SABIAN Announces 2015 PASIC Scholarship Winner

SABIAN congratulates Liam Robbins of St. Johns, Newfoundland, winner of the 2015 SABIAN/PASIC Scholarship.

 In his second year at Memorial University, the fluently-bilingual Robbins has won a number of academic awards and is also a former Canada Games athlete.

Robbins has been playing percussion and drums for over eight years, has studied piano and voice, and at a young age also played the cello with the Suzuki program. He found his love for percussion through the Gower Community Band at the age of eleven and has been playing and performing with them ever since. He has also played in the Newfoundland Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, the MUN wind ensemble, and the MUN percussion ensemble known as the Scruncheons.

In addition to percussion, Robbins enjoys rowing, running, and downhill skiing. He was chosen to represent Newfoundland at the 2013 Canada Games with the Newfoundland Rowing team.

Liam Robbins was selected by a distinguished selection committee made up of PAS Members Dr. Jill Ball (Faculty of Music, Western University), D’Arcy Gray (Principal Timpanist & Percussionist, WePlayOn) and Dr. Nick Papador (Music Department, University of Windsor).

The SABIAN/PASIC Scholarship offers full-time Canadian Percussion majors the opportunity to attend the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC). In addition to the all-expenses-paid travel to PASIC, Robbins will also receive a ticket to the PASIC Hall of Fame reception, a PASIC t-shirt and a 1-year membership to PAS.