2024 Provincial Music and Arts Festival Results
May 25-26, 2024
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) congratulates all participants in the 2024 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 Classes
Primary Vocal
1st Place: Ira Shankar (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Rockwood Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Mithika Maiti (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Margaret & Harvey Sawatzky Scholarship
Elementary Vocal
1st Place: Layla Doerksen (Mitchell, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Shirley Penner Scholarship
2nd Place: Rachel Hesom (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Mercier Family Scholarship
Junior Vocal
1st Place: Lucas Park (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Lori & Loren Hiebert Scholarship
2nd Place: Augustus Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Intermediate Vocal
1st Place: Sophie Caron (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Daelyn Fefchak (Virden, MB) – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Scholarship
Advanced Vocal
1st Place: Ainsley Brennan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Brandon Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Jackson Hacault (Manitou, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Scholarship
Senior Vocal
1st Place: Azaria Neuschwander (Gladstone, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Shirley Penner Scholarship
Primary Piano
1st Place: Olivia Roienko (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Carberry Music and Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Nate Borkowsky (Gimli, MB) – Evergreen Festival of the Arts
Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship
Elementary Piano
1st Place: Ryan Zhang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lori & Loren Hiebert Scholarship
2nd Place: Evelyn Stitt (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Elementary J.S. Bach: Remi Campbell (Deloraine, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Junior Piano
1st Place: Steven (Qinghao) Bi (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Edith Munroe Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Charis Sum Yu Li (Winkler, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Edith Munroe Memorial Scholarship
Intermediate Piano
1st Place: Nathaniel Liu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Darwin Chen (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship
Intermediate J.S. Bach: Celina Hirsekorn Janzen (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Advanced Piano
1st Place: William Carroll Theuerer (Lac du Bonnet, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
James G. McFee Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Samuel Tin Yu Li (Morden, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
James G. McFee Memorial Scholarship
Advanced J.S. Bach: Samuel Tin Yu Li (Morden, MB) – Winkler Festival of the Arts
Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship
Senior Piano
1st Place: Klara Theuerer (Lac du Bonnet, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Awards
2nd Place: Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Awards
Primary Strings
1st Place: Ayla Erke (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Claire DuBois Scholarship
Elementary Strings
1st Place: Lily Groening (Killarney, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Morden Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Jennifer Fuhrer (Emo, MB) – Rainy River District of the Performing Arts
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
Junior Strings
1st Place: Declan Friesen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Vi Streuber Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Seolah Kim (Altona, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Intermediate Strings
1st Place: Clara Pauls (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Dalia Loewen (La Broquerie West, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Strings
1st Place: Julianna Pauls (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Strings
1st Place: Chloé Strain (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Awards
2nd Place: Julianna Esau (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Awards
Primary Classical Guitar
1st Place: Ira Shankar (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Elementary Classical Guitar
1st Place: Jack Pallen (West St. Paul, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Dexx Wilson (Minnedosa, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Classical Guitar
1st Place: Alyssa Harder (Portage la Prairie, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Micaiah Redekopp (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg
Intermediate Classical Guitar
1st Place: Josiah French (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Sydney Komanac (Brandon, MB) - Brandon Festival of the Arts
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Advanced Classical Guitar
1st Place: Chenyue Xue (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Mercier Family Scholarship
Primary Woodwinds
1st Place: Hannah Williamson (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Elementary Woodwinds
1st Place: Clara Vinluan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Woodwinds
1st Place: Aaron Jude Abellera (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Woodwinds
1st Place: Angelia (Meichen) Meng (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Woodwinds
1st Place: Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Sébastien Cwickla (Sunnyside, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Senior Woodwinds
1st Place: Joshua Atayan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
2nd Place: Steven Hwang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Primary Brass
1st Place: John Jordan (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Brass
1st Place: Dorcas Yam (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Advanced Brass
1st Place: Nate Ferguson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Band Association Scholarship
Senior Brass
1st Place: Sam Ferguson (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Awards
Intermediate Percussion
1st Place: Long Tung Yuen (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Intermediate Chamber Group
1st Place: Lenore Quartet - Isla Johnson, Adalyn Leonard, Mabel McManus & Clara Pauls - (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Morna-June Morrow Scholarship
Advanced Chamber Group
1st Place: Reed Reverie Ensemble - Joshua Atayan, Steven Hwang, Alexis Summers & Shelli Traskovski (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Assiniboine Quartet - Juliet Eskin, Matthew Lee, Nadia Lee & Audrey Marche - (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Chamber Group
Celestial Trio - Julianna Pauls, Cloé Strain & Émilie Strain - (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Awards
Primary Canadian Composers
1st Place: Aiden Ling (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Lily Beaumont (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Art
Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship
Elementary Canadian Composers
1st Place: Chloe Czarnecki (Lorette, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Arts Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Isaac Vanstone (Portage la Prairie) – Prairie Sounds Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
Junior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Callista Dong (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Carberry Music & Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Yegor Zvieriev (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship
Junior MB Composers Award: Anna Anderson Epp (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Intermediate Canadian Composers
1st Place: Kamil Jones Strachan (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Hugo Wiebe (Anola, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Arts Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
Intermediate MB Composers Award: Sophie Caron (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Advanced Canadian Composers
1st Place: William Carroll Theuerer (Lac du Bonnet, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Marek Song (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
Senior Canadian Composers
1st Place: Raymond Ding (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Dr. Lorne Watson Scholarship
2nd Place: Darina Lavrukhina (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Dr. Lorne Watson Memorial Scholarship
Senior MB Composers Award: Azaria Neuschwander (Gladstone, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Manitoba Composers Scholarship
Primary Popular/Contemporary
1st Place: Victoria Penner (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Nate Borkowsky (Gimli, MB) – Evergreen Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Elementary Popular/Contemporary
1st Place: Isaiah Van Otterloo (Dauphin, MB) – Rolling River Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Denise Howatt (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior Popular/Contemporary
1st Place: Damilola Afolabi (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Gregory Hyman (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Popular/Contemporary
1st Place: Linus Sen Hein Liu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Justin Afolabi (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Popular/Contemporary
1st Place: Avery Kellett (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Owen Raes (Deloraine, MB) – Boissevain Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Senior Popular/Contemporary
1st Place: Eli Granger (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
Primary W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Everett Wiens (Winkler, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Elementary W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Dewey Zhong (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Hyunwoo Lee (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Junior W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Sophia Sihan Liang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Rena Wu (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Intermediate W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Sophie Caron (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Yufei Tian (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Advanced W.A. Mozart
1st Place: Bethany Gross (Rosewood, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Leanna Yihua Wang (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Raleigh Family Scholarship
Primary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Annika Malolos (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Deloraine Border Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Robin Banerji (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Elementary Musical Theatre
1st Place: Chrysshell Quives (Steinbach, MB) – Southeastern Manitoba Festival
Rolling River Festival of the Arts Scholarship
2nd Place: Nathan Malolos (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Junior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Lucas Park (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Meridian Arts Festival Scholarship
2nd Place: Hannah Schaeffer (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Musical Theatre
1st Place: Madelynne Klapprat (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Selina Hay (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Advanced Musical Theatre
1st Place: Jackson Hacault (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Aoife Ukrainic (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Senior Musical Theatre
1st Place: Vina Dimayuga (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Manitoba Arts Council Career Development Award
Junior Operetta
1st Place: Augustus Sanders Augustus Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate Operetta
1st Place: Yale Rayburn-Vander Hout (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Charlton Rodrigues (Winnipeg, MB) – Winnipeg Music Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Primary TV/Movie Musical
1st Place: Allegra Brockie (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Lucia Borkowsky (Gimli, MB) – Evergreen Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Elementary TV/Movie Musical
1st Place: Adalynn Tupper (Fraserwood, MB) – Evergreen Festival of the Arts
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
2nd Place: Cassandra Star Armstrong (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Junior TV/Movie Musical
1st Place: Devin Kerman-Forsythe (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Alexis Latter (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Meridian Arts Festivals Scholarship
Intermediate TV/Movie Musical
1st Place: Daelyn Fefchak (Virden, MB) – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
2nd Place: Anne Forman (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 4-6
1st Place: Andrea Ronceray (Somerset, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Hurton Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Tarik Harra (Morden, MB) – Morden Festival of the Arts
Winnipeg Music Festival Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 7-9
1st Place: Kennidy Routledge (Virden, MB) – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Larry Moore Scholarship
2nd Place: Veronica Sanders (Manitou, MB) – Pembina Valley Music Festival
Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship
Poetry and Prose Grades 10-12
1st Place: Hannah Polasek (Carberry, MB) – Gladstone Music and Arts Festival
Colin Mailer Memorial Scholarship
2nd Place: Owen Raes (Deloraine, MB) – Deloraine Border Festival
Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship
Prepared Speech Grades 4-6
1st Place: Emory Frizzley (Virden, MB) – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Dramatic Monologue Grades 7-9
1st Place: Cassandra Star Armstrong (Fort Frances, ON) – Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship
Dramatic Monologue Grades 10-12
1st Place: Anne Forman (Brandon, MB) – Brandon Festival of the Arts
Thorleifson Family Scholarship
2nd Place: Sarah Keown (Virden, MB) – Virden Music and Arts Festival
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship