2024 WINNIPEG MUSIC FESTIVAL PROVINCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS

VOCAL – PRIMARY
Recommended: Kamil Jones Strachan and Ira Shankar
Alternate: Grace Deeley

VOCAL – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Carolina Corona and Gabrielle Therrien
Alternate: Christine Tarrant

VOCAL – JUNIOR
Recommended: Finn Deck and Amalia Hickerson
Alternate: Kara Sims

VOCAL – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Sophie Caron and Srikrishna Rao
Alternate: Isabella Deeley

VOCAL – ADVANCED
Recommended: Sloan Smith and Luz Thiele Meza
Alternate: Ainsley Brennan

VOCAL – SENIOR
Recommended: Diana Rockwell and Felicia Wilson
Alternate: Christopher Dunn

PIANO – PRIMARY
Recommended: Navindu Bandara and April Jackson
Alternate: Anthony Qi

PIANO – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Victoria Dzvonyk and Ryan Zhang
Alternate: Vincent Wu

PIANO – JUNIOR
Recommended: Steven Bi and Callista Dong
Alternate: Sophia Sihan Liang

PIANO – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Nathaniel Liu and Anjaylia Mingyin Qi
Alternate: Kamil Jones Strachan

PIANO – ADVANCED
Recommended: Alexus Lee and Petr Malyshev
Alternate: Marek Song

PIANO – SENIOR
Recommended: Dexter Furber and Ari Hooker
Alternate: Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko

STRINGS – PRIMARY
Recommended: Ayla Erke
Alternate: None

STRINGS – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Jane Rochon and Kyla Tindall
Alternate: Autumn Wiens

STRINGS – JUNIOR
Recommended: Declan Friesen and Isla Johnson
Alternate: Amelia Cheung

STRINGS – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Clara Pauls and Lynnea Unger
Alternate: Lilly Kandera

STRINGS – ADVANCED
Recommended: Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu and Julianna Pauls
Alternate: Mila Friesen

STRINGS – SENIOR
Recommended: Chloé Strain
Alternate: None

 
CLASSICAL GUITAR – PRIMARY
Recommended: Ira Shankar
Alternate: None

CLASSICAL GUITAR – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Jack Pallen
Alternate: None

CLASSICAL GUITAR – JUNIOR
Recommended: Alyssa Harder
Alternate: None

CLASSICAL GUITAR – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Josiah French and Luisa Velandia
Alternate: None

CLASSICAL GUITAR – ADVANCED
Recommended: Chenyue Xue
Alternate: None

WOODWINDS – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Violet Lam and Clara Vinluan
Alternate: Christine Tarrant

WOODWINDS – JUNIOR
Recommended: Aaron Jude Abellera and Sadie Van Winkle
Alternate: Coco Zhao

WOODWINDS – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Ruby Dewar and Angelia Meng
Alternate: Presley Webb

WOODWINDS – ADVANCED
Recommended: Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair and Kaz Harding
Alternate: Sébastien Cwikla

WOODWINDS – SENIOR
Recommended: Joshua Atayan and Steven Hwang
Alternate: Kristen Lepage

BRASS – JUNIOR
Recommended: Taehyeon Lee
Alternate: None

BRASS – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Dorcas Yam
Alternate: None

BRASS – ADVANCED
Recommended: Nate Ferguson
Alternate: None

BRASS – SENIOR
Recommended: Sam Ferguson and Eli Granger
Alternate: None

PERCUSSION – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Lok Tung (Kate) Yuen
Alternate: None

CHAMBER – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Lenore Quartet (Isla Johnson, Adalyn Leonard, Mabel McManus & Clara Pauls)

CHAMBER – ADVANCED
Recommended: Assiniboine Quartet (Elazar Schwartz, Nadia Lee, Juliet Eskin & Matthew Lee)
and Reed Reverie Ensemble (Alexis Summers, Steven Hwang, Shelli Traskovski & Thierney Dignadice)

CHAMBER – SENIOR
Recommended: Celestial Trio (Chloé Strain, Émilie Strain & Julianna Pauls)

MUSICAL THEATRE – PRIMARY
Recommended: Robin Banerji and Annika Malolos
Alternate: Dominic Buduhan

MUSICAL THEATRE – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Nathan Malolos and Wren Potosky
Alternate: Kaiya Kulczycki

MUSICAL THEATRE – JUNIOR
Recommended: Leah Hoeppner and Hannah Schaeffer
Alternate: Amalia Hickerson

MUSICAL THEATRE – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Selina Hay and Madelynne Klapprat
Alternate: Rayne Benoit

MUSICAL THEATRE – ADVANCED
Recommended: Avery Mittermayr and Aoife Ukrainec
Alternate: Sienna Cariati

MUSICAL THEATRE – SENIOR
Recommended: Vina Dimayuga
Alternate: None

OPERETTA/GILBERT & SULLIVAN – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Yale Rayburn-Vander Hout and Charlton Rodrigues
Alternate: None

OPERETTA/GILBERT & SULLIVAN – ADVANCED
Recommended: Elizabeth Rochon
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – PRIMARY VOCAL
Recommended: Melissa Barnes
Alternate: Kamil Jones Strachan
CANADIAN – PRIMARY PIANO
Recommended: Aiden Ling
Alternate: Luke Shi
CANADIAN – PRIMARY STRINGS
Recommended: Ayla Erke
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY VOCAL
Recommended: Elliot Ledlow
Alternate: Christine Tarrant
CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY PIANO
Recommended: Caleb Ho
Alternate: Elianne Peng
CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY STRINGS
Recommended: Dea Valencia
Alternate: None
CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY WOODWINDS
Recommended: Christine Tarrant
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – JUNIOR VOCAL
Recommended: Anna Anderson Epp
Alternate: Kara Sims
CANADIAN – JUNIOR PIANO
Recommended: Callista Dong
Alternate: Max Liu
CANADIAN – JUNIOR STRINGS
Recommended: Isla Johnson
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE VOCAL
Recommended: Sophie Caron
Alternate: Isabella Deeley
CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE PIANO
Recommended: Kamil Jones Strachan
Alternate: Aubree Wang

CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE STRINGS
Recommended: Chak Lam Marcus Leung
Alternate: Vivian Liang
CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE WOODWINDS
Recommended: Ruby Dewar
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – ADVANCED VOCAL
Recommended: Sloan Smith
Alternate: Isla Shea
CANADIAN – ADVANCED PIANO
Recommended: Marek Song
Alternate: Victoria Lee
CANADIAN – ADVANCED WOODWINDS
Recommended: Alexis Summers
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – SENIOR VOCAL
Recommended: Diana Rockwell
Alternate: Alice Macgregor
CANADIAN – SENIOR PIANO
Recommended: Seanne Buenafe
Alternate: Raymond Ding

W.A. MOZART – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Dewey Zhong
Alternate: None

W.A. MOZART – JUNIOR
Recommended: Sophia Sihan Liang and Rena Wu
Alternate: None

W.A. MOZART – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Sophie Caron and Yufei Tian
Alternate: None

W.A. MOZART – ADVANCED
Recommended: Justin Tuazon and Leanna Wang
Alternate: None

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – PRIMARY VOCAL
Recommended: Zoe Fish
Alternate: None

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – ELEMENTARY VOCAL
Recommended: Elliot Ledlow
Alternate: Brielle Ingram
POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – ELEMENTARY PIANO
Recommended: Lucas Fry
Alternate: None

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – JUNIOR VOCAL
Recommended: Gregory Hyman
Alternate: Kaiya Yoon-MacRae
POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – JUNIOR PIANO
Recommended: Julianna Austman
Alternate: None
POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – JUNIOR STRINGS
Recommended: Emma Unger
Alternate: None

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – INTERMEDIATE VOCAL
Recommended: Kate Impey
Alternate: Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae
POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – INTERMEDIATE PIANO
Recommended: Linus Sen Hein Liu
Alternate: Deion Sen Zhi Liu
POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – INTERMEDIATE STRINGS
Recommended: Linus Sen Hein Liu
Alternate: Juliet Eskin

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – ADVANCED VOCAL
Recommended: Avery Kellett
Alternate: Lexy Mulligan

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – SENIOR BRASS
Recommended: Eli Granger
Alternate: None

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – PRIMARY
Recommended: Zoe Fish and Ianthe Groumoutis
Alternate: Faye Campbell

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Brielle Ingram
Alternate: None

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – JUNIOR
Recommended: Emma Diduke
Alternate: None

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Kate Impey and Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae
Alternate: None