(left to right) Dr. Arlene Ponting, Mr. Philip G. Ponting (Chair, The Banff Centre Board of Governors), The Honourable Norman L. Kwong (Lieutenant Governor, Alberta), Her Honour Mary Kwong, Mrs. Heather Lau, Mr. John C.S. Lau (President and CEO, Husky Energy Inc.), Ms. Mary E. Hofstetter (President & CEO, The Banff Centre), Mr. R. David Riggs. Photo: Don Lee

Each year The Banff Centre hosts a small handful of events aimed at raising funds to support talented artists from across Canada and around the world.

Scholarships provided through these events are essential for many artists—in the areas of music and sound, opera, dance, theatre, literary arts, media and visual arts—to afford educational programs at the professional level.

Scholarship contributors have a transformative impact on the lives and careers of these talented emerging and established artists. Over one third of the musicians in the philharmonic orchestras of Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Toronto are Banff Centre alumni, as are 25 per cent of dancers in the National Ballet of Canada and 50 per cent of dancers in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Banff Midsummer Ball
Toronto Garden Fête
Reading the World

 

For additional information, please contact:

Lynette Markham
Development Officer, Events
Toll Free: 1-888-495-4467 Ext. 7
Fax: (403) 762-6398
Email: lynette_markham@banffcentre.ca