2025 Provincial Music and Arts Festival Results
May 23-25, 2025
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2025 Provincial Music and Arts Festival for their excellent performances. We were delighted to see so many member festivals and communities 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.
Piano
Primary Piano:
1st Place: Mark Alles – Winkler Festival of the Arts (Carberry Music & Arts Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Hadassah Duerksen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship)
J.S. Bach Scholarship: Avie Wilson – Rolling River Festival of the Arts (Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship)
Elementary Piano:
1st Place: Isaiah van Otterloo – Rolling River Festival of the Arts (Lori & Loren Hiebert Scholarship)
2nd Place: Mary Mierau – Morden Festival of the Arts (Virden Music & Arts Festival Scholarship)
J.S. Bach Scholarship: Mary Mierau - Morden Festival of the Arts (Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship)
Junior Piano:
1st Place: Jayden Qi – Winnipeg Music Festival (Edith Munroe Memorial Scholarship)
2nd Place: Jayenna Draper – Virden Music & Arts Festival (Edith Munroe Memorial Scholarship)
J.S. Bach Scholarship: Kangwoo Lee – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship)
Intermediate Piano:
1st Place: Qinghao Bi – Winnipeg Music Festival (Bravura Scholarship)
2nd Place: Emiliya Vasyl’yeva - Winnipeg Music Festival (Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship)
J.S. Bach Scholarship: Eve Campbell - Deloraine Border Festival (Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship)
Advanced Piano:
1st Place: Nathaniel Liu – Winnipeg Music Festival (James G. McFee Memorial Scholarship)
2nd Place: Darwin Chen – Brandon Festival of the Arts (North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship)
J.S. Bach Scholarship: Jared Borja – Winkler Festival of the Arts (Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship)
Senior Piano:
1st Place: Émilie Strain – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: William Carroll Theuerer – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
Vocal
Primary Vocal:
1st Place: Isla Aletta – Winnipeg Music Festival (Rockwood Festival of the Arts)
2nd Place: Corbyn Waller – Virden Music & Arts Festival (Margaret & Harvey Sawatzky Scholarship)
Elementary Vocal:
1st Place: Isabella Carels – Rock Lake Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Emily Chicoine – Winnipeg Music Festival (Mercier Family Scholarship)
Junior Vocal:
1st Place: Denise Howatt – Pembina Valley Music Festival (Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
2nd Place: Brooklyn Stitt – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Intermediate Vocal:
1st Place: Augustus Sanders – Pembina Valley Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
2nd Place: Isabella Deeley – Winnipeg Music Festival (Shirley Penner Scholarship)
Advanced Vocal:
1st Place: Faye Desjarlais – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Manitoba Opera Scholarship)
2nd Place: Sophie Caron – Winnipeg Music Festival (Shirley Penner Scholarship)
Senior Vocal:
1st Place: Hannah Orr - Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Jayden Fraser - Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
3rd Place: Shelby English: Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
Brass:
Advanced Brass:
1st Place: Alfonso Diego - Winnipeg Music Festival (Manitoba Band Association Scholarship)
Senior Brass:
1st Place: Eli Granger – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
Canadian Composers:
Primary Canadian Composers:
1st Place: Scarlett Zu - Winnipeg Music Festival (Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Silas Andrusiak – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship)
Primary Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Gabriella Fewings – Deloraine Border Festival
Elementary Canadian Composers:
1st Place: Evelyn Chen – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
2nd Place: Carolina Corona – Winnipeg Music Festival (Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship)
Elementary Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Julia Long – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Junior Canadian Composers:
1st Place: Sophia Sihan Liang – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Kaiya Yoon-MacRae – Winnipeg Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
Junior Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Rachel Hesom - Winkler Festival of the Arts
Intermediate Canadian Composers:
1st Place: Rena Wu – Winnipeg Music Festival (Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship)
2nd Place: Reuben Alles – Winkler Festival of the Arts (Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship)
Intermediate Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Isabella Deeley - Winnipeg Music Festival
Advanced Canadian Composers:
1st Place: Jesse Barr – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship)
2nd Place: Adeline Hehn – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship)
Advanced Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Alexus Lee - Winnipeg Music Festival
Senior Canadian Composers:
1st Place: David Yu – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Ariadna Ortega Torres - Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Percussion:
Intermediate Percussion:
1st Place: Schatz Montoya – Winnipeg Music Festival (Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship)
Musical Theatre:
Primary Musical Theatre:
1st Place: Lilah Brockie – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts (Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Nathaniel Mercer – Winnipeg Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
Elementary Musical Theatre:
1st Place: Ruby Padua – Winnipeg Music Festival (Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
2nd Place: Layla Doerksen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
Junior Musical Theatre:
1st Place: Devin Kerman-Forsythe – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Chrysshell Quives – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Intermediate Musical Theatre:
1st Place: Lucas Park - Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Amalia Hickerson – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Advanced Musical Theatre:
1st Place: Bennett Radcliffe – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Lauren Castagna – Winnipeg Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
TV Movie Musical:
Primary TV/Movie Musical:
1st Place: Giulia Retrosi - Winnipeg Music Festival (Virden Music & Arts Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Lyla Chisick - Winnipeg Music Festival (Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
Elementary TV/Movie Musical:
1st Place: Lacey Horner – Winnipeg Music Festival (Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Zoe Fish – Winnipeg Music Festival (Northern Lights Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
Junior TV/Movie Musical:
1st Place: Rachel Hesom – Winkler Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Adalynn Tupper – Evergreen Festival of the Arts (Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship)
Primary Chamber Group:
Primary Chamber Group:
1st Place: Les Trois Violoneux (Nikola Slavuta, Hugo Slavuta, & Elliot Oracheski) – Winnipeg Music Festival (Morna-June Morrow Scholarship)
Junior Chamber Group:
1st Place: Tremendous Trio (Rowan Andrew, Tianyu Chen, & Anna-Louise Britz) – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Intermediate Chamber Group:
1st Place: Lord Selkirk & District Arts Festival Regional Brass Quintet (Jayden Boucher, Aidan Goodman, Gabriel Hoogervoorst, Shayleen Mowat, & Aiden Ross) - Selkirk & District Arts Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Operetta Classes:
Junior Operetta:
1st Place: Rixon Suski – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Kaiya Yoon-MacRae – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
3rd Place: Kara Sims – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Intermediate Operetta:
1st Place: Augustus Sanders – Pembina Valley Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Maija Buduhan – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Senior Operetta:
1st Place: Shelby English – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Manitoba Opera Scholarship)
W.A. Mozart Classes:
Primary Mozart:
1st Place: Shiqian Zhang – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
2nd Place: Mark Alles – Winkler Festival of the Arts (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
3rd Place: August Black – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
Elementary Mozart:
1st Place: Gavin Guo – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
2nd Place: Arlowe Black – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
Junior Mozart:
1st Place: Peggy Xi – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
2nd Place: Devry Namaka – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
3rd Place: Hyunwoo Lee – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
Intermediate Mozart:
1St Place: Reuben Alles – Winkler Festival of the Arts (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
2nd Place: Ninel Amir – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
3rd Place: Martin Huang - Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
Advanced Mozart:
1st Place: Lucas Wu – Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
2nd Place: Sophie Caron - Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
3rd Place: Adeline Hehn – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
Senior Mozart:
1st Place: Bohdan Hoi - Winnipeg Music Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)
Poetry & Prose, & Dramatic Monologue
Poetry and Prose Grades 4-6:
1st Place: Ava Hadley – Virden Music & Arts Festival (Hurton Family Scholarship)
2nd Place: Gabrielle Jereema – Morden Festival of the Arts (Virden Music & Arts Festival Scholarship)
Poetry and Prose Grades 7-9:
1st Place: Andrea Ronceray – Pembina Valley Music Festival (Larry Moore Scholarship)
2nd Place: Mithika Maiti – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Poetry and Prose Grades 10-12:
1st Place: Rixon Suski – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship)
2nd Place: Owen Raes – Deloraine Border Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
Dramatic Monologue Grades 7-9:
1st Place: Adeline Galinski – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Jorja Bolduc – Deloraine Border Festival (Boissevain Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
Dramatic Monologue Grades 10-12:
1st Place: Charley Dunning – Virden Music & Arts Festival (Thorleifson Family Scholarship)
Popular/Contemporary:
Primary Popular/Contemporary:
1st Place: Lilah Brockie – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Giulia Retrosi – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Elementary Popular/Contemporary:
1st Place: Hudson Heerema – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
2nd Place: Karly Derksen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Junior Popular/Contemporary:
1st Place: Adalynn Tupper - Evergreen Festival of the Arts (Pat Mellis Bruch Scholarship)
2nd Place: Tavien Krasey – Winnipeg Music Festival (Pat Mellis Bruch Scholarship)
Intermediate Popular/Contemporary:
1st Place: Reneigh Dueck – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
2nd Place: Melody Liu – Winnipeg Music Festival (Manitoba Registered Music Teachers Association Scholarship)
Advanced Popular/Contemporary:
1st Place: Owen Raes – Boissevain Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Justin Afolabi – Brandon Festival of the Arts (North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship)
3rd Place: Ted Yaozhou Du – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Senior Popular/Contemporary:
1st Place: David Yu – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
Classical Guitar:
Primary Classical Guitar:
1st Place: Meera Dadiala – Winnipeg Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
Junior Classical Guitar:
1st Place: Théo Melnyk – Winnipeg Music Festival (Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship)
2nd Place: Jack Pallen – Winnipeg Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
Intermediate Classical Guitar:
1st Place: Alyssa Harder - Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Advanced Classical Guitar:
1st Place: Chenyue Xue – Winnipeg Music Festival (Mercier Family Scholarship)
2nd Place: Xiaoxiao Li – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Strings:
Primary Strings:
1st Place: Kate Ridgen – Rolling River Festival of the Arts (Claire DuBois Scholarship)
2nd Place: Dean Guenther – Deloraine Border Festival (Bravura Scholarship)
Elementary Strings:
1st Place: Melina Hehn – Brandon Festival of the Arts
(Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
2nd Place: Isolde Chisolm – Winnipeg Music Festival (Vi Streuber Family Memorial Scholarship)
Junior Strings:
1st Place: Hope Winters – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Vi Streuber Family Memorial Scholarship)
2nd Place: Mabel McManus – Winnipeg Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
3rd Place: Rebeka Penner – Virden Music & Arts Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
Intermediate Strings:
1st Place: Vivian Liang – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: YiChen Liu – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Advanced Strings:
1st Place: Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu – Winnipeg Music Festival (Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
Senior Strings:
1st Place: Carrie Chufan Wang – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)
Woodwinds:
Primary Woodwinds:
1st Place: Eve Campbell – Deloraine Border Festival (Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship)
2nd Place: August Black – Winnipeg Music Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)
Junior Woodwinds:
1st Place: Ella Walters - Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
2nd Place: Yebeen Kim – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Intermediate Woodwinds:
1st Place: Katherine Wang – Winnipeg Music Festival (Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship)
2nd Place: Aaron Jude Abellera – Winnipeg Music Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
3rd Place: Ross Banish – Selkirk & District Arts Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)
Advanced Woodwinds:
1st Place: Angelia Meng – Winnipeg Music Festival (Manitoba Band Association Scholarship)
2nd Place: Jesse Barr – Brandon Festival of the Arts (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)