maria Case Trophy:
Alexandra Vasquez - Teacher Hannah Greiner
Standard Vocal Repertoire:
Bradley Norman - Teacher Sheelah Saunders
Intermediate Recital
Outstanding Performance:
Nicholas Ladyzhinksky - Teacher Julia Tchernik
Jaleelah Ammar - Teacher Judith deHaney
Parmis Norouzi - Teacher Maziar Heidari
Jeanne Lee - Teacher Tanya Tkachenko
Overall Outstanding Performance
Nadalin Greenfield - Teacher Liz Craig
Outstanding Canadian Composer Performance
Adele Lopes - Teacher Veronika Davy
Standard Vocal Repertoire:
Andrea Barreto - Teacher Alison Taylor
Ensemble Scholarship:
Polina Chernik & Karim Khakimov - Teacher Julia Tchernik
Out of the Box:
Richard Li - Teacher Alexandra Weiss
Student Composition:
Micah Weekes - Teacher Alexandra Weiss
Senior Recital
Outstanding Performance:
William Vuong - Teacher Joseph Feretti
Andrew Pun - Teacher Elena Krakopolskaya
Lucas Chronis - Teacher Tanya Tkachenko
Yui Hei Lai - Teacher Oxana Samokhina
Overall Outstanding:
Elisabeta Cojocaru - Teacher Elaine Lau
Student Composition:
Karen Lin - Teacher Alexandra Weiss
Standard Vocal Repertoire:
Chihiro Fuji - Teacher Eric Shaw



Fall 2017
Junior Recital (Levels Prep-4)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $60
Anthony Jagdeo - student of Judith deHaney
Sophie-Claire Nicklin - student of Peichen Chen
Aidan Wong - student of Natasha Frid Finlay
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $75
Will Greenfield - student of Liz Craig
SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN SCHOLARSHIP $50
Josey Haste - student of Pauline Potter
STUDENT COMPOSITION SCHOLARSHIP $60
Robyn Bauer - student of Kara Huber
Intermediate Recital (Levels 5-8)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $75
Nadalin Greenfield - student of Liz Craig
Daniel Fridman - student of Liz Craig
Naomi Boot - student of Pauline Potter
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $100
Jonah Ain - student of Maria Case
SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN SCHOLARSHIP $75
Jaleelah Ammar - student of Judith deHaney
NO STRINGS THEATRE SCHOLARSHIP $50
Daniela Bauer - student of Markus Howard
DUET SCHOLARSHIP $120
Polina Chernik & Karim Khakimov - students of Julia Tchernik
Senior Recital (Levels 9-ARCT)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $100
Angelina Bai Wang - student of Pauline Potter
Yui Sum Lai - student of Oxana Samokhina
Matthew Nam - student of Rosalind Johnson
Rise de Rege - student of Eric Shaw
OVERALL OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE $125
Yui Hei Lai - student of Oxana Samokhina
STANDARD VOCAL REPERTOIRE $100
Rise de Rege & Brian Dearden - students of Eric Shaw
ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP $150
Polina Chernik, Ksenia Kats & Emily Kim - students of Julia Tchernik
Total Scholarship Amounts Awarded
Junior - $365.00
Intermediate - $570.00
Senior - $775.00
TOTAL - $1710.00



Examination Scholarship Recipients
2021
Chloe Wang (Level 10 History 96%, Teacher: Karen Broadhurst) $125.00
Dhillan Aggarwal (Level 8 Theory 98%, Teacher: Liz Craig) $100.00
Brice Hall (Level 9 Harmony 94%, Teacher: Natasha Finlay) $125.00
Aidan Wong (Level 9 Harmony 92%, Teacher: Natasha Finlay) $125.00
2020
Brandon Sambrano (Level 10 History 100%, Teacher: Maria Case) $125.00
Brice Hall (Level 8 Theory 100%, Teacher: Natasha Finlay) $75.00
Nadalin Greenfield (Level 8 Theory 98%, Teacher: Liz Craig) $75.00
Matthew Chan (Level 8 Theory 98%, Teacher: Hannah Greiner) $75.00
Alyssa Grant (Level 8 Theory 98%, Teacher: Jeanne Yuen) $75.00
Amy Nam - Level 10 Piano Exam Scholarship $100.00
Generously donated by the Anne Scott-Mumford Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Teacher: Rosalind Johnson
May 2019
Rachel Kingstone (Level 10 Harmony & Counterpoint 87%, Teacher: Maria Molinari) $125.00
August 2018
Matthew Nam (Level 9 History 100%, Teacher: Rosalind Johnson) $60.00
Amy Nam (Level 9 History 98%, Teacher: Rosalind Johnson) $60.00
May 2018
Sophie Cumming (Level 9 Harmony 88%, Teacher: Maria Molinari) $60.00
December 2017
Alyssa Krogh (Level 9 History 93%, Teacher: Rosalind Johnson) $60.00
August 2017
Phillip Christoffersen (ARCT Harmony & Counterpoint 95%, Teacher: Liz Craig) $100.00
David Tianfu Zhou (Level 10 History 93%, Teacher: Dr. Paul Jessen) $75.00
Matthew Nam (Level 9 Harmony 91%, Teacher: Rosalind Johnson) $60.00
May 2017
Phillip Christoffersen (ARCT History 98%, Teacher: Liz Craig) $100.00
Lauren Eyton-Jones (Level 9 History 100%, Teacher: Katherine Ramseyer) $60.00
Alyssa Krogh (Level 9 Harmony 88%, Teacher: Rosalind Johnson) $60.00
January 2017
Phillip Christoffersen (Analysis 90%, Teacher: Liz Craig) $100.00
August 2016
Phillip Christoffersen - Level 10 Piano Exam Scholarship $100.00
Generously donated by the Anne Scott-Mumford Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Teacher: Liz Craig
August 2015
Phillip Christoffersen (History 1, 91%, Teacher: Liz Craig) $60.00