2016 Provincial Music and Arts Festival Results
May 27-29, 2016
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2016 Provincial Music and Arts Festival. Further congratulations are extended to the recipients of the awards listed below. A record breaking 28 of our 29 member festivals and their communities were represented. AMAF thanks its generous financial supporters and scholarship donors, and extends a special thank you to the event volunteers. Without the supporters, donors and volunteers, this event would not be possible.
Manitoba Composition Competition | National Classes
Preliminary, Junior, Intermediate, Advanced & Senior Classes
Preliminary Vocal
1st Place: Anna Layte (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Abbey Sawatsky (Ninette, MB) – Boissevain Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Anton Sokalski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Annie Johnston (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Intermediate Vocal
1st Place: Josh Bellan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Maria Guenther (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
Advanced Vocal
1st Place: Elena Howard-Scott (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Shirley Penner Scholarship
2nd Place: Sarah Sylvester (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: Clint McLaughlan (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Prairie Sounds Festival Scholarship
Preliminary Piano
1st Place: Kendra Palles (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Claire DuBois Scholarship
2nd Place: Seth Cheung (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Marcel Alles (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship for the most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work
Junior Piano
1st Place: Rachel Suin Lee (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Carberry Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Beatrice Gatien (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Sarah Janke (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Angela Lin (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship (Most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work)
Advanced Piano
1st Place: Joseph Guenther (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Ethan Lin (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Holly Smith (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship for the most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work
Senior Piano
1st Place: Fan-En Chiang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
James McFee Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Shantelle Mayo (Moosejaw, SK) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship and Jean & Lorne Chapple Scholarship for the most outstanding performance of a J.S. Bach work
Preliminary Strings
1st Place: Sannelle Engelbrecht (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
2nd Place: Thomas Kroeker (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: Angela Suet Kee Ng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Cadence Penner (Grunthal, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: Amy Lloyd (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Ernest Jones Scholarship ‘in honour of Mary Ann Taylor’
2nd Place: Aaron Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
Advanced Strings
1st Place: Maria Guenther (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Ernest Jones Scholarship ‘in honour of Mary Ann Taylor’
2nd Place: Samuel Nadurak (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Elizabeth Lupton Scholarship
Preliminary Classical Guitar
1st Place: Jordyn Zoske (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Nathan Kaethler (Marchand, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Junior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Stephan Engelbrecht (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Hanna Elskamp (Sanford, MB) – Meridian Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Classical Guitar
1st Place: Ben Lange (La Broquerie, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Hunter Teichrib (Stonewall, MB) – Rockwood Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Classical Guitar
1st Place: Ben Lamont (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Nolan Powell (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Thomas Manuel (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Preliminary Woodwinds
1st Place: Selwyn Neil E. Sarmiento (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Maya Bourgeois (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Woodwinds
1st Place: Rose Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Yooseon Jang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Advanced Woodwinds
1st Place: Stevie Onyshko (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
Senior Woodwinds
1st Place: Nicole Carbotte (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Amanda Forest (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Intermediate Chamber Group
1st Place: Wolseley String Quartet (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Morna-June Morrow Scholarship
Preliminary Canadian Composers
1st Place: Zachary Kynoch (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Leah Schroeder (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Kaitlyn Nicholson (Cypress River, MB) – Tiger Hills Festival of the Arts
S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Grace Gabrielle Lu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Camryn Dewar (Stony Mountain, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
North Western Marquette Festival Scholarship
Katie Blight (Oakville, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Intermediate Canadian Composers
1st Place: Jazlyn Rohatensky (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Georg Neuhofer (Roblin, MB) – North Western Marquette Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
Gareth Rice (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
S.C. Eckhardt‐Gramatté Scholarship (most outstanding performance of a Manitoba composer’s work)
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: James Cowie (Glenboro, MB) – Tiger Hills Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Azaria Neuschwander (Gladstone, MB) – Gladstone Music & Arts Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Fan-En Chiang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Titus Lee (Brandon, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Junior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Hannah Peters (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Christian Reimer (Blumenort, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Intermediate W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Anika Price (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sarah Crellin (Stonewall, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Sophie Kim (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Madison Bueckert (MacGregor, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
3rd Place: Jing Li (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Preliminary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Mersadie Thiessen (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Capri Derenchuk-Ganaden (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Genavieve Greene (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Anton Sokalski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
3rd Place: Brianna Friesen (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Forman Honda Scholarship
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Alyssa Crockett (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rockwood Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Josh Bellan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Honourable Mention: Rose Sanders (LaRivière, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Advanced Musical Theatre
1st Place: Tristan Klassen (LaRivière, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship
Senior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Alyssa Johnson (Winnipeg, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Gilbert & Sullivan
1st Place: Peter Dueck (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Miranda Baran (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Gilbert & Sullivan
1st Place: Elizabeth Whitbread (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 4-6
1st Place: Christian Wiedenhoeft (Fort Frances, ON)
– Fort Frances & District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Madison Teichroeb (Langruth, MB) – Gladstone Music & Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 7-9
1st Place: Olivia Hayward (Virden, MB) – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Thorleifson Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Daria Barbara Hofer (Newton, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 10-12
1st Place: Gareth Rice (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Brian Johnson (Hamiota, MB) – Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 4-6
1st Place: Jessica Ramachandran (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Georgia Hayward (Virden, MB) – Virden Music & Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 7-9
1st Place: Mira Donaldson (Fort Frances, ON)
– Fort Frances & District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Emma Miskulin (Rivers, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Public Speaking Grades 10-12
1st Place: Jessica Goethals (Deloraine, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Tessa Lupkowski (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Manitoba Composition Competition
The following results were announced at the 2016 Provincial Music and Arts Festival:
Award Winner: Hannah Linsangan (Winnipeg, MB)
Award Winner: Anna Schwartz (Fort Frances, ON)
Honourable Mention: Lauren McIlroy (LaSalle, MB)
National Classes
The following have been selected to represent Manitoba at the 2016 National Music Festival that will be held August 11-13 in Edmonton, Alberta:
National Piano
Recommended: Jammie Lee – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Alternate: Fan-En Chiang – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Strings
Recommended: Tianhao Wang – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Hannah Humphries – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Classical Guitar
Recommended: Nolan Powell – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: James Graham – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Woodwinds
Recommended: Matthew Robinson – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Amanda Forest – Brandon Festival of the Arts
National Brass
Recommended: Kayla Solomon – Brandon Festival of the Arts
National Chamber Group
Recommended: Trio Déz – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Musical Theatre
Recommended: Elizabeth Whitbread – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 102 – George S. Mathieson
Recommended: Pembina Trails Voices – Cantemus – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 103 – Paul J. Bourret
Recommended: Westwood Collegiate Chamber Choir- Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 105 – Dr. & Mrs. J.F.K. English
Recommended: Pembina Trails Voices – Chorale – Winnipeg Music Festival
National Choral Class 107 – Margaret Wharton Memorial
Recommended: St. James-Assiniboia Junior Divisional Concert Choir – Winnipeg Music Festival
Alternate: Pembina Trails Voices – Choraliers – Winnipeg Music Festival