The 2016 Coast Recital Society (CRS) scholarships were recently awarded to nine young local students, ages nine to 24, to further their study of classical music.
Louis Dillon, baritone, received the Ross Brougham Award, given annually to the student with the highest mark from the CRS scholarship committee. This award is named after Ross Brougham, a great music lover, who served as treasurer of the CRS for many years. Other scholarships were awarded to Nadia Behji, Simon Gidora, Hannah Lerson, Cameron Peters, Breanna Picard, Emily Picard, Talia Read and Cassidy Wieler.
In addition, four CRS Adjudicator’s Choice Awards were awarded as part of this year’s SC Festival of the Performing Arts: Emily Picard, piano; Jasmine Fitzsimons, strings; Ann Dickie, woodwinds; and Simon Gidora, vocals.
CRS scholarships are funded from the sale of CDs at CRS concerts and from the proceeds from unused CRS tickets returned for resale. CRS scholarship 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 at www.coastrecitalsociety.ca
