SEE Magazine
Copyright © 1998. All Rights Reserved.
CLASSICAL
BY JERRY OZIPKOPREVIEW
Johann Strauss Ball
Westin Hotel
Saturday, Feb. 7In 1978, Baroness Maria von Trapp, about whom the Broadway musical The Sound of Music was written, came to Edmonton and assumed the role of honorary patroness of the Johann Strauss Foundation. The foundation had been formed a few years earlier by this city's Austrian-Canadian community to commemorate the great Viennese composer Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899).
The principal aim of the foundation is to support advanced musical education in Alberta and encourage young, promising musicians to further their studies in the historically and musically rich culture of Austria. Since its establishment, the foundation has awarded over $330,000 to 64 Albertans, many of whom have gone on to international concert careers.
This year's winners were announced at the Sponsor's Recital, given by scholarship winners from previous years, on Sunday, Jan. 18 at the Westin Hotel. And the scholarships will be awarded at Edmonton's formal musical gala event of the year, the 23rd Johann Strauss Ball, at the Westin Hotel Saturday, Feb. 7.
The following is a brief look at 1998's four scholarship winners:
Violinist David Colwell is a bachelor of music student at the University of Alberta. A pupil of Martin Riseley, Colwell currently serves as concertmaster of both the Academy Strings and the Edmonton Senior Youth Orchestra. Previous studies have been with the likes of violinists/teachers Elfreda Gleam, William van der Sloot, Edmond Agopian, Lise Elson, Ranald Shean, Gwen Hoebig, Moshe Hammer, Lorand Fenyves, Mimi Zweig and Ivan Zenaty. Colwell made his orchestral solo début with the Edmonton Symphony in 1995. He plans to study with violinists in residence at the International Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg this coming summer.
Clarinettist Allison Storochuk is a graduate of musical studies at both the U of A and Arizona State University. As an active soloist and recitalist, she has performed across Canada, the United States, Japan, England and Australia. After having studied with numerous teachers in North America, Storochuk plans to study with Alois Brandofer and Alfred Prinz at the Salzburg Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum.
Pianist Jeffrey Neufeld, originally from Winnipeg, is currently a scholarship student at the U of A, where he's a pupil of Marek Jablonski. He has already performed as a soloist, chamber musician and with orchestras across much of Canada. This summer, he intends to pursue studies with Sergio Perticaroli and Bernard Ringeissen at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg.
Mikolaj Warszynski, also a pianist, was born in Poland and immigrated to Canada at the age of four. He began his musical studies with Barbara Ellis, then continued his training with local pianist/teacher Janet Scott-Hoyt. Since 1995, he has studied with the likes of Robert Silverman, Arthur Rowe, Jamie Parker and David Moroz. Warszynski is a second-year bachelor of music student at the U of A and a pupil of Marek Jablonski. At the conclusion of his undergraduate degree, he intends to continue studies that he began last year with Sergio Perticaroli and Bernard Ringeissen at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg.
| Go To Issue Contents | Go To Main Index | Go To Listings |