Faith Wins Prestigious Award

Faith received a well deserved award last night.... a complete surprise to her!! A big thanks to her piano teacher, Janna Olson, to the Contemporary Showcase for providing the opportunity to play Canadian Contemporary Music, and to New Music Edmonton.

Here is a glimpse of Faith playing at the Muttart Hall in downtown Edmonton at the Gala event - a real celebration of musical talent and hard work!

Last week Saturday, Faith had a big day.  First she played in the Contemporary Showcase (which landed her this award) on Saturday afternoon.  Because of a busy semester of school she came very close to not participating this year.  But thanks to her amazing piano teacher, Miss Olson, Faith was encouraged to continue if not only for the enjoyment of the experience and to share her love of music.  Here she is, playing for adjudication at the Alberta College.  This is the same piece she played last night at the Gala Event to celebrate the Festival of Canadian Contemporary Music:

Then came Saturday evening.  Faith had been asked to participate as a Young Emerging Artist in the St. Albert Chamber Music Recital Series.  The evening featured Early Music Alberta a group consisting of harpsichord, viola da gamba, and soprano.  The music is from the early time period of the 1700's.  As an opener to the concert the society was looking for an emerging artist to play the harpsichord.  Now who would that be?  Who even knows what a harpsichord is, or has access to one to be able to practice?  Faith's piano teacher, who has been instrumental in giving Faith so many wonderful opportunities around Edmonton these past 8 years, heard about it and knew instantly that Faith would be a terrific candidate.  She could practise at King's College because they have a harpsichord and since Faith is so flexible and has terrific sight reading abilities and stage performance she would fit the bill.

Here is that performance on a very exciting evening in St. Albert.  Faith was overwhelmed again to receive $100 in thanks for this and more than that she loved the experience and the people who encouraged her so very much. 

These opportunities have given her invaluable life skills and have allowed her to share her love of music, and her heart with so many people.

We are so incredibly blessed.