Fonds Hugh D. McKellar
Hugh D. McKellar a grandi dans le sud-ouest du comté de Lambton. Il a étudié le piano et a eu une longue carrière dans l’enseignement et de travail dans les bibliothèques des écoles secondaires de Toronto. M. McKellar avait un vif intérêt pour la musique d'église et les hymnes.
Ayant planifié de longue date des legs aux institutions importantes dans sa vie, M. McKellar a vu dans la Fondation des arts de l’Ontario une opportunité d’agir de son vivant, et il a organisé une série de prix pour commencer durant sa vie.
Comme un moyen de fournir un soutien continu aux jeunes personnes capables, M. McKellar a créé le Fonds Hugh D. McKellar pour fournir deux bourses annuelles au Festival de musique du comté de Lambton, à travers la « Flossie M. McKellar Scholarship » et la « Hugh D. McKellar Scholarship », ainsi que pour fournir un soutien financier à la to St. Michael’s Cathedral Choir School.
Le Fonds Hugh D. McKellar fournit des dons annuels pour la prochaine génération d’amoureux de la musique, et le fait d'une manière forte significative pour M. McKellar.
One of the most important features of the rigorous musical training that the St. Michael’s Choir School choristers receive is the experiential educational performance piece that comes with the Annual Spring Tour. The boys and their teachers spend every day for two weeks giving concerts and performances around the province, or the country, or the globe. Sadly, some choristers do not go ‘on tour’ and are left behind because their family finances cannot afford them this important part of their education. The support from the Hugh D. McKellar Fund has allowed some of these talented, dedicated but financially challenged boys to experience the capstone piece of their education where all the classroom learning is consolidated through the Annual Spring Tour.
Le Lambton County Music Festival is an independent music festival that brings together talented local school bands, musicians, singers and choirs in south-west Ontario, providing music lovers with two weeks of free musical entertainment. It is the longest-running independently organized music festival in Canada whose objective is to feature the many often-overlooked yet highly skilled musicians who live in the local community in a competitive event. The Hugh D. McKellar Fund provides two annual scholarships to the Lambton County Music Festival for the Flossie M. McKellar Scholarship et Hugh D. McKellar Scholarship.