Youth Award Recipients 2019

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018-19 Georgian Bay Symphony Youth Awards!

The GBS has been fortunate to work with several talented young musicians, who have demonstrated their passion for music throughout the year.

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Herman Dilmore Award Winners

The award is names for Herman Dilmore, the Symphony's first conductor.

Zoe McKittrick

An honours grade-nine student at OSDSS, Zoe McKittrick studies cello, is a member of Owen Sound’s Music for Youth, and is both a ballet and highland dancer.

She is a senior chorister in the Georgian Bay Children’s Choir,and works as assistant to the conductor and a music theory coach for the junior choirs.

Zoe is delighted to be part of the Georgian Bay Symphony Orchestra.

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Jeffrey Paik

Jeffrey started playing the cello at age 5 in Oakville, in the Suzuki program. He completed Grade 8 practical in 2018 with first class honors and has moved through the Royal Conservatory Orchestral training program. Jeffrey currently studies with Tricia Balmer in Toronto where he was a 2x award winner of the Davenport Music Festival. Upon moving to Owen Sound in 2017, he joined the Georgian Bay Symphony and represented Grey County Kiwanis at provincials. He is a Grade 10 student at OSDSS. In addition, he plays 1st Trombone and Euphonium in the Hannaford youth program under the direction of Anita McAlister.