About the Scholarship
Entry Deadline: January 31
A scholarship of $750 shall be awarded to a successful teacher wishing to pursue further studies and who returns to teach in Saskatchewan.
Upon completion of studies, the recipient will write a brief report for inclusion in Opus.
The application deadline is January 31 of the competition year.
Rules & Regulations
The scholarship winner will submit a written report upon completion of their studies for the next deadline of Opus Journal. The opportunity to present a workshop to a local branch also exists.
About Dorothy Bee (1910-1986)
Dorothy Williamina Bee (1910-1986)
Musician, Administrator
Dorothy Williamina Bee was born on November 1, 1910 in Lemberg, Saskatchewan and moved to Regina at a young age. Dorothy played a string bass for the Regina Symphony Orchestra from 1943 to 1971, she also played and taught piano, was an author, editor and co-editor of material used to advance the teaching of music for the Western Board of Music. She introduced over 1000 new pieces as Head of the Piano Syllabus Committee from 1968 to1974.
Dorothy studied with William M. Buckley (1928-1936) and Lyell Gustin (1936), Master classes were taken with Rosalyn Tureck in 1940. Between 1944 and 1948 Dorothy studied with Max Pirani, Victor Babin for a year in 1960 and Andre Previn in 1970 and 1971.
Dorothy began as a faculty member at the Conservatory of Music in 1946 and began teaching at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1949. Very active in the area of music in Saskatchewan, Dorothy was an adjudicator and consultant for the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association, and an examiner for the Western Board of Music and Mount Royal College in Calgary. She co- authored, with Gordon Wallis, three volumes of studies for the piano which were especially designed to help students with specific technical problems.
From 1955 to 1957 Dorothy was president of the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers Association (SRMTA), and Vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association (CFMTA). In 1976 Dorothy was editor-in-chief of eight graded volumes of piano repertoire.
Dorothy Bee retired in 1979 and died in 1986.
Written by Elizabeth Seitz, 2015
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Past Winners
- 2020 Jhena Dela Cruz
- 2019 Hannah Marple
- 2018 No entries
- 2017 No entries
- 2016 Laurissa Archer
- 2015 Allison Luff
- 2014 Gregory Chase
- 2013 Sarah Frostad
- 2012 Karen King
- 2011 Melissa Jorgensen
- 2010 Marjorie Moldon
- 2009 Kim Engen
- 2008 Leanne Bowes
- 2007 Mark Turner
- 2006 Laureen Magnusson
- 2005 Laurel Teichroeb
- 2004 Rebecca Hankins-Vopni
- 2003 No entries
- 2002 Audrey Watson
- 2001 No entries
- 2000 Sarah Konecsni
- 1998 Lorna Roblin
- 1996 Monica Gustafson
- 1995 Barbara Eriksson
- 1994 Lars Valmested
- 1993 Heather Hecker
- 1992 Audrey Bayduza
- 1991 Susan Ruddick
- 1990 Heather Blakely
- 1989 Marilyn Whitehead
