Festival of the Art 2019 Scholarship Recipient
Maria Betuzzi
Maria plans to attend UofVic for her Bachelor of Biology and beyond that, Veterinary Medicine. She has been very active playing trumpet in both the 100 Mile Community Band and the PSO Concert and Tour Bands.
2020 Festival of the Arts Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations Baylee Shields
Congratulations Baylee Shields
Congratulations Baylee Shields
Baylee has been taking voice lessons for twelve years and for the past two years, has taken both guitar and music theory. She performed at Festival for many years and had the opportunity to represent 100 Mile at the provincial level, winning an honourable mention award.
Future educational plans include attending the University of Victoria for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Computer Science. She is not sure where she’ll go from there, but one possible career choice may be studying to become a high school teacher
Congratulations Maya Geerts
Congratulations Baylee Shields
Congratulations Baylee Shields
Maya has been practicing, perfecting, and performing piano pieces since the age of five. Besides performing at Festival for countless years, she has taken part in the PSO band program as well as the school Jazz and Tour Bands.
Her immediate educational plan is to achieve a Bachelor of Science degree through UBC, while studying in another country as an exchange student. Beyond that, her ultimate goal is to apply to medical school to become an obstetrician/gynecologist.