IMAGINE Arts Incubator 2023/24 - Now Closed
Developed to foster creativity and innovation and to enable Kingston and national professional artists, creators, and educators to explore, invent, collaborate, and produce.
The residency supports creation-based residencies, filming/recording/streaming initiatives for original works, socially engaged arts projects tackling the issues of our time, and creative placemaking for community engagement in the arts.
Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition 2023
Established at Queen's University to foster Canada's top talent and provide professional development support to young Canadian musicians who aspire to a concert career.
Jonathan Mak - First Prize: The Isabel Overton Bader, Clifford Overton and Francoise Landry Prize for $20,000 CAD, a future engagement to perform a concerto with the Kingston Symphony Association, and a future engagement to perform a recital at the Isabel.
Elijah Orlenko - Second Prize: The Margaret Foster and Katherine Foster Prize for $6,000 CAD.
Paul Williamson - Third prize: The Marion Dick Memorial Prize for $4,000 CAD.
Elijah Orlenko - The Bader Family Audience Prize: $1,000 CAD.
Bader & Overton Canadian Cello Competition 2020
Bryan Cheng - First Prize: The Marion Dick Memorial Cello Prize for $20,000 CAD, a future engagement to perform a concerto with the Kingston Symphony Association, a future engagement to perform a recital at the Isabel.
Leland Ko - Second Prize: The Clifford Overton Prize for $6,000 CAD.
Andreas Schmalhofer - Third prize: The Margaret Foster and Heather Dick Prize for $4,000 CAD.
Andreas Schmalhofer - The Bader Family Audience Prize: $1,000 CAD.
Isabel Overton Bader Canadian Violin Competition 2017
Yolanda Bruno - First Prize: The Marion Dick Memorial Violin Prize for $20,000 CAD, a future engagement to perform a concerto with the Kingston Symphony Association, and a future engagement to perform a recital at the Isabel that will be recorded by CBC Radio 2.
Katya Poplyansky - Second Prize: The Clifford Overton Prize for $6,000 CAD.
Lucy Wang - Third prize: The Margaret Foster and Heather Dick Prize for $4,000 CAD.
Yolanda Bruno - The Bader Family Audience Prize: $1,000 CAD.