2021 Provincial Music and Arts Festival Results

June, 2021

Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the virtual 2021 Provincial Music and Arts Festival for their excellent performances. We were delighted to welcome the many individuals recommended from their local festival by adjudicators. We were equally pleased to include ‘direct entries’ in a second stream of classes. 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 those who made this event possible.

Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Senior Classes

Participants recommended by adjudicators from their 2021 local festival (see Direct Entry section for additional awards)

Preliminary Vocal

1st Place: Chiara Wilson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Bruch-Wiens Scholarship

2nd Place: Rachel Tarrant (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Bruch-Wiens Scholarship

Junior Vocal

1st Place: Sophie Helmer (St-Pierre-Jolys, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship

2nd Place: Ainsley Brennan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Intermediate Vocal

1st Place: Shea Carter (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Margaret & Harvey Sawatzky Scholarship

2nd Place: Sienna Cariati (East St. Paul, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Advanced Vocal

1st Place: Alice Macgregor (St. John’s, NL) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship

2nd Place: Olivia Maxfield (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Senior Vocal

1ST Place: Olivia Kang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship

2nd Place: Kinnon Weddall (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Preliminary Piano

1st Place: Aubree Wang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Claire DuBois Scholarship

2nd Place: Cindy Zhuang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Steven P. Fielder Memorial Scholarship

Junior Piano

1st Place: Alexus Lee (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship

2nd Place: Lucas Wu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Steven P. Fielder Memorial Scholarship

Intermediate Piano

1st Place: Victoria Lee (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
James G. McFee Memorial Scholarship

2nd Place: Wenqi Zhang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Steven P. Fielder Memorial Scholarship

Advanced Piano

1st Place: Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Carberry Festival Scholarship

2nd Place: Raymond Ding (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Steven P. Fielder Memorial Scholarship

Senior Piano

1st Place: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Edith Munroe Memorial Scholarship

2nd Place: Callum Goulet-Kilgour (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Edith Munroe Memorial Scholarship

Preliminary Strings

1st Place: Nya Chapman (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Sigrid Tolton (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Junior Strings

1st Place: Ha-Yeon Kim (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Streuber Family Scholarship

Intermediate Strings

1st Place: Bella-Sophia Rogers (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Marcus Leung (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Streuber Family Scholarship

Advanced Strings

1st Place: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Junior Classical Guitar

1st Place: Mathieu Methot (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Ymmanuel Legaspi (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship

Intermediate Classical Guitar

1st Place: Nathaniel Betts (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Preliminary Woodwinds

1st Place: Zara Murphy (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Junior Woodwinds

1st Place: Aidy Zhang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship

2nd Place: Wen Zeng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship

Intermediate Woodwinds

1st Place: Heidi Renaud (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Catherine M. Wood Scholarship

Advanced Woodwinds

1st Place: Yutong Xin (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship

Senior Woodwinds

1st Place: Joel Ulrich (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Musical Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship

Junior Brass

1st Place: Nate Ferguson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship

Advanced Brass

1st Place: Sam Ferguson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship

Poetry and Prose Grades 4-6

1st Place: Kiahna Barkley (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Thorleifson Family Scholarship

2nd Place: Jasmyne Andries (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship

Poetry and Prose Grades 10-12

1st Place: Olivia Hayward (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship

2nd Place: Georgia Hayward (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Preliminary Canadian Composers

1st Place: Micah Buenafe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Makayla Perche (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Steven P. Fielder Memorial Scholarship

Junior Canadian Composers

1st Place: Estella Roberts (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Micah Angeli Buenafe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Intermediate Canadian Composers

1st Place: Victoria Lee (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Juliana West (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship

Advanced Canadian Composers

1st Place: Raymond Ding (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Camryn Dewar (Stony Mountain, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Senior Canadian Composers

1st Place: Sydney Clarke (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship

2nd Place: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship

Preliminary Musical Theatre

1st Place: Hannah Schaeffer (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Selina Hay (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Junior Musical Theatre

1st Place: Sophie Helmer (St-Pierre-Jolys, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Ainsley Brennan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Intermediate Musical Theatre

1st Place: Sienna Cariati (East St. Paul, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Molly Helmer (St-Pierre-Jolys, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Advanced Musical Theatre

1st Place: Claire Wright (Regina, SK) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship

2nd Place: Eugene Salvador (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Senior Musical Theatre

1st Place: Katrina Tamagi (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Kyle Briscoe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Junior Gilbert & Sullivan

1st Place: Emma Thiele Meza (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Intermediate Gilbert and Sullivan

1st Place: Molly Helmer (St-Pierre-Jolys, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Helena Czaykowski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Advanced Gilbert and Sullivan

1st Place: Grace Budoloski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Claire Wright (Regina, SK) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

Senior Gilbert and Sullivan

1st Place: Keely McPeek (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

2nd Place: Sydney Clarke (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship

W.A. Mozart Classes

The following individuals are winners of Raleigh Family W.A. Mozart Scholarships

Preliminary W.A. Mozart

Ellie Wang (Winnipeg, MB)

Junior W.A. Mozart

Vienna Lu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Victoria Brimble (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Damon Raichura (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival

Intermediate W.A. Mozart

Ha-Yeon Kim (Winnipeg, MB)
Juliana West (Winnipeg, MB)

Advanced W.A. Mozart

Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alice Macgregor (St. John’s, NL)
Caleb Raes (Deloraine, MB)

Senior W.A. Mozart

Anica Warkentine (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Kinnon Weddall (Winnipeg, MB)
Elena Howard-Scott (Winnipeg, MB)
Christina Thanisch-Smith (Winnipeg, MB)
Keely McPeek (Winnipeg, MB)

Most outstanding J.S. Bach performance

The following individuals are winners of Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarships

Preliminary J.S. Bach: Aubree Wang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival

Junior J.S. Bach: Nazar Galinski (Brandon, MB)

Intermediate J.S. Bach: Lauren Gustafson (Brandon, MB)
& Austin Yue Wang (Winnipeg, MB) - Winnipeg Music Festival

Advanced J.S. Bach: Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko (Winnipeg, MB)

Senior J.S. Bach: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival

Most outstanding Manitoba Composers performance

The following individuals are winners of S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarships

Preliminary MB Composers: Makayla Perche (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival

Junior MB Composers: Dakota Harms (Snowflake, MB)

Advanced MB Composers: Caleb Raes (Deloraine, MB)

Senior MB Composers: Elena Howard-Scott (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival

Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Senior Classes

Participants entered by Direct Entry and are winners of Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarships

Junior Vocal

Victoria Brimble (Winnipeg, MB)

Intermediate Vocal

Myah Klassen (La Broquerie West, MB)

Advanced Vocal

Savanna Vagianos (Winnipeg, MB)

Senior Vocal

Christina Thanisch-Smith (Winnipeg, MB)

Preliminary Piano

Bella Wang (Winnipeg, MB)

Junior Piano

Samuel Guan (Winnipeg, MB)

Intermediate Piano

Austin Yue Wang (Winnipeg, MB)

Advanced Piano

Tairan He (Brandon, MB)

Senior Piano

Yuchen Gu (Brandon, MB)

junior strings

Ha-Yeon Kim (Winnipeg, MB)

Advanced Strings

Thomas Kroeker (Morden, MB)

Preliminary Classical Guitar

Gustav Möller (Brandon, MB)

Junior Classical Guitar

Sydney Komanac (Brandon, MB)

Intermediate Classical Guitar

Scott Jolicoeur (Fort Frances, ON)

Junior Woodwinds

Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair (Winnipeg, MB)

Advanced Woodwinds

Anna Torquato (Winnipeg, MB)

Senior Woodwinds

Hwan Gyu Cho (Brandon, MB)

Preliminary Canadian Composers

Kaydee Friesen (Mitchell, MB)

Junior Canadian Composers

Riley Sanders (Manitou, MB)

Intermediate Canadian Composers

Lauren Gustafson (Brandon, MB)

Advanced Canadian Composers

Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko (Winnipeg, MB)

Senior Canadian Composers

Caeden Toth (Brandon, MB)

Preliminary Musical Theatre

Eva Gould (Winnipeg, MB)

Junior Musical Theatre

Aoife Ukrainec (Winnipeg, MB)

Intermediate Musical Theatre

Myah Dalanie Klassen (La Broquerie West, MB)

Advanced Musical Theatre

Brenna Herron (Landmark, MB)

Senior Musical Theatre

Ray Andi Marcel Ignacio (Calgary, AB)