MusicFest’s premier $5,000 award
Yamaha Canada Music Limited has led the way in support of music and education in the Canadian school system for the past 54 years. Yamaha’s sponsorship of MusicFest Canada includes clinicians, concert artists and the fabulous equipment that our participants perform on and our audiences listen to throughout the festival.
Until 2025, Yamaha Canada presented the Yamaha Canada Passion In Performance Award, which consisted of a $5,000.00 wind instrument and was the premier individual award given at MusicFest Canada. It was reserved for that special individual, who, in the opinion of the adjudicators, demonstrated outstanding musicianship, past musical achievements and solo performances.
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2025 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Linda Xu (Toronto, ON)
2024 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Yeonji Oh (Midland, ON)
2023 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Luke Young (Richmond, BC)
2022 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Mason Jeffery-Off (Ottawa, ON)
2021 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Spencer Chan (Kanata, ON)
2019 AWARD RECIPIENT
- James Griffith (Lloydminster, AB)
2018 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Jacob Chung (Toronto, ON)
2016 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Ethan Balakrishnan (Ottawa, ON)
2015 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Noah Franche-Nolan (Vancouver, BC)
2014 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Jenny Xu (Surrey, BC)
2013 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Samuel Cousineau (Ottawa, ON)
2011 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Daniel Ko (Nepean, ON)
2010 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Sam Dickinson (Toronto, ON)
2009 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Brian Rapanos (North Vancouver, BC)
2008 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Beverly Wang
Earl Haig/Claude Watson Secondary School (Toronto, ON)
2007 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Eli Bennett
(Vancouver, BC)
2006 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Nathan Cepelinski
(Nepean, ON)
2005 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Simon Millerd
Gulf Islands Secondary School (Saltspring Island, BC)
2004 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Lauren Falls
Alberni Secondary School (Port Alberni, BC
2003 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Larnell Lewis
Mayfield Secondary School (Brampton, ON)
2002 AWARD RECIPIENT
- Fraser Calhoun
Kamloops Secondary School (Kamloops, BC)
