INTRODUCING THE AMAF PROVINCIAL SYLLABUS

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2026 PROVINCIAL MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL - jUNE 5-7 WINNIPEG

Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2026 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.

Primary, Elementary, Junior, Intermediate,
Advanced and Senior Class results

Primary Vocal:

1st Place: Aubree Wang – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Marley Jonnson – Boissevain Festival of the Arts

Elementary Vocal:

1st Place: Avya Shrivastav – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Lilah Brockie – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts

Junior Vocal:

1st Place: Denise Howatt – Pembina Valley Music Festival

2nd Place: Brooklyn Stitt – Rolling River Festival of the Arts

Intermediate Vocal:

1st Place: Amalia Hickerson – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Chloe Waldie – Winnipeg Music Festival

Advanced Vocal:

1st Place: Bennett Dale Radcliffe – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Daelyn Elsie Fefchak – Virden Festival of the Arts

Senior Vocal:

1st Place: Sophie Caron – Winnipeg Music Festival

Primary Piano:

1st Place: Lawrence Guo – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Mark Alles – Winkler Festival of the Arts

J.S. Bach Scholarship: Mateo Kriwolapow – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Elementary Piano:

1st Place: Amy Stuermer – Winkler Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Evelyn Chen – Brandon Festival of the Arts

J.S. Bach Scholarship: Amy Stuermer – Winkler Festival of the Arts

Junior Piano:

1st Place: Koji Pell – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Matai Peters Loewen – Winkler Festival of the Arts

J.S. Bach Scholarship: Mary Mierau – Winkler Festival of the Arts

Intermediate Piano:

1st Place: Ziyue (Jack) Zhao – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Yegor Zvieriev – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Advanced Piano:

1st Place: Aurora Zhang – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Aubree Wang – Winnipeg Music Festival

J.S. Bach Scholarship: Aubree Wang – Winnipeg Music Festival

Senior Piano:

1st Place: William Theuerer – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

2nd Place: Marek Song – Winnipeg Music Festival

J.S. Bach Scholarship: David Yu – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Primary Strings:

1st Place: Olenka Cardwell – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Austyn Strachan – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Elementary Strings:

1st Place: Gabriella Winters – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Elliot Oracheski – Winnipeg Music Festival

Junior Strings:

1st Place: Melina Hehn – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Holly Lysak – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Intermediate Strings:

1st Place: Jai Claire – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Lexi Barkman – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Advanced Strings:

1st Place: Xinyan Jiang – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Lilly Kandera – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Senior Strings:

1st Place: Sophie Caron – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Bella-Sophia Rogers – Winnipeg Music Festival

Primary Classical Guitar:

1st Place: Fotina Hehn – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Junior Classical Guitar:

1st Place: Meera Dadiala – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Dexx Wilson – Rolling River Festival of the Arts

Intermediate Classical Guitar:

1st Place: Jiesen Zhang – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Théo Melnyk – Winnipeg Music Festival

Advanced Classical Guitar:

1st Place: Alyssa Harder – Winnipeg Music Festival

Primary Woodwinds:

1st Place: August Black – Winnipeg Music Festival

Elementary Woodwinds:

1st Place: Eve Campbell – Deloraine Border Festival

2nd Place: Chenning (Janice) Yang – Winnipeg Music Festival

Junior Woodwinds:

1st Place: Kaia Vinluan – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Maeve Martens - Winnipeg Music Festival

Intermediate Woodwinds:

1st Place: Aaron Jude Abellera – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Yebeen Kim – Winnipeg Music Festival

Advanced Woodwinds:

1st Place: Angelia (Meichen) Meng – Winnipeg Music Festival

Advanced Percussion:

1st Place: Lok Tung (Kate) Yuen – Winnipeg Music Festival

Elementary Chamber Group:

1st Place: Les Trois Violoneux (Nikola Slavuta, Hugo Slavuta, & Elliot Oracheski) – Winnipeg Music Festival

Primary Canadian Composers:

1st Place: Davison Gee - Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Brayden Billings – Virden Music & Arts Festival

Primary Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Davison Gee

Elementary Canadian Composers:

1st Place: Evelyn Chen – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Chloelynn Quives – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Elementary Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Sadie Lee

Junior Canadian Composers:

1st Place: Denise Howatt – Pembina Valley Music Festival

2nd Place: Alina (Tongxi) Liu – Winnipeg Music Festival

Junior Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Alina (Tongxi) Liu

Intermediate Canadian Composers:

1st Place: Kaci Huggins – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Damilola Afolabi – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Intermediate Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Kaci Huggins

Advanced Canadian Composers:

1st Place: Mikaela Ha – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Reuben Alles – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Advanced Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Mikaela Ha

Senior Canadian Composers:

1st Place: Victoria Lee – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: David Yu – Brandon Festival of the Arts

3rd Place: Juliana West – Winnipeg Music Festival

Senior Manitoba Composers Scholarship: Juliana West

Primary W.A. Mozart:

1st Place: Judah Giesbrecht – Winkler Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Mark Alles – Winkler Festival of the Arts

Elementary W.A. Mozart:

1st Place: Olivia Roienko – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

2nd Place: Lias Fochtberger – Winkler Festival of the Arts

3rd Place: Chloelynn Quives – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Junior W.A. Mozart:

1st Place: Kevin Zhang – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Alina (Tongxi) Liu – Winnipeg Music Festival

Intermediate W.A. Mozart:

1st Place: Sophia Sihan Liang – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Lucille Theuerer – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Advanced W.A. Mozart:

1st Place: Vivian Liang – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Darwin Chen – Brandon Festival of the Arts

3rd Place: Riley Goldberg – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Senior W.A. Mozart:

1st Place: William Theuerer – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Primary Popular/Contemporary:

1st Place: Charlotte Klassen – Winkler Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Reena Wang – Winnipeg Music Festival

Elementary Popular/Contemporary:

1st Place: Reese Morales – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

2nd Place: Westin Howatt – Pembina Valley Music Festival

Junior Popular/Contemporary:

1st Place: Connor Ahweng – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Brooklynn Stitt – Rolling River Festival of the Arts

Intermediate Popular/Contemporary:

1st Place: Sylvia Wang – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Biljana Miladinoska – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Advanced Popular/Contemporary:

1st Place: Karl Sebastien Haw – Winkler Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Evan Raes – Boissevain Festival of the Arts

Primary Musical Theatre:

1st Place: Layla North – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Oliver Williamson – Pembina Valley Music Festival

Elementary Musical Theatre:

1st Place: Lilah Brockie – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts

2nd Place: Sawyer Schmidtke – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

Junior Musical Theatre:

1st Place: Cassandra Star Armstrong – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts

2nd Place: Ruby Padua – Winnipeg Music Festival

Intermediate Musical Theatre:

1st Place: Niamh Ukrainec – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Augustus Sanders – Pembina Valley Music Festival

Advanced Musical Theatre:

1st Place: Yale Rayburn-Vander Hout – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Sienna Cariati – Winnipeg Music Festival

Senior Musical Theatre:

1st Place: Abby Corpus – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Lizzie Rochon – Winnipeg Music Festival

Junior Operetta:

1st Place: Denise Howatt – Pembina Valley Music Festival

Intermediate Operetta:

1st Place: Amalia Hickerson – Winnipeg Music Festival

2nd Place: Austin Penner – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Advanced Operetta:

1st Place: Ainsley Brennan – Winnipeg Music Festival

Senior Operetta:

1st Place: Abby Corpus – Winnipeg Music Festival

Primary TV/Movie Musical:

1st Place: Margaret Kristin Magat – Southeastern Manitoba Festival

2nd Place: Aubree Wang – Winnipeg Music Festival

Elementary TV/Movie Musical:

1st Place: Karli Janzen – Rolling River Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Sadie Lee – Winnipeg Music Festival

Junior TV/Movie Musical:

1st Place: Adalynn Tupper – Evergreen Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Cassandra Star Armstrong – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts

Intermediate TV/Movie Musical:

1st Place: Devin Kerman-Forsythe – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Kaci Huggins – Winnipeg Music Festival

Poetry and Prose Grades 4-6:

1st Place: Gabriella Jerema – Morden Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Pierce Ronceray – Pembina Valley Music Festival

Poetry and Prose Grades 7-9:

1st Place: Kennidy Routledge – Virden Music & Arts Festival

2nd Place: Corbyn Waller – Virden Music & Arts Festival

Poetry and Prose Grades 10-12:

1st Place: Rixon Suski – Brandon Festival of the Arts

2nd Place: Rebecca Kagan – Morden Festival of the Arts

Prepared Speech Grades 4-6:

1st Place: Hayden Jamieson – Virden Music & Arts Festival

2nd Place: Sadie Rampton – Virden Music & Arts Festival

Dramatic Monologue Grades 4-6:

1st Place: Trinity VanMackelberg – Deloraine Border Festival

Dramatic Monologue Grades 7-9:

1st Place: Adeline Galinski – Brandon Festival of the Arts

Dramatic Monologue Grades 10-12:

1st Place: Avrin Krieser – Virden Music & Arts Festival

2nd Place: Tristan Plaisier – Virden Music & Arts Festival

3rd Place: Rixon Suski – Brandon Festival of the Arts