Results 2025 Week 2
WINNIPEG MUSIC FESTIVAL RESULTS - WEEK TWO
Monday, March 10th, 2025
CLASS 2557A PIANO SOLO, 20TH CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1900-1970, DIPLOMA
1. Sem Berryman
CLASS 2457A PIANO SOLO, 20TH CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1900-1970, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Nathaniel Liu
2. Favour Adelani
CLASS 2507A PIANO SOLO, 20TH CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1900-1970, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Alexus Lee
2. Roman Borys and Wenqi Zhang
CLASS 2560 PIANO SOLO, CONCERT ÉTUDE, DIPLOMA
1. Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko
2. Victoria Lee
CLASS 2459 PIANO SOLO, FRENCH COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Vivian Liang
2. Nathaniel Liu
CLASS 2605 PIANO SOLO, CLASSICAL SONATA, HONOURS
1. Raymond Ding
CLASS 2555 PIANO SOLO, CLASSICAL SONATA, DIPLOMA
1. Bogdan Shunkov
2. Yanzhi Zhang
CLASS 1264E Musicals 2000 TO PRESENT, 16 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Wren Potosky
2. Reyna Buduhan, Gillian Coulter, Johan Malolos and Claire Waldie
CLASS 1414G Canadian Musicals, GRADE B
1. Sophie Caron
CLASS 1264G Canadian Musicals, 16 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Kaiya Yoon-MacRae and Alex Schaeffer
2. Leah Hoeppner
CLASS 1314G Canadian Musicals, 18 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Sophie Vermeylen
2. Micah Buenafe
CLASS 1364C Musicals 1965 TO 1999, GRADE C
1. Yale Rayburn-Vander Hout
2. Benji Greenberg
CLASS 1164C Musicals 1965 TO 1999, 12 YEARS AND UNDER
Gold Performances: Robin Banerji, Lyla Chisick, Nathaniel Mercer, Lyla Nedelec and Layla North
CLASS 1214E Musicals 2000 TO PRESENT, 14 YEARS AND UNDER
Gold Performances: Lacey Horner, Annika Malolos, Ruby Padua, Miriam Simpson and Charlotte Vande Vyvere
Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
CLASS 3091A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Haoyuan (Michael) Li
CLASS 3131A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Isla Johnson
CLASS 3131B VIOLA SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Juliet Eskin
CLASS 3092C CELLO SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Joseph Henderson
CLASS 3153A VIOLIN SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Yubeen (Jeff) Kim
CLASS 3101A VIOLIN SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Rowan Andrew
2. Celeste Durocher
CLASS 3121A VIOLIN SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 6
1. Tianyu Chen
CLASS 3161C CELLO SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Declan Friesen
CLASS 3201A VIOLIN SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu
2. Deion Senzhi Liu
CLASS 3161A VIOLIN SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Lilly Kandera
2. Vivian Liang
CLASS 3005A VIOLIN SOLO, OWN CHOICE, BEGINNER
Gold Performance: Teagan Buhler
CLASS 3084A VIOLIN SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 4
Gold Performances: Jiwon Ko, Juyoung Son, Norah Stahl and Jessica Zhang
CLASS 3071A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 4
Gold Performances: Haylee Tanglin and Dea Valencia
CLASS 3073B VIOLA SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 4
Gold Performance: Nouria Mahir
CLASS 3073A VIOLIN SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 4
Gold Performances: Dea Valencia, Vianna Wu and Emma Xu
CLASS 3011B VIOLA SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 1
Gold Performance: Hugo Slavuta
CLASS 3031A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 2
Gold Performances: Bethany Liu, Martin Xu and Sophia Yang
CLASS 2455 PIANO SOLO, CLASSICAL SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Vivian Liang
2. Nathaniel Liu
CLASS 2506A PIANO SOLO, EARLY ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Dingyuan Zhang
2. Eliot Bowman Wilson
CLASS 2456 PIANO SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Leanna Wang
2. Vivian Liang and Lucas Wu
CLASS 1314E Musicals 2000 TO PRESENT, 18 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Niamh Ukrainec
2. Micah Buenafe and Amalia Hickerson
CLASS 1364A Musicals prior to 1965, GRADE C
1. Yale Rayburn-Vander Hout
2. Benji Greenberg
CLASS 1264A Musicals prior to 1965, 16 YEARS AND UNDER
1. John Malolos
2. Chanel Kattenat-Larsen
CLASS 1414E Musicals 2000 TO PRESENT, GRADE B
1. Morgan Mackenzie
2. Lizzie Rochon
CLASS 1364E Musicals 2000 TO PRESENT, GRADE C
1. Lauren Castagna
2. Precious Adekunle
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
CLASS 3014A VIOLIN SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 1
Gold Performances: Elena Sanchez Troya, Addison Weber and Bruce Wild
CLASS 3034A VIOLIN SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 2
Gold Performance: Eliot Oracheski
CLASS 3074C CELLO SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 4
Gold Performances: Anna-Louise Britz and Isolde Chisholm
CLASS 3022A VIOLIN SOLO, POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY, GRADE/LEVEL 1
Gold Performance: Addison Weber
CLASS 3004A VIOLIN SOLO, POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY, BEGINNER
Gold Performance: Teagan Buhler
CLASS 3061C CELLO SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 3
Gold Performance: Arlowe Black
CLASS 3072B VIOLA SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 4
Gold Performance: Nouria Mahir
CLASS 3072A VIOLIN SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 4
Gold Performance: Nathan Wu
CLASS 3012A VIOLIN SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 1
Gold Performance: Bruce Wild
CLASS 3175A VIOLIN SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Clara Pauls
CLASS 3195B VIOLA SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Mila Friesen
CLASS 3215A VIOLIN SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, DIPLOMA
1. Chloé Strain
2. Hayeon Kim
CLASS 3134A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE OR CLASSICAL SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Isla Johnson
CLASS 3154A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE OR CLASSICAL SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Vivian Liang
2. Yubeen (Jeff) Kim
CLASS 3154C CELLO SOLO, BAROQUE OR CLASSICAL SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Declan Friesen
CLASS 3194B VIOLA SOLO, BAROQUE OR CLASSICAL SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Mila Friesen
CLASS 3137A VIOLIN SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Summer Chan
CLASS 3157A VIOLIN SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Caedmon Friesen
2. Ruihan Zhang
CLASS 3197A VIOLIN SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Ethan Zhou
2. Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu
CLASS 3217A VIOLIN SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, DIPLOMA
1. Chloé Strain
CLASS 2553 PIANO SOLO, BAROQUE, J.S. BACH, DIPLOMA
1. Josh Gong
CLASS 2453 PIANO SOLO, BAROQUE, J.S. BACH, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Kamil Jones Strachan
2. Vivian Liang
CLASS 2503 PIANO SOLO, BAROQUE, J.S. BACH, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Austin Wang
2. Wenqi Zhang
CLASS 7181 SNARE DRUM SOLO, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Schatz Montoya
CLASS 7183 MALLET SOLO, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Schatz Montoya
CLASS 2511 PIANO SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Alexus Lee
2. Maria Baraban
CLASS 2461 PIANO SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Kamil Jones Strachan
2. Leanna Wang
CLASS 2561 PIANO SOLO, CANADIAN COMPOSERS, DIPLOMA
1. Marek Song
2. Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko
CLASS 2557B PIANO SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1971 TO PRESENT, DIPLOMA
1. Grace Lu
CLASS 2507B PIANO SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1971 TO PRESENT, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Eliot Bowman Wilson
CLASS 2457B PIANO SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1971 TO PRESENT, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Lucas Wu
2. Yufei Tian
CLASS 2505 PIANO SOLO, CLASSICAL SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Joshua Han
2. Wenqi Zhang
CLASS 1414X encore Era, GRADE B
1. Ainsley Brennan
2. Sienna Cariati
CLASS 1264X encore Era, 16 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Leah Hoeppner
2. Reyna Buduhan, Kaci Huggins and Wren Potosky
CLASS 1364X encore Era, GRADE C
1. Lauren Castagna
2. Chael Donald and Geoff Heal
CLASS 1314X encore Era, 18 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae
2. Niamh Ukrainec
CLASS 1264C Musicals 1965 TO 1999, 16 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Reyna Buduhan
2. Anna Anderson Epp, Gillian Coulter, Bradley Durand, Alex Schaeffer, Christine Tarrant and Kaiya Yoon-MacRae
CLASS 1164A Musicals prior to 1965, 12 YEARS AND UNDER
Gold Performances: Melissa Barnes, Katelyn Clay and Nathaniel Mercer
CLASS 1314A Musicals prior to 1965, 18 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Micah Buenafe
2. Livia Jones
CLASS 1414A Musicals prior to 1965, GRADE B
1. Charlton Rodrigues
CLASS 1465B VOCAL SOLO, GILBERT & SULLIVAN, GRADE A
1. Grace Budoloski
CLASS 1415B VOCAL SOLO, GILBERT & SULLIVAN, GRADE B
1. Lizzie Rochon
CLASS 1315B VOCAL SOLO, GILBERT & SULLIVAN, 18 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Maija Buduhan
CLASS 1265B VOCAL SOLO, GILBERT & SULLIVAN, 16 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Kaiya Yoon-MacRae
2. Kara Sims
CLASS 1415A VOCAL SOLO, OPERETTA, GRADE B
1. Sienna Cariati
CLASS 1465A VOCAL SOLO, OPERETTA, GRADE A
1. Grace Budoloski
CLASS 1732 VOCAL TRIO, MUSICAL THEATRE, 18 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Maija Buduhan, Micah Buenafe & Niamh Ukrainec
CLASS 1752 VOCAL DUET, MUSICAL THEATRE, GRADE C
1. Rayne Benoit & Lauren Castagna
2. Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae & MacKenna Sissons
CLASS 1782 VOCAL DUET, MUSICAL THEATRE, GRADE B
1. Amalia Hickerson & Sophie Caron
Thursday, March 13th, 2025
CLASS 3115E HARP SOLO, SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 6
1. Allie Cheng
CLASS 3115A VIOLIN SOLO, SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 6
1. Adalyn Leonard
CLASS 3095A VIOLIN SOLO, SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Alex Yerama
CLASS 3095C CELLO SOLO, SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Mabel McManus
CLASS 3196A VIOLIN SOLO, 20TH CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1900-1970, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu
2. Ethan Zhou
CLASS 3196C CELLO SOLO, 20TH CENTURY COMPOSITIONS 1900-1970, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Julianna Pauls
CLASS 3093C CELLO SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Mabel McManus
CLASS 3113A VIOLIN SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 6
1. Ellie Liu
2. Tianyu Chen
CLASS 3135B VIOLA SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Juliet Eskin
CLASS 3135A VIOLIN SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Isla Johnson
2. Vania Chien
CLASS 3155A VIOLIN SOLO, ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Vivian Liang
2. Luchen Wang
CLASS 3132C CELLO SOLO, BAROQUE, UNACCOMPANIED, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Rockford Grant
CLASS 3152A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE, UNACCOMPANIED, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Linus Sen Hein Liu
CLASS 3172A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE, J.S. BACH, UNACCOMPANIED, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Clara Pauls
CLASS 3192A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE, J.S. BACH, UNACCOMPANIED, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Jiaxuan (Emily) Zhu
2. Deion Senzhi Liu
CLASS 3192C CELLO SOLO, BAROQUE, J.S. BACH, UNACCOMPANIED, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Sophie Caron
CLASS 3212A VIOLIN SOLO, BAROQUE, J.S. BACH, UNACCOMPANIED, DIPLOMA
1. Chloé Strain
CLASS 3114E HARP SOLO, SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 6
1. Allie Cheng
CLASS 3094A VIOLIN SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Lotan Berenstein
CLASS 3114A VIOLIN SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 6
1. Adalyn Leonard
CLASS 3136C CELLO SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Rockford Grant
CLASS 3156A VIOLIN SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Lilly Kandera
2. Linus Sen Hein Liu
CLASS 3197C CELLO SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Julianna Pauls
CLASS 2559 PIANO SOLO, FRENCH COMPOSERS, DIPLOMA
1. Émilie Strain
2. Dexter Furber
CLASS 2509 PIANO SOLO, FRENCH COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Alexus Lee
2. Joshua Han
CLASS 2454 PIANO SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Nathaniel Liu
2. Nataliia Melnyk
CLASS 2554 PIANO SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, DIPLOMA
1. Grace Lu
CLASS 2504 PIANO SOLO, CLASSICAL COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Ray Wang
CLASS 2556A PIANO SOLO, EARLY ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, DIPLOMA
1. Bogdan Shunkov
2. Dexter Furber and Marek Song
CLASS 2506B PIANO SOLO, LATE ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Shani Groisman
2. Caleb Sawchuk and Xiqu Wu
CLASS 2556B PIANO SOLO, LATE ROMANTIC COMPOSERS, DIPLOMA
1. Émilie Strain
2. Grace Lu, Anna-Lucia Mena Shevchenko and Bogdan Shunkov
CLASS 1314C Musicals 1965 TO 1999, 18 YEARS AND UNDER
1. Amalia Hickerson
2. Micah Buenafe and Henry Sigurdson
CLASS 1414C Musicals 1965 TO 1999, GRADE B
1. Lizzie Rochon
2. Ainsley Brennan
CLASS 1214C Musicals 1965 TO 1999, 14 YEARS AND UNDER
Gold Performances: Avee Forest, Nathan Malolos and Ruby Padua
CLASS 1164X encore Era, 12 YEARS AND UNDER
Gold Performances: Robin Banerji and Alexis Kitching
CLASS 1214A Musicals prior to 1965, 14 YEARS AND UNDER
Gold Performances: Alice Coates, Lacey Horner and Miriam Simpson
CLASS 1164E Musicals 2000 TO PRESENT, 12 YEARS AND UNDER
Gold Performances: Robin Banerji, Julia Castonguay, Lyla Nedelec and Layla North
Gilbert and Sullivan Society Trophy:
Winner: Grace Budoloski
Runner-up: Lizzie Rochon
Rainbow Stage Trophy:
Winner: Amalia Hickerson
Runners-up: Lauren Castagna and Kaelyn Yoon MacRae
Friday, March 14th, 2025
CLASS 2458 PIANO SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Wanzhou Pan
2. Jiaren Song
CLASS 2608 PIANO SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, HONOURS
1. Raymond Ding
CLASS 2558 PIANO SOLO, 19TH/20TH/21ST CENTURY SONATA, DIPLOMA
1. Dexter Furber
2. Grace Lu and Yanzhi Zhang
CLASS 2551 PIANO SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, DIPLOMA
1. Marek Song
CLASS 2501 PIANO SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Austin Wang
CLASS 2451 PIANO SOLO, BAROQUE COMPOSERS, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Samuel Guan
2. Lucas Wu and Max Wu
CLASS 2655 PIANO SOLO, 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSERS, ADULT
1. Joff Schmidt
CLASS 2656 PIANO SOLO, SONATA, ADULT
1. Joff Schmidt
CLASS 2452 PIANO SOLO, BAROQUE SONATA, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Yufei Tian
2. Ethan Wu
CLASS 3184A VIOLIN SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 9
1. Clara Pauls
CLASS 3204A VIOLIN SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Sihoo Byun
2. Deion Senzhi Liu
CLASS 3204C CELLO SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 10
1. Sophie Caron
2. Julianna Pauls
CLASS 3124A VIOLIN SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 6
1. Adalyn Leonard
CLASS 3104A VIOLIN SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 5
1. Rowan Andrew
2. Siyeon Byun
CLASS 3144A VIOLIN SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Julia Aljamal
2. Summer Chan
CLASS 3144B VIOLA SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 7
1. Juliet Eskin
CLASS 3164C CELLO SOLO, CONCERTO, GRADE/LEVEL 8
1. Declan Friesen
CLASS 3271 STRING DUET, OWN CHOICE, BEGINNER
Gold Performance: Celeste Oracheski & Eliot Oracheski
CLASS 3272 STRING DUET, OWN CHOICE, GRADES/LEVELS 1-2
Gold Performance: Addison Weber & Arlowe Black
CLASS 3276 STRING DUET, OWN CHOICE, GRADES/LEVELS 9-10
1. The Rose Duo (Sophie Caron & Julianna Pauls)
CLASS 8802 STRING CHAMBER GROUP, GRADES/LEVELS 1-2
Gold Performance: Les trois violoneux (Hugo Slavuta, Eliot Oracheski & Niko Slavuta)
CLASS 8804 STRING CHAMBER GROUP, GRADES/LEVELS 5-6
1. Tremendous Trio (Tianyu Zoey Chen, Rowan Andrew & Anna-Louise Britz)
CLASS 8805 STRING CHAMBER GROUP, GRADES/LEVELS 7-8
1. Lenore Quartet (Isla Johnson, Adalyn Leonard, Clara Pauls & Mabel McManus)
Beryl Ferguson Memorial Trophy:
Winner: Sophie Caron
Runners-up: Mila Friesen and Alexus Lee
Saturday, March 15th, 2025
Quest Musique Trophy
Winner: Ziyue (Jack) Zhao
Runners-up: Alina Liu and Jack Pallen
Institute of Chartered Piano Tuners of Manitoba Trophy:
Winner: Sophia Sihan Liang
Runners-up: Ella Walters and Peggy Xi
Swedish Musical Club Trophy
Winner: Qinghao Bi
Runner-up: Wei-Yan Megan Kung
Manitoba Music Teachers’ Association Trophy:
Winner: Vivian Liang
Runners-up: Declan Friesen, Alyssa Harder and Aubree Wang
Junior Musical Club Trophy:
Winner: Angelia (Meichen) Meng
Runners-up: Kamil Jones Strachan, Vivian Liang and Nathaniel Liu
Aikins Memorial Trophy:
Winner: Bogdan Shunkov
Runners-up: Marek Song and Émilie Strain