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2018 Provincial Final CompetitionsSaskatchewan Music Festival Association Presents

June 1, 2, & 3University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

$10

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Program Summary ................................................................................................. 5

Intermediate Piano (Quance Theatre) ................................................................... 6

Intermediate Brass/Woodwinds/Percussion .......................................................... 7

Intermediate Piano (Convocation Hall) .................................................................. 8

Intermediate Guitar/Strings ................................................................................. 13

Intermediate Voice .............................................................................................. 14

Intermediate Speech Arts/Musical Theatre ......................................................... 16

INTERMEDIATE GRAND AWARDS ......................................................................... 19

Senior Voice ......................................................................................................... 21

Senior Piano ......................................................................................................... 26

Senior Brass/Woodwind/Percussion .................................................................... 30

Senior Guitar/Strings ........................................................................................... 32

Senior Speech Arts/Musical Theatre .................................................................... 34

Choral .................................................................................................................. 37

SENIOR GRAND AWARDS ..................................................................................... 39

Provincial Level of Nationals ................................................................................ 43

Judges’ Biographies.............................................................................................. 47

ALLERGY ALERT! Some participants and audience members are highly allergic to scented products.

Please AVOID using these products during the Festival.

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ESTABLISHED IN 1908

Incorporated under the Non-Profit Corporations Act Affiliated with the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals

HONORARY PATRONS

His Honour the Honourable W. Thomas Molloy, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan The Honourable Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan

HONORARY PRESIDENTS

Dr. Vianne Timmons, University of Regina Dr. Peter Stoicheff, University of Saskatchewan

REPRESENTATIVES BY APPOINTMENT

Saskatchewan Band Association Saskatchewan Choral Federation

Saskatchewan Music Educators Association Saskatchewan Orchestral Association

Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association

CORPORATE SPONSORS

SaskTel, Business for the Arts, Gifts in Kind from the University of Saskatchewan (Music Department) and Yamaha Piano

PROVINCIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President ..................................................................... Karen Unger, Warman 1st Vice President ..................................................... Sherry Sproule, Lafleche 2nd Vice President............................................... Wendy Thienes, Shaunavon Past President ............................................. Karen MacCallum, Swift Current Director ..................................................... Tammy Villeneuve, Meadow Lake Director ...................................................................... Kari Mitchell, Carnduff Director ............................................................ Bonnie Nicholson, Saskatoon Director ........................................................ Dianne Gryba, North Battleford Director ......................................................................... Jeri Ryba, Moose Jaw

SMFA PROVINCIAL OFFICE

Executive Director ................................................................ Carol Donhauser Adjudicator Liaison/Program Coordinator ............................... Karen Klassen Administrative Assistant ....................................................... Nancy Toppings

PO Box 37005, Regina S4S 7K3 (Located at 4623 Albert Street, Regina)

Phone: 306-757-1722 Toll Free: 1-888-892-9929 Fax: 306-347-7789 E-mail: [email protected]

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2018 Program Summary Program Summary

Quance Theatre Education Building

Two Grands

Classroom 1036 Education Building

1 Grand Piano

EMAP Studio B Room (Lower Level)

Education Building 1 Upright Piano

Convocation Hall/Green Room

Peter MacKinnon Bldg. 1 Grand Piano

Classroom 1033 Education Building

1 Grand Piano

FRIDAY, JUNE 1 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 9:00 AM Piano (Thomas Yu)

• Beethoven

• Chopin *WORKSHOP

Guitar (Sharon Stanis)

• Intermediate *WORKSHOP

Strings (Sharon Stanis)

• Int. Vla/Vc/DB

• Int. Violin *WORKSHOP

Speech Arts (Donna Fletcher)

• Intermediate *WORKSHOP 10:30 Musical Theatre (Donna Fletcher)

• Intermediate Ballad

Piano (Michael Oike)

• Haydn/Mozart

• 20th & 21st Century/ Canadian

Warm-up Room for Musical Theatre Competitors

1:00 PM

Percussion (Catherine Wood)

• Intermediate *WORKSHOP Woodwinds

• Intermediate *WORKSHOP Brass

• Intermediate *WORKSHOP

Voice (Erin Bardua)

• Male

• Female

• Concert Group *WORKSHOP

Musical Theatre (Donna Fletcher)

• Intermediate Up-tempo * WORKSHOP

Piano (Michael Oike)

• Bach

• Recital *WORKSHOP


7:00 PM Grand Awards – Intermediate (10 Competitors: one from each discipline and 2 from Piano) – Maximum time limit is 10 minutes)

SATURDAY, JUNE 2 - SENIOR LEVEL

8:30 AM

Percussion (Catherine Wood)

• Senior Voice (Erin Bardua)

• Grade B (Female)

• Grade B (Male)

• Grade A (Female)

• French Art Song

• Canadian

10:00 Woodwinds (Catherine Wood)

• Senior Recital

• Senior Concert Brass (Catherine Wood)

• Senior Concert

• Senior Recital

8:30 AM - Piano (Thomas Yu)

• Bach

• Beethoven

• Haydn/Mozart • French

1:00 PM Voice (Erin Bardua)

• Lieder

• Grade B Concert Group

• Grade A Concert Group

• Oratorio

• Operatic

12:30 PM Guitar (Sharon Stanis)

• Senior Strings (Sharon Stanis)

• Senior Concert

• Sr. Vla/Vc/DB Recital

• Sr. Violin Recital

Speech Arts (Donna Fletcher)

• Senior Musical Theatre (Donna Fletcher)

• Senior Ballad

• Senior Up-Tempo

(Lieder at Quance Theatre) 1:45 PM Piano (Thomas Yu) • Romantic

• Chopin • 20th & 21st Century/ Canadian


7:00 PM Grand Awards – Senior (9 Competitors: one from each discipline – Maximum time limit is 10 minutes)

SUNDAY, JUNE 3 – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Provincial Level of National Classes – (Quance Theatre)

Festival Office: Room #1004, Education Building

Please refrain from using scented products. Only SMFA-sanctioned audio/video recording or photography allowed.

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2018 PROVINCIAL FINALS – INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

QUANCE THEATRE, Education Building Friday, June 1, 2018

Piano Judge: Thomas Yu

Intermediate Piano (Quance Theatre) #22 – Daryl Cooper Intermediate Piano Beethoven Scholarship ................................................................. 9:00 am This scholarship of $300 is donated by Daryl Cooper of Saskatoon.

1. Bridget Alexander Weyburn Festival Sonata in G major, op. 79, mvmt 2 – Ludwig van Beethoven

2. Zenon Orobko Unity Festival Sonata in E major, op. 14, no. 1, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

3. Cory Krawec Prince Albert Kiwanis Festival Sonata, op. 10, no. 1, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

4. Natalie Reed Rosetown & District Festival Sonata in c minor, op. 13, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

5. Vanessa Hu Regina Festival Sonata, op. 31, no. 3, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

WINNER:

#27 – Gordon & Mossie Hancock Intermediate Piano Chopin Scholarship .................................................10:00 am The scholarship of $300 is provided by a trust honouring Gordon & Mossie Hancock. Gordon was Executive Director of SMFA from 1957-1975 and Mossie was a well-known musician, writer, and commentator in Saskatchewan. They had been involved with festival work for many years, adjudicating extensively in this province.

1. Graydon Eskowich Melfort Festival Nocturne in e minor, op. posth. 72, no. 1 – Frédéric Chopin

2. Susannah Ulrich Unity Festival Nocturne in c# minor, op. posth. – Frédéric Chopin

3. Elisabeth Bauman Twin Rivers Festival Polonaise in g# minor, op. posth., B 6 – Frédéric Chopin

4. Maxim Hiske Estevan & District Festival Waltz in c# minor, op. 64, no. 2 – Frédéric Chopin

5. Taylor Baker Kindersley & District Festival Nocturne in g minor, op. 37, no. 1 – Frédéric Chopin

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Polonaise in g# minor, op. posth. – Frédéric Chopin 7. Samantha Karn Moose Jaw Festival

Nocturne in e minor, op. 72, no. 1 – Frédéric Chopin 8. Johanna Wiebe Rosetown & District Festival

Nocturne in c# minor, op. posth. – Frédéric Chopin 9. Courtney Decker Last Mountain & District Festival

Prelude, op. 28, no. 17 – Frédéric Chopin 10. Ross Van De Weyer Weyburn Festival

Nocturne in f minor, op. 55, no. 1 – Frédéric Chopin 11. Jerry Hu Saskatoon Festival

Nocturne in B major, op. 62, no. 1 – Frédéric Chopin

WINNER:

PIANO WORKSHOP: 11:45 am – 12:15 pm

All awards will be presented at the INTERMEDIATE GRAND AWARDS COMPETITION Quance Theatre, Friday, June 1, 7:00 pm

The announcement of the Competitors who will compete in the Intermediate Grand Awards Competition will be made following the final class in each discipline.

ALL WINNERS please report to the SMFA On-Site Office (Room 1004, Education Building)

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QUANCE THEATRE, Education Building Friday, June 1, 2018

Percussion/Woodwinds/Brass Judge: Catherine Wood

Intermediate Brass/Woodwinds/Percussion

#48 – Maple Creek Festival Intermediate Percussion Scholarship ............................................................... 1:00 pm This scholarship of $300 is donated by the Maple Creek & District Music Festival, one of SMFA’s 47 affiliated District Festivals.

1. Maxim Hiske Weyburn Festival Three Dances for Solo Snare Drum – Warren Benson

2. Ashton Bourgeois Melfort Festival Cyclone – Jay Wanamaker

WINNER:

PERCUSSION WORKSHOP: 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm

#43 – Brost Family Intermediate Woodwind Scholarship ............................................................................ 2:00 pm

This scholarship of $300 is donated by Theresa E. Brost of Macklin on behalf of her musical family. Mrs. Brost served as President of the SMFA from 2008-2010.

1. Emily Goring Biggar & District Festival Sonata, op. 167, mvmt 1 – Camille Saint-Saens

2. James Griffith Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Concerto, mvmt 2 – Henri Tomasi

3. Aiden Bellows Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Arioso and Presto – Johann Joachim Quantz

4. Carolyn Rathgeber Regina Festival Concerto in G major, mvmt 1 – Johann Joachim Quantz

WINNER:

WOODWIND WORKSHOP: 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

#46 – Colin Grunert Memorial Intermediate Brass Scholarship ................................................................... 3:30 pm

Established by the Estevan & District Music Festival, this award of $300 is presented in memory of Colin Grunert. Colin was a fine trumpet player who loved to teach and mentor young musicians. He taught band and other subjects at Estevan Junior High, later becoming Fine Arts Department Head and Director of Bands at Estevan Comprehensive School. He also established the Estevan Summer Band Camp.

1. Rochelle Wright Twin Rivers Festival Suite for Trumpet and String Orchestra, I. Prelude; II. Air; III. Dance – William P. Latham

2. Gillian Engen Regina Festival Sonata for Trumpet, mvmt 3 – David L. McIntyre

3. Renee Lavoie Saskatoon Festival Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, op. 51, mvmt 2 – Flor Peeters

WINNER:

BRASS WORKSHOP: 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm




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CONVOCATION HALL, Peter MacKinnon Building Friday, June 1, 2018

Piano Judge: Michael Oike

Intermediate Piano (Convocation Hall)

#24 – Frances England & Hugheen Ferguson Memorial Intermediate Piano Haydn & Mozart Scholarship .. 9:00 am

The families of the late Frances England and her niece, the late Hugheen Ferguson, have provided for a scholarship of $300. Both Frances and Hugheen were outstanding music teachers and supporters of the arts.

1. Maxim Hiske Estevan & District Festival Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI:23, mvmt 1 – Franz Joseph Haydn

2. Elisabeth Bauman Sask Valley Festival Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:35, mvmt 1 – Franz Joseph Haydn

3. Ross Van De Weyer Weyburn Festival Sonata in C major, K 330, mvmt 2 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4. Courtney Decker Last Mountain & District Festival Sonata in G major K 283, mvmt 1 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5. Jerry Hu Saskatoon Festival Sonata in D major, K 576, mvmt 1 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6. Lincoln Russell Yorkton Festival Sonata, op. 331, mvmt 3 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7. Anthony Witzaney Unity Festival Sonata in C major, K 330, mvmt 2 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8. Emily Jung Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Sonata in C major, K 309, mvmt 1 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9. Janessa Andres Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Sonata in g minor, Hob. XVI:44, mvmt 1 – Franz Joseph Haydn

WINNER:

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#31 – Frostad Piano Services Intermediate Piano 20th or 21st Century/Canadian Music Scholarship ......................10:15 am

Frostad Piano Services is pleased to sponsor the Intermediate 20th or 21st Century/Canadian Music Scholarship of $300. Frostad Piano Services provides professional certified piano tech service across Saskatchewan. Technicians Ben, Dylan, and Devon are based in Regina, and offer services for all your piano needs: tuning, repair, appraisal, piano restoration and more. Frostad Piano Services is an authorized Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. Service Centre. They specialize in all makes and styles of acoustic pianos, including hybrid acoustic-electric pianos.

1. Claire Miller Estevan & District Festival Deserted Plantation – William Gillock

2. Ben Young Yorkton Festival Buenos Dias! Welcome to Spain – Sarah Konecsni

3. Leah Macfarlane Carnduff & District Festival Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy

4. Rachel Christensen Quill Plains Festival Shipwreck – Jason Noble

5. Zenon Orobko Unity Festival Variations in a minor, op. 40, no. 2 – Dmitri Kabalevsky

6. Landon Taylor Mainline & District Festival Who'll win the argument? – Dimitri Kabalevsky

7. Vanessa Hu Regina Festival Dances for Connie: No. 2, 'Ecstasy' – David L. McIntyre

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8. Emily Budd Twin Rivers Festival

Deserted Plantation – William Gillock 9. Janessa Andres Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival

Macedonian Mountain Dance – Allan Hovhaness 10. Alexander Yee Moose Jaw Festival

Mist – Court Stone 11. Alanna Liu Saskatoon Festival

Image Astrale – Jean Coulthard 12. Graydon Eskowich Melfort Festival

Old Adam Two-Step – William Bolcom 13. Elisabeth Bauman Sask Valley Festival

Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 – Béla Bartók 14. Maxim Hiske Weyburn Festival

Buenos Dias! Welcome to Spain – Sarah Konecsni

WINNER:




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#20 – June Barber Intermediate Piano Bach Scholarship ............................................................................. 1:00 pm

A scholarship of $300 is donated by June Barber, a former piano teacher in the City of Weyburn.

1. Janessa Andres Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival French Suite No. 3, BWV 814, Allemande and Gigue – Johann Sebastian Bach

2. Cory Krawec Prince Albert Kiwanis Festival Prelude and Fugue in d minor, BWV 851 – Johann Sebastian Bach

3. Elisabeth Bauman Sask Valley Festival Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 884 – Johann Sebastian Bach

4. Connor Elias Twin Rivers Festival Prelude and Fugue in c minor, BWV 847 – Johann Sebastian Bach

5. Anthony Witzaney Unity Festival Sinfonia no. 3 in D major, BWV 789 – Johann Sebastian Bach

6. Esther Zhu Saskatoon Festival Prelude and Fugue in d minor, BWV 875 – Johann Sebastian Bach

7. Vanessa Hu Regina Festival Prelude and Fugue in a minor, Book 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach

8. Graydon Eskowich Melfort Festival French Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817, I: Allemande; VIII: Gigue – Johann Sebastian Bach

9. Emily Jung Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Prelude and Fugue in d minor, BWV 875 – Johann Sebastian Bach

10. Maxim Hiske Weyburn Festival Sinfonia in E major, BWV 792 – Johann Sebastian Bach

WINNER:

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#29 – Jackson Memorial Intermediate Piano Recital Scholarship ................................................................ 2:30 pm

Kathleen L. Keple, former Executive Director of the Association, contributes the Jackson Memorial Piano Scholarship of $300 in memory

of her parents, the late Thomas and Kathleen Jackson, well-known musicians in the Mainline area.

1. Leah Macfarlane Carnduff & District Festival Rondo in D, K 485 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Sarah Walker Yorkton Festival Monarchs – Martha Hill Duncan

3. Jerry Hu Saskatoon Festival Ave Maria – Franz Schubert-Franz Liszt

4. Landon Taylor Mainline & District Festival Moment Musical, no. 3 – Franz Schubert

5. Janessa Andres Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival The Fountain of the Acqua Paola, op. 7, no. 3 – Charles T. Griffes

6. Suyenna Huang Regina Festival Sonetto 123 del Petrarca – Franz Liszt

7. Zenon Orobko Unity Festival Song Without Words, op. 53, no. 1 – Felix Mendelssohn

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8. Ross Van De Weyer Weyburn Festival Golliwog's Cakewalk – Claude Debussy

9. Katherine Cacal Swift Current & District Festival Liebestraum no. 3, S. 541 – Franz Liszt

10. Emily Jung Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Impromptu, op. 90, no. 2 – Franz Schubert

11. Cory Krawec Prince Albert Kiwanis Festival Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy

12. Courtney Decker Last Mountain & District Festival Trapezes volants – Joaquin Turina

13. Maxim Hiske Estevan & District Festival Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin

14. Elisabeth Bauman Sask Valley Festival Trois novelettes CHS, no. 1 – Francis Poulenc

WINNER:

PIANO WORKSHOP: 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm




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CLASSROOM 1036, Education Building Friday, June 1, 2018

Guitar/Strings Judge: Sharon Stanis

Intermediate Guitar/Strings

#40 – Stein Farms Ltd. Intermediate Classical Guitar Scholarship ............................................................... 9:00 am

This award of $300 is donated by Darrell and Kelly Stein. Kelly is an active committee member of the Watrous & District Music Festival and former SMFA Board member and Music for Young Children (MYC) teacher.

1. Brianna Ai Saskatoon Festival Tarantelle, op. 13 – Johann Kaspar Mertz

WINNER:

GUITAR WORKSHOP: 9:10 am – 9:20 am

#38 – Johanna Mitchell Memorial Intermediate Viola/ Cello/ Double Bass Scholarship ............................. 9:30 am This scholarship of $300, donated by Camille and Charles Mitchell of Saskatoon, is awarded in memory of Johanna Mitchell.

1. Jonathan Craig Penner Regina Festival Nocturne, op. 9, no. 2 – Frédéric Chopin

WINNER:

#37 – Robert C. Mitchell Memorial Intermediate Violin Scholarship ........................................................... 9:45 am This scholarship of $300, donated by Camille and Charles Mitchell of Saskatoon, is in memory of Mr. Robert C. Mitchell.

1. Kayley Grant Regina Festival Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, op. 42, Meditation – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2. Shawn McAdam Melfort Festival Concerto no. 1 in a minor – Jean Baptiste Accolay

3. Jeanny Jung Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Sonata in g minor, BWV 1001, mvmt 1 – Johann Sebastian Bach

* * * BREAK * * * 4. Shion Tamashiro Saskatoon Festival

Chaconne in g minor – Tomaso Antonio Vitali 5. Claire Heinrichs Sask Valley Festival

Les Ombres – Elizabeth Raum 6. Bridget Alexander Weyburn Festival

Scene de Ballet – Charles de Beriot

WINNER:

STRING WORKSHOP: 11:30 am – 12:00 pm




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Voice Judge: Erin Bardua

Intermediate Voice

#10 – A.L.’s Music Intermediate Male Voice Scholarship ............................................................................ 1:00 pm

This scholarship of $300 is offered by Arlene Lafrentz, operator of a successful voice studio in the southeast corner of the province. Arlene and her husband Kelly are passionate supporters of the arts and recognize the importance of supporting developing musicians both locally and provincially.

1. Chastan Sim Outlook & District Festival Sea Fever – Mark Andrews

2. Kieran Kasha Regina Festival Nous Nous Aimerons Tant – Lili Boulanger

3. Zackary St. Louis Saskatoon Festival Give A Man A Horse He Can Ride – Geoffrey O'Hara

WINNER:

#9 – Covey Intermediate Female Voice Scholarship .................................................................................... 1:30 pm

This scholarship of $300 is offered by Edna Covey and Doris Covey Lazecki in memory of their mother, Jessie Covey, who was an avid supporter of young female singers.

1. Justine Sletten Swift Current & District Festival Der Nussbaum – Robert Schumann

2. Kennedy Siba Saskatoon Festival Neue Liebe – Felix Mendelssohn

3. Courtney Wouters Battlefords Kiwanis Festival The Mermaid's Song – Franz Joseph Haydn

4. Annette Hunter Rosetown & District Festival If Music Be the Food of Love – Andy Beck

5. Corie Groome Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Piercing Eyes – Franz Joseph Haydn

6. Julia Ramsay Humboldt Festival Still wei die Nacht, op. 326, no. 27 – Carl Bohm

7. Isabella Girardin Lafleche & District Festival If Music Be The Food of Love – Andy Beck

8. Mikaila Mahnke Weyburn Festival Se tu m’ami, se tu sospiri – attrib. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

9. Regine Jacinto Moose Jaw Festival Maalaala Mo Kaya (Tango) – Constancio de Guzman

10. Emma Cameron Regina Festival Hark the echoing air – Henry Purcell

WINNER:

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#17 – Regina Music Festival Intermediate Vocal Concert Group Scholarship .............................................. 2:45 pm

The Regina Music Festival, one of SMFA’s 47 affiliate District Festivals, is pleased to donate this scholarship of $300.

1. Kennedy Siba Saskatoon Festival Das Vielchen – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ridente la Calma – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Als Louise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Liebhabers verbrannte – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Jessie Froehlich Quill Plains Festival Falls the Snow – Walter MacNutt Take Me to a Green Isle – Walter MacNutt

3. Julia Ramsay Humboldt Festival Vergin, tutt'amor – Francesco Durante Gloriosa Domina – Michael Head

4. Mikaila Mahnke Weyburn Festival Love’s Birth, Death and Memory: Dans un bois solitaire, K295B – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ach lien, icy muss nun scheiden, op. 21, no. 3 – Richard Strauss Echo – Thomas Schudel

5. Corie Groome Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Seranade Italienne – Ernest Chausson Le Colibri – Ernest Chausson Les Papillions – Ernest Chausson

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6. Kieran Kasha Regina Festival Too Young to Fall Asleep Forever (Sassoon) 1. The Lads in Their Hundreds – George Butterworth2. On the Idle Hill of Summer – George Butterworth3. Is My Team Ploughing? – George Butterworth

7. Jordyn Nachtegaele Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Romance – Claude Debussy Beau Soir – Claude Debussy Mandoline – Claude Debussy

8. Claire Heinrichs Sask Valley Festival En Priere – Gabriel Faure The Crucifixion – Samuel Barber Zueignung – Johann Strauss

WINNER:

VOCAL WORKSHOP: 4:45 pm – 5:15 pm




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EMAP STUDIO B ROOM (LOWER LEVEL), Education Building Friday, June 1, 2018

Musical Theatre/Speech Arts Judge: Donna Fletcher

Note: Some of the following selections may contain themes/language intended for a mature audience.

Intermediate Speech Arts/Musical Theatre

#54 – Alfred S. Uy Memorial Intermediate Speech Arts Scholarship ........................................................... 9:00 am

This scholarship of $300 is donated in memory of Alfred S. Uy. Melissa and Dennis Ong would like to honour the memory of her father who loved music and the arts. He believed in the power of speech to inspire, inform and entertain. This legacy continues as their family is involved in encouraging speech and debate in Saskatchewan.

1. Kayla Huyghebaert-Belsher Lafleche & District Festival Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – J. K. Rowling

Alone – Edgar Allan Poe Fashion, Power, Guilts, and the Charity of Families – Carol Shields

2. Piper Wagner Maple Creek & District Festival The Stolen Child – William Yeats

Viola monologue (The Twelfth Night) – William Shakespeare PolyJuice potion excerpt (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) – J. K. Rowling

3. David Shields Shaunavon & District Festival Because I Could Not Stop for Death – Emily Dickinson

Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 1, Lines 56-87 – William Shakespeare The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Chapter 18 “Against all probability…” – Douglas Adams

WINNER:

SPEECH ARTS WORKSHOP: 9:45 am – 10:00 am




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EMAP STUDIO B ROOM (LOWER LEVEL), Education Building Friday, June 1, 2018



#50 – Regan Grant Memorial Intermediate Musical Theatre Ballad Scholarship ........................................10:30 am

This scholarship of $300 is provided in memory of Regan Grant. Following graduation from MUCC, Regan earned a double Major in Voice and Drama in 1984 from the University of Regina. He spent time at the Banff School of Fine Arts and two summers in B.C. with the Canada Opera Picola. While working at the University Hospital in Saskatoon he performed with the Gateway Players and Persephone Theatre. Regan graduated in June 1988 with a Diploma in Operatic Performance.

Regan was diagnosed in 1986 with HIV infection and battled through a number of illnesses associated with AIDS. He will be remembered for his warmth, humor and love for life and his generosity to friends and co-workers. Regan soldiered on courageously as his health continued to fail. He died peacefully at home on June 28, 1992.

1. Corie Groome Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Dear Friend (She loves me) – Jerry Block & Sheldon Harnick

2. Vivian Kelly Moosomin & District Festival So Big, So Small (Dear Evan Hansen) – Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

3. Levi Stepp Estevan & District Festival Mister Cellophane (Chicago) – John Kander & Fred Ebb

4. Jordyn Nachtegaele Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Children of the Wind (Rags) – Charles Strouse

5. Madison Gilbert Unity Festival With You (Ghost the Musical) – Dave Stewart & Glen Balla

6. Makayla Heslip Mainline & District Festival As Long as He Needs Me (Oliver) – Lionel Bart

7. Declan Hewitt Regina Festival When I Look Into Your Eyes (Life's a Circus) – Anthony Costanzo

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8. Marie Doucette Moose Jaw Festival I'm Not Afraid of Anything (Songs for a New World) – Jason Robert Brown

9. Jessie Froehlich Quill Plains Festival Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera) – Andrew Lloyd Webber

10. Kaylin Poirier Lafleche & District Festival I’m Not That Girl (Wicked) – Stephen Schwartz

11. Forrest Hiebert Saskatoon Festival For Forever (Dear Evan Hansen) – Justin Paul & Benj Pasek

12. Allison Gordon Maple Creek & District Festival I Couldn't Know Someone Less (Daddy Long Legs) – Paul Gordon

WINNER:




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EMAP STUDIO B ROOM (LOWER LEVEL), Education Building

Friday, June 1, 2018



#52 – Sandra Ryba Intermediate Musical Theatre Up-Tempo Scholarship .................................................. 1:00 pm This scholarship of $300 is dedicated to Sandra Dash Ryba and donated by the Moose Jaw Music Festival. Sandra spent years dedicating her time and energy to her students and the community with her talents. She taught voice for over 40 years and was an inspiration to many. She had a huge role in ensuring the success of the Moose Jaw Music Festival. Sandra still supports the festival through a scholarship and attending every vocal session.

1. Regine Jacinto Moose Jaw Festival Waiting for Life (Once on this Island) – Lynn Ahren & Stephen Flaherty

2. Keana Emmons Assiniboia & District Festival Pulled (The Addams Family) – Andrew Lippa

3. Rebecca Spilchak Yorkton Festival Anything Goes (Anything Goes) – Cole Porter

4. Jordyn Nachtegaele Battlefords Kiwanis Festival I Can't Do It Alone (Chicago) – John Kander

5. Jessie Froehlich Quill Plains Festival Someone's Been Sending Me Flowers (Shoestring Revue) – David Keith Baker & Sheldon Harnick

6. Kaylin Poirier Lafleche & District Festival Blue Hair (The Black Suits) – Joe Iconis

7. Jenifer Deuchar Unity Festival Screw Loose (Cry Baby) – David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger

8. Megan McAvoy Melfort Festival Just You Wait (My Fair Lady) – Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

9. Levi Stepp Estevan & District Festival Winter's on the Wing (The Secret Garden) – Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon

10. Makayla Heslip Mainline & District Festival My New Philosophy (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) – Andrew Lippa

11. Allison Gordon Maple Creek & District Festival The Princess of Pure Delight (Lady in the Dark) – Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin

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12. Marie Doucette Regina Festival The Mad Hatter (Wonderland) – Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy

13. Chelsea Sauve Moosomin & District Festival Popular (Wicked the Musical) – Stephen Schwartz

14. Andrew Glass Kindersley & District Festival Puttin' On the Ritz (Young Frankenstein) – Irving Berlin

15. Annika Tupper Saskatoon Festival This Place is Mine (Phantom) – Maury Yeston

16. Gabrielle Wieder Prince Albert Kiwanis Festival Many a New Day (Oklahoma) – Richard Roger & Oscar Hammerstein

17. Taryn Gabrielson Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival My Party Dress (Henry and Mudge) – Kait Kerrigan & Brian Lowdermilk

18. Jemmie Ponting Swift Current & District Festival Luck Be a Lady (Guys and Dolls) – Frank Loesser

WINNER:

MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP: 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

All awards will be presented at the INTERMEDIATE GRAND AWARDS COMPETITION

Quance Theatre, Friday, June 1, 7:00 pm The announcement of the Competitors who will compete in the

Intermediate Grand Awards Competition will be made following the final class in each discipline.


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QUANCE THEATRE, Education Building

Friday, June 1, 2018 | 7:00pm

Intermediate Grand Awards & Provincial Awards

Judges: Erin Bardua, Donna Fletcher, Sharon Stanis, Catherine Wood, Thomas Yu

INTERMEDIATE GRAND AWARDS

O CANADA

GREETINGS

COMPETITIONS

Speech Arts _________________________________________________________

Guitar _________________________________________________________

Percussion _________________________________________________________

Musical Theatre _________________________________________________________

Piano _________________________________________________________

Woodwind _________________________________________________________

Brass _________________________________________________________

Strings _________________________________________________________

Voice _________________________________________________________

Piano _________________________________________________________

ADJUDICATORS LEAVE TO DELIBERATE

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Intermediate Provincial Awards Presentation

Covey Female Voice Scholarship ................................................ WINNER: ______________

A.L.’s Music Male Voice Scholarship .......................................... WINNER: ______________

Regina Music Festival Vocal Concert Group Scholarship ............. WINNER: ______________

June Barber Piano Bach Scholarship ............................................... WINNER: ______________

Daryl Cooper Piano Beethoven Scholarship ................................... WINNER: ______________

England & Ferguson Mem. Piano Haydn/Mozart Scholarship .......... WINNER: ______________

Gordon & Mossie Hancock Piano Chopin Scholarship .................... WINNER: ______________

Jackson Memorial Piano Recital Scholarship ................................. WINNER: ______________

Frostad Piano 20th/21st Century/Canadian Music Scholarship ....... WINNER: ______________

Robert C. Mitchell Memorial Violin Scholarship ............................ WINNER: ______________

Johanna Mitchell Mem. Viola/Cello/Double Bass Scholarship ...... WINNER: ______________

Stein Farms Ltd. Classical Guitar Scholarship ................................. WINNER: ______________

Brost Family Woodwind Scholarship .............................................. WINNER: ______________

Colin Grunert Memorial Brass Scholarship .................................... WINNER: ______________

Maple Creek Festival Percussion Scholarship ................................ WINNER: ______________

Regan Grant Memorial Musical Theatre Ballad Scholarship ......... WINNER: ______________

Sandra Ryba Musical Theatre Up-Tempo Scholarship ................... WINNER: ______________

Alfred S. Uy Memorial Speech Arts Scholarship ............................. WINNER: ______________

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OVERALL GRAND AWARDS

Betty Tydeman Memorial Intermediate Bronze Award & Trophy . WINNER: This award of $300 is presented to the second runner-up to the most outstanding intermediate competitor of the Intermediate Grand Awards. Betty Tydeman had been involved in music festival for most of her life, from her time as a competitor in Rosetown until her work with the Saskatoon Music Festival, where she made significant contributions in all aspects of its organization. Betty also contributed to the community as a member with her Church Choir, the Saskatoon Choral Society, the University Chorus, and served on the Board of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

Joanne Messer Intermediate Silver Award & Trophy .................. WINNER: This award of $500 is presented by Joanne Messer of Tisdale to the first runner-up to the most outstanding intermediate

competitor of the Intermediate Grand Awards. Mrs. Messer served as President of the SMFA from 2004-2006 and National Host Chair in 2009.

Gloria Nickell Intermediate Gold Award & Trophy ..................... WINNER: This scholarship of $750, donated by Gloria Nickell of Rosetown, will be awarded to the most outstanding intermediate competitor of the Intermediate Grand Awards. Mrs. Nickell served as President of SMFA from 2006-2008.

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2018 PROVINCIAL FINALS – SENIOR LEVEL

QUANCE THEATRE, Education Building Saturday, June 2, 2018


Senior Voice

#7 – Heather Laxdal Memorial Senior Grade B Female Voice Scholarship ................................................... 9:00 am

This scholarship of $400 is in memory of Heather Laxdal. Friends set up a scholarship fund when Heather was killed in a car accident on April 21, 1988 at the age of 20. She was completing her second year of Music Performance at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Heather competed in the Yorkton Music Festival for twelve years and was recommended to the Provincial Music Festival three years in succession, winning the SMFA Girls’ Vocal Scholarship in 1984.

1. Sydney Ell Regina Festival Romance, no.1 of Deux Romances – Claude Debussy

2. Elizabeth Reid Saskatoon Festival Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Don Giovanni) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3. Kacy Tkachuk Hafford & District Festival Shepherd! Thy Demeanour Vary – Thomas Brown

4. Annika Tupper Saskatoon Festival Let Me Wander Not Unseen/Or Let the Merry Bells Ring Round – George Frideric Handel

WINNER:

#8 – Thomas & Don Hatton Memorial Senior Grade B Male Voice Scholarship ........................................... 9:30 am

Margaret Hatton of Regina offers this $400 scholarship in memory of Thomas and Don Hatton.

1. Jayden Burrows Saskatoon Festival Youth and Love – Ralph Vaughn Williams

WINNER:

#5 – Goodfellow Memorial Senior Grade A Female Voice Scholarship ........................................................ 9:45 am

This scholarship of $400 is one of a series of annual Provincial Scholarships, provided by a Memorial Trust Fund. The Saskatchewan Music Festival Association (SMFA) gratefully acknowledges the very generous contribution by the late S. J. Goodfellow of Regina, who established the Trust Fund in honour of his wife, Nancy Goodfellow. During her lifetime, Mrs. Goodfellow had many and varied community interests to which she gave of herself unstintingly. While studying with Madame Alicia Birkett at the Regina Conservatory of Music, she participated in our music festivals for many years.

1. Olivia Guselle Saskatoon Festival Les roses d'Ispahan – Gabriel Fauré 2. Adelle Sawatzky Kindersley & District Festival Un'Ombra di Pace – Giovanni Bononcini 3. Aliah Nelson Saskatoon Festival Les roses d'Ispahan – Gabriel Fauré

WINNER:

All awards will be presented at the SENIOR GRAND AWARDS COMPETITION Quance Theatre, Saturday, June 2, 7:00 pm

The announcement of the Competitors who will compete in the Senior Grand Awards Competition will be made following the final class in each discipline.


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#13 – Goodfellow Memorial Senior French Art Song Scholarship ...............................................................10:15 am

This scholarship of $400 is awarded in memory of Ann Owen (Nancy) Goodfellow.

1. Aliah Nelson Saskatoon Festival Sérénade Italienne – Ernest Chausson

2. Brianna Penner Saskatoon Festival Spleen – Claude Debussy

3. McKenzie Warriner Estevan & District Festival Pierrot – Claude Debussy

4. Joshua Hendricksen Regina Festival Absence (Les nuits d'été) – Hector Berlioz 5. Kacy Tkachuk Hafford & District Festival

Après un rêve – Gabriel Fauré

WINNER:

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#18 – Summer School for the Solo Voice Senior Canadian Vocal Music Scholarship ...................................11:00 am

This scholarship of $400 is donated by Summer School for the Solo Voice, a week of music making open to singers, teachers, accompanists, choristers and choral conductors from beginner to advanced levels, ages 8 - 80+. Please visit www.summerschoolforthesolovoice.com to view our many program options.

1. Aliah Nelson Saskatoon Festival Requiescat – Matthew Emery

2. Adelle Sawatzky Kindersley & District Festival To Our Lady – David L. McIntyre 3. McKenzie Warriner Estevan & District Festival

Dezember – Ana Sokoloviç 4. Kacy Tkachuk Hafford & District Festival

Piping Down The Valleys Wild – Oskar Morawetz 5. Joshua Hendricksen Regina Festival Fly Away – David L. McIntyre 6. Olivia Guselle Saskatoon Festival

Echo – Thomas Schudel

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QUANCE THEATRE, Education Building

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Voice Judges: Erin Bardua & Thomas Yu (for class #14)

#14 – Heather Laxdal Memorial Lieder Voice & Whelan Lieder Piano Scholarship ...................................... 1:00 pm

A scholarship of $200, donated by the Yorkton Music Festival, in memory of Heather Laxdal, will be presented to the singer of the winning duo of the lieder class.

A $200 award will also be presented to the pianist of the winning duo. This award honours the contribution of Saskatoon musicians John & Lorna Whelan, pianist and vocalist respectively, who believed that lieder is one of music’s purest moments.

1. Olivia Guselle & Solveig Deason Saskatoon Festival Die Mainacht – Johannes Brahms

2. Joshua Hendricksen & Jasmine Tsui Regina Festival Ganymed, op. 19, no. 3, D 544 – Franz Schubert

WINNER:

#16 – Nancy & Alastair Todd Memorial Senior Vocal Concert Group Grade B Scholarship .......................... 1:30 pm

This scholarship of $300 is donated by Diana Woolrich in memory of Nancy Hazel Todd and Alastair Todd.

1. Zachariah May Mainline & District Festival Silent Noon – Ralph Vaughan Williams The Vagabond – Ralph Vaughan Williams 2. William Matthews Regina Festival

Come Away, Death, op. 6, no. 1 – Roger Quilter O Mistress Mine, op. 6, no. 2 – Roger Quilter

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, op. 6, no.3 – Roger Quilter 3. Elizabeth Reid Saskatoon Festival

La courte paille - Francis Poulenc I. Le sommeil II. Quelle aventure! III. La reine de Coeur IV. Ba, Be, Bi, Bo, Bu V. Les anges musiciens VI. Le carafon

VII. Lune d'Avril

WINNER:

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#15 – Heather Macnab Senior Vocal Concert Group Grade A Scholarship ................................................... 2:30 pm

A scholarship of $400 is donated by Heather Macnab, an active singer, teacher, speech artist, accompanist, and adjudicator.

1. McKenzie Warriner Estevan & District Festival Tres Poemas, Op. 81 – Joaquin Turina I. Olas gigantes II. Tu puila es azul III. Besa el aura

2. Adelle Sawatzky Kindersley & District Festival In der Fremde – Robert Schumann Waldesgesprach – Robert Schumann

Mondnacht – Robert Schumann 3. Danielle Sanche Saskatoon Festival

What if... – Lee Hoiby The Shepherd – Lee Hoiby

The Lamb – Lee Hoiby Where the Music Comes From – Lee Hoiby 4. Joshua Hendricksen Regina Festival

Flight for Heaven – Ned Rorem I. To Music, to becalm his Fever IV. To Daisies, not to shut so Soon V. Epitaph VI. Another Epitaph VII. To the Willow-tree X. To Anthea, who may command him Anything

5. Brianna Penner Saskatoon Festival From Op. 25, Myrthen – Robert Schumann I. Der Nussbaum II. Die Lotosblume III. Lied der Suleika IV. Lied der Braut I V. Lied der Braut II VI. Widmung

WINNER:

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#11 – Goodfellow Memorial Senior Oratorio Scholarship ........................................................................... 4:00 pm

This scholarship of $400 is awarded from the Goodfellow Trust Account in memory of Ann Owen (Nancy) Goodfellow.

1. Joshua Hendricksen Regina Festival Quia fecit mihi magna (Magnificat) – Johann Sebastian Bach 2. Olivia Guselle Saskatoon Festival Crystal streams in murmurs flowing (Susanna) – George Frideric Handel 3. Danielle Sanche Saskatoon Festival Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Messiah) – George Frideric Handel 4. McKenzie Warriner Estevan & District Festival

With Verdure Clad (The Creation) – Franz Joseph Haydn

WINNER:

#12 – Goodfellow Memorial Senior Operatic Scholarship ........................................................................... 4:30 pm

This scholarship of $400 is in memory of Hazel Farnsworth of Regina.

Hazel Farnsworth was a well-known singer in southern Saskatchewan. Her teachers included Colin Faunt and Dan Cameron, who prepared her for many award-winning festival and recital performances. She appeared in stage and opera productions with the Regina Amateur Operatic Society and the Regina Conservatory of Music. She performed vocal duets with her husband, the late Stan Farnsworth, and was a choir member of St. Paul’s Cathedral for many years.

1. Angela Gjurichanin Saskatoon Festival Una donna a quindici anni (Cosi fan tutte) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2. McKenzie Warriner Estevan & District Festival

Lusinghe più care (Alessandro) – George Frideric Handel 3. Joshua Hendricksen Regina Festival Dalle stanze ove Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Gaetano Donizetti 4. Adelle Sawatzky Kindersley & District Festival Vedrai Carino (Don Giovanni) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 5. Danielle Sanche Saskatoon Festival Sul fil d'un soffio etesio (Falstaff) – Giuseppe Verdi

WINNER:




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CONVOCATION HALL, Peter MacKinnon Building Saturday, June 2, 2018


Senior Piano

#19 – Arlene Stuart Memorial Senior Piano Bach Scholarship ..................................................................... 8:30 am This scholarship of $400 is donated by Joanne Messer in memory of her sister Arlene Stuart, a woman of vision, passion, and justice for whom music was a life-long inspiration.

1. Ameer Abusada Qu’Appelle Valley Festival Prelude and Fugue in c minor Book 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach

2. Shantelle Mayo Regina Festival Prelude and Fuge in G major, BWV 860 – Johann Sebastian Bach

3. Solveig Deason Saskatoon Festival Prelude and Fugue c# minor, BWV 849 – Johann Sebastian Bach

4. Yu Shen (Alice) Li Saskatoon Festival Partita in D major, BWV 828, Ouvertüre & Allemande – Johann Sebastian Bach

WINNER:

#21 – Gordon C. Wallis Memorial Senior Piano Beethoven Scholarship ...................................................... 9:15 am This memorial scholarship of $400 is in honour of the late Gordon C. Wallis of Regina. Gordon C. Wallis, former Assistant Director of the University of Regina Conservatory of Music and Dance was a consummate musician, musical director, performer, and acknowledged authority on opera. He was a valued member of the SMFA Syllabus Selection Committee and adjudicator festivals across the province and throughout Western Canada.

1. Enhan Zhao Saskatoon Festival Sonata in C major, op. 53, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

2. Yu Shen (Alice) Li Saskatoon Festival Sonata in Eb major, op. 81a, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

3. Ameer Abusada Qu’Appelle Valley Festival Sonata in f minor op. 56, mvmt 1– Ludwig van Beethoven

4. Yinglin Zhang Regina Festival Sonata in Eb major, op. 81a, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

5. Kennedy Kosheluk Parkland & District Festival Sonata in E major, op. 109, mvmt 1– Ludwig van Beethoven

6. Chantelle Hardes Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Sonata in Eb major, op. 31, no. 3, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

7. Devynn McIntyre Potashville Festival Sonata in Ab major, op. 110, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

WINNER:

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23 – Shirley Andrist Senior Piano Haydn/Mozart Scholarship .....................................................................10:40 am An award of $400 is donated by Mrs. Shirley Andrist of Estevan. Shirley has worked for the betterment of her community and the province through interests and knowledge of literature and music.

1. Rene Czemeres Qu'Appelle Valley Festival Sonata in g minor, Hob XVI:44, mvmt 2 – Franz Joseph Haydn

2. Shantelle Mayo Regina Festival Sonata in Eb major, Hob XVI:52, mvmt 3 – Franz Joseph Haydn

3. Brett Muyres Humboldt Festival Sonata in A major, K 331, mvmt 1 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4. Mark Louis Ancheta Regina Festival Sonata in Eb major no. 62, Hob XVI:52, mvmt 1 – Franz Joseph Haydn

WINNER:

#28 – Music for Young Children Senior Piano French Music Scholarship ....................................................11:20 am Music for Young Children (MYC) provides quality music education to children by blending the joy of music making with sound instruction. MYC has been teaching children from the ages of 2-10 the foundation of music education and piano playing, in a group situation, for more than 30 years. Today there are over 800 locations on three continents, confirming that they are an international leading quality program for early childhood music education. The MYC Corporate Office provides this scholarship of $400.

1. Chantelle Hardes Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Reflets dans L'eau – Claude Debussy

2. Devynn McIntyre Potashville Festival Nocturne, no. 2 – Gabriel Faure

3. Vivian Mark Saskatoon Festival Jardin sous la pluie – Claude Debussy

4. Rene Czemeres Qu'Appelle Valley Festival Prelude No. 6, Book 2 - General Lavine (Eccentric) – Claude Debussy

5. Yu Shen (Alice) Li Saskatoon Festival L'isle Joyeuse – Claude Debussy

6. Yinglin Zhang Regina Festival Reflets dans L'eau – Claude Debussy

WINNER:




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#25 – Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association Senior Piano Romantic Music Scholarship ... 1:45 pm The Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association (SRMTA) is pleased to provide this scholarship of $400. The SRMTA was formed in 1932 as a provincial organization of music teachers, several years after the formation of smaller branches throughout the province. The mission is to promote progressive ideas in music education, to encourage professionalism in the art of teaching, and to stimulate a high standard of music and culture.

1. Kennedy Kosheluk Parkland & District Festival Prelude in d minor, op. 23, no. 3 – Sergei Rachmaninoff

2. Kate Gray Regina Festival Allegro de Concierto, op. 46 – Enrique Granados

3. Alana Karn Moose Jaw Festival The Lark – Mikhail Glinka / Mily Balakirev

4. Cindy Li Saskatoon Festival Sonetto 104 del Petrarca – Franz Liszt

5. Brett Muyres Humboldt Festival Intermezzo in A major, op. 118, no. 2 – Johannes Brahms

6. Ameer Abusada Qu’Appelle Valley Festival Transcendental Etude No. 1 – Franz Liszt

7. Chantelle Hardes Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Prelude in b minor, op. 32 no. 10 – Sergei Rachmaninoff

8. Shantelle Mayo Regina Festival Mephisto Waltz, no. 1 – Franz Liszt

9. Enhan Zhao Saskatoon Festival Prelude in g# minor, op. 32, no. 12 – Sergei Rachmaninoff

WINNER:

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#26 – Music for Young Children Saskatchewan Teachers’ Association Senior Piano Chopin Scholarship ..... 3:15 pm A scholarship of $400 is made available by MYC Saskatchewan Teachers’ Association. While the association no longer exists due to amalgamation, a scholarship account was created and is held in trust by SMFA.

1. Chantelle Hardes Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Scherzo no. 1 in b minor – Frédéric Chopin

2. Thomas Hu Saskatoon Festival Sonata in b minor, op. 58, mvmt 1 – Frédéric Chopin

3. Ameer Abusada Qu’Appelle Valley Festival Ballade no. 1 in g minor – Frédéric Chopin

4. Yu Shen (Alice) Li Saskatoon Festival Ballade no. 4 in f minor, op. 52 – Frédéric Chopin

5. Kennedy Kosheluk Parkland & District Festival Nocturne in c# minor, op. 27, no. 1 – Frédéric Chopin

WINNER:




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#30 – Gale Glenn Memorial Senior Piano 20th or 21st Century/Canadian Scholarship .................................. 4:30 pm This scholarship of $400 is donated by Larry & Sylvia Coghlin in memory of Dr. Gale Glenn, a Moose Jaw chiropractor and past president of the Moose Jaw Music Festival Association, who was an avid supporter of young Moose Jaw talent.

1. Thomas Hu Saskatoon Festival In Memoriam: For the Victims of Chernobyl – Larysa Kuzmenko

2. Mark Louis Ancheta Regina Festival Suite de Danzas Criollas, op. 15 – Alberto Ginastera

3. Solveig Deason Saskatoon Festival Memories in an Ancient Garden – Alexina Louie

4. Brett Muyres Humboldt Festival Etude, no. 1 – Jean Coulthard

5. Alana Karn Moose Jaw Festival Eight Memories in Watercolour, nos. 1, 2, 7, 8 – Tan Dun

6. Rene Czemeres Qu'Appelle Valley Festival Fantasy no. 1 on an Archaic Legend – Sarah Konecsni

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Percussion Judge: Catherine Wood

Senior Brass/Woodwind/Percussion

#47 – Saskatchewan Band Association Senior Percussion Scholarship ........................................................ 8:30 am

This scholarship of $400 is sponsored by the Saskatchewan Band Association, a non-profit charitable organization open to any individual, group or organization interested in furthering the development of bands in Saskatchewan.

1. Fraser Krips Saskatoon Festival Attraction – Emmanuel Séjourn

2. Jasmine Tsui Regina Festival KÍM – Áskell Másson

WINNER:

CLASSROOM 1036, Education Building Saturday, June 2, 2018

Woodwinds/Brass Judge: Catherine Wood

#41 – Long & McQuade Senior Woodwind Recital Scholarship ..................................................................10:00 am

This scholarship of $400 is sponsored by Long & McQuade. Long & McQuade is the country's largest musical instruments retailer and has been serving Canada's musicians since 1956. Besides sales, it offers in-store financing; daily, weekly and monthly rentals; music lessons, and online shoping at long-mcquade.com. After over 60 years, the company is still 100% Canadian, and owned by the Long family.

1. Mark Louis Ancheta Regina Festival Vocalise no. 1 – Murray Adaskin

2. Autumn Alexander Weyburn Festival Romance, op. 41 – Georges Brun

3. Cole Knutson Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Introduction and Samba for Alto Saxophone and Band – Maurice Whitney

WINNER:

#42 – Saskatchewan Band Association Senior Woodwind Concert Scholarship..........................................10:45 am

This scholarship of $400 is sponsored by the Saskatchewan Band Association, a non-profit charitable organization open to any individual, group or organization interested in furthering the development of bands in Saskatchewan.

1. Graeme Scott Regina Festival Sonata in g minor, BWV 1020, mvmts 1 & 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach

2. Alaina Majewski Regina Festival Sonata in A major, mvmt 4 – Cesar Franck

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Woodwinds/Brass Judge: Catherine Wood

#45 – Saskatchewan Band Association Senior Brass Concert Scholarship...................................................11:30 am

This scholarship of $400 is provided by the Saskatchewan Band Association, a non-profit charitable organization open to any individual, group or organization interested in furthering the development of bands in Saskatchewan.

1. Dominic Ghiglione Regina Festival Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, mvmt 1 – Henri Tomasi

WINNER:

#44 – Guy Few Senior Brass Recital Scholarship .........................................................................................11:45 am

This scholarship of $400 is donated by Allan and Helen Few in honour of their son Guy, highly acclaimed concert pianist and trumpeter.

1. Dominic Ghiglione Regina Festival Ballade for Trombone and Piano – Eugene Bozza

WINNER:




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Senior Guitar/Strings

#39 – Saskatchewan Music Educators Senior Classical Guitar Scholarship ................................................ 12:30 pm

This award of $400 is donated by the Saskatchewan Music Educators Association, a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to promoting the development of high standards of music and music education.

1. Carson Froehlich Quill Plains Festival Grand Solo – Fernando Sor

2. Stephen Davis Saskatoon Festival Introduction and Caprice, op. 23 – Giulio Regondi

WINNER:

#34 – Fred S. Mendell Memorial Senior Strings Concert Scholarship ........................................................... 1:15 pm

This scholarship of $400 is in memory of Mr. Fred S. Mendel. The Association is pleased to acknowledge the generous donation made by Camille and Charles Mitchell of Saskatoon in memory of their grandfather, the late Fred S. Mendel. Mr. Mendel, who came to Saskatchewan in 1940, was an ardent supporter of the performing and visual arts in this province. He took an active interest in young artists and musicians, helping them to continue their studies, and following their careers with concern and friendship. We welcome the continuing support of Camille and Charles in memory of a great citizen.

1. Charlee Wielgoz Regina Festival Pampeana no. 2, op. 21, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano – Alberto Ginastera

2. Eleanor Hector Regina Festival Concerto in e minor, op. 64, mvmt 3 – Felix Mendelssohn

3. Hannah Lissel-DeCorby Saskatoon Festival Concerto in D major, mvmt 1 – Igor Stravinsky

4. Amos Friesen Saskatoon Festival Sonata No. 3 in A major, op. 69, mvmt 1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

WINNER:

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#36 – Blanche Squires Memorial Senior Viola/Cello/Double Bass Recital Scholarship ................................ 2:30 pm

The Order of the Eastern Star administers the Blanche Squires Trust and provides for this scholarship of $400. The Blanche Squires Memorial Scholarships have been donated by Mr. Frank Squires of Lloydminster in memory of his wife Blanche, to the Saskatchewan Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, for the purpose of providing financial assistance to music students in our province. Mrs. Squires had been a devout member of the Eastern Star for many years prior to her death in 1968.

1. Amos Friesen Saskatoon Festival Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, Preludio – Johann Sebastian Bach

2. Leo Laniece Saskatoon Festival Anerca 1 – Milton Barnes

3. Caleb Fiorante Regina Festival Kol Nidre, op. 47 – Max Bruch

4. Charlee Wielgoz Regina Festival Cello Concerto no. 1 in g minor, op. 49, mvmts 2 & 3 – Dmitri Kabalevsky

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CLASSROOM 1036, Education Building

Saturday, June 2, 2018


#35 – Mrs. Clare K. Mendel Memorial Senior Violin Recital Scholarship ..................................................... 3:45 pm

Camille and Charles Mitchell of Saskatoon provide this scholarship of $400, in memory of Mrs. Clare K. Mendel.

1. Eleanor Hector Regina Festival Les Ombres – Elizabeth Raum

2. Resa Fiorante Regina Festival Kol Nidre, op. 47 – Max Bruch

3. Patrick Benoit Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival Sonata no. 3 in F major, HWV 370, mvmts 1 & 2 – George Frederick Handel

4. Hannah Lissel-DeCorby Saskatoon Festival Three Preludes – Geroge Gershwin-Jascha Heifetz

WINNER:




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EMAP STUDIO B ROOM (LOWER LEVEL), Education Building Saturday, June 2, 2018

Speech Arts/Musical Theatre Judge: Donna Fletcher


Senior Speech Arts/Musical Theatre #53 – L.I. Bryson Memorial Senior Speech Arts Scholarship ........................................................................ 1:00 pm

This $400 award, given by her family, is in memory of Iris Bryson, whose passion for music and literature greatly enriched the lives of those around her.

1. Allison Gordon Maple Creek & District Festival Essay on Adam – Robert Bringhurst Excerpt from Alias Grace, Chapter 33 – Margaret Atwood Scene from Claws – Lezley Havard

2. Patrick Benoit Lloydminster & District Kiwanis MusicFestival The Hoard – John Ronald Reuel Tolkien The Haggis of Private McPhee – Robert William Service Translation from Du Bellay – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

WINNER:

#49 – Ursan Family Senior Musical Theatre Ballad Scholarship ................................................................... 2:00 pm

A scholarship of $400 is donated by a family who loves music and musicals.

1. Brianna Penner Saskatoon Festival Somebody, Somewhere (The Most Happy Fella) – Frank Loesser

2. Mayson Sonntag Regina Festival (Our) Love is Here to Stay (1940s Radio Hour) – George & Ira Gershwin

3. Ceiligh Dodds Regina Festival Hard Candy Christmas (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) – Carol Hall

4. Jayden Burrows Saskatoon Festival Love, I Hear (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) – Stephen Sondheim

5. Krista Brost Prairie Sunset & District Festival Still Hurting (The Last Five Years) – Jason Robert Brown

6. Jay Vellacott Sask Valley Festival Oh What a Beautiful Morning (Oklahoma) – Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein

7. Lara Van de Venter Meadow Lake & District Festival Something Wonderful (The King and I) – Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein

8. Mandy Friesen Swift Current & District Festival Apology (Anne of Green Gables) – Norman Campbell & Don Harron

9. Louren Sazon Moose Jaw Festival She Used to Be Mine (Waitress) – Sara Bareilles

10. Zachariah May Mainline & District Festival Bring Him Home (Les Miserables) – Claude-Michel Schonberg

WINNER:

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All awards will be presented at the SENIOR GRAND AWARDS COMPETITION

Quance Theatre, Saturday, June 2, 7:00 pm The announcement of the Competitors who will compete in the

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EMAP STUDIO B ROOM (LOWER LEVEL), Education Building Saturday, June 2, 2018

Speech Arts/Musical Theatre Judge: Donna Fletcher


#51 – Katja Meszaros Memorial Senior Musical Theatre Up-Tempo Scholarship ....................................... 3:30 pm

A scholarship of $400 is donated by Joy McFarlane-Burton and Rick Burton in memory of Katja Marie Meszaros (1992-2017), who had a passion for performing Musical Theatre. She was a student of Joy McFarlane-Burton and competed at the Provincial level many times. Katja was the recipient of the Regan Grant Memorial Scholarship for Musical Theatre in 2012.

1. Meaghan Dormuth Saskatoon Festival Teaching Third Grade (Ruthless) – Joel Paley

2. Celeste Nicholson Saskatoon Festival When will my life begin? (Tangled) – Alan Menkin & Glenn Slater

3. Lara Van de Venter Meadow Lake & District Festival I Have Confidence (The Sound of Music) – Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein

4. Mandy Friesen Swift Current & District Festival Just you wait (My Fair Lady) – Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

5. Louren Sazon Moose Jaw Festival The Life I Never Led (Sister Act the Musical) – Alan Menken

6. Noah Cooke Battlefords Kiwanis Festival Sit down, you're rocking the boat (Guys and Dolls) – Frank Loesser

7. Zachariah May Mainline & District Festival Let it Sing (Violet) – Jeanine Tesori & Brian Crawley

8. Krista Brost Prairie Sunset & District Festival Good Morning Baltimore (Hairspray) – Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman

9. Olivia Kelly Moosomin & District Festival When you come home to me (The Last Five Years) – Jason Robert Brown

10. Ceiligh Dodds Regina Festival I Love Play Rehearsal (Be More Chill) – Joe Iconis

11. Mayson Sonntag Regina Festival Orphan in a Storm (Celebration) – Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones

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CHORAL PRESENTATIONS Judge: Rachel Rensink-Hoff

Choral

#1 – Mary Anderson Memorial (Sacred) Choral Scholarship

This scholarship of $500 is presented by Betsy Vought in memory of her mother, Saskatoon musician Mary Anderson, for the finest performance by a choir.

1. Rosthern Junior College Chorale, conducted by Richard Janzen Sask Valley Festival O Filii et Filiae - Volckmar Leisring Beati Quorum Via – Charles Villiers Stanford

2. LCBI Chamber Choir, conducted by Graham Codling Outlook & District Festival Hallelujah Amen – George Frederic Handel, arr. John Leavitt Down to the River to Pray – Sheldon Curry

3. Prairie Spirit, conducted by Marcia McLean Swift Current & District Festival Ave Maria – Javier Busto Be Thou My Vision – Paul Basler

WINNER:

#2 – Saskatchewan Choral Federation Open Choral Scholarship

This scholarship of $300 will be awarded by the Saskatchewan Choral Federation for the most outstanding performance in the Senior Open Choral Classes. The Saskatchewan Choral Federation is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the elevation and enhancement of choral music in Saskatchewan.

1. Prairie Spirit, conducted by Marcia McLean Swift Current & District Festival Flight Song – Kim Andre Arnesen Rise Up, My Love – Healy Willan

2. Cantate Senior Choir, conducted by Deborah Nelson Regina Festival Cantate Domino – Nancy Hill Cobb Je ne l'o se dire – Pierre Certon, arr. Greyson

3. Rosthern Junior College Chorale, conducted by Richard Janzen Sask Valley Festival I dreamed of rain – Jan Garrett, arr. Larry Nickel The Frost – Kathleen Allan

4. Yorkton Regional High School Concert Choir, conducted by Kelsey Kuz Yorkton Festival Watching the Apples Grow – Stan Rodgers, arr. Ron Smail Woodsmoke and Oranges – Ian Tamblyn, arr. Rebecca Campbell

5. Southline Singers, conducted by Sheila Anderson Shaunavon & District Festival Star of the County Down – traditional Irish, Cathal McGarvey, arr. Thomas Quigley Stay Close to My Heart – Horace Scruggs, III

WINNER:

#3 – John’s Music (Moose Jaw) Open Choral Award, Runner-up

This award of $200 is donated by John's Music (Moose Jaw) and is presented to the runner-up in the Saskatchewan Choral Federation Choral Class. Serving Moose Jaw and area for over forty years, John's Music is locally owned and operated.

WINNER:

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CHORAL PRESENTATIONS Judge: Rachel Rensink-Hoff

#4 – Kiwanis Club of Regina Gallagher Memorial Children/Youth Choral Scholarship

The Gallagher Memorial Scholarship of $500 is presented by the Kiwanis Club of Regina, in tribute to the Gallagher Family, for the finest performance in the Children’s or Youth Choir Class. The late Harold Gallagher served as president of the club in 1977-1978. The award, while recognizing Harold’s service in many capacities during his 37 years of active Kiwanis membership, is intended as well to honour both Harold and the late Mrs. Margaret Gallagher for their gifts of music shared so generously with the community. The magic of music never dies. It has spread far and wide through the Gallaghers. The desire of members of the Kiwanis Club of Regina is that all those who participate in the competition for this special memorial award will continue to carry the magic with them wherever they go.

1. LCBI Concert Choir, conducted by Graham Codling Outlook & District Festival The Power of the Cross – Keith Getty & Stuart Townend, arr. by Mark Hayes Do You Love Me – Berry Gordy, arr. by Kirby Shaw

2. Yorkton Regional High School Concert Choir, conducted by Kelsey Kuz Yorkton Festival Lead Me Home – Eric Barnum Gate Gate – Brian Tate

3. Campbell Chamber Choir, conducted by Russ & Deidre Baird Regina Festival Away In The Woods – Jonny Priano Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel – traditional spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan

4. Rosetown Youth Chorus, conducted by Carmen Ledding Rosetown & District Festival The Palm of Our Hand – Stephen Bergen How Can I Keep From Singing – Greg Gilpin

5. SCCHS Meistersingers, conducted by Dorianna Holowachuk Swift Current & District Festival Il est bel et bon – Pierre Passereau The Stars are with the Voyager – Eleanor Daley

6. Rosthern Junior College Concert Choir, conducted by Richard Janzen Sask Valley Festival Come away to the skies – Peter Crisafulli Bridge over trouble water – Paul Simon, arr. Kirby Shaw

WINNER:

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QUANCE THEATRE, Education BuildingSaturday, June 2, 2018 | 7:00pm

Senior Grand Awards

Judges: Erin Bardua, Donna Fletcher, Sharon Stanis, Catherine Wood, Thomas Yu

SENIOR GRAND AWARDS

O CANADA

GREETINGS

COMPETITIONS

Speech Arts _________________________________________________________

Guitar _________________________________________________________

Percussion _________________________________________________________

Musical Theatre _________________________________________________________

Woodwind _________________________________________________________

Brass _________________________________________________________

Strings _________________________________________________________

Voice _________________________________________________________

Piano _________________________________________________________

ADJUDICATORS LEAVE TO DELIBERATE

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Senior Provincial Awards Presentation

Goodfellow Memorial Grade A Female Voice Scholarship ........... WINNER: ______________

Goodfellow Memorial Grade A Male Voice Scholarship ................ WINNER: ______________

Heather Laxdal Memorial Grade B Female Voice Scholarship....... WINNER: ______________

Hatton Memorial Grade B Male Voice Scholarship ....................... WINNER: ______________

Goodfellow Memorial Oratorio Scholarship ................................. WINNER: ______________

Goodfellow Memorial Operatic Scholarship ................................. WINNER: ______________

Goodfellow Memorial French Art Song Scholarship ..................... WINNER: ______________

Laxdal Memorial & Whelan Lieder Scholarship ............................ WINNER: ______________

Heather Macnab Vocal Concert Group Grade A Scholarship .......... WINNER: ______________

Nancy & Alastair Todd Mem. Vocal Concert Group Grade B ........ WINNER: ______________

Summer School for the Solo Voice Canadian Vocal Music ............ WINNER: ______________

Arlene Stuart Memorial Piano Bach Scholarship .......................... WINNER: ______________

Gordon C. Wallis Memorial Piano Beethoven Scholarship ........... WINNER: ______________

Shirley Andrist Piano Haydn/Mozart Scholarship ......................... WINNER: ______________

SRMTA Piano Romantic Music Scholarship .................................. WINNER: ______________

MYC Saskatchewan Teachers’ Association Piano Chopin ............. WINNER: ______________

Music for Young Children Piano French Music Scholarship .......... WINNER: ______________

Gale Glenn Memorial Piano 20th or 21st Century/Canadian .......... WINNER: ______________

Fred S. Mendell Memorial Strings Concert Scholarship ................ WINNER: ______________

Mrs. Clare K. Mendel Memorial Violin Recital Scholarship ........... WINNER: ______________

Squires Mem. Viola/Cello/Double Bass Recital Scholarship .......... WINNER: ______________

Saskatchewan Music Educators Classical Guitar Scholarship ........ WINNER: ______________

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Long & McQuade Woodwind Recital Scholarship ........................ WINNER: ______________

Saskatchewan Band Association Woodwind Concert Scholarship WINNER: ______________

Guy Few Brass Recital Scholarship ............................................... WINNER: ______________

Saskatchewan Band Association Brass Concert Scholarship ......... WINNER: ______________

Saskatchewan Band Association Percussion Scholarship ............. WINNER: ______________

Ursan Family Musical Theatre Ballad Scholarship ........................ WINNER: ______________

Katja Meszaros Memorial Musical Theatre Up-Tempo ................ WINNER: ______________

L.I. Bryson Memorial Speech Arts Scholarship ............................. WINNER: ______________

* * * RECEPTION * * *

OVERALL GRAND AWARDS

Blanche Squires Memorial Senior Bronze Award ................. WINNER: ______________ The Blanche Squires Memorial Awards are provided by a trust and administered by the Order of the Eastern Star. This award of $500 will be presented to the second runner-up to the most outstanding competitor of the Senior Grand Awards Competition.

Wallis Memorial Senior Silver Award ................................ WINNER: ______________ A memorial award of $750 will be presented to the first runner-up to the most outstanding competitor of the Senior Grand Awards Competition.

Sister Boyle Senior Gold Award ............................................ WINNER: ______________ An award of $1,000, donated by Joanne Messer of Tisdale in memory of Sister Geraldine Boyle, will be presented to the most outstanding competitor of the Senior Grand Awards Competition. The award has been established in recognition of Sister Boyle and her long-standing commitment to music. The late Sister Geraldine Boyle, a Sister of Our Lady of the Missions, received her musical training from Trinity College, London, England and a Bachelor of Arts (music major) from the University of Regina. Sister Boyle taught music in the schools at Wolseley, Regina, Lebret, and Saskatoon. Her teaching was meticulous and she had a never-ending patience and encouragement for her students and colleagues. In addition to her interest in teaching piano, she had a great interest in the promotion of good liturgical and choral music.


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2018 PROVINCIAL LEVEL OF NATIONALS

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QUANCE THEATRE, Education Building Sunday, June 3, 2018

Judges: Erin Bardua, Donna Fletcher, Sharon Stanis,

Catherine Wood, Thomas Yu

Provincial Level of Nationals

9:00 am JERRY HU, piano, Saskatoon Festival (Bonnie Nicholson) Concerto in f minor, op. 21, mvmts 1 & 2 – Frédéric Chopin

Aegean Sketches - Jean Coulthard I. The Valley Of The Butterflies III. Legend (The Palace Of Knossos)

9:35 am COLE KNUTSON, alto saxophone, Battlefords Kiwanis Festival (Dianne Gryba) Tableaux de Provence – Paule Maurice

I. Farandole des jeunes filles II. Chanson pour ma mieIII. La bohémienneIV. Des alyscamps l'âme soupire

V. Le cabridan – Mozart Elegy Cadenza – Glen Gillis

10:00 am MAYSON SONNTAG, bass, Regina Festival (Cherith Alexander) Orphan in a Storm (Celebration) – Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones I'll Be Fine (Vicious Circle) – Robert Ursan Hades (The Frogs) – Stephen Sondheim

10:15 am JOSHUA HENDRICKSEN, bass-baritone, Regina Festival (Alison Purdy) Dalle stanze ove Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Gaetano Donizetti Quia fecit mihi magna (Magnificat) – Johann Sebastian Bach Flight for Heaven – Ned Rorem

I. To Music, to becalm his fever VII. To the Willow-treeX. To Anthea, who may command him anything

* * * BREAK * * *

10:40 am STEPHEN DAVIS, guitar, Saskatoon Festival (Audrey Bayduza) Concerto De Aranjuez, mvmts 1 & 2 – Joaquín Rodrigo Introduction and Caprice, op. 23 – Giulio Regondi

11:10 am JAMES GRIFFITH, alto saxophone, Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival (Michelle Andres) Concerto, mvmts 1 & 2 – Henri Tomasi Sonata, op. 19, mvmt 1 – Paul Creston

11:35 am LEVI STEPP, tenor-baritone, Estevan & District Festival (Evanne Wilhelm) Mister Cellophane (Chicago) – John Kander & Fred Ebb Winter's on the Wing (The Secret Garden) – Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon C’est Moi (Camelot) – Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

11:50 am MCKENZIE WARRINER, soprano, Estevan & District Festival (Cherith Alexander) Lusinghe più care (Alessandro) – George Frideric Handel With Verdure Clad (The Creation) – Franz Joseph Haydn Selections from On This Island – Benjamin Britten

I. Let the florid music praise! II. Now the leaves are falling fastIII. Seascape

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1:00 pm JASMINE TSUI, percussion, Regina Festival (Joshua Hendricksen) Sugaria: Marimba for Concerto, mvmts 1 & 2 – Eric Sammut Rebonds B – Iannis Xenakis

1:25 pm CHARLEE WIELGOZ, violoncello, Regina Festival (Cherith Alexander) Cello Concerto no. 1 in g minor, op. 49, mvmts 2 & 3 – Dmitri Kabalevsky Pampeana no. 2, op. 21, Rhapsody for Cello and Piano – Alberto Ginastera

1:50 pm CORIE GROOME, soprano, Lloydminster & District Kiwanis Festival (Michelle Andres) Green Finch and Linnet Bird (Sweeny Todd) – Stephen Sondheim Lost in the Brass (Band Geeks) – Tommy Newman & Gaby Alter Vanilla Ice Cream (She loves me) – Jerry Block & Sheldon Harnick

2:05 pm DANIELLE SANCHE, soprano, Saskatoon Festival (Karen Reynaud) Sul fil d'un soffio etesio (Falstaff) – Giuseppe Verdi Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Messiah) – George Frideric Handel Cuatro madrigales amatorios – Joaquín Rodrigo

2:25 pm ABBY FULLER, trumpet, Regina Festival (Maria Fuller) Slavonic Fantasy – Carl Hohne Concerto, mvmts 2 & 3 – Sergei Vassilenko

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3:00 pm FIEARRO STRING QUARTET: ELEANOR HECTOR, MEIKA SONNTAG, MAYSON SONNTAG & JONATHAN CRAIG PENNER, string quartet, Regina Festival

String Quartet no. 2 in a minor, mvmts 1 & 2 – Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet no. 8 in c minor, op. 110, mvmt 2 – Dimitri Shostakovich

3:25 pm KATE GRAY, piano, Regina Festival (Cherith Alexander) Allegro de Concierto, op. 46 – Enrique Granados Piano Concerto no. 1, mvmts 1 & 2 – David L. McIntyre

4:05 pm LOUREN SAZON, soprano, Moose Jaw Festival (Jeri Ryba) The Life I never Led (Sister Act the Musical) – Alan Menken Can't Help Lovin Dat Man (Showboat) – Jerome Kern She Used To Be Mine (Waitress) – Sara Bareilles

♫ ♫ Reception ♫ ♫

Announcement of the Saskatchewan Representatives to the 2018 National Music Festival Competition in Sackville, NB, August 12 – 16

CHORAL RECORDINGS Judge: Rachel Rensink-Hoff

Paul J. Bourret

1. SCCHS CHAMBER SINGERS, conducted by Dorianna Holowachuk, Swift Current & District FestivalEl Grillo – Josquin Des Prez Benediction – Kathleen Skinner

2. ROSTHERN JUNIOR COLLEGE CHORALE, conducted by Richard Janzen, Sask Valley FestivalI dreamed of rain – Jan Garrett, arr. Larry Nickel The Frost – Kathleen Allan

3. CAMPBELL CHAMBER CHOIR, conducted by Russ & Deidre Baird, Regina FestivalMusicks Empire – Lloyd Pfautsch In Remembrance – Jeffery L. Ames

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Announcement of the Saskatchewan Representatives

to the 2018 National Music Festival Competition

Sackville, NB, August 12 – 16, 2019

VOICE _______ Travel Award of $500 donated by Rose Schmalz

Rose’s first experience at a music festival was in Fort Qu’Appelle while in her last year of High School. She continued her studies abroad and performed for many years. Having taught music and adjudicated, her musical career has indeed come full circle! Wanting to “give back” something to the city and province that had given her so many opportunities, she established this award.

PIANO _______ Travel Award of $500 donated by the Anna Klassen Endowment Fund

Anna Klassen was a long-time supporter of the arts as an audience member, volunteer, and donor. She gave countless hours to ensure the long-term health of the arts in particular classical music. She has established several endowment funds to assist Saskatchewan organizations in their missions of promoting a love of music.

STRINGS _______ Travel Award of $500 donated by the Saskatchewan Orchestral Association

This donation is made possible through a contribution from its Bursary Program, which was established in 2011 in order to assist music students aged 12 to 24 to participate in eligible musical development activities. The mission of the Sask. Orchestral Association is to enhance the quality of life in Saskatchewan by stimulating a thriving orchestral

community.

GUITAR _______ Travel Award of $500 donated by the SMFA Conference Delegates

This award is provided by attendees of the 2017 SMFA Conference and AGM. SMFA hosts an annual fall conference in which delegates from the 47 District Music Festivals across the province come together to network and learn from each other. A 50/50 raffle was held in October of 2017 and the proceeds were used to establish this award.

WOODWIND _______ Travel Award of $500 donated by Canadian Music Festival’s Adjudicator Association (CMFAA) Mel Hurst, President

The purpose of the CMFAA is to: assist in the promotion and development of culturally effective music and arts festivals in Canada; liaise between our membership and the provincial and national festival organizations; prepare an annual directory of qualified adjudicators which will be available to all known festivals across Canada; provide a channel through which Canadian adjudicators may discuss common problems, standards and professional development.

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BRASS _______ Travel Award of $500 donated by Ross Ulmer & Karen Ast

Ross Ulmer, successful Lloydminster businessman, grew up in North Battleford as an accomplished trombone player, finishing first in a national festival in 1973 while studying music at the University of Saskatchewan. He went to on to earn a master’s in Texas at one of the best jazz schools in the world.

PERCUSSION _______ (Entry by recording: no travel award required)

MUSICAL THEATRE _______ Travel Award of $500 donated by the Estevan Music Festival

In order for students to achieve higher goals, it is important to have opportunities for advanced levels of competition. Estevan and District Music Festival is proud to sponsor this award of $500.

CHAMBER GROUP _______ Travel Award of $500 each donated anonymously

PAUL J. BOURRET _______ (Entry by recording: no travel award required)


AWARD WINNERS

please report to the SMFA On-Site Office

(Room 1004, Education Building)

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JUDGES

Judges’ Biographies Erin Bardua (Voice)

Soprano Erin Bardua is a frequent concert soloist, who has performed with the Talisker Players, Nota Bene Baroque Players, Pax Christi Chorale, the Toronto Sinfonietta, the Oshawa-Durham Chorus, the Arcady Baroque Ensemble, the St. James Cathedral Choir, Capella Intima, London Pro Musica and the Menno Singers, among others. Her oratorio repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, Esther and Judas Maccabaeus, Zelenka’s Missa Omnium Sanctorum, Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, Vaughan Williams’ Hodie, Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore, Bach’s Magnificat and Passions, Saint-Säens’ Christmas Oratorio, and Vivaldi’s Gloria.

Erin is the co-founder of Essential Opera, a concert opera company performing great works in Ontario and the Atlantic. Her operatic roles with EO and other companies have included Nannetta (Verdi’s Falstaff), Antonia and Giulietta (Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann), numerous Mozart including Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Alcina (Handel),

Constanza (Haydn’s L’isola disabitata) and Elena (Gluck’s Paride ed Elena). Erin has also premiered leading roles in several new compositions, including Frankenstein by Andrew Ager, Regina by Elisha Denburg, Etiquette by Monica Pearce, and Heather: Cindy + Mindy = BFFs 4EVER by Christopher Thornborrow.

Erin has provided dramatic coaching and stage direction for Mount Allison University's Opera Workshop and the Halifax Summer Opera Festival, where she directs The Coronation of Poppea for the 2018 season. She operates a private voice studio in Sackville and is a regular festival adjudicator. Erin is represented by Knowles Artists.

Donna Fletcher (Musical Theatre and Speech Arts)

Donna Fletcher is an accomplished actor, singer, and concert performer with a wide range of national experience in theatre, musical theatre, and symphonic work. Proud of her prairie roots, Donna received her early training in Winnipeg and earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Manitoba, a diploma in Music Theatre from The Banff Centre for the Arts, and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of Toronto. She has performed with the Winnipeg Symphony; the Florida Orchestra, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and was featured on the CBC Radio’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera.

As an actor, Donna has been acclaimed in principle roles from east to west with the Charlottetown Festival, Drayton Festival, Rainbow Stage, Theatre Calgary, Stage West Calgary, the National Arts Centre, Manitoba Opera, MTC, PTE, MTYP, the Belfry Theatre and Persephone Theatre. Recent performing credits include Sister Act and Buddy Holly (Rainbow Stage) and A Little Night Music and Follies (Dry Cold Productions). As a director Donna has helmed productions of Brundibar for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Rainbow Stage/WSO concert presentation of South Pacific, Carousel for NUOVA, The Sound of Music for Opera on the Avalon, The Bridges of Madison County, The Addams Family and A Man of No Importance for Dry Cold Productions and conceived the WSO presentation of Send in the Clowns: The Music of Stephen Sondheim where she took the stage with TONY Award winner Len Cariou. This season, Donna will direct Into the Woods for Opera on the Avalon.

In July of 2012 she was inducted into the Rainbow Stage Wall of Fame and directed their acclaimed production of Annie. Always seeking new challenges, Donna co-created Dry Cold Productions which is celebrating its 18th season with a coproduction of the Manitoba Premiere of Falsettos with Winnipeg Jewish Theatre. Donna is a Faculty member of the NUOVA Opera and Musical Theatre Training Programme, a Sessional Voice and Musical Theatre Instructor at the University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music as well as the University of Winnipeg Theatre Department.

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Michael Oike (Intermediate Piano)

MICHAEL OIKE maintains a busy and fulfilling musical life in his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He began his piano studies there with Alice Nakauchi and Sydney McInnis, and with Boris Lysenko at the Royal Conservatory of Music and University of Toronto where he was awarded the Forsythe Award as the outstanding graduating pianist. Michael was very fortunate to have worked with the renowned pedagogue Jeaneane Dowis, covering both the solo and piano chamber repertoire at her New York City studio and twice as a fellowship recipient at the Waterloo Festival held at Princeton University. Michael has a special affinity towards the vocal art song field and has worked with the highly regarded vocal pianists Rudolf Jansen and Martin Isepp.

Michael currently maintains a private piano teaching studio at the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts (MCMA), conducts workshops and master classes, and is heard in performances of chamber music and as vocal/instrumental accompanist. For over twenty-five years, Michael has adjudicated at music festivals

provincially and nationally across Canada, where he greatly enjoys working with students of all levels.

Away from his music, Michael enjoys golfing, curling, downhill skiing, NFL football, and is continually tinkering to make the perfect butter tart, blueberry or apple pie and refine his sushi making skills

Rachel Rensink-Hoff (Choral)

Dr. Rachel Rensink-Hoff is Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music Education at Brock University and Artistic Director of the Avanti Chamber Singers. Former conductor of the McMaster University Choir and founder of the McMaster Women’s Choir, Dr. Rensink-Hoff completed her Doctorate and Master of Music degree at Western University, pursuing additional studies at the Eastman School of Music Conducting Institute, the Voice Care Network of St. John’s University, Minnesota, and the University of Toronto. She has engaged in master-classes under conductors Helmuth Rilling, Joseph Flummerfelt, Anton Armstrong, Dale Warland and the late Sir David Willcocks. Vice-President of Programming for Choral Canada, Rachel Rensink-Hoff is the 2014 winner of the prestigious Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting awarded by the Ontario Arts Council. In 2015, her McMaster Women’s Choir was awarded first prize in the National Choral Competition for Amateur Choirs of the CBC and Choral Canada. That same year she was nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award at McMaster University. She publishes regularly in the Choral Journal of the American Choral Directors’ Association as well as in Choral Canada’s Anacrusis and The Canadian Music Educator. Rachel works frequently as guest conductor, adjudicator, conference presenter and workshop clinician. Most recently, she presented a lecture on Canadian and American women choral composers at the 2017 national conference of the American Choral Directors’ Association, offered a presentation on behalf of Choral Canada at the 2017 World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona, and served as guest conductor of the 2017 Nova Scotia Provincial Youth Choir.

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Sharon Stanis (Strings and Guitar)

Sharon Stanis has a multi-faceted career as a chamber musician, soloist, and educator. As Artist-in-Residence, Sharon is a full-time faculty member at the School of Music, University of Victoria, where she teaches violin and coaches chamber music. Sharon has gained a reputation as a dedicated and enthusiastic teacher; her experience as an active performer informs her abilities as a teacher to fully prepare her students for successful careers. Her students have established themselves as professional orchestral and chamber musicians, soloists, musicologists and music teachers. Sharon is in demand as an adjudicator at festivals across Canada and gives master classes throughout North America and Europe.

As co-founder of the Lafayette String Quartet, Sharon has toured extensively with this ensemble in North America and Europe. The quartet garnered prizes from the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and the Portsmouth (England) International String Quartet Competition. The members of the Lafayette Quartet have been together for 31 years, the only all-female String Quartet of this longevity to comprise the original four members. In 2017, the Lafayette Quartet performed two cycles of the 15 quartets of Shostakovich. A founding member of the contemporary music ensemble Aventa, Sharon has performed in Europe and North America with this ensemble.

As a guest artist at Basses Loaded IV, Ms. Stanis performed the Bottesini Grand Duo with the virtuoso bassist Gary Karr. Sharon has also appeared as soloist and concertmaster with the Victoria Symphony and the Palm Court Orchestra. In addition, Sharon has performed at the Eine Kleine Summer Music Festival and the Friday Harbor Chamber Music Festival.

Prior to moving to Victoria, Sharon was a member of the Renaissance City Chamber Players, on the music faculty at Oakland University and Artist-in-Residence at the Institute of Music and Dance in Detroit.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Sharon studied with Linda and David Cerone, Gary Kosloski, Henryk Kowalski, and Peter Salaff. She received her BM and MM from Indiana University, where she worked with Rostislav Dubinsky, first violinist of the Borodin String Quartet, who was integral in the formation of the Lafayette String Quartet. While pursuing her graduate degree, she served as an associate instructor in the music history department at Indiana University. Sharon has also studied with members of the Cleveland, Alban Berg, and Amadeus String Quartets.

In addition to multiple recordings with the Lafayette Quartet, Sharon has recorded the Murray Adaskin Second Violin Sonata, the John Mills-Cockell Concerto of Deliverance, and the soundtrack of Criminal Acts by Tobin Stokes. She is the violinist in the theme music from the television show Bob and Margaret, composed by Patrick Godfrey.

Catherine Wood (Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion)

Canadian clarinettist Catherine Wood has performed and taught throughout Canada, the USA, Taiwan, China, Italy and France. She has been a guest artist at many festivals including the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFests, Núna Iceland Canada Art Convergence, the Blueridge Chamber Music Festival, and the Montana Clarinet Festival. An enthusiast of new music, Dr. Wood has commissioned and premiered many works; recent commissions include Canadian composers Sid Robinovitch, Fjola Evans, and T. Patrick Carrabre. She has performed at numerous festivals that celebrate new music, including the Winnipeg New Music Festival and the Dark Music Days Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. An advocate of Canadian music, she presented A Clarinettist’s Guide to Canadian Music: Resources for Performers and Educators at the 2007 ICA ClarinetFest in Vancouver. A sought-after adjudicator, Wood has served on competition juries throughout Canada and the United States. In 2011, she was invited to China to adjudicate for the first International Mozart Clarinet Competition at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music. An avid chamber

musician, Catherine performs regularly with the Brandon Chamber Players, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and with Victoria Sparks in their percussion/clarinet duo Viðarneisti. Wood is on faculty at Brandon University and serves as the National Chair of Canada for the International Clarinet Association.

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Thomas Yu (Intermediate and Senior Piano)

Thomas Yu is one of the most recognized amateur musicians in the world. He has redefined what it means to be an amateur pianist, having performed with the BBC Orchestra of Wales, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. He has appeared as a guest soloist at Berliner Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Munich Gasteig, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Symphony Hall in Chicago, Hakuju Hall in Tokyo, as well as Roy Thomson Hall, National Arts Centre and Glenn Gould Studio in Canada. He continues to delight audiences across four continents while maintaining a full-time career as a periodontist. In 2016, Yu was the unanimous winner of the prestigious 7th Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition in Texas, taking home the gold medal as well as Press and Audience Awards. Ten years earlier, he also swept the Paris International Competition for Outstanding Piano Amateurs. In the span of this decade, Yu also won the 2015 CBC’s Piano Hero, 2014 Honens Pro Am Competition (Calgary), 2012 International Amateur Piano Competition (Manchester), 2010 B&B International Piano Competition (New York), and 2009 Bösendorfer International Piano Competition (Vienna). Yu is also a winner of several national competitions, including the Canadian Music Competition and the Canadian Federation of Music Teacher’s Association Piano Competition. In addition to his musical pursuits, Dr. Yu obtained his DMD with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. He then completed a General Practitioner Residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto before obtaining his Master’s Degree in Periodontics at the University of Toronto. He owns a busy private practice in Calgary, teaches at the Foothills Medical Hospital, and is a sought-after lecturer across Canada.

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