2024 Award Recipients

Specialized Awards  |  Senior Piano |  Intermediate Piano  |  Junior Piano  |   Strings  |   Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion  |  Guitar
General and Classical Voice Awards  |  Musical Theatre  |  Pop Voice  | Choirs  | Bands  |  Ensembles 

A Note of Thanks

Our awards are sponsored by individuals, families and organizations who wish to support the festival
and promote the growth of talent and musical appreciation in our community.

If you would like to start an award please contact our Awards Chair, Sharon Van Nest.
Her email address is svannest@cogeco.ca.

Specialized Awards

Violetta Kurkurina

Orchestra Kingston Competitive
Concerto Awards

One for an applicant under the age of 18 and one for age 18 and over for the performance on an orchestral instrument (including piano.)

The winner(s) may be invited by Orchestra Kingston to perform with them at one of their scheduled performances during the following season.

Clara Smallman

Kiwanis Original Composition Award

Ronan Hendry

Orchestra Kingston Competitive
Concerto Awards

One for an applicant under the age of 18 and one for age 18 and over for the performance on an orchestral instrument (including piano.)

The winner(s) may be invited by Orchestra Kingston to perform with them at one of their scheduled performances during the following season.

Senior Piano Awards

Stella Li

The Pierre and Donna Gobin Memorial Rosebowl

Will be awarded to a Piano student who is a permanent resident of Kingston or the surrounding area and, in the opinion of the adjudicator, shows greatest musicality, musicianship, promise and pleasure in performance. The recipient shall be working at a minimum level of grade eight, must have entered either a Sight Reading or Quick Study class and be prepared to perform at the Highlights Concert

Brodie Martin

Michel Szczesniak Memorial Award
for Advanced Piano

Alexandria Xu

Juliet Milsome Award
for Senior Piano​

Intermediate Piano Awards

Alexander Burgess

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association Award, Kingston Branch

Bowen Chen

Kenneth and Esther Russell Memorial Award for Performance Excellence

Emanuel Gagnon

Donna Fox Memorial Award

Christine Liu

Barbara and Bill Campbell Memorial Award

Honorary Trio Award

Elin Ma

Dr. Bryan and Marion Smith

Memorial Award
Honorary Trio Award

Anna Nediak

Kingston Symphony Volunteers’ Award

Aidan Tran

Wendy Thorburn Memorial Award

Delilah Tran

Kenneth and Esther Russell Memorial Award for Performance Excellence

Honorary Trio Award

Piano Duet (Int.)

Kai Knutsen & Hemu Ian Yao

Van Nest Awards for Piano Duet

Junior Piano Awards

Anne Colautti

Susan Gibbons Suzuki Award

Ethan Guan

Barbara and Bill Campbell Memorial Award

Edwin Handy

with Teacher Tracey Stabback
Van Nest Award for Piano Duet

Gabriel Klar

Jeanne and Frank Corbett Memorial Awards for Promising Young Piano Students

Nora Lasso

Wendy Thorburn Memorial Award

Elise Robinson

Ed Preston Memorial Award

Claire Saganowich

Jean Robinson Memorial Award

Natalie Shipp

Clifford Watt Memorial Award for Instrumental Performer

Elleanna Scott

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association Award, Kingston Branch

Elliot Tian

Jeanne and Frank Corbett Memorial Awards for Promising Young Piano Students

Sophia Wang

Jeanne and Frank Corbett Memorial Awards for Promising Young Piano Students

June Wonnacott

Jeanne and Frank Corbett Memorial Awards for Promising Young Piano Students

String Awards

Alessia Dudley

Kiwanis Plaque for outstanding
Solo String Performance

Honorary Trio Award

Alice Haydon

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association Award, Kingston Branch

Catherine Moellman

Westenberg Family Award
Honorary Piano Award

Gabriel Moellman

Don McLean Memorial Award

Giovanni Rullo

Clifford Watt Memorial Award for Instrumental Performer

Massimiliano Rullo

Denise Williams Suzuki Award for Strings

Sage Wright

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association Award, Kingston Branch

Lucy Youxin Wang

L. R. Digby Awards for Senior Strings

Sonja Moller Hatfield

Harvey Award for Senior Strings

String Duets

Izzy Smallman & Anna Lamarche

Kenneth and Esther Russell Memorial Award

for Performance Excellence

String Trios

Maeve Burry, Mirren Henson, Alessia Dudley

Heeyun and Robert Brandon Memorial

String Award

Woodwind and Brass Awards

Karine Coderre

Ross Kilpatrick Memorial Award for Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion

Charlotte Orr

Davy Family Award for most promising Winds/Brass/Percussion performer of a piece by a Canadian Composer

Zhiyi Song

Kiwanis Plaque for outstanding solo performance in Winds/Brass/Percussion.

Guitar and Ukulele Awards

Evan Keeler

Cook Family Award for
Most Outstanding Performance in Guitar

Alexandreia Panopoulos and Isabella Searle

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association Award, Kingston Branch

Charlotte Sheedy

Mary James Memorial Award

General and Classical Voice Awards

Matthieu Roberge

The Russell Family Award for
Excellence in Vocal Music

Matthieu Roberge

The Russell Family Award for
Excellence in Vocal Music

Tara O'Driscoll

The Moir Memorial Tray for Voice

For a Voice student age 16 – 20 studying with a teacher in Kingston and who shows the greatest potential for serious vocal study

Tara O'Driscoll

The Moir Memorial Tray for Voice

For a Voice student age 16 – 20 studying with a teacher in Kingston and who shows the greatest potential for serious vocal study

Alyssa Smith

Cantabile Vocal Award
For any category under 18
voice, classical or musical theatre

Erika Cooley

Kenneth and Esther Russell Memorial Award for Performance Excellence ​

Jane Robinson

Dr. Ruth Tatham Memorial
Sacred Solo Award

Musical Theatre and Songs from the Screen Awards

Lilly Bauer

Kingston Symphony Volunteers’ Awards​

Chizutelum Chira

Cook Family Award for Most Outstanding Performance in Musical Theatre

Charlotte Davison

Dr. Eric and Eleanor Mae Murray
Memorial Awards for Musical Theatre

Leonie Jolicouer

Dr. Eric and Eleanor Mae Murray Memorial Awards for Musical Theatre ​

Camryn Allingham

Dr. Eric and Eleanor Mae Murray Memorial Awards for Musical Theatre ​

Popular Voice Awards

Amara Nanji

Cook Family Award for Most
Outstanding Performance in Pop Voice

Honorary Duet Award

Maya Nanji

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association Award, Kingston Branch
Honorary Duet Award

Amelia Sharpe

Elaine Pedlar Award for
Junior Pop Voice

Penelope Thompson

Alastair Cook Memorial Award
for the performance demonstrating the greatest Originality or Star Quality

Choirs

Cantabile Women's Choir

Kiwanis Plaque for Outstanding Choir

Cantabile Intermediate Choir

Elaine Pedlar

Youth Choir Award

Cantabile Men's Choir

The Martha Clarke Choral Award

KCS
Chamber Choir

Cantabile

Community Choir Award

Bands

Holy Cross Symphonic Band

Kiwanis Cup for Senior Band

Holy Cross Stage Band

Andy Forrester Memorial Award for Senior Band

King's Town Band Junior Band

Barbara and Bill Campbell Memorial Award

Regiopolis - Notre Dame Senior Band

Andy Forrester Memorial Award for Senior Band

Regiopolis - Notre Dame Junior Band

Kiwanis Plaque for Junior Band

Ensembles and Orchestras

Canta Arya Con Brio

Kenneth and Esther Russell Memorial Award for Performance Excellence

Flutissimo

Barbara and Bill Campbell Memorial Award

Kingston A Strings

Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association Award, Kingston Branch

Kingston Youth Strings

Kingston Symphony Volunteers’ Awards​

Kingston Youth Orchestra

Clifford Watt Memorial Award

The Guitar Circle

Don McLean Memorial Award

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