Moose Jaw Times-Herald: High musical achievements for young ages

Two Moose Jaw girls receive Conservatory Canada medals and scholarship

Ten-year-old Sarah Closs (left) and nine-year-old Alicia
Zarubin strike a pose in the RuBarb Productions Inc.
office. The girls each received a Conservatory Canada
Medal of Excellence and the Lillian and Don Wright
National Voice Travel and Study Scholarship.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Two Moose Jaw girls have received top music honours from Conservatory Canada.

Alicia Zarubin, 9, and Sarah Closs, 10, achieved the highest marks in Saskatchewan from their conservatory voice exams and will each receive a Medal of Excellence.

They also were awarded the Lillian and Don Wright National Voice Travel and Study Scholarship and will travel to London, Ont., this weekend for workshops and to receive their medals. Only 10 students from across Canada were selected.

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