The main piano studio of the University of Ottawa Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory was named in honour of Sylva M. Gelber during a special celebration on December 3. This event also acknowledged a generous gift of $150,000 from the Sylva M. Gelber Music Foundation to the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory.
Distinguished guests included Aline Chrétien, the honourary co-chair of the Friends of the Laboratory. From left to right: Barbara Laskin, Ian Warren, Aline Chrétien, Robert Major, Tim Plumptre, Erica Cherney, Walter Prystawski and Gilles Comeau.