The Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarship Program continues in collaboration with the Wirth Institute of Austrain & Central European Studies at the University of Alberta as the “Johann Strauss Foundation Music Awards for Advanced Study of Music in Austria”
Applications: Google Form
Scholarship Winner Elsie Hoover
For further information contact:
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies
Arts Building, Suite 300
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E6
Tel: 780-492-1444
e-mail: [email protected]
Since 1975 the Johann Strauss Foundation has provided scholarships, grants and awards totaling about $ 1,000,000.00 to 145 individuals for a total of over 170 scholarships. Groups such as Opera NUOVA and the University of Alberta Academy String Orchestra were also supported.
Scholarship Winners 1976-Present
Erin Selin – Soprano, 2024
Alla Salakhova – Mezzo-Soprano, 2024
Yuanyuan Que – Piano, 2024
Pin Wen Chen – Violin, 2023
Erin James – Violin, 2023 & 2024
Allan Nelson – Violin, 2023
Meijun Chen – Conductor, 2023
Diana Rockwell – Soprano, 2022
Jin Yu – Baritone, 2022
Sonia Campbell – Soprano, 2022
Anton Achondoa – Piano, 2020
Stephanie Brenton – Soprano, 2020
Erin James Wong – Violin, 2020
Tatiana Stanischich – Soprano, 2020
Dacia Gramlick – Soprano, 2019
Heather McGuire – Piano, 2019
Victoria Grynenko – Violin, 2019
Amanda Smith – Soprano, 2018
Jesus Alberto Lopez-Alvarez – Piano, 2018
Andrea Pedro – Piano, 2018, 2019
Tatiana Stanischich – Soprano, 2017
Oliver Munar – Tenor, Franz Schubert Institute, 2017
Bo-rum Hammond – Piano, Salzburg 2017, 2019
Irina Bourget – Mezzo-Soprano, 2016
Olivia Imbrogno – French Horn, 2016, 2018
Lynnea Bartel-Nickel – Soprano, 2016, 2018
Elsie Hoover – Piano, Salzburg, Baden bei Wien 2015
David Fraser – Piano, Salzburg 2014
Jeanne Yang – Piano, Salzburg 2014, 2015, 2016
Matthew Walton – Salzburg 2013
Leslie Chen – Salzburg 2013
Elizabeth Clarke – Baden bei Wien 2013
Hycjen Lee – Salzburg 2012
Christina LaRose – Salzburg 2012
Carmen Specht – Soprano, Salzburg 2012
Mark Wilkinson – Salzburg 2012
Jodi Penner – Soprano, Baden bei Wien 2011
Jacques Arsenault – Baritone, Salzburg 2010
Joel Harder – Piano, Baden bei Wien 2009
David Eggert – Cello, Salzburg 2009
Erin Passmore – Soprano, Salzburg 2008
Lesley Anne Foster – Soprano, Baden bei Wien 2008
Daniel Fung – Piano, Salzburg 2008
Natalie Murdoch – Clarinet, Salzburg 2007
Meera Varghese – Soprano, Baden bei Wien & Salzburg, 2007
Lesley Anne Foster – Soprano, Baden bei Wien & Salzburg, 2007
Anthony Bacon – Cello, Salzburg 2007
Robert Clark – Baritone, Salzburg 2006
Christopher Bagan – Piano, Salzburg & Wien 2006
Melanie Gall – Soprano, Salzburg 2005, 2006
Elizabeth McHan – Viola, Salzburg 2005
Borislav Bontchev – Horn, Salzburg 2005
Lindsay Sikora – Mezzo-Soprano, Salzburg 2004
Emily Nenniger – Violin, Salzburg 2004
Karen Kang – Cello, Salzburg 2004
Leah Meyer-Cook – Soprano, Salzburg 2003
Kevin Gagnon – Lyric Baritone, Salzburg 2003
Natalie Fagnan – Soprano, Salzburg 2003
John Wiebe – Conductor, Salzburg, 2002
Shannon Kolotyluk – Soprano, Salzburg 2002
Sharon Crawford – Soprano, Salzburg 2002
Mireille Rijavec – Mezzo-Soprano, Salzburg 2002
Sarah Catherine Veenhoven – Violin, Vienna 2002
Francis Yang – Piano, Salzburg 2001
Margaret Carey – Viola, Salzburg 2001
Leanne Regehr – Piano, Salzburg 2000, 2001
Shaunna Shandro – Soprano, Salzburg 2000, 2001
Jason Cutmore – Piano, Salzburg 2000
Mark van Manen – Violin, Salzburg 2000
Michelle Martin – Organ, Attersee 1999
Leonor Rondeau – Piano, Salzburg 1999
Jeffrey Neufeld – Piano, Salzburg 1998
Allison Storochuk – Clarinet, Salzburg 1998
David Colwell – Violin, Salzburg 1998, 1999
Heidi Klann – Soprano, Salzburg 1997
Mikolaj Warszynski – Piano, Salzburg 1997, 2000
Carmen Falconer – Piano, Salzburg 1997
Maura Sharkey – Mezzo Soprano, Salzburg 1997, 1999
Darryl Hartshorne – Bassoon, Attergau 1996
Gloria Reimer – Piano, Salzburg 1996, 1997
Tanya Wan Lim – Piano, Salzburg 1996
Rachelle Ventura – Piano, Salzburg 1995
Jane McGillis – Soprano, Vienna 1995
Jan Berry – Saxophone, Salzburg & Vienna 1995
Mavis Callihoo – Soprano, Salzburg & Vienna 1994, 2003, 2004
Adrienne Wiebe – Mezzo Soprano, Salzburg 1994
Esther Chu – Piano, Salzburg 1994
Christine Schultz – Soprano, Salzburg 1994
Scott Godin – Piano, Vienna 1993, 1994
Trevor Brandenburg – Percussion, Salzburg 1993
Kim Mattice-Wanat – Soprano, Salzburg 1993
Corey Hamm – Piano, Salzburg 1992, 1993
Tim Hankewich – Conductor, Vienna 1991
Kathleen Lotz – Soprano, Salzburg 1991, 1992
Janet Tonin – Soprano, Salzburg 1991
Glenn Segger – Organ, Vienna 1991, 1992
Ronda Metszies – Cello, Salzburg 1990
Leslie Newman – Flute, Salzburg 1990, 1992
Roger Admiral – Piano, Salzburg 1990, 1993
Anne Marie Hoover – Soprano, Salzburg 1990
Darlene Schubert – Soprano, Salzburg & Vienna 1989, 1990, 1991
Elizabeth Raycroft – Soprano, Vienna 1989
Laurier Fagnan – Baritone, Salzburg 1989
Roland Fix – Baritone, Salzburg 1988, 1989
Patricia Steinbring – Soprano, Salzburg 1988, 1989
Richard Van Der Woude – Organ, Vienna 1988
Elizabeth Turnbull – Mezzo Soprano Salzburg, 1987
Martine Dargis – Soprano, Salzburg 1987
Marina Hoover – Cello, Salzburg 1987
Leo Parth – Piano, Salzburg 1986
Grant Maxwell – Piano, Salzburg 1986
Elizabeth Laich – Piano, Salzburg 1986
Kay McCallister – French Horn, Vienna & Salzburg 1985, 1986
Haley Simons – Piano, Salzburg, 1985
Sharon Ann Miller – Soprano, Salzburg, 1985
Heather MacLean – Soprano, Salzburg 1985, 1987
Brandon Konoval – Piano, Salzburg 1984
Joanne Opgenorth – Violin, Salzburg 1984, 1989
Gisele Rouleau – Piano, Salzburg 1983
Janet Dea – Soprano, Salzburg 1983
Kirk Muspratt – Conductor, Vienna 1983, 1984
Ming-Yee Tam – Piano, Salzburg 1982
Wendy Humphreys – Soprano, Salzburg 1982
Melody Boone – Soprano, Salzburg 1982
Monica Rist – Organ, Vienna 1982
Jacqueline Preuss – Soprano, Salzburg 1981, 1982
Katharina Megli – Mezzo Soprano, Salzburg 1980, 1981
Robert Casgrain – Piano, Vienna 1980
Margaret Bunkall – French Horn, Vienna & Salzburg 1979
Irene Brookwell – Piano, Salzburg 1979, 1980
Valeria Wills – Violin, Salzburg 1978
Betty Kolodziej – Soprano, Vienna 1978
Eileen Keown – Piano, Salzburg 1978
Beverly Cohen – Soprano, Vienna 1977
Norbert Boehm – Violin, Salzburg 1977
Robert Klakowich – Harpsicord, Engelstein 1976
Marnie Giesbrecht – Piano, Salzburg 1976, 1977
Cheryl Cooney – Piano, Salzburg 1976