When Edward Tomanek was given a toy tennis racket at three and started playing it like a violin, his parents took the hint. Although he had just taken up piano, violin lessons were arranged as well.

Three students from Etobicoke recently played their way to first place in the Royal Conservatory of Music’s violin examinations. Madison Okrainec, 6, Rosana Scopacasa, 8, and Asha Saha, 11, each ...

Csenge Magyar, 9, was “surprised” to learn she had won a gold medal for scoring the top mark in Ontario on her Grade 2 Royal Conservatory of Music violin examination. “I didn’t know there was a medal, ...