Peter and Audrey Switzer Trophy Room

Donated By: H.L. Burtanger, Esq., Stratford
First Presented: 1949
Criteria: Best or Most Promising Strings Player - Junior Level

Harold Burtanger owned Burt's Music Store at 16 Ontario Street in Stratford. He purchased The Music Shop, formerly owned by Alex Smith in 1949. An ad in the 1950 Festival program announced that Burt's Music Store was stocked with 'RCA Victor Records, Music, Musical Instruments and Supplies'.

Mr. Burtanger was active on the local music scene in a variety of ways. He was a violinist who enjoyed calling the square dances at parties and was a member of the Stratford Civic Orchestra. In 1949, he donated the Burtanger String Trophy for the Trophy Class in Strings.