Scholarships and Fellowships

Centennial Scholarship | University of Toronto
Owen Phillipson, bass-baritone

Owen is pursuing his Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance under Darryl Edwards at the University of Toronto. At home in both oratorio and opera repertoire, 2025 highlights included the role of Count Rodolfo in La Sonnambula with Teatro Nuevo. Most recently he sang the Impresario in U of T Opera’s production of Donizetti’s Viva la mamma. As an oratorio soloist, he has performed Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols with the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Toronto Children’s Chorus, Bach’s Magnificat with Stratford Summer Music, and Fauré’s Requiem with St. Thomas’s Anglican on Huron. He has been reviewed as singing “with solid connected lines and rich timbre” (Operawire) and having “a commanding stage presence and solid bass baritone, “while also being “elegantly lyrical” (Classical Source.)

110th Anniversary Scholarship |Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music
Jada Alexiou, mezzo-soprano

Jada is delighted to join the Glenn Gould School in the Artist Diploma Program. Having completed her BFA in Voice Performance at York University, she is committed to elevating both her technical proficiency and artistic sensitivity. Jada has studied and trained with established performers, conductors, stage-directors, and repetiteurs in both Canada (Toronto Operetta Theatre, Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Opera Nuova,) and in Europe (Breno Italy, International Music Academy). She has organized and performed in her own feature recitals, as well as collaborating with choral ensembles (Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, VOICEBOX, Opera in Concert, Apocryphonia.) Jada aspires to have an extensive career in the operatic world and explore performance opportunities abroad.

Graduate Fellowship | University of Toronto
Jacob Thomas, tenor

Hailing from Kelowna, BC, Jacob is a Toronto-based tenor equally at home in baroque ensembles and on operatic stages. Jacob recently graduated from the U of T Faculty of Music with his Master’s degree in Early Music Performance, and is currently pursuing the Doctorate of Music Arts in Historical Performance, with a focus on the music of Handel. Jacob graduated from U of T in 2022 with a double major in Voice Studies and German Language/Literature, and completed his Advanced Certificate in Historical Performance the year after. He has enjoyed stepping into the world of early music under the tutelage of Daniel Taylor and Jean MacPhail. He is in his 8th year of singing with Professor Taylor’s Schola Cantorum, and has sung with with Voces8, Clarion Choir, Tafelmusik, and the Toronto Consort, as well as other choral and musical theatre ensembles in Toronto.

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)