Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 WYO Scholarship Competition!

2023

Senior

1. Shiloh Hiebert (violin)

2. Chloe Strain (violin)

3. Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair (flute)

Honourable Mentions: Qiqi Zhang (violin), Tyrsa Friesen (violin)

Intermediate

1. Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu (violin)

2. Julia Aljamal (violin)

3. Vivian Liang (violin)

Honourable Mentions: Lok Tung (Kate) Yuen (percussion), Lilly Kandera (violin)

Junior

1. Rime Lee (violin)

2. Shuning (Celia) Liu (violin)

3. Ednah Arava (violin)

Honourable Mentions: Rowan Bessas (violin), Arlowe Black (cello)

2022

Senior

1. Sam Ferguson (trumpet)

2. Chloe Strain (violin)

3. Olilvia Wurch (cello)

Intermediate

1. Ethan Zhou (violin)

2. Clara Pauls (violin)

3. Lorenzo Camus (Violin)

Junior

1.  Sigrid Tolton (Viola)

2. Juliet Eskin (Violin)

3. Andrew Nikkel (Violin)

2021

Senior

1. Jonah Hiebert (Cello)

2. Malacai Hiebert (Violin)

3. Sophie Reimer-Epp (Violin)

Honourable Mention: Olivia Wurch (Cello), Qiqi Zhang (Violin)

Intermediate

1. Sophie Caron (Cello)

2. Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair (Flute)

3. Lorenzo Camus (Violin)

Honourable Mention: Nadia Lee (Violin), Ethan Zhou (Violin)

Junior

1.  Lilly Kandera (Violin)

2. Audrey Marche (Violin)

3. Yeha Park (Violin)

     Honourable Mention: Taus Kristenson (Viola)

2020

Senior

1. River Sawchyn (Violin)

2. Huaixi Alice Nie (Flute)

3. Paolo Camus (Violin)

Honourable Mention: Malacai Hiebert (Violin)

Intermediate

1. Ha-yeon Kim (Violin)

2. Yewon Chang (Cello)

3. Phoebe Xu (Cello)

Honourable Mention: Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair (Flute)

Junior

1.  Chey Moon (Violin)

2. Audrey Marche (Violin)

3. Jude Villaluz-Rigey (Cello)

     Honourable Mention: Matthew Lee (Cello)

2019

Senior

1. Josiah Wurch (Violin), Simon Proulx (Clarinet)

2. Malacai Hiebert (violin)

3. Sarah Bell (French Horn)

Honourable Mention: Matthew Stobbe (Cello), Selwyn Sarmiento (Flute)

Intermediate

1. Mason Dueck (Cello)

2. Shiloh Hiebert (Violin)

3. Bella-Sophia Rogers (Violin)

Junior

1. Ha-yeon Kim (Violon)

2. Thomas Jeffrey (Cello)

3. Mathew Lee (Cello)

2018

Senior

1. Liana Fonseca (Violin)

2. Simon Proulx (Clarinet)

3. Malacai Hiebert (Violin)

Honourable Mention: Elisheva Schwartz (Cello)

Intermediate

1. Rachel Graham (Violin)

2. Qiqi Zhang (Violin)

3. Sophie Reimer-Epp (Violin)

Honourable Mention: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Violin)

Junior

1. Bella-Sophia Rogers (Violin)

2. Elazar Schwartz (Violin)

3. Ha-Yeon Kim (Violin)

2017

Senior

1. Juliana Moroz (cello)

2. Alexander Moroz (viola)

3. Micah Kroeker (trombone)

Intermediate

1. Sarah Bell (french horn)

2. Paolo Camus (violin)

3. Qiqi Zhang (violin)

Junior

1. Laurel Brown (violin)

2. Maxwell Tufescu (cello)

3. Sihu Moon (violin)

2016

Senior

1. Katherine Stobbe (violin)

2. Samuel Nadurak (cello)

3. Micah Kroeker (trombone)

Intermediate

1. Selwyn Sarmiento (flute)

2. Sophie Reimer-Epp (violin)

3. Alexander Mayba (violin)

Junior

1. Brooklynne Grieger (violin)

2. Gabrielle Bahuaud (violin)

3. Anna Harms (cello)

2015

Senior

1. Emily Rekrut-Pressey (viola)

2. Katherine Stobbe (violin)

3. Samuel Nadurak (cello)

Intermediate

1. Josiah Wurch (violin)

2. Micah Loewen (violin)

3. Joshua Orriss (cello)

Junior

1. Sophie Reimer-Epp (violin)

2. James Brennan (violin)

3. Stephanie Au (violin)

2014

Senior

1. David Liam Roberts (cello)

2. Emily Rekrut-Pressey (viola)

3. Guadalupe Santos (violin) & Matthew Guidry (trombone)

Intermediate

1. Peter Bell-Scholz (violin)

2. Morgan Sawchyn (flute)

3. Alexander Mayba (violin)

Junior

1. Sam Bergen (violin)

2. Elisheva Schwartz (cello)

3. EmilyAnn Dueck (violin)

2013

Senior

1. Emma Ridd (flute)

2. Mollin Balisi (flute)

3. Emily Rekrut-Pressey (viola)

2012

Senior

1. Elyse Loewen (violin)

2. Subin Cho (flute)

3. David Liam Roberts (cello)

Intermediate

1. Guadalupe Santos (violin)

2. Juliana Moroz (cello)

3. Sarah-Lynn Bergen (violin)

Junior

1. Liana Fonseca (violin)

2. Billy Lee (violin)

3. Elisheva Schwartz (violin)

2011

Senior

1. Stewart Nadurak (horn)

2. Nanau Loewen (violin)

3. Elyse Loewen (violin)

Intermediate

1. Emily Rekrut-Pressey (viola)

2. Natalia Weichsel (violin)

3. Meg Jede (cello)

Junior

1. Samuel Nadurak (cello)

2. Liana Fonseca (violin)

3. Tynan Caine (violin)

2010 

Senior 

1. Jaena Kim (flute)

2. Zander Howard-Scott (cello)

3. Stewart Nadurak (horn)

Intermediate

1. Lena Cates (violin)

2. John Taves (violin)

3. Elena Howard-Scott (violin)

Junior

1. Guadalupe Santos (violin)

2. Tynan Caine (violin)

3. Emily Rekrut-Pressey (viola)

2009 (Dec) 

Senior  

1. Nathan Wong (violin)

2. Heather Stewart (violin)

3. Solana Johannson (violin)

Intermediate 

1. Jane Cory (violin)

2. John Taves (violin)

3. Andrew Mayba (violin)

Junior

1. Lena Cates (violin)

2. David Joel Enns (cello)

3. Avery Humphries (violin)

2009 (Feb) 

Senior

1. Jennifer Yong (violin)

2. Nathan Wong (violin)

3. Tracy Wood (flute)

4. Ariel Carrabre (cello)

Intermediate

1. Hannah Humphries (violin)

2. Heather Jonasson (flute)

3. Adrienne Hyde-Sawatsky (flute)

Junior

1. Chloe Cates (violin)

2. Jamil Cruz-Kan (violin)

3. David Joel Enns (cello)

 2008

Senior 

1. Ryan Wehrie (horn)

2. Ariel Carrabre (cello)

3. Tracy Wood (flute)

Intermediate

1. Julia Mayba (violin)

2. Jane Cory (violin)

3. Zachary Johnson (flute)

Junior

1. John Sellick (violin)

2. Andrew Mayba (violin)

3. Christine Lemoine (violin)

2007 

Senior

1. Joshua Peters (violin)

2. Suzu Enns (clarinet)

3. Michael Yong (violin)

Intermediate

1. Nathan Wong (violin)

2. Zachary Johnson (flute)

3. Nevin Neil (violin)

Junior

1. Jane Cory (violin)

2. Amy Pochanart (violin)

3. Kaitlyn Obedzinski (violin)

 2006 

Senior 

1. Katya Poplyanski (violin)

2. Michael Yong (violin)

3. Joshua Peters (violin)

Intermediate

1. Justin Weibe (violin)

2. Nevin Neil (violin) & Liz Kent (cello)

3. Julia Mayba (violin)

Junior

1. Katherine Mayba (violin)

2. Amy Pochanart (violin)

3. Xichi Yang (violin)

2005 

Senior  

1. Keith Dyrda (trombone)

2. Katya Poplanski (violin)

3. Melissa Desrochers (flute)

Intermediate

1. Dorice Lee (violin)

2. Jennifer Yong (violin)

3. Mikael Wiaski (cello)

Junior

1. Alexander Howard-Scott (cello)

2. Jason Tsang (violin)

3. Ailin Liao (violin)

2004

Senior 

1. Jeffrey Dyrda (violin)

2. Katya Poplanski (violin)

3. Keith Dyrda (trombone)

Intermediate

1. Luke Nickel (flute)

2. Michael Yong (violin)

3. Katy Bonness (viola)

Junior

1. Grace Lee (violin)

2. Alexander Howard-Scott (cello)

3. Julia Mayba (violin)

2003

Senior  

1. Kathrine Hof (cello)

2. Meagan Taubner (violin)

3. Jeff Dyrda (violin)

Intermediate

1. Keith Dyrda (violin)

2. Melissa Desrochers (flute)

3. Angela Kwan (viola)

Junior

1. Elizabeth Kent (cello)

2. Jennifer Yong (violin)

3. Thomas Roberts (violin)

 

2002 

Senior

1. Haley Rempel (flute)

2. Meagan Taubner (violin)

3. Jeff Dyrda (violin)

Intermediate

1. Alma Thrift (violin)

2. Peter Benoit (cello)

3. Melissa Desrochers (flute)

Junior

1. Michael Yong (cello)

2. Katya Poplanski (violin)

3. Alexander Howard-Scott (cello)

 2001 

Senior 

1. Jeremy Gabbert (violin)

2. Natalia Zielinski (violin)

3. Sean Taubner (cello)

Intermediate

1. Garrett Hudson (flute)

2. Alexa Zayak (violin)

3. Aaron Wolochatiuk (violin)

Junior

1. Keith Dyrda (violin)

2. Jennifer Yong (violin)

3. Michael Yong (violin)

2000 

Senior

1. Tanya Gerl (violin)

2. Natalia Zielinski (violin)

H.M. Sean Taubner (cello)

Intermediate

1. Shem Maxwell (violin)

2. Honoure McIlwain-Collard (flute)

H.M. Caroline Nicolas (cello)

Junior

1. Dominique Messier (violin)

2. Vahid Maxwell (violin)

H.M. Keith Dyrda (violin)

1999 

Senior 

1. Michael Nicholas (cello)

2. Tanya Gerl (violin)

H.M. Andrea Schellenberg(flute)

Intermediate

1. Meagan Taubner (violin)

2. William Ray Bonness (horn)

H.M. James Zhong (cello)

Junior

1. Alex Zayac (violin)

2. Jeremy Gabbert (violin)

H.M. Shem Maxwell (violin)

1998 

Senior 

1. Christiana Bower (flute)

2. Michael Nicholas (cello)

H.M. Jonathan Toy (trumpet)

Intermediate

1. Jason Yong (violin)

2. Leigh Dryda (violin)

H.M. Sean Taubner (cello)

Junior

1. Jeff Dryda (violin)

2. Jeremy Gabbert (violin)

H.M. William Kaye (violin)

1997 

Senior 

1. Kathleen Saurette (flute)

2. Michael Nicholas (cello)

H.M. Sara Hahn (flute)

Intermediate

1. Sara Regehr Neufeld (flute)

2. Evelyn Yeung (violin)

H.M. Sean Taubner (cello)

Junior

1. Alma Thrift (violin)

2. Jeffrey Schellenberg (violin)

H.M. Christopher Huynh (violin)

1996 

Senior

1. Valdine Ritchie (cello)

2. Seijiro Tsuchi (clarinet)

H.M. Tanya Gerl (violin)

Intermediate

1. Sara Hahn (flute)

2. Michael Nicholas (cello)

H.M. Gilles Crevier (violin)

Junior

1. Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk (violin)

2. Meagan Taubner (violin)