Criteria: Secondary School Solo with Orchestral Accompaniment

BRUCE RICHARDSON TROPHY

Secondary School Solo with Orchestral Accompaniment

Mr. Bruce Richardson received degrees in Music from McGill and UWO. He taught Music at London Central Secondary School for almost 30 years until his retirement in 1998. He was a constant supporter and participant with his orchestras in the London Kiwanis Music Festival and served for many years on the Festival Board of Directors.

He was an active cellist with various orchestras and chamber music groups around Southwestern Ontario and conducts the FSA String Orchestra affiliated with First-St. Andrew's United Church. He also was an occasional conductor and coach with the Forest City School for Talent Education.

This trophy was donated to the Festival by his last Grade 13 Music Class in 1998 at London Central Secondary School.

Criteria: Secondary School Symphony Orchestra Grades 9-10

Criteria: Secondary School Senior String Orchestra Class A

HENRY BOLDT TROPHY

Secondary School String Orchestra Class A

Henry Boldt was a music educator for 30 years at Laurier Secondary School. Mr. Boldt conducted many fine orchestras and string ensembles at Laurier.

He assisted with the founding of the London Youth Symphony and was involved with the organization for many years. He also co-founded and performed with the London Community Orchestra, instructed in the Forest City Talent Education Program, and conducted the Valleyview Male Choir.

Henry helped develop the annual Stars of the Festival Concerts and coordinated the concerts for the first several years. The trophy was first presented in 1997.

Criteria: Secondary School Junior String Orchestra Grades 9-10

Criteria: Secondary School Senior Symphony Orchestra Class A

STAN KOPAC MEMORIAL TROPHY

Secondary School Orchestra - Class "A"

Stan Kopac (1947-2002) was a graduate of the State University of Music in Wroclaw , Poland . An accident cut short his ambitions to be a concert violinist - but his degrees and his excellence in composing and conducting kept him active in the world of music that he so deeply loved.

Stan Kopac studied with other conducting masters and won many awards. He conducted symphony orchestras in Poland , Germany , England , and Canada . However, it was in his conducting at the National Music Camp and with the London Youth Symphony that his spirit will be most effectively remembered. A father as well as a musician, he empathized with the struggles of growing up. He taught, encouraged, challenged, and inspired young people to see that music could be the most potent harmonizing effect in their lives.

The Stan Kopac Trophy is donated by The London Youth Symphony and was presented for the first time in 2004.

Criteria: Secondary School Senior Chamber Orchestra

STEPHEN WOLSLEY TROPHY

Secondary School Senior Chamber Orchestra

Stephen Wolsley taught strings for 2 years at Catholic Central, for 23 years at Laurier and for 6 years at Central Secondary School in London. During that time he arranged over 50 pieces for string orchestra. Many of those pieces were written for the Chamber Orchestra that he had the pleasure to work with at the time.

Mr. Wolsley entered his Chamber Orchestra in the Kiwanis Festival every year and strove to perform the most challenging music at the highest possible level.(New for Festival 2012, donated by the Golden Ghost Music Parents' Association and past students of London Central Secondary School.