Taylor Academy Scholarship & Program Supporters | The Royal Conservatory of Music

Our Taylor Academy Supporters

The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists nurtures and develops the vast potential that exists in extraordinarily gifted young artists. Through unparalleled creative, academic and personal enrichment, The Taylor Academy produces the leaders of tomorrow. Your support is vital to helping us provide exceptional training for our incredible musicians.

Our sincere thanks to Phil and Eli Taylor for their transformational gift, which we are proud to recognize through the naming of The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists.

We are very grateful to all the generous donors whose investment in scholarships and programs at The Taylor Academy is supporting the next generation of great artists in the 2023-24 academic year.

Director’s Scholarships

Scholarships providing full tuition support for the 2022-23 academic year.

The Taylor Prize (4)
The Temerty Foundation Scholarships (3)
The Anne Gillis Conway Scholarships (2) and The Marian E. Gillis Memorial Scholarship
The Henry Hung Foundation Scholarships (2)
The William & Nona Heaslip Foundation Scholarship
The Mercier-Hantho Scholarship
The Janette Alana Montgomery Memorial Scholarship for Voice
The Marianne Oundjian Scholarship for Strings
The Mary Jean Potter Scholarship
Annual Partial-Tuition Scholarships

Scholarships providing partial tuition support for the 2022-23 academic year.

$5,000-$9,999

The Elohim 2 Scholarship
The Alvin Gold Scholarship
The Eitan Benjamin Postavsky Scholarship

$1,000-$2,499

The Lois & David Buckstein Family Foundation Scholarship
The Leah Elizabeth Freeman Memorial Scholarship
The Sharon Hart Scholarship
The Sylvia M. McPhee Scholarship

We also thank the following for the support provided for an annual scholarship this year.

Larry Chambers & Karin Tomosky
Dorothy Gruggen
Sheelagh Mercier
Endowed Scholarships

Scholarships that establish a legacy of support and are providing $500 or more for the 2022-23 academic year.

$100,000–$499,999

The Geraldine Edna Barford Memorial Scholarship
The Ida Lillian Bradd Memorial Scholarship
The Anne Gillis Conway Scholarship
The Marian E. Gillis Memorial Scholarship
The Gisela Klinghofer Memorial Scholarship
The Janette Alana Montgomery Endowment
The Josef Standhaft Memorial Bursary
The Al & Bob Whitworth Memorial Scholarship/Bursary

$50,000–$99,999

The Boris Berlin Scholarship
The Patricia Anne Brown Memorial Scholarship
The Carrie Evans Memorial Scholarship
The William Heintzman & Barbara Heintzman Piano Scholarship
The R.S. Williams String Scholarship
The Lucia ten Kortenaar Scholarship
The Vandendool-Cable Award
The Frank Vidlak Memorial Scholarship
The Cecilia Zhang Memorial Music Award

Under $50,000

The Olive M. Bentley Scholarship
The Clouter Family Scholarship
The Sylvia J. Crossley Memorial Scholarship
The Culley Family Memorial Scholarship
The Alice Gardiner Duff Memorial Bursary
The Yaakov Geringas Memorial Scholarship
The Mara Beth Glick Bursary
The Ada Wagstaff Harris Scholarship
The Jean Innes Vocal Scholarship
The Eva E. Janes Scholarship
The Marianne Jeffery Memorial Scholarship
The Gitl Kagan Scholarship
The Robert E. Lambton Memorial Scholarship
The Andrea Mazzoleni Memorial Scholarship
The Anna Moskoff Malania Bursary
The Nora McCardell Memorial Scholarship
The Mae E. Myers Scholarship
The Dr. David Ouchterlony Memorial Scholarship
The Wilfred Powell Memorial Scholarship
The Ernest & Mary Ryan Memorial Scholarship
The SBLR Group Endowment Fund
The Frances R. Thomson Vocal Scholarship
The Ward Family Scholarship