Langley Community Music School has awarded $12,000 in scholarships to 92 young musicians through its 29th Annual Scholarship Awards Festival.
The festival ran from Feb. 1 to 9, and the winners were announced at the final awards concert held Saturday, Feb. 21. A total of 150 students, aged five to 17, took part in the festival, performing in an array of categories, including piano, violin, cello, jazz, woodwinds, guitar and voice.
“We congratulate all winners in this music festival. Every single one demonstrated an exceptionally high standard of performance,” said Susan Magnusson, LCMS principal.
Among the winners in the senior categories were Langley residents Sarah Yang, Min Whoo Lee, and Yu An Cheng.
Yang won multiple awards: the Iris Preston Memorial Award in the senior violin category; the Carolyn Twiest Award in the intermediate piano category; the Iris Severide Memorial Award; and the Schipperus Memorial Award for best string performance of an unaccompanied Bach piece.
Langley clarinet player, Lee, was the winner in the senior woodwinds category. And senior Langley cellist, Cheng, was the winner of the senior cello category, and also received the Colin Hampton Musicianship Award.
This year’s adjudicators included prominent local and international musicians: Fred Stride, Vancouver-based Jazz musician; Brenda Fedoruk, principal flutist at the Vancouver Opera Orchestra; international performing artists Catherine Ordronneau, pianist, and Kai Gleusteen, violinist; and Cristian Markos, cellist and member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Funds for LCMS’ scholarship and bursary program are made possible through an endowment fund that was established in 1983 with the Vancouver Foundation, combined with the support of individual donors, corporate supporters, and anonymous benefactors.
“We extend our deepest thanks to the many individuals and businesses whose support and generosity makes our annual festival possible,” said Magnusson.
“These contributions give students the financial support they need to augment their educational opportunities and achieve excellence.”