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Annonce des lauréats des Prix Christina et Louis Quilico

Toronto, January 24, 2006 – The recipients of the Christina and Louis Quilico Awards were announced at a competition held in Toronto at the Heliconian Club on Sunday, January 22, 2006. Four young opera singers received awards: First prize:                         Sonja Gustafson, soprano     $2,000 Second prize:                   Philip Carmichael, baritone   $1,000 Third prize:                        Lawrence J. Wiliford, tenor   $   750 Encouragement award:    Justin Welsh, bartione      […]

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La photographe artistique Raymonde April reçoit un prix de 35 000 dollars

Toronto, November 29, 2005 –Montréal based photographer Raymonde April is the 2005 recipient of the $35,000 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography.  Raymonde April‘s photographic work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.  Currently Aires de migration  with French photographer/ video artist MichËle Waquant is showing at Montréal’s VOX Centre de l’image contemporaine. Her previous

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James Rolfe remporte le Prix Louis Applebaum pour les compositeurs

Toronto, November 8, 2005 – Canadian composer James Rolfe has won the Louis Applebaum Composers Award.  This year’s $10,000 award recognizesexcellence in music composition for theatre, music theatre, dance or opera. Composer James Rolfe, one of Canada’s leading contemporary composers, receives the award for his outstanding work in the field of opera.  Mr. Rolfe is well known for his first opera Beatrice Chancy (libretto by

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Livres primés par des élèves d'une école de Thunder Bay

Toronto, June 3, 2005 ó Students from Claude E. Garton Public School in Thunder Bay today announced the 2005 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards.  Every year, student juries from a selected Ontario school present these national awards in two categories: children’s picture book, which is split between the author and illustrator, and the young adult book/middle reader category. Author/illustrator Wallace Edwards receives the $5,000 prize for Monkey Business (Kids

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Finalistes sélectionnés pour les prix Ruth et Sylvia Schwartz de littérature jeunesse 2005

Toronto, April 27, 2005 ó Authors and illustrators nominated to the shortlist for the 2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today.  (See attached list.) These national awards ó one for a children’s picture book and one for a young adult/middle reader book ó recognize writers and illustrators from across Canada who demonstrate artistic excellence in children’s literature. Each year, two

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Emmanuel Vukovich reçoit la bourse d'études du quatuor à cordes Orford

Toronto, September 23, 2004ó Emmanuel Vukovich, a violin student at Montreal’s McGill University, is this year’s winner of the $2,500 Orford String Quartet Scholarship.  A Julliard graduate, Emmanuel Vukovich has already attracted considerable attention as a soloist and chamber musician.  Vukovich has performed at The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in New York, the

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Annonce des lauréats des prix de littérature jeunesse 2004

Toronto, May 11, 2004 ó Students from Nelson Mandela Park Junior and Senior Public School in Toronto, Ontario, today announced the winners of the 2004 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards.These national awards ó one for a children’s picture book and one for a young adult/middle reader book ó recognize authors and illustrators from across Canada who demonstrate artistic excellence in

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Les prix K.M. Hunter aux artistes 2004

The 2004 K.M. Hunter Artists Awards–  “Supporting the emerging artist.” – Toronto, April 26, 2004 ó The K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the annual K.M. Hunter Artists Awards.   DANCE CO-WINNERS: Kate Alton and Michael Trent    LITERATURE:                  Nila GuptaMUSIC:                              Quinsin NachoffTHEATRE:                        Marjorie ChanVISUAL ARTS:                 June Pak Host Laurie Brown introduced this year’s winners at a reception at The

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Annonce des finalistes du prix national de littérature jeunesse

Toronto, March 23, 2004 ó The Ontario Arts Council Foundation today announced the shortlists for the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award (See attached list). This national award ó one for a children’s picture book and one for a young adult/middle reader book ó recognizes writers and illustrators from across Canada who demonstrate artistic excellence in children’s literature. Two juries of schoolchildren from Nelson Mandela

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La mezzo-soprano Judith Forst remporte un prix de 15 000 dollars

Toronto, December 1, 2003 – Vancouver mezzo-soprano Judith Forst is the first winner of the $15,000 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Classical Singing. Established by Norman Walford, the former Executive Director of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), and his partner Paul de Hueck, former Production Manager for arts programming at CBC television, the awards recognize

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