John Melnyk Memorial Bursary
Audrey Belyea Scholarship
Camerata Nova Bursary
Emmanuel Horch Memorial Bursaries
Frances Wickberg Bursary
James Vaclav Machovec Memorial Bursary
John Melnyk Memorial Bursary
Joy of Music Scholarships
Junior Musical Club Bursary
Len Hew Bursary
Lydia Wiebe Scholarship
M. Winnifred Sim Bursary
Madge O. Stevens Bursary
Mary Campbell Memorial Bursaries
Morna-June Morrow Scholarships
Stewart M. Thomson Memorial Bursary
W.H. Anderson Family Bursary
Walter & Helen Bohonos Award
Wednesday Morning Musicale Award and Bursaries
Wickberg/Mercier Bursary
Winnipeg Mennonite Children’s Choir and Alumni Golden Era Bursaries
Awards
John Melnyk Memorial Bursary
John Melnyk
John Melnyk Sr. obtained his Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in London in 1935. He quickly became a well-known performer, including on live to air broadcasts for CBC, touring Western Canada with up-and-coming Canadian musicians and accompanying visiting international artists on their Canadian appearances. He also composed three preludes, a sonata, a concerto and two sets of variations, all for piano.
John has been associated with the Winnipeg Music Festival since 1926 as a competitor, accompanist and teacher. During that period his students have won numerous trophies, including the Beryl Ferguson Memorial Trophy several times and the Aikins Memorial Trophy on no less than twenty-four occasions. Several of his students went on to represent Manitoba in national competition.
Over many years, Mr. Melnyk provided spirited orchestral accompaniment from the second piano to several generations of students. He covered virtually the entire piano concerto repertoire and raised the standard of these classes to the highest level.
John Melnyk and his pupils were particularly active in the Piano Concerto classes of the Festival, so it is particularly appropriate that the trophy in his name is associated with them.
The John Melnyk Memorial Bursary is awarded to the recipient of the John Melnyk Trophy which is awarded for the most outstanding performance in a Piano Concerto class, Grade/Level 8 to Honours, as selected by the adjudicator.