2025 grants for performing arts students: meet the jurors
November 4, 2025
The Hnatyshyn Foundation sincerely thanks the jurors who thoughtfully evaluated this year’s candidates for our study grants in the performing arts:
Developing Artist Grants
Classical Vocal Performance
Clarence Frazer, baritone
Asitha Tennekoon, tenor
Maria Lamont, opera stage director
Contemporary Dance
Calder White, dancer, choreographer and laureate of a Hnatyshyn Foundation Ukraine – Heritage, Spirit, and Future Award
Alison Kause, dancer and founder of Good Women Dance Collective
Tony Chong, choreographer, artistic director
Classical Music - Strings
Yolanda Bruno, violinist, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Bryan Cheng, international cello soloist and chamber musician
Claude Lapalme, Music Director, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra
Classical Music - Winds, Brass, Percussions
Claude Lapalme, Music Director, Red Deer Symphony Orchestra
Martin Bui, former principal percussionist, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Juliane Gallant, Resident Director and Advisor, Pops, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical Music - Piano
Michelle Mares, pianist
Larry Strachan, orchestral conductor, Founder of Chamber Orchestra Without Borders, and Associate Composer, Canadian Music Centre
David Jalbert, pianist
Jazz Performance
Allison Au, jazz musician
Anthony Fung, jazz musician and professor at Cal State Northridge
Audrey Ochoa, jazz musician
Acting - English Theatre
Sherry J Yoon, Co-Artistic Director, Boca del Lupo
Jovanni Sy, director, performer and playwright
Acting - French Theatre
Geneviève Pelletier, Artistic Director and co-Executive Director, Théâtre Cercle Molière
Marc-André Charron, Artistic/General Director, Théâtre Satellite
Marie Brassard, Artistic Director, infrarouge
The Joysanne Sidimus Ballet Grant
Olena Saltykova, former Principal Dancer, Kyiv Modern Ballet, and laureate of a Hnatyshyn Foundation Ukraine – Heritage, Spirit, and Future Award
Anya Nesvitaylo, Principal Dancer, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
The University of Saskatchewan Scholarship for Indigenous Students in Drama
The laureate is selected by professors at the University of Saskatchewan.
The Hnatyshyn Foundation - Christa and Franz-Paul Decker Fellowship in Conducting
The laureate is selected by professors at the Schulich School of Music.
