Tag Archives: Contemporary Showcase

Updates to Syllabus

Our webmaster has been working hard to update the program which stores our syllabus entries. We are in the process of updating our entries to give you more Canadian music to explore! We aren’t quite done yet but wanted to get some rough updates up for you. Here is a draft of updates for Brass and Percussion from our call for scores!

We appreciate your patience as we are continuing to update software and are continuing to update our entries.

Congratulations to our National Award Winners

Thank you to our participants in local Contemporary Showcase Festivals and for your hard work and dedication. Every year some of these performers are nominated for consideration for our National Award Scholarships.

After some hard deliberation on the part of our adjudicators for National Awards the scholarship winners have been chosen. All the candidates were wonderful representatives for their local centres and have shown great commitment to excellence. Please join me in congratulating the winners of our National Awards.

John Weinzweig Junior 2023
Michael Rico-Lam, Edmonton

John Weinzweig Senior 2023
Charlotte Kiang, Edmonton

Ann Southam National Award Junior 2023
Teren Yu, Mississauga

Ann Southam National Award Senior 2023
Carina Shum, Toronto

The Louise MacPherson Memorial Award 2023 
Gaoyuan Thomas Cheng, Regina

The Mary Gardiner Award Junior 2023
Adam Karsli, Toronto

The Mary Gardiner Award Senior 2023
Channan Ngo, Calgary

The Mary Hildebrand Memorial Senior 2023
Esther Zhu, Saskatoon

We will be sharing some of the videos of these performances in the coming weeks, please keep an eye on our social media channels so you don’t miss any!

Congratulations to Our National Contemporary Showcase Award Recipients!

Thank you to all the performers, to the Contemporary Showcase Festival Organizers, and to our adjudicators for all their hard work. We are proud to share the recipients for the National Awards for 2022!

The Mary Gardiner Award of Performance Excellence -Junior : Olivia Karsli (Toronto)

The Mary Gardiner Award of Performance Excellence – Senior: Jerry Hu (Saskatoon)

The Mary Hildebrand Memorial Award for Performance Excellence: Esther Zhu (Saskatoon)

The Ann Southam National Award – Junior: Michael Lee (Calgary)

The Ann Southam National Award – Senior: Sophie Huang (Mississauga)

John Weinzweig Centenary Scholarship – Junior: Elijah Mok (Edmonton)

John Weinzweig Centenary Scholarship – Senior: Eric Davidson (Edmonton)

With permission from the performers we will be sharing performances on our social media channels so please stay tuned!