Kiwanis Music Festival Awards Syllabus 2024
(Awards listed subject to revision at any time)
The Festival will place designated awards as much as possible.


1,000 Albert - Dr. John Albert Memorial - most promising secondary school student(s) 
500 Anderson - Phyllis Anderson Memorial Piano Award
500 Ansine - Glenville “Glen” Ansine Jazz Band Award, donated by daughter, Jennifer Slay
500 Barrett - Frank & Patricia Barrett Memorial    
75 Bellhouse – Louise Bellhouse for intermediate violin
100   Bettger - Bill & Eva Bettger $100 Award for the Best Primary, Junior or Youth Church Choir
   donated by Colborne Street United Church.
500 Bullock - John W. & Dorothy Bullock Memorial
   
100 Cleland - Charlotte Cleland - Junior Piano
500 Cleland - William Lindsay “Bill” Cleland Memorial Award for Piano and Strings donated by the Kiwanis Music Festival and Kiwanis Club of Forest City-London, friends and relatives
100 Cleland - Charlotte Cleland Milestone Birthday Award - Junior Piano
100 Collier - Don & Helen Collier Memorial
150 Dunne - Don Dunne Memorial
500 Fagan - Marlene & Gerald Fagan Trophy & Award
  for combined choral and instrumental music performance
100 Fleet - Ken Fleet Memorial Award from St. Paul’s Cathedral, Alex Clark Memorial Concert
300 Farrow - Michael H. Farrow Memorial - Primary Choirs  (Dr. Lynda E. Robbins)
225 Gorrie - Cameron Gorrie Memorial – Junior, Intermediate, Senior Piano
200 Green - Ann Marie Green Memorial - from Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association (London)
   two $100 prizes for piano
250 Gregson - Bram Gregson Memorial for Young Brass Player
   
1,000 Hay - Jack and Barbara Hay Foundation Memorial
300 Hayman Construction
200 Hayman - Bob & Anne Hayman Memorial Award - $200 to Henry Boldt Trophy winner
100 Hayman - Bob & Anne Hayman Memorial Award - $100 to Grade 9/10 Junior Band winner
100 Hayman - Bob & Anne Hayman Memorial Award - $100 to Grade 9/10 String Orchestra winner
200 Jackson - Calvin Jackson Memorial Award - Bb trumpet or Bb cornet, 17 years of age & under
250 Johnson - Nelson and Marguerite Johnson Memorial - Piano
  Kiwanis Club of Forest City-London - Memorials in Trust
 
 Alford - Elia Alford Memorial (Piano & Recorder)
 Cole - Aaron Cole Memorial (Saxophone)
 Ha - Charles Ha Memorial (Jr.Piano)   
 Jones - Robert T. Jones Memorial
 Kelly - Harriet Kelly Award - Secondary School Participation Award
 McBain - Edith and Millard McBain Memorial - Voice
 McIlroy - W. Eric McIlroy Memorial - Piano
Thompson - Stewart Thompson Memorial
Quantz - “Goldie” and Dorothea Quantz Memorial                         
White - Dick White Memorial
1,000 Kiwanis Club of Forest City-London - Rose Bowl Competition
800 Kiwanis Club of Middlesex (London) 
500 Kiwanis Club of Middlesex (London) “Goldie” Quantz Memorial - Cello
10,000 Kiwanis Music Festival of London
200 Leung - Stephanie Leung Memorial - Piano
11,750 Lutheran Social Services (London)
625 Lutheran Social Services (London) - Paul Westermeyer Award Hymn & Service Playing less than 4 years experience
625 Lutheran Social Services (London) - Paul Westermeyer Award Hymn & Service Playing 4+ years experience
1,000 Lutheran Social Services (London) - Gerald Bales Award for Pipe Organ Class 2300
1,000 Lutheran Social Services (London) - Hugh Drogemuller Memorial Award - Pipe Organ
500 Lutheran Social Services (London) - Choir Class
500 McCurdy Dickie - Dr. Lauren McCurdy Dickie Memorial Award - Piano
300 Miller - Marion Miller - Piano 
   
250 Nelson - Bruce Nelson Memorial - $125 Speech Arts & $125 Elementary School Choir
   
200 Novak - Sylvia Novak Memorial - Piano - from Ontario Music Teachers’ Association (London)
100 Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association (London) - two @ $50 each - Junior Piano Awards
100 Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association - Junior Vocal Award
2,250 Park - Young-Ja Park Memorial Open Piano Competition Awards ($1,000 “The Sister Callistus Memorial Award” $750 second prize; $500 third prize)
100
200
Pare – Michael Pare - Guitar
Police Boys Band Alumni Award - $200 to Martin Boundy Memorial Trophy winner           
100 Police Boys Band Alumni Award - $100 to Finlay Carroll Memorial Trophy winner           
   
1,000 Quinney - John Quinney Memorial Award
500 RCCO London Chapter - Cathy Slaa - most promising young pipe organist
   
150 Retired Women Teachers of Ontario, London-Middlesex Branch (RWTO London-Middlesex)   
Trophy & $25 each  Junior, Intermediate & Senior Speech Arts     
100 Schuessler - Karen Schuessler Singers - Mixed Voice Choir - Class 8505, S.A.B.
300 Scott - Rev. Charles & Mary Scott Memorial - Pipe & Drums
300 Scott - Jim & Bev Scott - Pipe and Drum
100 Sefton – Terry Sefton – unaccompanied cello
100 Sefton – Terry Sefton – junior cello
500 Sells - Kathryn Sells Memorial
   
100 Tandberg - Irene Tandberg - two awards @ $50 for Junior & Senior Violin for “Unaccompanied Bach”
100 Terry - Earle Terry Singers Alumnae Award  & Plaque - Female Secondary School Choirs          
100 Thamer - David Thamer Memorial Award - Male Choir
   
300 Weaver  - Sandra & Jim Weaver - Junior Piano
200 Webster - Ken Webster Memorial - Bagpipe Quartet, air and march
200 Whatley - Zoe Whatley Memorial-Piano - from Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association (London)
200 White - Hilda White Memorial - Pipe & Drums
   
500 Dr. J. Wojcik & Mrs. D. Wojcik and family - Best Body of Work by a Secondary School Band
500 Dr. J. Wojcik & Mrs. D. Wojcik and family - Best Body of Work by a Secondary School Choir
500 Dr. J. Wojcik & Mrs. D. Wojcik and family - Best Body of Work by a Secondary School Orchestra
   
125 Wooster - Ken Wooster Memorial - Brass
200 Yake - Richard Allan Yake - Harp Award
400 Yanchus-Hibbard Studios - Piano 

 

 
Awards for Festival 2022, 2023 and continuing for Festival 2024
      The Kiwanis Music Festival of London extends our thanks to the Park family for a very generous gift. To honour their mother and wife, the Family (husband Ok-Kyu and Drs. Anita, Angela and Andrew) will be sponsoring the former Kiwanis Music Festival of London Piano Competition. It will now be called The Young-Ja Park Memorial Piano Competition which will provide annually a First Place prize of $1,000 called "The Sister Callistus Memorial Award" plus a second prize of $750 and third prize of $500. This is a great honour to Mrs. Park, whose family has been involved in our Festival over many years.
       Piano Award $500 - The Dr. Lauren McCurdy Dickie Memorial Award has been established from the estate of Dr. McCurdy, a gifted pianist and late Diagnostic Radiologist. Will be awarded annually for the next ten years.
       Jazz Award $500 - The Glenville “Glen” Ansine Jazz Band Award, donated by daughter, Jennifer Slay, in honour of her father.
      Memorial Award $1,000 - The Kiwanis Club of Middlesex gave the music festival an annual award of $1,000 for ten years in honour of the late John Quinney, a member of their Kiwanis Club.
       Brass Memorial Award $200 - The Calvin Jackson Memorial Award for Brass (Bb trumpet or Bb cornet) has been established from his estate for a brass player, 17 years and under for the next 18 years.
      Memorial Award for Male Choirs $100 - The David Thamer Memorial Award for Male Choirs has been established. Will be awarded annually.
      Ukulele Award $50 - Joy Pollard has established a new award for a young ukulele soloist and/or ukulele ensemble.
      Memorial Awards for Bob and Anne Hayman - $200 to the Henry Boldt Trophy winner, $100 to the Grade 9/10 Junior Band winner and $100 to the Grade 9/10 String Orchestra winner.
      Pipe and Drum Award $300 - Established by Jim and Bev Scott and will be awarded annually.



If you would like to contribute to the Awards Fund, please contact
Awards Chair, Mark Enns at email   linmark@execulink.com

 

Our object is not to gain a prize or to defeat a rival
but to pace one another on the road to excellence.
Sir Walford Davies ‘Music makes our lives happier and people who support it are absolutely special.’