Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship
Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship Fund
A scholarship program for British Columbia's young jazz instrumentalists
Application Information
The application must include:
Name; Birth date; Full Address; Phone; Fax; E-mail; Instrument; Secondary or post secondary school
Also include the following:
A CD of a performance with live accompaniment only, 2 selections, of no more than 10 minutes total in length (please see advice on cd submissions at the website). We strongly recommend CD submissions, if at all possible. The CD must indicate your name, instrument played, and phone number. Copies of any supporting documents that may interest the jurors in assessing your application. Include lead sheets to the selections, especially original music. The Board of Directors will organize juries by instrument to assess the applications. Please send separate submissions for different instrument categories. Finalists will be notified in December, and invited to auditions, currently scheduled for December 28, 2009. All applicants should be notified of status in writing before Christmas. Decisions of the Board of Directors are final. Scholarship recipients will be announced before March 15, 2010.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2009
For further information, applications, and donations please contact:
Peter Stigings
6675 Wiltshire Street
Vancouver, BC V6P 5G8
Phone: 604-261-6891
E-mail: stigings@interchange.ubc.ca
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2009 Fraser MacPherson Scholarship Winners
The Board of Directors of the Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship Trust Fund would like to announce the winners of our 2009 competition.
UNIVERSITY DIVISION
Long & McQuade Muscial Instruments Scholarship $2000
Adam Cormier, 20, drums, McGill University
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Scholarship $2000
Taylor Cook, 19, alto saxophone, University of Toronto
Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship $2000
Julian Nalli, 19, alto saxophone, Humber College
Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship Trust Fund
Finalist Awards, $500 each
Winston Matsushita, 19, piano, University of Toronto
Andrew Greenwood, 21, saxophones, University of Victoria
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
Northwest Musical Services Ltd. Scholarship $500
Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship $1000
Stephanie Chan, 17, guitar, Crofton House School, Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship $1000
Stefan Thordarson, 17, Violin, Britannia Secondary School, Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Music Scholarship Trust Fund
Finalist Awards, $500 each
Cameron Grant, 17, piano, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School, Surrey
Nicole Auger, 18, Saxophones, Esquimalt Secondary School, Victoria
Eric Murphy, 16, Tenor Saxophone, Vancouver Secondary School,
Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Jazz Workshop Grant
A new program by the Fraser MacPherson Scholarship Fund aimed to help coordinate and partially assist with funding to bring professional jazz musicians into school classrooms.
The Fraser MacPherson Jazz Workshop Grant funds a jazz artist/clinician to attend a school in British Columbia to perform and work with students in an instrumental jazz program. The award is $100 that must be matched by the school to create an operating budget of $200 for the workshop. We will work with schools and teachers to find artists that will best help the program and address the needs of the students and their groups.
(Want to find out more about Fraser MacPherson and his integral role as a gifted bandleader and multi-instrumentalist in Vancouver jazz history? Visit www.jazzstreetvancouver.ca.)
