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
| 2021 Senior Scholarships | Winner | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Marion Hewitt Memorial Scholarship | Spencer Klymyshyn | $2,000 |
| Bill and June Joe | Thalia Navas | $1,500 |
| Sid Holmes Memorial Scholarship | Noah Hawryluck | $750 |
| Ottawa Music Club Senior Scholarship | Justin Saulnier | $850 |
| Kiwanis Club of Ottawa, Harry Brown Senior Scholarship | Charlotte Van Barr | $750 |
| Ottawa Chamberfest, Jacob Siskind Scholarship | Eric Prodger Samantha Robinson | $500 $500 |
| Ottawa Pianos/Yamaha Senior Scholarship | Anne Zeng | $750 |
| Friends of the NAC Orchestra Senior Scholarship | Eric Prodger | $1,000 |
| James Puskas Senior Scholarship for Composition | Haotian Yu | $1,000 |
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 Music in Schools Competition – was not held in 2019 this year due to delayed renovations at Lisgar Collegiate. It was cancelled in 2020 due to the Pandemic and Social-Distancing protocols.
| 2021 | Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| CBC Music in Schools Award | The event was cancelled in 2019 and was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to the Pandemic | |