JOHN MELNYK TROPHY

Family and friends donated the John Melnyk Trophy to the Winnipeg Music Festival in 1996. This trophy is awarded for the most outstanding performance in a Piano Concerto class, Levels 8 to Honours.

John Melnyk has been associated with the Winnipeg Music Festival since 1926 as a competitor, accompanist and teacher. During that period his students have won numerous trophies, including the Beryl Ferguson Memorial Trophy several times and the Aikins Memorial Trophy on no less than twenty-four occasions. Several of his students have been sent on to represent Manitoba in national competition.

John Melnyk and his pupils have made their mark on the Piano Concerto classes. Throughout the years Mr. Melnyk has provided spirited orchestral accompaniment from the second piano to several generations of students. He covered virtually the entire piano concerto repertoire and raised the standard of this class to the highest level.