2014 Provincial Festival - Results
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF)
April 27, 29 & May 23–25, 2014
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2014 Provincial Music and Arts Festival for qualifying to attend this year’s event, where 24 out of an eligible 29 local 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 and special thanks to all volunteers – without this support this event would not be possible.
National Classes
The following have been selected to represent Manitoba at the 2014 National Music Festival, held August 14‐16th in Kelowna, BC:
National Vocal
Kathryn Patrick (Soprano) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Piano
Albert Chen – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Luis Ramirez – Brandon Festival of the Arts
National Strings
David Liam Roberts (Cello) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Hannah Humphries (Violin) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Classical Guitar
Nolan Powell – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Alex Tyborowksi – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Woodwinds
Jaena Kim (Flute) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Brass
Miles Thomsen (Trumpet) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Daniel Lehmann (Trumpet) – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 100 – Honourable Barbara A. Hagerman
Neepawa & Area Community Choir – Neepawa and District Fine Arts Festival
National Choral Class 103 – Paul J. Bourret
Maples Collegiate Chamber Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 105 – Dr. & Mrs. J.F.K. English
Pembina Trails Voices – Chorale – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Composition Competition
The following submitted entries with results announced at the 2014 Provincial Music and Arts Festival:
Award Winner (Piano): “Escape from Jabba’s Palace” – Brycen Reimer (Virden, MB)
Award Winner (Piano): “An Adventure of Galactic Proportions” – Liam Rice (Portage la Prairie, MB)
Honourable Mention (Piano): “Big Green Alien” – Lauren Chabot (Cartier, MB)
Honourable Mention (Piano): “Double Rainbow” – Leah Chabot (Cartier, MB)
Junior, Intermediate, Advanced, Senior Classes
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Ari Hooker (Piano) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Virden Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Joshua Dyck (Piano) – Red River Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
3rd Place: Georg Neuhofer (Piano) – North Western Marquette Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Julian Liu (Piano) – Winnipeg Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Intermediate Canadian Composers
1st Place: Elena Howard‐Scott (Vocal) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Jennifer Arcand (Woodwinds – Flute) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Heejae Kim (Piano) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Tristan Klassen (Vocal) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: Viola Zhou (Piano) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rock Lake Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Jordan Martens (Piano) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Luis Ramirez (Piano) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
Junior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Julian Liu (Piano) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Intermediate W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Catherine Dong (Piano) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Holly Smith (Piano) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Senior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Elyse Loewen (Violin) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced Brass
1st Place: Samuel Hughes – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Woodwinds
1st Place: Dmytriy Tymstiv (Saxophone) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Intermediate Woodwinds
1st Place: Jennifer Arcand (Flute) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Ernest Jones Scholarship
Advanced Woodwinds
1st Place: Benjamin Liu (Saxophone) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Associated Scholarship
Senior Chamber Group
1st Place: Lord of the Strings Trio (Strings) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: Cindy Cui (Violin) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Gordon K. Braybrook Scholarship
2nd Place: Priscilla Lee (Cello) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: Samuel Nadurak (Cello) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: James Bergen (Violin) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Advanced Strings
1st Place: Emily Rekrut‐Pressey (Viola) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Tiger Hills Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Senior Strings
1st Place: David Liam Roberts (Cello) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Maria Cherwick (Violin) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
Junior Piano
1st Place: Julia Son – Gladstone Festival of the Arts
Carberry Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Ari Hooker – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Kevin Li – Winnipeg Music Festival
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Amy Kong – Winnipeg Music Festival
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Gavin Leduchowski – Rockwood Festival of the Arts
Rock Lake Festival of the Arts Scholarship
3rd Place: Callum Goulet‐Kilgour – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Azaria Neuschwander – Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work)
Advanced Piano
1st Place: Sarah Pu – Winnipeg Music Festival
James McFee Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Justin Lin – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
3rd Place: Brittany Sawatzky – Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Senior Piano
1st Place: Albert Chen – Winnipeg Music Festival
Edith Munroe Scholarship
2nd Place: Luis Ramirez – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Edith Munroe Scholarship
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Mieke Uhryniuk‐Smith – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Sarah Luby – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Intermediate Vocal
1st Place: Elena Howard‐Scott – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Cody Ziegler – North Western Marquette Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Maria Golas – Evergreen Festival of the Arts
Mercier Family Scholarship
Advanced Vocal
1st Place: Ben Kroeker – Winnipeg Music Festival
Shirley Penner Scholarship
2nd Place: Jacinta Van Den Bussche – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Shirley Penner Scholarship
Senior Vocal
1st Place: Aliah Nelson – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
Junior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Dylan Thomas – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Intermediate Classical Guitar
1st Place: Thomas Manuel – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Advanced Classical Guitar
1st Place: Steven Hees – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Senior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Alex Tyborowski – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grade 7‐9
1st Place: yla Hamilton – North Western Marquette Festival
Thorleifson Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sonya Strocen – Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Will Sharpe – Pembina Valley Music Festival
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
Public Speaking Grade 7‐9
1st Place: Wyatt Baloun – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Evergreen Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Tessa Lupkowski – Prairie Sounds Festival
Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship
3rd Place: Jessica Goethals – Deloraine Border Festival
Dr. Mary Neill Adjudicator’s Award Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grade 10‐12
1st Place: Joey Simms – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Rose Sanders – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Public Speaking Grade 10‐12
1st Place: Chloe Hayward – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Larry Moore Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Sarah Luby – Winnipeg Music Festival
The Pas Music and Fine Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Alenna Mark – Winnipeg Music Festival
Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival Scholarship
Hailey Thiessen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Adjudicator’s Honourable Mention
Brianna Hildebrand – Red River Valley Festival of the Arts
Adjudicator’s Honourable Mention
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Cody Ziegler – North Western Marquette Festival
Rockwood Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Shania Thiessen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Musical Theatre
1st Place: Robert Piché – Winnipeg Music Festival
Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Elliot Lazar – Winnipeg Music Festival
Forman Honda Scholarship
Senior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Jana Dutkiewicz – The Pas Music and Fine Arts Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship