The Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship

09/05/2023

After 3 long years of Covid shutdowns, we are back! Our fundraising concert, which was cancelled in March 2020 due to the pandemic, has been rescheduled to

Sunday, September 24th, 2023, 2:00 pm
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building,
80 Queen's Park, Toronto

Despite the pandemic, we are determined to raise the funds needed so that our funds will be matched and the scholarship will become perpetual. At this late date every little bit counts! Lilian Toyich has been active with the U of T Faculty of Music in continuing both the scholarship and Boyanna's Community Outreach Master Class.
The Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship has supported the education of several deserving students so far. And of course it will also be fun to get together again and celebrate the life of, and our connection to, the wonderful Boyanna Toyich.🥰

Tickets are $40 and of course any additional donations will be gratefully accepted and tax receipted.

Thank you for your support! We look forward to seeing you!

27/10/2021

16/12/2020

A big thank you to Fabian for putting together this lovely tribute. Today marks the anniversary of the inaugural concert of the Boyanna Toyich Memorial Concert Series. Boyanna will always have a special place in our hearts! ❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sStHtVqqR7k&feature=emb_logo

Boyanna Toyich Memorial Inauguration Concert December 15, 2019 This video is a compilation of photos, highlights and memories of our Tour to Vatican City (20...

19/06/2020

On the anniversary of her passing, June 19, 2019, we lovingly remember Boyanna, an incredible mentor and sister, a wonderful friend and colleague, and an amazing talented and inspirational music teacher! She remains in the memories and hearts of all those she touched, and whose lives she enhanced forever! We thank her for the unbelievable legacy she left all of us!!

22/04/2020

Unfortunately, both our March and June fundraising concerts have been postponed indefinitely, but please enjoy this song which was on the March programme. Sung in Latvian by Klaritas Vocal Ensemble, “Kopā augām, mēs māsiņas” or “We Sisters Grew Up Together” by composer Rita Strautiņš, expresses the sadness when two dear sisters and their mother must part... Here are the words in English:
We sisters grew up together
We did not just live together.
The goddess of chance separated us
As we stood at our home gate.
We are parting, we sisters
At those crossroads;
May there grow, at that very spot
Golden-crossed apple trees.
O, my Mother, so dear, so pure,
You are so far away, as am I.
The winds blow, and the people talk
In the void between us all.

14/03/2020

SADLY, OUR MARCH 22ND CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. STAY TUNED!

18/02/2020

A fabulous inaugural fundraising concert in support of The Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship at the University of Toronto.

09/12/2019

Please join us on Sunday December 15th at 2pm! Among the many great performances coming up in our Inaugural Fundraising Concert at Walter Hall, Fabian Fulsom will be playing the Liszt Consolation No. 3. He fondly remembers his studies with Boyanna Toyich and especially participating in her Toronto-Rome monster concert series: “Boyanna's incredible opportunities brought a whole new level of confidence in my performance capabilities and I am so thankful to her for this.”

02/11/2019

We are excited to announce our Inaugural Memorial Concert with wonderful performances representing the many facets of Boyanna's life and teaching career. Please join us on Sunday December 15th at 2:00 in Walter Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.

29/09/2019

Over her 40 year career, in addition to her private piano students, Boyanna Toyich coached many wonderful musicians, both instrumental and vocal, in her highly regarded Performance Skills Master Classes. Those former students, many now hugely successful performers, will be playing in a special upcoming Memorial Fundraising Concert Series. Follow our page for upcoming concert information!

29/09/2019

29/09/2019

Tax deductible donations can be made to the “Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship” in one of several ways:
1) By cheque to “Toyich International Projects”, mailed to Lilian Toyich, 20 Prince Arthur Avenue, Suite 8D, Toronto, ON M5R 1B1.
2) By credit card, as a one-time lump sum or monthly for up to 60 months online through the University of Toronto Faculty of Music donations page at https://donate.utoronto.ca/give/show/16 and then select “Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship”, or by phoning the Faculty of Music Development Office at 416-946-3580.
Thank you all so much for your support! We will post updates as donations come in.😊🎶❤️

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29/09/2019

The Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship has been created at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, in honour of esteemed alumnus, incredible teacher and beloved colleague, Boyanna Toyich.
Boyanna’s passionate mentorship enhanced and changed innumerable lives through more than 40 years of teaching. Her sincere wish was to have an ongoing music scholarship that would support students with excellent academic standing who show exemplary commitments to innovation and leadership in the musical arts.
The Boyanna Toyich Leadership in Music Scholarship will be awarded each year to a graduate student who exhibits qualities of leadership, academic engagement, as well as creativity, innovation and community outreach.