Gustin House

06/06/2026

Congratulations April!

In honour and appreciation of Garth Beckett, distinguished graduate of the Lyell Gustin Piano Studios, concert pianist and revered teacher, the L. J. Fournier Family of Prince Albert offers a scholarship of $1500 at the Saskatchewan Provincial Music Festival. The scholarship is open to piano students up to the age of 20 inclusive performing advanced piano repertoire, and is awarded to the performer who, in the opinion of the adjudicator, shows the most promise.
This year's winner of the Garth Beckett/Gustin House Senior Piano Scholarship is April Shi. Presenting on behalf of the Fournier Family is Dr. Gregory Schulte. Adjudicator for all piano competitions is Younggun Kim of Toronto.
Congratulations, April!
Saskatoon Music Festival

06/01/2026

Thank you to the SRMTA and their Opus publication for this information and photos. Our Gustin Competition took place on Saturday, May 30th, 2026 at Emmanuel Anglican Church in Saskatoon.

Andrew Liu, a student of Janice Elliott-Denike of Regina, was awarded first place and the Gustin Trounce Committee scholarship for $500.00.

Gregory Schulte, an original member of the committee and a former Gustin pupil presented the award. ‘He mentioned some advice of Dr. Gustin: “Before you rest a piece after a performance, mend it”. This reinforced the adjudicator’s comments about how to maintain one’s repertoire.’

Second place and the $300.00 SRMTA Gustin Memorial Award was presented to Boaman Liu, a student of Bonnie Nicholson. Branch President, Lynn Ewing, presented the Saskatoon Branch Gustin Memorial Award for $100.00 to April Shi, another student of Bonnie Nicholson.

05/31/2026

Congrats!

Excited to receive our ECMA Classical Release of the Year🏆! We unfortunately missed the celebration last weekend, but that doesn’t diminish the honour of receiving this recognition for our Maier Franck Schumann recording on Delphian Records! Thank you East Coast Music Association (ECMA).

This album wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council and Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador.

We are also so grateful excellent team at Delphian who helped us sound our best!

05/26/2026

We are looking forward to The Lyell Gustin Memorial Piano Competition on Saturday, May 30th. Thank you to Lynn Ewing for hosting and the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers' Association for holding this event.

05/25/2026

Congratulations to the recipients of the Gustin/Trounce scholarships at the Saskatoon Music Festival

Jenny Liang
Gustin/Trounce Heritage Committee Piano Scholarship, 11 years and under

Clara Zhang
Gustin/Trounce Heritage Committee Piano Scholarship, 13 years and under

Maya Geransky
Gustin/Trounce Heritage Committee Piano Scholarship, 15 years and under

Charlotte Wright
Gustin/Trounce Heritage Committee Piano Scholarship, 17 years and under

April Shi
Gustin/Trounce Heritage Committee Piano Scholarship, 19 years and under

05/23/2026

Many of you were asking which Canadian composer the The Gryphon Trio performed. It was Dinuk Wijeratne’s “Love Triangle.”

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05/23/2026

What an incredible concert with the The Gryphon Trio. Thank you to these amazing artists for an outstanding recital. This program had something for everyone. We enjoyed hearing about the Piano Trio and its journey through time. Here are a few photos to enjoy.

05/17/2026

Thank you to CBC Radio’s Saskatchewan Weekend and Shauna Powers for promoting our upcoming recital. Here is Part 2 of a portion of the interview. For the full interview go to the CBC Listen App and search Saskatchewan Weekend. For tickets to our Gryphon Trio Concert happening Tuesday, May 19th go to: https://www.gustinhouse.ca/events

05/17/2026

Thank you to CBC Radio’s Saskatchewan Weekend and Shauna Powers for promoting our upcoming recital. Here is a part one of a portion of the interview. For the full interview go to the CBC Listen App and search Saskatchewan Weekend. For tickets to our Gryphon Trio Concert happening Tuesday, May 19th go to: https://www.gustinhouse.ca/events

05/13/2026

Thank you Jeff Rogstad and CTV News “Weather Connect” for airing this for us! There is even a special guest to help with the promotion. Just to be clear, the concert is at St. John’s Anglican Cathedral. For tickets go to: https://www.gustinhouse.ca/events