2018 Provincial Music and Arts Festival Results
May 25-27, 2018
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2018 Provincial Music and Arts Festival for their excellent performances. It was amazing to see that all 30 member 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. A special thank you is extended to all volunteers. Without the support of sponsors, donors and volunteers, this event would not be possible.
Manitoba Composition Competition
Four compositions were entered in the competition, with the following results:
Award Winners: Trevor Graumann (Winnipeg, MB) and Anna Schwartz (Fort Frances, ON)
Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Senior Classes
Preliminary Vocal
1st Place: Isaias Odiatu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Bruch-Wiens Scholarship
2nd Place: Olivia Hayward (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Kennedy Carvill (Pilot Mound, MB) – Rock Lake Festival of the Arts
Judy Urbonas Scholarship
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Lukas Sawatsky (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Stephanie Bell (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Mersadie Thiessen (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Judy Urbonas Scholarship
Intermediate Vocal
1st Place: Madelyn Mierau Friesen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Ernest Jones Scholarship ‘In honour of Mary Ann Taylor’
2nd Place: Azaria Neuschwander (Gladstone, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Mercier Family Scholarship
Advanced Vocal
1st Place: Anton Sokalski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Shirley Penner Scholarship
2nd Place: Hailey Witt (Winnipeg, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Shirley Penner Scholarship
Senior Vocal
1st Place: Sven Buller (Steinbach, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Erika Rasmussen (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Prairie Sounds Festival Scholarship
Preliminary Piano
1st Place: Erika Feng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Claire DuBois Scholarship
2nd Place: Xavier Pak (Brandon, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Kinzie Friesen (Altona, MB) – Red River Festival of the Arts
Red River Valley Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Preliminary J.S. Bach: Xavier Pak (Brandon, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Junior Piano
1st Place: Seth Cheung (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Carberry Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Marcel Alles (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Treyton Hamm (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior J.S. Bach: Elias Mierau (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Sarah Shing (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Kendra Palles (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Sydney Soroka (MacDonald, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Virden Music & Arts Festival Scholarship
Intermediate J.S. Bach: Lucas Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Advanced Piano
1st Place: Kevin Yuan Li (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Joshua Dyck (Altona, MB) – Red River Festival of the Arts
Prairie Sounds Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Grace Gabrielle Lu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced J.S. Bach: Kevin Yuan Li (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Senior Piano
1st Place: Albert Chen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
James G. McFee Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Sophie Kim (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
Senior J.S. Bach: Anna Schwartz (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Preliminary Strings
1st Place: Olivia Groening (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
2nd Place: Mikayla Sawatsky (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: Jonah Hiebert (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Gordon Braybrook Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Sannelle Engelbrecht (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: Shiloh Hiebert (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
2nd Place: Nya Sinéad Dubyk (Altona, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
Advanced Strings
1st Place: Malacai Hiebert (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Tiger Hills Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Paolo Camus (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Junior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Vishwa Srinivasan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Wesley Waagenaar (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Intermediate Classical Guitar
1st Place: Alyssa Cohen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Stephan Engelbrecht (Brandon, MB) - Brandon Festival of the Arts
Southeastern Manitoba Festival Scholarship
Advanced Classical Guitar
1st Place: Gloria Aza Farje (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Senior Classical Guitar
1st Place: James Graham (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Brian Meads (Moosehorn, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary Woodwinds
1st Place: Biju Jeong (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Maya Bourgeois (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Woodwinds
1st Place: Qichang (Shelley) Shen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship
Intermediate Woodwinds1st Place: Calista Wiese (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Catherine M. Wood Scholarship
2nd Place: Soo Yeon Cho (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Woodwinds
1st Place: Steve Onyshko (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Hwan Gyu Cho (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary Brass
1st Place: Sam Ferguson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary Chamber Group
1st Place: Awesome Foursome (Sophie Caron, Isla Penner, Elazar Schwartz & Asher Yip) (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Morna-June Morrow Scholarship
Preliminary Canadian Composers
1st Place: Olivia Hayward (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Ernest Jones Scholarship
2nd Place: Xavier Pak (Brandon, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Mercier Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Alyssa Newitt (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary MB Composers Award: Antonietta S. Bueti (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Riley Johnston (Darlingford, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Asia Morash (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Grace Jeffrey (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Red River Valley Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Junior MB Composers Award: Jessica Ramachandran (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Intermediate Canadian Composers
1st Place: Azaria Neuschwander (Gladstone, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Gavin Raes (Deloraine, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Hailey Anderson (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: Nika Martinussen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Paige Harris (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
Advanced MB Composers Award: Nika Martinussen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Sabina Rzazade (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Dr. Lorne Watson Scholarship
2nd Place: Julie Sidorchuk (Steinbach, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior MB Composers Award: Tianhao Wang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Intermediate W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Annie Johnston (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Nathan Nguyen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Raven McKenzie. (St. Lazare, MB) – North Western Marquette Festiva
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Leon Katsnelson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sara Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Rose Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Senior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Anna Schwartz (Fort Francis, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Preliminary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Keenan Lehman (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Taylor Manning (Stonewall, MB) – Rockwood Festival of the Arts
Rock Lake Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Kamryn Gerbrandt (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Stephanie Bell (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Breathe Easy Eco Solutions Scholarship
2nd Place: Ben McIntyre-Ridd (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Breathe Easy Eco Solutions Scholarship
3rd Place: Mersadie Thiessen (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Southeastern Manitoba Festival Scholarship
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Alanna McPherson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rockwood Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Camryn Dewar (Stony Mountain, MB) – Rockwood Festival of the Arts
Mercier Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Dane Leslie (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Musical Theatre
1st Place: Maria Guenther (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Max Neustaedter (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Rock Lake Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Senior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Gilbert and Sullivan
1st Place: Alanna McPherson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Advanced Gilbert and Sullivan
1st Place: Anton Sokalski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Charlie Carrier (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Judy Urbonas Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 4-6
1st Place: Ava Waldner (MacGregor, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Griffin Carnelley (Carman, MB) – Tempo Festival of the Arts
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Teagan Harkness (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Virden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 7-9
1st Place: Maya Davis (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Thorleifson Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sara Podobni (Oak Lake, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Van Hamilton (Russell, MB) – North Western Marquette Festival
Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 10-12
1st Place: Daniel Munchinsky (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Kristian Nestibo (Goodlands, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 4-6
1st Place: Austin Smith-Sigvaldason (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Mae Fulton (Birtle, MB) – Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 7-9
1st Place: Jenna Bailey (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Jessica Ramachandran (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 10-12
1st Place: Arishya Aggarwal (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Larry Moore Scholarship
National Classes
The following have been selected to represent Manitoba at the 2018 National Music Festival, held August 12-16 in Sackville, NB:
National Vocal
Recommended: Erika Rasmussen (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
National Piano
Recommended: Albert Chen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival Alternate: Benjamin Funk (Reinfeld, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
National Strings
Recommended: David Liam Roberts (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival Alternate: Tianhao Wang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Classical Guitar
Recommended: Benjamin William Lamont (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts Alternate: James Graham (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Brass
Recommended: McKenzie Walpole (Brandon, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Chamber Group
Recommended: ELK Brass Trio - Erik Larson (Brandon, MB), Leslie Hutchinson (Winnipeg, MB) & Kayla Solomon (Winnipeg, MB)
– Brandon Festival of the Arts
National Musical Theatre
Recommended: Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
The following have been selected to represent Manitoba (via recordings) at the 2018 National Music Festival, held August 12-16 in Sackville, NB:
National Choral Class 102 – George S. Mathieson
Recommended: Pembina Trails Voices - Cantemus – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 103 – Paul J. Bourret
Recommended: Maples Collegiate Chamber Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 105 – Dr. & Mrs. J.F.K. English
Recommended: Pembina Trails Voices - Chorale – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 107 – Margaret Wharton Memorial
Recommended: St. James-Assiniboia Divisional Children’s Concert Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival