The Elizabeth Scott Vocal Choral award committee is looking to help a talented voice student or vocal piano accompanist, who will be continuing his/her post-secondary education in the next year.
Since 2008, the directors of the Elizabeth Scott Vocal Choral award have helped talented young people with a bursary that is open to those 17 to 35 years of age and have lived in the North Okanagan for at least a five-year period.
The award, named after Scott, a retired youth choir leader and voice instructor, is made possible through a fund administered by the Community Foundation of the North Okanagan.
“It was created by donations from many local lovers of vocal music, who had benefited from studying with Elizabeth and had heard her choirs perform,” said Catherine Dawson, with the bursary committee. “(They) watched with delight as their children grew and flourished musically and in so many other ways under her tutelage.”
A former recipient includes Siobhan Raupach, who is currently studying voice in California and recently performed as soprano soloist with the Okanagan Symphony in its presentation of Haydn’s The Creation.
A former student of Terry Logan, Raupach earned her bachelor of music at McGill University in Montreal.
“Other previous winners are singing, teaching and studying in various locations across Canada and the U.S.,” said Dawson.
The deadline for applications for the award is June 15. For more information, or for an application, contact Dawson at 250-545-6494.
