Peter and Audrey Switzer Trophy Room

Strings - Burtanger String Trophy

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.

Winners

2025Finn Chu
2024Thomas So-Fronda
2023Thomas So-Fronda

Eligible Classes

26004 - Strings Classical - Classical Solo #1 - Strings Solo Level 4View
26005 - Strings Classical - Classical Solo #1 - Strings Solo Level 5View
26006 - Strings Classical - Classical Solo #1 - Strings Solo Level 6View
26044 - Strings Classical - Recital - Strings Recital Level 4View
26045 - Strings Classical - Recital - Strings Recital Level 5View
26046 - Strings Classical - Recital - Strings Recital Level 6View
26080 - Strings Classical - Concerto - Strings Concerto Introductory to Level 5 (concerto or concertino junior)View
26081 - Strings Classical - Concerto - Strings Concerto Level 6 - 9View