2022 Student Awards

Published June 14, 2022 After a 2 year in-person break, on Thursday, June 9 we hosted the 44th annual Victoria Conservatory of Music Awards day in Alix Goolden Performance Hall. This special event is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible work of our students and the generosity of our supporters. Donations generously received from VCM supporters, donors, businesses, community organizations, and long-time individual contributors enable the VCM to award 66 students with over $71,000 in scholarships. Award recipients included postsecondary, voice, winds and brass, strings, keyboard and contemporary students.

Award Name	Recipient(s)
Alan Macey Fund	Tyler (William) Henderson, Kiran Jordan, Isaac Woollends, Juhui Yoon
Alex Nicholls Scholarship	Ethan Schultz-Anderson
Aundria Dawn Grieve Memorial Scholarship	Zhurong (Max) Wang
Austin A. Scott Flute Scholarship	Chloe Williams
B.E. Scholarship	Elias Skripnitchenko
Beatty Viola/Chamber Music Scholarship	Elijah Kim, Michaela Yee, Samantha Yee
Cardo Smalley Violin Scholarship	Elana Lin
Carl Weiselberger Scholarship	Linda Zhou
Carol Clark Jesse Piano Scholarship	Felina Yang
Catharine Gillespie Memorial Scholarship	Chloe Williams, Camilo Aybar, Alex Chernata
Catherine Young Voice Prize	Christina Hilgartner
David Foster Scholarship	Richard Lee
Dr. Lesley Hartford Harp Scholarship	Willow Hamilton
Dr. Robin Wood Piano Scholarship	Lucas Hung
Estate of Arthur Ernest Leeder Scholarship for Piano	Simon Eskildsen
Garth Gislason Scholarship	Christina Hilgartner
George Giles Award	Charles Dutton
Gertrude Durand Memorial Scholarship	Carey Wang
Jamie K Syer Collegium Scholarship Fund	Charlotte Topshee, Elana Lin
John Dyck Scholarship	Natalya Wautier
John Hayes Bursary Fund	Zoe Thompson
Judith Rockwell Award	Alexis Meservia
Katarina Scholarship Prize	Walter Rees, Max Francis, Anna Wautier
Kay Kaminski Vancouver Island Services and Treatment Association Award	Juhui Yoon
Liam Munday Memorial Voice Scholarship	Marlo Karakas
Luke’s Gift Scholarship	Essencia Leandro
Mai Gillespie Scholarship Bursary	Keisha McKay
Margaret Baker Piano Scholarship	Jono Devey
Margaret Goater Viola Award	Max Webster, Veronica Park
Margaret Hendry Scholarship Fund	Anna Wautier
Marilyn Wuis Voice Scholarship	Anna Bigland-Pritchard
Marjorie Tebo Piano Scholarship	Lillian Chen
Marnie Lester Harp Award	Willow Hamilton
>Mary and Gerald Stanick Strings Scholarship	Layla Park
Millicent Lavoy Piano Scholarship	Jiayi (Hannah) Bai, Raizo Buenvenida, Samuel Li, Tian Liu, Felicia Jingru Ma, Angela Pan, Ethan Woo, Noah Xing, Jack Yang, Natalya Wautier
Mrs. Pui Jun Wong Memorial Scholarship	Jacob Skripnitchenko
Nadar Holdings String Bursary	Joanne Jiang
Nathan Geminiano Memorial Scholarship	Eu-Rway Chew
Thomas Webb Memorial Scholarship in Winds and Brass	Camilo Aybar, Alex Chernata
Peitchinis Winds Ensemble<	Amélie Esmée Fitzsimmons, Lachlan Breen
Pietchinis Music Theory Award	Natalya Wautier, Carmen Edora
Pietchinis Postsecondary Entrance Scholarship	Katie Cooper, Cara Hallam, Ellah Shields
Roberto and Mary Wood Voice Award	Sarah-Jane Russell
Robin and Winifred Wood Scholarship	Max Francis
Sydney Humphreys Violin Prize	Max Francis
The David and Pep Groos Award	Aidan Holt
VanHall Fund for the Arts	Ace Harry, Eric Olsen, Christina Hilgartner
VanHall Fund for the Arts – Jazz	Eli Breitenstein, Marian Schols, Ethan Schultz-Anderson, Essencia Leandro
Victoria Musical Art Society Scholarship	Shelby Hewitt, Zackary Day, Connor Wellmann
Woods’ International Piano Scholarship	Simon Eskildsen

VCM/CAMOSUN COLLEGE DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAM GRADUATES

The following students have completed the requirements of the VCM/ Camosun Diploma and Certificate programs in the 2021-22 academic year. We congratulate these students, who received their credentials from Camosun College in June 2022.

DIPLOMA IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Charles Dutton Jeronimo Kan Ek Aviles Madariaga Milagros del Rosario Caceres Chavez Jorge Julian Lopez Sainz Atlaco Tessa Charter (Gobbett) Yanina Kosivanova Daniella Paddock (Saunders)

Thank you to all VCM Faculty!

The recipients of these awards are from the studios of: Joanne Allers, Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot, Kyron Basu, Roger Buksa, Anna Cal, Rachel Capon, Rob Cheramy, Mary Clarke, Issah Contractor, Georgina Craig, Christine Donkin, Alex Dunn, Raya Fridman, Yanik Giroux, Ingrid Henderson, Rachel Hill, Liam Hockley, Robert Holliston, Yoomi Kim, Patricia Kostek, Tatiana Kostour, May Ling Kwok, Daniel Lapp, Nicole Lavallee, Guyonne Le Louarn, Cathy Lewis, Linda Low, Simon MacDonald, Kiiri Michelsen, Emily Nagelbach, Louise Rose, Joey Smith, Annabelle Stanley, Danuel Tate, David Visentin, Maureen Washington, and Crystal Wiksyk.

Thank you to all Scholarship Program donors!

Without your generous support, these scholarships would not be possible. On behalf of our students, thank you so much for helping to further their musical education. Learn more about VCM Scholarships and Bursaries here