Senior Scholarships, CBC, Special Award
Senior Scholarships are special, endowed Scholarships awarded annually to participants at a senior level who are pursuing careers in music. There is a rigid application process, and all applications are carefully considered by a Senior Scholarship Committee. Deadline for submissions is February 15th each year. NOTE that starting in 2021, all applications will be submitted using Dropbox cloud storage and YouTube. Contact kim@okmf.ca for a link to a folder if you wish to submit an application.
Click here to download information on applying for a Senior Scholarship.
* NOTE * If you have concerns regarding your letters of reference being “confidential”, please have them sent to kim@okmf.ca and we will create a secondary Dropbox folder for them. It is still your responsibility to ensure we receive all the letters before the deadline.
Senior Scholarship Winners
| 2023 Senior Scholarships | Winner | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Anne F Crain Fund | Kevin Chen | $2,500 |
| Anne F Crain Fund | Spencer Kymyshyn | $2,500 |
| Marion Hewitt Memorial Scholarship | Kevin Chen | $2,000 |
| Bill and June Joe | Bobby Thompson | $1,500 |
| Sid Holmes Memorial Scholarship | Bobby Thompson | $750 |
| Ottawa Music Club Senior Scholarship | Bobby Thompson | $850 |
| Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, Harry Brown Senior Scholarship | Bobby Thompson | $750 |
| Ottawa Chamberfest, Jacob Siskind Scholarship | Maria Krstic | $1,000 |
| Ottawa Pianos / Yamaha Senior Scholarship | Spencer Klymyshyn | $750 |
| Friends of the NAC Orchestra Senior Scholarship | Bennett Van Barr | $1,000 |
| Robert Laidlaw Memorial | Spencer Klymyshyn | $1,500 |
Click on any of the Senior Scholarships below to see who has won these scholarships through the years, going back to the early 1980s when we started formally keeping historical records.
The Marion Hewitt Memorial Scholarship
The Bill and June Joe Senior Scholarship
The Senator Norman M. Paterson Scholarship
The Ottawa Music Club Senior Scholarship
The Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, Harry Brown Award
The Chamberfest Jacob Siskind Senior Scholarship
The Ottawa Pianos/Yamaha Senior Scholarship
Friends of the NAC Orchestra Senior Scholarship
The James Puskas Senior Scholarship for Composition
CBC Music In Schools Award
CBC (Ottawa) Music in Schools Award
In 2001, CBC Ottawa opened a fund through the Community Foundation of Ottawa. The fund was made possible through the then CBC Classical Encounters concerts. Through this fund, the CBC (Ottawa) Music in School award was established in partnership with the Kiwanis Music Festival – National Capital Region. A trophy and a cash prize is presented each year to a school band, choir or ensemble to further music education in schools. (There was a pause on the awards during the Covid shutdown.) CBC Ottawa is pleased to be able to continue supporting music education.
A draw is made of the names of all the school-based ensembles who participate in the Festival that year. The first name picked received $1,000, the second received $500 and the third receives $200.
| 2023 | Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| CBC Music in Schools Award | Lisgar CI Flute Ensemble Lisgar CI Concert Orchestra Ottawa Christian School Choir | $1,000 $500 $200 |