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Brantford - The 65th annual Kiwanis Music Festival culminated Friday night at New Covenant Church on Holiday Drive with the Stars of the Festival concert.
The evening included the presentation of the Richard Blaha Silver Tray to Emma Morrison who was judged to have delivered the best performance during an earlier trophy competition.
Here is a list of trophy and award winners:
TROPHY WINNERS
Richard Blaha Memorial Silver Tray awarded to Emma Morrison
PIANO
W. Ross Macdonald Trophy - Rebecca Orsini
Markwell J. Perry Trophy - Grade 10, Nikki Janszen-Spitman
Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Trophy, Rebecca Orsini
R. L. Houlding Trophy, Ellen Vollebreght
Angus Jewellers Trophy, Rebecca Orsini
Hagey Trophy, Paige Zimmel
Mary C. O'Grady Memorial Trophy, Timothy McDougald
Nell A. Paling Memorial Trophy, Kendra Perras
Emma Robison Memorial Trophy, William Klunder
Sylvia Skomorowski Trophy, Rebecca Orsini
Direct Energy Concerto Trophy, Brittany Clayton
PIANO - GRADED
Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Trophy, Victoria Rey
VOICE - CLASSICAL
Donna Chapin Crystal Rose Bowl, Cher Farrell
Keighley's Jewellers Junior Rose Bowl, Maighdlyn Hadley
Holton Trophy, Mariella Decle
Muriel King Memorial Trophy, Sydney Trotter
Marion Broughton Memorial Trophy, Alina Barnett
Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Trophy, Elizabeth Zuwala
Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Alumni Trophy, Not awarded
George A. Smale Memorial Plaque, Not awarded
Irene Nagy Memorial Trophy, Raquel Vandermeulen
Elsie Hall Memorial Trophy, Sebastienne Moran
Grand River Chorus Trophy, Ines Kowal
Henry Clark Trophy, not awarded
VOICE - MUSICAL THEATRE
Wolf Spirit, Avery Kadish
Wolves in Song, Shauna Dewar
Brant Men of Song Plaque, Starr Sensations
VOICE - CHOIRS
Dorothy Lord Memorial Plaque, Not awarded
STRINGS
Dr. Grant Honeyman Memorial Trophy, Grade 10, Emma Morrison
Ivone De Marchi Trophy, Emma Morrison
Honeyman Family Trophy, Hilary Mann
Walter Babiak Conductor's Trophy, Mya Martorano
Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Trophy, A.J. Sim
Brant Naval Veterans' Association Trophy, Bethany Kerr
Brant Suzuki String School Trophy, Stephanie Sim
Virginia Little Trophy, Gianfranco Coretti
Douglas and Joyce Robertson Trophy, Isabel Pasila
Telfer Place Trophy, Gabrielle Eivers
RiverView Terrace Trophy, Zach Zona
Little String Orchestra 30th Anniversary Trophy, Briyanna Budgell
Little String Orchestra Trophy, Brant Suzuki String School "Paganini" Ensemble
BRASS, WOODWINDS AND PERCUSSION
Expositor Trophy, not awarded
Nell A. Paling Memorial Trophy, not awarded
Waterloo Music Company Limited Trophy, Aras Pabedinskas
Brantford School of Instrumental Music Trophy, Nicole Kloepfer
Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Trophy, Mallory Bachura
Lefebvre and Lefebvre Trophy, Michael Wenkoff
Wilf Manning Memorial Plaque, FJR RAPsody Jazz
Telephone City Musical Society Band Trophy, Manuel Munoz
GUITAR
Pat Feely's Guitar Academy Senior Trophy, Silas Chinsen
Brantford Kiwanis Music Festival Junior Trophy, Nathan Godfree
Advance Printing Trophy, Luke Blad
The Brantford Music Centre Trophy, Kristian Del Cantero
LA Music Trophy, Skyler Saracuse
Friends of the Guitar Concert Series Trophy, Konrad Bartlett
Birdseye Instrumental Works Trophy, Eric and Nathan Godfree
AWARD WINNERS
Oluwasore Ajayi; Alina Barnett, Konrad Bartlett, Ariel Bean, Luke Blad, Jacob Boyington, Jaime Boyington, Jessica Brennan, Olivia Cameron, Gabrielle Camirand, Arvin Carandang, Silas Chinsen, Hannah Cho, Brittany Clayton, Natalie Cross, Ariela Dabrowski, Daniela Dabrowski, Abigail Davis, Mariella Decle, Kristian Del Cantero, Jordan DeVries, Shauna Dewar, Camille DiFrancesco, Paul-Mark DiFrancesco, Cecilia Eivers, Cher Farrell, Carolyn Felker, Christie Felker, Victor Gao, Cassie Glaves, Eric Godfree, Nathan Godfree, Rhianna Grant, Maighdlyn Hadley, Morgan Haley, Taylor Hubbard, Taya Humpartzoomian, Nikki Janszen-Spitman, Ying Jiang, Avery Kadish, Eden Kerr, Jericho Kerr, Nicole Kleopfer, Willem Klunder, Ines Kowal, Donnovan Linton, Chloe Macikunas, Hilary Mann, Markie Martorano, Mikayla Martorano, Melissa Mather, Ito Matsuda, Mariel Matsuda, Timothy McDougald, Emma Morrison, Rebecca Orsini, Aras Pabedinskas, Tatyana Palmer, Bennett Perras, Kendra Perras, Bailey Purchase, Kristine Purdy, Alexander Rey, Lyndon Rey, Victoria Rey, Rain Richardson, Henri Romel, David Rose, Skyler Saracuse, Stephanie Sim, Isabel Skeffington, Jihyun Sung, Sam Tinevez, Sydney Trotter, Raquel Vandermeulen, Elyse Varney, Ellen Vollebregt, Leah Wei, Jessica Wood, Melina Zaccaria, Paige Zimmel, Zach Zona, Elizabeth Zuwala.
PROVINCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
The following students have been recommended for the Ontario Music Festivals Association provincial finals competition, June 11-16, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo. They will be competing with top students from across the province.
Piano: Jacob Boyinton - Grade 7; Paige Zimmel - Grade 8; Tim McDougald - Grade 8; Nikki Janszen-Spitman - Grade 10; Rebecca Orsini - Diploma; Ellen Vollebregt - Diploma.
Classical Voice: Alina Barnett - Grade 8; Mariella Decle - Grade 8; Maighdlyn Hadley - Grade 9; Elizabeth Zuwala - Grade 9.
Music Theatre: Melina Zaccaria - Junior; Katie Cox - Junior; Taylor Hubbard - Intermediate; Mariella Decle - Intermediate; Maighdlyn Hadley - Senior; Elizabeth Zuwala - Senior; Shauna Dewar - Advanced.
Strings: Emma Morrison - Grade 10.
Brass and Woodwinds: Aras Pabedinskas.
Guitar: Ying Jiang - Grade 7; Eric Godfree - Grade 8; Silas Chinsen - Grade 9.