Music Bursary Winners!

Each spring, St. Columba offers three $500 music bursaries to Secondary 5 students who have been accepted into a CEGEP music program or its equivalent. The music bursaries are made possible by a generous donation from the Mary and Peter Hobley Memorial Fund from the Community Foundation for Monterey. The remaining money from the Fund each year is used to enrich ministry at St Columba.

This year’s recipients are Emma Hamzeh. trombone, Alia Zintel. euphonium. trombone, piano, and Parker Kislingbury. jazz saxophone, flute, piccolo. 

Each year, St. Columba offers three $500 music bursaries to West Island students who are graduating from Secondary V and who have been accepted into a CEGEP music program or its equivalent for the Fall. The music bursaries are made possible by a generous donation from the Mary and Peter Hobley Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of Monterey.

The three winners will all be studying in the music program at Vanier College this fall. The 2025 recipients are:

Emma Hamzeh, trombone

Alia Zintel, euphonium, trombone, piano

Parker Kislingbury, jazz saxophone, flute, piccolo