Awards

Brass - Ken Wooster Memorial Award

Donated By: Wooster family
Criteria: Brass Solo
Amount: $125 - may be divided

Ken Wooster served with the Royal Canadian Regiment Artillery in WWII and continued in the navy reserve subsequently. He was a member and past-president of the Vimy Branch of the Legion. As an educator, he worked for various boards of education and the Ontary Ministry of Education. As a trombone player, he played and enjoyed classical, jazz, and big band music for over 75 years and made recordings from the 78s to the digital age. He played at the inaugural season of the Stratford Festival. He was active in the Kiwanis Music Festival in London and provided this brass perforamnce award to encourage young musicians.