Taryn Jackson is the 2016 recipient of the annual bursary from the Hazel Asmussen Fund through Battlefords and District Community Foundation.
Jackson will be entering her second year of a Masters of Musicology program at the University of Toronto this fall. She also serves as a corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves as a member of the 7th Toronto Artillery Band.
"As an 11 year-old I was convinced to join band and play the trumpet … I was always planning ahead and from a very young age intended to pursue a university education,” said Jackson.
“I am so thankful for the start I had in music growing up in North Battleford and am so fortunate now to study music full time.”
The Hazel Asmussen Fund was established with BDCF in 2007. Asmussen, a retired nurse and local artist, had long been involved in community building. She created this fund to help post-secondary fine arts students with their school expenses. BDCF creates endowed funds by investing donor gifts and providing annual grants from the investment income.
