Music builds bridges to Africa
A chance connection on social media led Heidi Epp, a music teacher from B.C., to travel to Africa this summer to teach music and peace and conflict transformation. Kendri Mastaki Mushagalusa, founder and director of Peace Foundation DRC and the Peace Music Academy in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), had invited Epp,…
Westgate student, alumni win music scholarships
One Westgate Mennonite Collegiate student and two alumni are recipients of scholarships awarded by the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg. Cellist Juliana Moroz, who is in Grade 12 at the Winnipeg school, won a scholarship valued at $2,500. Soprano Christina Thanisch-Smith, who graduated from the school in 2015, received the Madeleine Gauvin Scholarship, worth $2,000;…
