The Coast Recital Society 2014 scholarships were recently awarded to 24 young local students aged seven to 19 to further their study of classical music.
Louis Dillon, baritone, and Breanna Picard, bassoon player, received the Ross Brougham Award, given annually for the student with the highest mark from the CRS Scholarship Committee. This year, the committee awarded two awards, due to the quality of musicianship demonstrated by Louis and Breanna.
Other scholarships were awarded to Delia Anderson, Nadia Behji, Nima Behji, Emily Butler, Gabriel Crudele, Hanna Crudele, James Douglas, Matthew Douglas, Kiri Dwyer, Clara Dyson, Brison Geue, Ethan Geue, Caleb Geue, Simon Gidora, Taylor LaVale, Arianna Mason, Hanna Matsumoto, Isabella Paolozza, Cam Peters, Emily Picard, Julie Shibasaka and Mina Shibasaka. In addition, four CRS Adjudicator’s Choice Awards were awarded as part of this year’s SC Festival of the Performing Arts.
CRS scholarships are funded from the sale of CDs at CRS concerts and from the proceeds from unused CRS tickets returned for resale.
The members of the CRS scholarship committee were: Elise Buqué, Nina Haedrich, Kathleen Hovey, Wendy Humphreys Tebbutt, John Storer, Frances Wainwright and Jane Whiteley.
CRS scholarships applications are accepted in January or February of each year and are open to Sunshine Coast students, 25 years or younger, who are studying classical music. More information is available on the CRS website www.coastrecitalsociety.ca.
