2022 Provincial Music & Arts Festival
May 27-29, 2022
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2022 Provincial Music and Arts Festival for their excellent performances. It was wonderful to hear so many participants ‘in person’, as well as to enjoy video performance submissions in both our virtual and direct entry 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 volunteers. Without the support of sponsors, donors and volunteers, this event would not be possible.
Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, and Senior Grade/Level Classes held ‘LIVE’ in Brandon
Preliminary Vocal
1st Place: Sophie Caron (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Angèle Fouasse (St. Malo, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Chiara Wilson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Srikrishna Rao (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Vocal
1st Place: Joelle Bruyere (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Margaret & Harvey Sawatzky Scholarship
2nd Place: Estella Roberts (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Vocal
1st Place: Jillian Reader (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
Preliminary Piano
1st Place: Sophia Sihan Liang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Moise Onishchuk (Schanzenfeld, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary J.S. Bach: Sophia Sihan Liang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Junior Piano
1st Place: Lucas Wu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Nathanael Mierau (Neuenberg, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior J.S. Bach: Grace Xia (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Wenqi Zhang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
James G. McFee Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Yifei Sun (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate J.S. Bach: Yifei Sun (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Advanced Piano
1st Place: Sasha Tataryn (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Carberry Music & Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Erica Feng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced J.S. Bach: Erica Feng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Senior Piano
1st Place: Sara Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Edith Munroe Memorial Scholarship
Preliminary Strings
1st Place: David Giesbrecht (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: James Wiens (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: Nya Chapman (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Streuber Family Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: Paul Wiens (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Anika Wiens (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Strings
1st Place: Beth Giesbrecht (Stanley, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Adalynne Pahl (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Chamber Group
1st Place: Terrific Trio (Bella Rogers, Mikayla Sawatzky and Sophie Caron) (Winnipeg, MB)
– Winnipeg Music Festival
Morna-June Morrow Scholarship
Preliminary Canadian Composers
1st Place: Rena Wu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Melody Liu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary MB Composers Award: Sophie Caron (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Kamil Jones Strachan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Vienna Lu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Canadian Composers
1st Place: Vivian Liang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Estella Roberts (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate MB Composers Award: Vivian Liang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: Krista Hartley (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Jillian Reader (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Seanne Jacob Buenafe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Nada Hajin (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Cindy Zhang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Callista Dong (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Emily Torrie (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Junior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Vienna Lu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Intermediate W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Phoebe Xu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Ainsley Brennan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Evelyn Alles (Stanley, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Senior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Sara Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Preliminary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Micah Angeli Buenafe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Alexis Latter (Fort Frances. ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Lauren Castagna (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Dylan Southam (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Myah Dalanie Klassen (La Broquerie West, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Avery Kellett (Blumenort, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Musical Theatre
1st Place: Jillian Reader (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Gilbert and Sullivan
1st Place: Lauren Castagna (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 4-6
1st Place: Kennidy Routledge (Kenton, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Thorleifson Family Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 7-9
1st Place: Alexis Latter (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Kiahna Barkley (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
3rd Place: Jasmyne Andries (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, and Senior Classes held virtually
Preliminary Vocal
1st Place: Amalia Hickerson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Vocal
1st Place: Chelsea Kutyn (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
2nd Place: Paulina Gonzalez (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
3rd Place: Joanna Loepp Thiessen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
Junior Piano
1st Place: Jadyn Plett (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Piano
1st Place: Sarah Litau (Richer, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Piano
1st Place: Ari Hooker (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
2nd Place: Anica Warkentine (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
3rd Place: Yanzhi Zhang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
Preliminary Strings
1st Place: Isla Johnson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: Clara Pauls (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Streuber Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sigrid Tolton (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Streuber Family Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: Marcus Leung (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Strings
1st Place: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Luisa Velandia (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Classical Guitar
1st Place: Nathaniel Betts (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Classical Guitar
1st Place: John Himes (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Gloria Aza Farje (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Woodwinds
1st Place: Yumin Lee (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Devona Watson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
Senior Woodwinds
1st Place: Calista Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Joel Ulrich (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Brass
1st Place: Nate Ferguson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Brass
1st Place: Sam Ferguson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Brenna Shaw – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary Canadian Composers
1st Place: Amalia Hickerson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Jeremy Lloyd (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: Hannah Orr (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Ashley Schneberger (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Raymond Ding (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Senior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Aemilia Moser (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Preliminary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Amalia Hickerson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Selina Hay (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Aoife Ukrainec (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Gilbert and Sullivan
1st Place: Selina Hay (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary, Junior, AND Intermediate Direct Entry Classes
Preliminary Vocal
1st Place: Denise Howatt (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Dakota Harms (Snowflake, MB) – Pembina Valley Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Piano
1st Place: Erica Hildebrand (Crystal City, MB) – Pembina Valley Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Lauren Gustafson (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Delaney Smith (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Dakota Harms (Snowflake, MB) – Pembina Valley Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship