Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg Scholarship Winner, bassoonist Kirsty Tucker, joined Simeon Rusnak in the 4 o'clock hour of the Diamond Lane! Missed it? Watch it HERE

Kristy Tucker earned a Bachelor’s of Music degree from the University of Manitoba, recently completed her Master’s of Music degree at McGill University and ontinues her graduate studies at Yale University. Winner of numerous competitions, Kristy has been featured as a soloist with the University of Manitoba Wind ensemble twice, and has been awarded such scholarships as: The Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg “Holtby" scholarship, Schulich scholarships, and numerous grants from her schools of study. She has been invited to attend summer programs such as the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (2014 & 2015), the Young Artists’ Program at the National Arts Centre, and Scotia Festival of Music. Kristy will be returned to NYO Canada in the summer of 2017 as an Award of Excellence fellow.

The five winners will perform and receive their scholarship cheques at the annual WMC Scholarship Winners’ Recital that will be held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, December 28th, 2017 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The public is invited to attend and be treated to an evening of amazing music from these talented Manitoban performers! Tickets are available at www.womensmusicalclubofwpg.ca or $20 at the door. Students $5