10 Facts About Winifred Bambrick

Winifred Estella Bambrick was a Canadian classical musician and novelist.

Winifred Bambrick won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in 1946 for her book Continental Revue.

Winifred Bambrick's father was John Bambrick, a grocer and her mother was Catherine Corbett, John's second wife.

Winifred Bambrick was the youngest of three children all of whom were musically inclined.

Winifred Bambrick began harp lessons at the Rideau Street Convent.

Winifred Bambrick performed with the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra in 1910 and 1911, but soon left to study harp in New York City.

Winifred Bambrick subsequently played in John Philip Sousa's band from 1920 to 1930, and then spent the 1930s performing as a solo artist and with a circus orchestra in Europe.

Winifred Bambrick was travelling with her mother and the travelled west on the last train where they made it to England and eventually back to Canada.

Winifred Bambrick gave a recital in Ottawa and began a concert tour which took her across Canada to places such as Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.

Winifred Bambrick's prize winning novel, which is based on her concert tours through Europe before the war, took one year to write.