Since its earliest days, the WMCT has supported young Canadian musicians with scholarships, awards, and performance opportunities. In 2000, the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Foundation was established and now provides funding for these awards. Annual undergraduate scholarships are awarded at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, and The Glenn Gould School, The Royal Conservatory of Music. Also at the U of T Faculty of Music, a Graduate Fellowship was established with a gift of $25,000 from the WMCT and the WMCT Foundation, and matched by the University of Toronto, to create an endowment that will sustain an annual award for an outstanding graduate student in Performance. Special summer music scholarships are also awarded.
2025-2026 Scholarship Winners
Centennial Scholarship | University of Toronto
Owen Phillipson, bass-baritone
110th Anniversary Scholarship |The Glenn Gould School, The Royal Conservatory of Music
Jada Alexiou, mezzo-soprano
Graduate Fellowship | University of Toronto
Jacob Thomas, tenor
Scholarships History
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | Centennial Scholarship
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
- 2024-2025 – Ian Gillis, baritone
- 2023-2024 – Susannah Zou, piano
- 2022-2023 – Lynna Bao , piano
- 2021-2022 – Gabrielle Turgeon, soprano
- 2020-2021 – Emily Bosenius, violin
- 2019-2020 – Hannah Corbett, violin
- 2018-2019 – Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano
- 2017-2018 – Vivian Chen, piano
- 2016-2017 – Myriam Blardone, harp and piano
- 2015-2016 – Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
- 2014-2015 – Alessia Disimino, violin
- 2013-2014 – David Zucchi, saxophone
- 2012-2013 – Claire Bellemare, soprano
- 2011-2012 – Sara Schabas, soprano
- 2010-2011 – Florence Mak, piano
- 2009-2010 – Jian Zhang, piano
- 2008-2009 – Mark Dimitroff, clarinet, and Ilana Zarankin, soprano
- 2007-2008 – Krista Wodelet, bassoon
- 2006-2007 – Marie Cristine Pelchat-St. Jacques, cello
- 2005-2006 – Kenin McKay, violin
- 2004-2005 – Elizabeth Loewen, violin
- 2003-2004 – David Haskins, French horn
- 2002-2003 – Annick Santschi, flute
- 2001-2002 – Rafael Hoekman, cello
- 2000-2001 – Angela Soo-Jung Park, piano
- 1999-2000 – Sarah Pratt, violin
- 1998-1999 – Stephen Tam, flute
- 1997-1998 – Rachel Mercer, cello
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto and Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Foundation | 110th Anniversary Scholarship
The Glenn Gould School, The Royal Conservatory of Music
- 2024-2025 – Olivia Morton, soprano
- 2023-2024 – Tiffany Yeung, violin
- 2022-2023 – Daphné Bourbonnais, violin
- 2021-2022 – Keris Choi, violin
- 2020-2021 – Hee-Soo Yoon, violin
- 2019-2020 – Vivien Ilion, soprano
- 2018-2019 – Abigail Bachelor, harp
- 2017-2018 – Milica Boljevic, soprano
- 2016-2017 – Milica Boljevic, soprano
- 2015-2016 – Michaela Kleer, viola
- 2014-2015 – Tess Crowther, cello
- 2013-2014 – Whitney Mather, soprano
- 2012-2013 – Alyssa Ramsay, cello
- 2011-2012 – Beth Hagerman, soprano
- 2010-2011 – Ronelle Schaufele, viola
- 2009-2010 – Leigh-Anne Martin, mezzo-soprano
- 2008-2009 – Jeanette Comeau, viola
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto and Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Foundation | Graduate Fellowship
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
- 2024-2025 – Anna Boyes, soprano
- 2023-2024 – Bud Roach, voice and theorbo
- 2022-2023 – Isabella Czyrnyj, clarinet
- 2021-2022 – Juliette Moreno, clarinet
- 2020-2021 – Vlad Soloviev, collaborative piano
- 2019-2020 – Katherine Moffatt, trumpet
- 2018-2019 – Katherine Moffatt, trumpet
- 2017-2018 – Chieh-Ying Lu, oboe
- 2016-2017 – Alexandra Bourque, conducting
- 2014-2016 – Braden Young, collaborative piano
- 2012-2014 – Lisa Tahara, piano
- 2010-2012 – Melody Chan, piano
- 2009-2010 – Mark Vuorinen, choral conducting
- 2008-2009 – Rebecca Norman, bassoon
- 2007-2008 – Andrea Cerswell, soprano
- 2006-2007 – Jennifer Smele, piano
- 2005-2006 – Joel Cormier, percussion
- 2004-2005 – Laura Reid, violin
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto and Women’s Musical Club of Toronto Foundation | Summer Music Scholarships and Fellowships
- 2025 – Yoanna Haeun Jang, violin, Toronto Summer Music Academy
- 2024 – Christine Thanisch-Smith, soprano, violin, Toronto Summer Music Academy
- 2022 – Jesse Je Yeung Kim, violin, Toronto Summer Music Academy
- 2019 – Fiona Robson, cello, Toronto Summer Music Academy
- 2018 – Frances Armstrong, piano, Toronto Summer Music Academy
- 2017 – Madeleine Zarry, violin, National Youth Orchestra of Canada; Emily Eng, viola, Toronto Summer Music Academy
- 2016 – Danielle Green, violin, National Youth Orchestra of Canada; Sophia Anna Szokolay, violin, Toronto Summer Music Academy
- 2012 – Vladislav Kalinichenko, trombone, National Youth Orchestra of Canada
- 2011 – Hugo Rinfret-Paquet, double bass, National Youth Orchestra of Canada
- 2009 – Rachel Desoer, The Banff Centre, Cello Master Class
- 2008 – Kaili Maimets, The Banff Centre, Flute Master Class
- 1964 – Maria Pellegrini, soprano, The Banff Centre, Study Grant
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | Ottilie M. Gunning Memorial Scholarship
The Glenn Gould School, The Royal Conservatory of Music
WMCT Royal Conservatory Scholarship (est. 1975, first awarded 1979)
Re-established as Ottilie M. Gunning Memorial Piano Scholarship in 1992
Incorporated into 110 Anniversary Scholarship
- 2011-2012 – Rudin Lengo, piano
- 2010-2011 – Samuel Deason, piano
- 2009-2010 – Grace Kim, piano
- 2008-2009 – Katsiaryna Khatsko, piano
- 2007-2008 – Baharak Beizaei, piano
- 2006-2007 – Matthew Bagasao, piano
- 2005-2006 – Marketa Ornova, piano
- 2004-2005 – Shoko Inoue, piano
- 2003-2004 – Sarah Choi, piano, and Matthew Wicks, piano
- 2002-2003 – Sabrina Lin, piano
- 1999-2002 – Kimberley Fairbrother, piano (3 years)
- 1998-1999 – Mari Ogawa, piano
- 1997-1998 – Maneli Pirzadeh, piano
- 1996-1997 – Kirsten Olafson, piano
- 1995-1996 – Gillian Frost, piano
- 1994-1995 – Yeo-Jung Kim, piano
- 1993-1994 – Stephen Ham, piano
- 1992-1993 – Micah Yui, piano
- 1991-1992 – Susan Archibald, piano
- 1990-1991 – Susan Archibald, piano
- 1989-1990 – Francine Plouffe, piano
- 1988-1989 – Julianne Schoen, piano
- 1987-1988 – Elise Desjardins, piano
- 1986-1987 – Mariko Anraku, harp
- 1985-1986 – David Chokroun, piano
- 1984-1985 – Mami Kuroda, piano
- 1983-1984 – Elina Doverman, piano
- 1982-1983 – Laura Ippolito, piano
- 1981-1982 – Melana Karpinsky, piano
- 1980-1981 – Elina Doverman, piano
- 1979-1980 – Chia-Lin Chou, piano
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto | Entrance Scholarship
Faculty of Music, University of Toronto
Incorporated into Centennial Scholarship; established 1993, absorbing earlier categories:
WMCTS – WMCT Scholarship (1950-54; 1971-72)
MOBA – Mary Osler Boyd Award (1955-1973; as WMCT-MOB 1973-1993)
ISH – Irene Simons Hume Award (1966-71)
WMCTB – WMCT Bursary (1966-1972)
JGF – Mrs. J.G. Fitzgerald memorial Scholarship (1967)
WMCT-JBW – Joan B. Wilch Award in Voice (1985-1993)
- 2011-2012 – Dalia Al-Khafajy, flute
- 2010-2011 – Omar Ho, clarinet
- 2009-2010 – Christopher Arnold, violin
- 2008-2009 – Chang Co Co Chen, violin
- 2007-2008 – William Callaghan, French horn
- 2006-2007 – Nicolas Mahon, trombone
- 2005-2006 – Nancy Mann, French horn
- 2004-2005 – Vania Margani, soprano
- 2003-2004 – Ashley Foot, tenor
- 2002-2003 – Tasmin Johnston, oboe
- 2001-2002 – Emma Tessier, flute
- 2000-2001 – Elke Mau, double bass
- 1999-2000 – Yuka Kobayashi, piano
- 1998-1999 – Praise Lam, violin
- 1997-1998 – Megan Bulluz, oboe
- 1996-1997 – Joni Henson, soprano
- 1995-1996 – Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
- 1994-1995 – David Braid, piano
- 1993-1994 – Elissa Lee, violin
- 1992-1993 – Erika Tanner, soprano (WMCT-MOB); Teri Dunn, soprano (WMCT-JBW)
- 1991-1992 – Dianne Wells, mezzo-soprano (WMCT-MOB); Cheryl Hickman, soprano (WMCT-JBW)
- 1990-1991 – Xia Liao, violin (WMCT-MOB); Hope Nightingale, soprano (WMCT-JBW)
- 1989-1990 – Mary Catherine Duff, mezzo-soprano (WMCT-MOB); Russell Braun, baritone (WMCT-JBW)
- 1988-1989 – Nicholas Papadakis, violin (WMCT-MOB); Lori Klassen, mezzo-soprano (WMCT-JBW)
- 1987-1988 – Meredith Hall, soprano (WMCT-MOB); Shelagh Tyreman, mezzo-soprano (WMCT-JBW)
- 1986-1987 – Jack Bakker, classical guitar (WMCT-MOB); Laura Schatz, soprano (WMCT-JBW)
- 1985-1986 – Mark David Cavlovic, piano (WMCT-MOB); Mary Hahn, soprano (WMCT-JBW)
- 1983-1985 – Edmond Agopian, violin (WMCT-MOB) (2 years)
- 1982-1983 – Jean Ducharme, saxophone (WMCT-MOB)
- 1981-1982 – Hamish Gordon, oboe (WMCT-MOB)
- 1980-1981 – Joseph Orlowski, clarinet (WMCT-MOB)
- 1979-1980 – Raymond Bisha, French horn (WMCT-MOB)
- 1978-1979 – Lise Vaugeois, French horn (WMCT-MOB)
- 1977-1978 – Giselle Dalbec, violin (WMCT-MOB)
- 1976-1977 – Colleen Farrier, piano (WMCT-MOB)
- 1975-1976 – Galia Shaked, piano (WMCT-MOB)
- 1974-1975 – Caralyn Tomlin, soprano (WMCT-MOB)
- 1973-1974 – Helena Bowkun, piano (WMCT-MOB)
- 1972-1973 – Jill Pert, contralto (MOBA); Connie Stewart, piano (WMCTS)
- 1971-1972 – Bonnie Silver, piano (MOBA); Fujiko Imajishi, violin (WMCTB); Caralyn Tomlin, soprano (WMCTS)
- 1970-1971 – Jane Coop, piano (MOBA); Allan Stellings, cello (WMCTB); Roderick Campbell, baritone (ISH)
- 1969-1970 – Mary Lou Fallis, soprano (MOBA); Bonnie Silver, piano (WMCTB); Madeleine Courtney, contralto (ISH)
- 1968-1969 – Judith Kenedi, piano (MOBA); Adele Armin, violin (WMCTB); John Dodington, bass-baritone (ISH)
- 1967-1968 – Renee Rosen, soprano (MOBA); Judith Kenedi, piano (WMCTB); Sonya Rohozynsky, contralto (ISH)
- 1966-1967 – Isabel Vila, violin (MOBA); Paul Brown, baritone (ISH); Burnetta Day, soprano (WMCTB); Walter Buczynski, piano and composer (JGF)
- 1965-1966 – Nancy Greenwood, contralto (MOBA)
- 1964-1965 – Maria Pellegrini, soprano (BSG)
- 1962-1965 – Ruth Shakarian, soprano (MOBA) (3 years)
- 1961-1962 – Janet Thom, piano (MOBA)
- 1960-1961 – No award given
- 1959-1960 – Robert Aitken, flute (MOBA)
- 1958-1959 – Orval Ries, oboe (MOBA)
- 1957-1958 – Teresa Stratas, soprano (MOBA)
- 1956-1957 – Bruce Mather, piano and composer (MOBA)
- 1955-1956 – Pierrette Lepage, piano (MOBA)
- 1954-1955 – Paul Helmer, piano (WMCTS)
- 1953-1954 – Bernard Turgeon, baritone (WMCTS)
- 1952-1953 – Bernard Turgeon, baritone (WMCTS)
- 1951-1952 – Ray Dudley, piano (WMCTS)
- 1950-1951 – Betty-Jean Hagen, violin (WMCTS)