Congratulations to ALL our festival participants! Class winners as well as Award winners are listed under the Results tab, also check out the Trophy winner page. We as a festival are proud of each one of you for participating in such an event as our festival.   GREAT JOB!!

2026 provincial music & arts festival and national recommendations

piano provincial festival recommendations:

Primary Piano: Mika Empalmado 
Primary Piano:
Mateo Kriwolapow
Primary Piano Alternate: Priscilla Pankraz

Elementary Piano: Silas Andrusiak 
Elementary Piano:
Naomi Goertzen
Elementary Piano Alternate: Olivia Roienko

Junior Piano [Grades/Levels 5 & 6]: Petra Wiebe
Junior Piano [Grades/Levels 5 & 6]: Kaitlyn Shulz
Alternate Junior Piano [Grades/Levels 5 & 6]: Bridget Theuerer

Intermediate Piano [Grades/Levels 7 & 8]: Lucille Theuerer
Intermediate Piano [Grades/Levels 7 & 8]: Kangwoo Lee
Alternate Intermediate Piano [Grades/Levels 7 & 8]: Timothy Bergen

Advanced Piano [Grades/Levels 9 & 10]: Hugo Wiebe
Advanced Piano [Grades/Levels 9 & 10]: Abby DeLuna
Alternate Advanced Piano [Grades/Levels 9 & 10]: Evgeniya Pushkar

 

strings provincial festival recommendations:

Primary Strings: Gideon Brand
Primary Strings: Charlottel Torrie
Primary Strings Alternate: Pia Zobel

 

Elementary Strings: Matea Whitman
Elementary Strings: Kaitlyn Wall
Elementary Strings Alternate: Aaron Dyck

 

Junior Strings: Jesse Loeppky
Junior Strings: Holly Lysak

 

Intermediate Strings: Lexi Barkman
Intermediate Strings: Anna Hirna
Intermediate Strings Alternate: Wesley Esau

 

Advanced Strings: Lilly Kandera
Advanced Strings: Estelle Schmidt

vocal provincial festival recommendations:

Primary Voice: Chloelynn Quives
Primary Voice: Laila Letkeman
Alternate Primary Voice: Olivia Epp

 

Elementary Voice: Kaila Hildebrand
Elementary Voice: Mayla Powney
Alternate Elementary Voice: Anneka Naylor

 

Junior Voice: Chrysshell Quives
Junior Voice: Brielle Maynard
Alternate Junior Voice: Alice Moldowan

 

Intermediate Voice: Angele Fouasse

 

Advanced Voice: Henry Unruh
Advanced Voice:
Alex Loewen

musical theatre provincial festival recommendations:

Primary Musical Theatre:  Ararie Leopkky
Primary Musical Theatre:
Maximillian Kirpluk
Primary Musical Theatre Alternate: Laila Letkeman

 

Elementary Musical Theatre: Sawyer Schmidtke
Elementary Musical Theatre: Max Schmitt

 

Junior Musical Theatre: Chrysshell Quives
Junior Musical Theatre:
Layla Doerksen

 

Intermediate Musical Theatre: Angele Fouasse
Intermediate Musical Theatre:
Cadence Funk

 

Advanced Musical Theatre: Andrew Doerksen
Advanced Musical Theatre: Nathanael Giesbrecht
Advanced Musical Theatre Alternate: Henry Unruh

 

tv/movie musical theatre provincial festival recommendations:

Primary TV/Movie Musical Theatre: Laila Letkeman
Primary TV/Movie Musical Theatre: Margaret Magat
Primary TV/Movie Musical Theatre Alternate: Chloelynn Quives

 

Elementary TV/Movie Musical Theatre: Victoria Penner
Elementary TV/Movie Musical Theatre: Sawyer Schmidtke
Elementary TV/Movie Musical Theatre Alternate: Reese Morales

 

Junior TV/Movie Musical Theatre: Chrysshell Quives
Junior TV/Movie Musical Theatre: Layla Doerksen

 

Intermediate TV/Movie Musical Theatre: Angele Fouasse

multi-discipline canadian composers:

Primary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Voice: Journey Janzen
Primary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Voice Alternate: Erica Barkman
Primary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano: Andrew Kehler
Primary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano Alternate: Moraiah Dumuk

 

Elementary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano: Chloelynn Quives
Elementary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Alternate: Kristina Seibel
Elementary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Voice: 
Koree Guenette
Elementary Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Voice Alternate: Tayla Schroeder

 

Junior Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano: Kaitlyn Shulz
Alternate Junior Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano: Tonya Parfenova
Junior Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Strings:
Jesse Loeppky
Junior Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Strings Alternate: Niklaus Hawbaker

 

Intermediate Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano: Eleanor Schellenberg 
Alternate Intermediate Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano: Nathanael Blackburn 
Advanced Multi-Discipline Canadian Composers Piano: 
Hugo Wiebe 

 

 

multi-discipline popular/contemporary:

Primary Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Piano: Alexander Gadient
Primary Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Piano:
Annika Braun
Primary Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Voice:
Margaret Magat

 

Elementary Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Piano: Kristina Seibel
Elementary Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Voice:
Reese Morales
Elementary Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Voice Alternate: Victoria Penner

 

Junior Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Piano:
Junior Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Piano Alternate:
Junior Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Voice: Layla Doerksen
Junior Multi-Discipline Popular/Contemporary Alternate Voice: Karly Derksen

 

multi-discipline w. a. mozart:

Primary Multi-Discipline W.A. Mozart Piano: Mateo Kriwolapow
Primary Multi-Discipline W.A. Mozart Piano: Levi Bool
Primary Multi-Discipline W.A. Mozart Strings: Pia Zobel

 

Elementary Multi-Discipline W.A. Mozart Piano: Olivia Roienko 
Elementary Multi-Discipline W.A. Mozart Piano: Chloelynn Quives

 

Intermediate Multi-Discipline W.A.Mozart Piano: Lucille Theuerer

 

Advanced Multi-Discipline W.A.Mozart Piano: Riley Goldberg
Advanced Multi-Discipline W.A.Mozart Piano:
Abby DeLuna
Advanced Multi-Discipline W.A.Mozart Piano Alternate: Dalia Loewen

national:

PIANO
Educational Stream (Grades 4 – 7): Kaitlyn Shulz
Educational Stream (Grades 4 – 7): Kangwoo Lee
Alternate: Bridget Theuerer

Developing Artist (Grades 8 – 10): Hugo Wiebe
Developing Artist (Grades 8 – 10): Lucille Theuerer
Alternate: Abby DeLuna

 

VOICE
Educational Stream (14 and Under):
Chloelynn Quives for Golden Slumbers
Educational Stream (14 and Under): Kaila Hildebrand for Molly Malone
Alternate: Mayla Powney for When Jesus Christ was Four Years Old

Developing Artist (15 – 18 Years Old): Angele Fouasse for My Johann
Developing Artist (15 – 18 Years Old): Chrysshell Quives for Wade In The Water
Alternate: Brielle Maynard for Chanson de Florian

 

MUSICAL THEATRE
Educational Stream (14 and Under):
Alarie Loeppky
Educational Stream (14 and Under): Sawyer Schmidtke

Developing Artist (15 – 18 Years Old): Angele Fouasse
Developing Artist (15 – 18 Years Old): Layla Doerksen
Alternate: Chrysshell Quives

 

STRINGS
Educational Stream (Grades 4 – 7): Lexi Barkman
Educational Stream (Grades 4 – 7): Jesse Loeppky
Alternate: Anna Hirna

Developing Artist (Grades 8 – 10): Lilly Kandera
Developing Artist (Grades 8 – 10): Estelle Schmidt
Alternate: Kaylee Gross

2025 provincial music & arts festival results

Primary Piano:
2nd Place: Hadassah Duerksen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship)

Junior Piano:
J.S. Bach Scholarship: Kangwoo Lee – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Jean & Lorne Chapple Memorial Scholarship)

Senior Piano:
2nd Place: William Carroll Theuerer – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festival Scholarship)

Elementary Musical Theatre:
2nd Place: Layla Doerksen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Lions Club of Winnipeg Scholarship)

Junior Musical Theatre:
2nd Place: Chrysshell Quives – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)

Multi-Discipline Primary Canadian Composers:
2nd Place: Silas Andrusiak – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Pembina Valley Music Festival Scholarship)

Multi-Discipline Junior W.A.Mozart:
3rd Place: Hyunwoo Lee – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Raleigh Family Mozart Scholarship)

Multi-Discipline Elementary Popular/Contemporary:
2nd Place: Karly Derksen – Southeastern Manitoba Festival (Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals Scholarship)