2017 Provincial Music and Arts Festival Results
May 26-28, 2017
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2017 Provincial Music and Arts Festival for their excellent performances. It was amazing to see that 29 of our 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 | National Classes
Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Senior Classes
Preliminary Vocal
1st Place: Stephanie Bell (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Bruch-Wiens Scholarship
2nd Place: Kennedy Carvill (Pilot Mound, MB) – Rock Lake Festival of the Arts
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Declan Smith (Neepawa, MB) – Neepawa & District Fine Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Annie Johnston (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Luk as Sawatsky (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Camryn Dewar (Stony Mountain, MB) – Rockwood Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Vocal
1st Place: Julia Davis (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Ernest Jones Scholarship ‘In honor of Mary Ann Taylor’
2nd Place: Anton Sokalski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
Advanced Vocal
1st Place: Sven Buller (Steinbach, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Shirley Penner Scholarship
2nd Place: Hailey Witt (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Shirley Penner Scholarship
Senior Vocal
1st Place: Katherine Mayba (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Joanne Kilfoyle (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Prairie Sounds Festival Scholarship
Preliminary Piano
1st Place: Marie Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Claire DuBois Scholarship
2nd Place: Victoria Lee (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Yangyuce (Andy) Chen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Piano
1st Place: Kendra Palles (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Carberry Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Malena Neufeld (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Alan Liu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior J.S. Bach: Marcel Alles (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Lucas Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Michelle Schneider (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Bowen Cai (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate J.S. Bach: Matthew Pahl (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship
Advanced Piano
1st Place: Wilhelm Neufeld (Kola, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Prairie Sounds Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Kate Gray (Regina, SK) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced J.S. Bach : Gareth Rice (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Senior Piano
1st Place: Nagisa Matsuda (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
James McFee Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Ezekiel Thiessen (Dugald, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers' Association Scholarship
Senior J.S. Bach: Yanik Fillion Murphy (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Preliminary Strings
1st Place: Chloé Strain (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Beth Giesbrecht (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: Bella-Sophia Rogers (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Gordon Braybrook Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Joel Alles (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: River Sawchyn (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sam Bergen (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
Advanced Strings
1st Place: Samuel Nadurak (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Tiger Hills Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Micah Loewen (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Strings
1st Place: David Liam Roberts (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Ernest Jones Scholarship 'In Honor of Mary Ann Taylor'
2nd Place: Juliana Moroz (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Preliminary Classical Guitar
1st Place: Nathan Kaethler (Marchand, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Sarah Peterson (Steinbach, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Simon Hunt (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Classical Guitar
1st Place: Alyssa Cohen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Scott Jolicoeur (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Classical Guitar
1st Place: Ben Lamont (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Thomas Manuel (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Senior Classical Guitar
1st Place: James Graham (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Woodwinds
1st Place: Selwyn Neil E Sarmiento (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Catherine M. Wood Scholarship
2nd Place: Steve Onyshko (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Woodwinds
1st Place: Morgan Sawchyn (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Rose Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Woodwinds
1st Place: Nicole Carbotte (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Senior Chamber Group
1st Place: Trio Rustico (Danielle Guina, Charlie Wielgoz & Josias Sanchez) (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Morna-June Morrow Scholarship
Preliminary Canadian Composers
1st Place: Stephanie Bell (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Ernest Jones Scholarship
2nd Place: Maria Bergen (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
3rd Place: Shelby Wytinck (Cypress River, MB) – Tiger Hills Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary MB Composers Award: Zhanna Voroninskia (Winnipeg, MB)
– Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Camryn Dewar (Stony Mountain, MB) – Rockwood Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Hailey Anderson (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
3rd Place: Katelyn Bruyere (Fort Frances, ON)
– Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior MB Composers Award: Corinna Vermeer (Haywood, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Intermediate Canadian Composers
1st Place: Lily Klassen (Winnipeg, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Mairin Douglas (Oak Bluff, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship and S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté Manitoba Composers Scholarship
3rd Place: Michael Favel (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Jessica Goethals (Deloraine, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Anneli Leopp Thiessen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Scholarship
2nd Place: Emily Diehl-Reader (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Preliminary W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Alice Lee (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Emily Myers (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Junior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Andrew Lin (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Rachel Lee (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Intermediate W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Rose Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Kevin Liu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Sven Buller (Steinbach, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sarah Ens (Kola, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Senior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Alyssa English (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sarah Pu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Preliminary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Stephanie Bell (Winnipeg, 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
3rd Place: Myah Klassen (La Broquerie West, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Ben McIntyre-Ridd (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Brianna Eldridge (Fort Frances , ON )
– Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
3rd Place (tied): Kyle Briscoe (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
3rd Place (tied): Camryn Dewar (Stony Mountain, MB) – Rockwood Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarships
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Julia Davis (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rockwood Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Rose Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
3rd Place: Anton Sokalski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Musical Theatre
1st Place: Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Hailey Witt (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Gilbert and Sullivan
1st Place: Jenesa Lee (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Gilbert and Sullivan
1st Place: Piper McKinnon (Winnipeg, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Max Neustaedter (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Gilbert and Sullivan
1st Place: Sarah Luby (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Brenley Palmer (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 4 - 6
1st Place: Jessica Ramachandran (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Danika Robb (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
North Western Marquette Festivalscholarship
3rd Place : Teagan Harkness (Virden, MB) – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 7 - 9
1st Place: Emma Miskulin (Rivers, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Thorleifson Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Maya Davis (Fort Frances , ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Hurton Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Morgan Beckett (Fort Frances , ON)
– Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 10 - 12
1st Place : Aidan Trembath (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Ayla Hamilton (Russell, MB) – North Western Marquette Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 4 - 6
1st Place: Jessica Ramachandran (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Evan Fulton (Birtle, MB) – Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 7 - 9
1st Place: Emma Miskulin (Rivers, MB) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Morgan Beckett (Fort Frances, ON)
– Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 10 - 12
1st Place: Mira Donaldson (Fort Frances , ON) - Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Larry Moore Scholarship
2nd Place: Jessica Goethals (Deloraine, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
National Classes
The following have been selected to represent Manitoba at the 2017 National Music Festival, held August 10 - 12 in Ottawa, Ontario:
National Vocal
Recommended: Rebecca McIntosh (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Katherine Mayba (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Piano
Recommended: Keiran Placatka (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Alternate: Brenden Janzen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Strings
Recommended: Gregory Lewis (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: David Liam Roberts (Winnipeg, MB) – Win nipeg Music Festival
National Classical Guitar
Recommended: Nolan Powell (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: James Graham (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Woodwinds
Recommended: Jennifer Arcand (Selkirk, MB) – Winnipeg Musi c Festival
Alternate: None
National Brass
Recommended: Kayla Solomon (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Chamber Group
Recommended: Chroma Quartet (Hannah Humphries, Gregory Lewis, David Liam Roberts & John Sellick ) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Trio Rustico (Danielle Guina, Charlie Wielgoz & Josias Sanchez ) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
National Choral Class 101 – City of Lincoln
Recommended: Winnipeg Boys' Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 102 – George S. Mathieson
Recommended: St. James-Assiniboia Divisional Senior Concert Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 103 – Paul J. Bourret
Recommended: Collége Sturgeon Heights Collegiate - In the Heights – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 105 – Dr. & Mrs. J.F.K. English
Recommended: Pembina Trails Voices - Chorale – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: St. James-Assiniboia Divisional Junior Concert Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 107 – Margaret Wharton Memorial
Recommended: St. James-Assiniboia Divisional Children's Concert Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Composition Competition
Six compositions were entered in the competition, with results announced during the Composition workshop held during the 2017 Provincial Music and Arts Festival in Winnipeg :
Award Winner: Mira Davey (Winnipeg, MB)
Award Winner: Talia Leitao (Winnipeg, MB)
Honorable Mention: Lauren Chabot (Cartier, MB)
Honorable Mention: Reyna Reyes (Winnipeg, MB)