2015 Provincial Music and Arts Festival Results
May 22- 24, 2015
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2015 Provincial Music and Arts Festival for qualifying to attend this year’s event, where 26 out of an eligible 28 local festivals and their communities were represented. Further congratulations are extended to the recipients of the awards listed below. AMAF thanks its generous financial supporters and scholarship donors and special thanks to all volunteers – without this support this event would not be possible.
National Classes
The following have been selected to represent Manitoba at the 2015 National Music Festival, held August 13-15 in Edmonton, Alberta:
National Vocal
Marlise Ritchie – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Piano
Albert Chen – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Strings
Gregory Lewis – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: David Liam Roberts – Winnipeg Music Festival
Classical Guitar
Nolan Powell – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Woodwinds
Jaena Kim – Winnipeg Music Festival Alternate: Subin Cho – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Brass
Rebecca Krawczuk – Brandon Festival of the Arts
National Chamber Group
Clarinet Belles – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Alternate: Wind Chill Brass – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 102 – George S. Mathieson
Pembina Trails Voices – Cantemus – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 103 – Paul J. Bourret
William Morton Collegiate Institute Gr 9-12 Choir – Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
National Choral Class 105 – Dr. & Mrs. J.F.K. English
Pembina Trails Voices – Chorale – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 107 – Margaret Wharton Memorial
Pembina Trails Voices – Choraliers – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Composition Competition
The following submitted entries with results announced at the 2015 Provincial Music and Arts Festival:
Award Winner (Piano): “Memory” – Sarah MacDonald (Minnedosa, MB)
Honourable Mention (Choral): “Create In Me” – Jordan Martens (Steinbach, MB)
Honourable Mention (Piano): “Gwone” – Braden Davis (Deloraine, MB)
Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Senior Classes
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Selene Sharpe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Southeastern Manitoba Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Anton Sokalski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Cassandra Graham (Foxwarren, MB) – North Western Marquette Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Intermediate Vocal
1st Place: Maria Golas (Fisher Branch, MB) – Evergreen Festival of the Arts
Mercier Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Nikita Silagy (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
Advanced Vocal
1st Place: Randall Buhler (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Shirley Penner Scholarship
2nd Place: Kady Evanyshyn (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Shirley Penner Scholarship
Senior Vocal
1st Place: Elliot Lazar (Winnipeg, MB)– Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Beth Rempel (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Prairie Sounds Festival Scholarship
Junior Piano
1st Place: Cindy Chang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Carberry Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: David Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship and Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work)
3rd Place: Evelyn Alles (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Kevin Li (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Laura Funk (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Edith Munroe Scholarship
3rd Place: Gareth Rice (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Nika Martinussen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work)
Advanced Piano
1st Place: Jihyang (Jane) Son (Gladstone, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
James McFee Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Vicky Liu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
Hannah Drudge (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work)
Senior Piano
1st Place: Chanyoung (Jammie) Lee (Brandon, MB)– Brandon Festival of the Arts
Edith Munroe Scholarship
2nd Place: Justin Lin (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Edith Munroe Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: River Sawchyn (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Gordon K. Braybrook Scholarship
2nd Place: Shayla Thiessen (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: Liana Fonseca (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Claire DuBois Scholarship
2nd Place: Micah Loewen (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Advanced Strings
1st Place: Katherine Stobbe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Tiger Hills Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Juliana Moroz (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
Junior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Ben Lange (La Broquerie, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Intermediate Classical Guitar
1st Place: Dody Jr. (D.J.) Feliciano (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Advanced Classical Guitar
1st Place: Sammy Cooper (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Senior Classical Guitar
1st Place: James Graham (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Intermediate Woodwinds
1st Place: Morgan Sawchyn (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Cathy Wood Scholarship
2nd Place: Rose Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Woodwinds
1st Place: Jennifer Arcand (Selkirk, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
Intermediate Percussion
1st Place: Joshua (Sangmin) Shin (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Morna-June Morrow Scholarship
Junior Chamber Group
1st Place: Wolseley String Quartet (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Chamber Group
1st Place: Quantum Quartet (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship/Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Chamber Group
1st Place: Katherine Stobbe, Alexander Moroz, Juliana Moroz (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: William Kim (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Virden Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Rose Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
3rd Place: Sam Bergen (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Dieppe Skogan (Arborg, MB) – Evergreen Festival of the Arts
S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Intermediate Canadian Composers
1st Place: Azaria Neuschwander (Gladstone, MB) – Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Ray Guerard (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Georg Neuhofer (Roblin, MB) – North Western Marquette Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: Christina Thanisch-Smith (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Keiran Placatka (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Dr. Lorne Watson Scholarship and S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Tianhao Wang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Scholarship
Junior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Vivian Shen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Intermediate W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Maria Golas (Fisher Branch, MB) – Evergreen Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Iona Taylor (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Jillian Reader (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Sarah Pu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: James Bergen (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Julie Sidorchuk (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Senior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Di (Kelly) Wu (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Tyler Leighton (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rock Lake Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Megan Tyndale (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rockwood Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Chase Winnicky (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rockwood Festival or the Arts Scholarship
Advanced Musical Theatre
1st Place: Bev Fredborg (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship
Senior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Beth Rempel (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Joanne Kilfoyle (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Southeastern Manitoba Festival Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 7-9
1st Place: Sonya Strocen (Langruth, MB)– Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
Thorleifson Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Katarina Klippenstein (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Hurton Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Sydney Strocen (Langruth, MB) – Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 10-12
1st Place: Ayla Hamilton (Russell, MB) – North Western Marquette Festival
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Joey Simms (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 7-9
1st Place: Arishya Aggarwal (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds FestivalEvergreen Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Emma Miskulin (Rivers, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 10-12
1st Place: Tessa Lupkowski (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Larry Moore Scholarship