WELCOME to the 80th Annual Sask Valley (Virtual) Music Festival!
Playlist of Virtual Performances available on YouTube March 22–26, 2021 Virtual Awards Concert March 28, 2021
PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Welcome all of you to our ALMOST annual music festival. 3 days before we were to welcome you last year at Rosthern Mennonite Church for our competitions, COVID forced us to cancel. Our adjudicators were set to come to us, the piano was tuned, and students were putting in their final practicing. It was to be our 80th festival and we had to call off the party, balloons and all! What a disappointment for the committee and especially for our entrants. All that hard work and nowhere to go!
Here we are in 2021 at what I guess now becomes our 80th festival. The party will be online and we are amazed at how many of you have chosen to enter our virtual festival of classical music and speech. When the SMFA (our provincial body) last fall encouraged us to start planning for 2021, either virtually or in person (following provincial guidelines which you all realize can change without much notice), I for one was ready to just pack it in for yet another year. Fortunately our local committee has much more vision and technical skills than I, so that we are able to pull this off and serve those of you who have stuck with your lessons and practice. We want you to benefit from the wisdom and experience of our very capable adjudicators Dianne Gryba and Casey Peden, who incidentally were to be with us last year and were both able to commit to us this year instead. I do not know whether recording performances will be more or less worrisome than performing in person. Each method probably has its unique challenges. We hope our festival will be a rewarding experience for each of you as you perform to the best of your ability and receive our adjudicators' comments to both encourage and improve.
We are again grateful for the engagement of dedicated teachers and enthusiastic parents for their support and encouragement. Our scholarship supporters, business and private donors stand behind us.
While we cannot welcome an audience in person, stay tuned to this site and our FB page, for information on how to access the performances during our week of March 22. We hope also to put together a concert of highlights and announce our award winners online for viewing Sunday evening March 28. Announcements will be forthcoming when we are more certain.
Provincial finals will take place virtually in early June.
This year's festival is primarily being financed by the generous support we received last year and went largely unused. And our awards were carried over from last year. Please remember us in your donations. We will certainly need them to get Festival 2022 up and running. If you have beefs or bouquets, please contact someone on our committee. We also welcome comments on our FB page.
Linda Swab, President, SVMFA
The first festival ever was held May 1940 in the town of Laird at the instigation of a group of area educators. Primarily involved were school choruses, but it soon expanded to other disciplines in subsequent years.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS! (carried over from the 2020 Festival)
Patrons ($300 and up) Linda & Gerry Swab (Rosthern) Rosthern Dental Clinic (Rosthern) Waldheim Parks & Rec Board (TIP Grant) ** Sustainers ($200 - $299) Station Arts Tea Room (Rosthern) Nutrien Ag Solutions (Waldheim) Friesen’s Drugstore & Rosthern Pharmacy (Rosthern) Rosthern Recreation (TIP Grant) Blair’s Fertilizer Ltd. (Rosthern) Waldheim Auto Service (Waldheim) ** Contributors ($100 - $199) Carmen Corner Meats, Don & Louella Friesen (Waldheim) My Mutual Insurance (Waldheim) Block’s Agencies (Waldheim) Wood ‘N Needle (Waldheim) Granger Drugs (Waldheim) Marianne Kramchynsky QC (Rosthern) Doug Bienia Veterinary Services Professional Corp. (Hague) Laird Manufacturing Corporation (Laird) Rosthern Junior College (Rosthern) Grant Thornton LLP Audit/Tax/Advisory (Rosthern) Agri-Business Accounting Inc. (Hague) Valley Ford Sales (Hague) Schneider’s Gourmet World (Neuanlage) Don & Marian Unger (Waldheim) ** Enthusiasts ($50 - $99) Impressions Salon (Rosthern) Walter Agencies Ltd. (Rosthern) Terry’s Auto Repair (Waldheim) David Jahnke, Barrister & Solicitor (Waldheim) Marvin’s Gardens (Waldheim) Team Fuel (Laird) Good Habits Market (Rosthern) New Vision Agro (Hague) ** Friends (Up to $49) Rosthern Agencies (Rosthern)
2021 SVMFA Awards
To qualify for an award, participants must compete in at least two classes in the same discipline. All scholarship and trophies are awarded at the sole discretion of the adjudicator.
PIANO
Junior Piano (12 Years & Under) 10 Years & Under Friesen’s Bigway Rising Star Trophy and Scholarship $50.00 12 Years & Under
Katherine Hooge Trophy & Scholarship $75.00 Open Rosthern Lionel Scholarship $50.00 Mennonite Trust Scholarship $75.00 Valley Sports and Hardware Trophy (Sonatina Classes)
Audrey Watson Baroque/Classical Scholarship $50.00 Judy McKinnell Memorial Award & Scholarship (Canadian Music Classes) $25.00 Junior Piano Scholarship $50.00 M & R Building Products Ltd. Trophy (Piano Duet)
Senior Piano (13 Years & Over) 14 Years & Under
Swab Family Award & Scholarship (13/14 Years) $100.00 Loewen Accounting Scholarship $50.00 Manor Woodwork Baroque Trophy (14 Years & under, any age) Open Loewen Accounting Scholarship $50.00
Loewen Accounting Scholarship $50.00 Victor & Irma Lehmann Family Trophy & Scholarship $100.00 Rosthern Medical Clinic Scholarship $100.00 Warman Community Association $85.00 L.P. Schmidt Trucking Ltd. Church Music Trophy Gift Certificate to Kennedy’s Parable $50.00 Sask Valley Duo Trophy (Duo/Duet) Sponsored by Ken & Anna Kroeker
Piano Open (Any Age) SVMFA Saskatchewan Music Piano Scholarship $50.00
Alumni Scholarship
Post-Secondary Competitor $150.00 Piano & Instrumental – Minimum Grade 10 Level Vocal – Minimum Grade 9 Level (Competitor may only be awarded Alumni the Scholarship once)
VOCAL
Junior Vocal Solo (14 Years & Under) Alvin Pauls Memorial Scholarship & John Pauls Memorial $75.00 Trophy (Female) Affinity Credit Union Scholarship (Musical Theatre) $50.00
MacMillan Scholarship (Folksong) $50.00 3 Vocal Scholarships each $50.00
Senior Vocal Solo (15 Years & Over) Waldheim School Staff Cup (Female) Lily Hooge Scholarship (Folksong) $75.00 Staging Canadell Scholarship (Musical Theatre) $100.00 Rosthern Junior College Board Scholarship $100.00
Carl J. Goerz Scholarship (Male Opera/Operetta) $100.00
Vocal Solo Open (Any Age) Helen Dyck Trophy (Male) Loewen Accounting $50.00
Rosthern Lions Club $75.00 SVMFA Speech Arts Scholarship $50.00 Station Arts Centre Musical Theatre Trophy Louella Klassen Friesen Scholarship (Test Piece) $50.00 Bethany College Trophy & Scholarship (Sacred Music) $100.00 SVMFA Saskatchewan Music Vocal Scholarship $50.00
CHORAL
Choral Speech
Division I – Sask Valley Music Festival Shield Division II – Hague Hardware Shield Choral Division I – Don Regier Shield (sponsored by Robert and Marion Regier) Division II – “The Gift of Song” Shield (sponsored by Myrna Wiebe) Division III – Affinity Credit Union Shield Division IV – David H. Paetkau Memorial Shield (sponsored by Rosthern Junior College) Open
Friesen’s Bigway Foods Scholarship $75.00 John Pauls Memorial Scholarship (Choral) $50.00 Affinity Credit Union Scholarship (Choral) $100.00
INSTRUMENTAL
Elma Janzen Memorial Scholarship $50.00
Elma Janzen Memorial Scholarship $50.00 Rosthern Agencies Trophy
Saskatchewan Valley Music Festival Scholarship $150.00 Most Outstanding Instrumentalist at an Advanced Level
Runner Up for Vocal Rose Bowl
Erwin Janzen Memorial Scholarship & Trophy $100.00
Vernon Klaassen Vocal Rose Bowl & Dora Klaassen Memorial Scholarship $200.00 Most Outstanding Vocalist at Grade 8 Level or higher Runner Up for Piano Rose Bowl Funk’s Funeral Home Scholarship & Shield $100.00
Saskatchewan Valley Jubilee Rose Bowl & Scholarship $200.00 Most Outstanding Pianist at Grade 9 Level or higher
Looking back over the archives we see familiar names of those who have won our Rose Bowl in the past including Audrey Falk and Sherry Regier.
Casey Peden
Casey Peden holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Alberta. Her professional development continued through Tafelmusik’s Baroque Summer Institute, the Early Music Vancouver Vocal Summer School and private lessons. Ms. Pedens’ teachers include Linda Perillo, Harold Wiens, Ellen Hargis, and Lisa Hornung.
Ms. Peden has been heard as a soloist with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Pro Coro Canada, Madrigal Singers, Alberta College Womens Choir, Da Camera Singers, Schola Cantorum, the Dutch Renaissance Ensemble Verboden Frucht and recently with the Saskatoon Symphony Chamber Orchestra. She has been the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Bach’s Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio, and Coffee Cantata, Vaughn William’s Serenade to Music, Rutter’s Requiem, Allegri’s Miserere, and Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai. Her most recent engagement was as the soprano soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the combined forces of the Laurentian University Choir, and the Sudbury Studio Singers under the direction of Robert Hall. In addition to her recital singing, Casey has been giving duet recitals with contralto Lisa Hornung, staying active with her studio, adjudicating, and volunteering with the Community Youth Choir in North Battleford.
She lives with her husband and two sons on the family ranch near Glaslyn, Saskatchewan.
In 1962, the Rosthern Festival became associated with the Saskatchewan Association of Music Festivals. It was first held under the Sask Valley name at RJC in 1963.
Dianne Gryba
Dianne Gryba resides in North Battleford, Saskatchewan where she works as a teacher, accompanist and choral director. As well as maintaining a thriving studio of voice and piano students, Dianne co- teaches musical theatre classes at the Dance Connection with director, Virginia Winterhalt.
She is proud of the many students who have gone on to pursue careers in classical music or music theatre. Dianne has a great love of choral singing. With JoAnne Kasper, she has directed and accompanied several groups in the Battlefords including the Gallery Singers, Battlefords Children’s Choirs, and Kamala Youth Choir. The choruses have been honoured with local and provincial awards, and Kamala has taken part in many wonderful festivals in Saskatchewan and beyond, including the Voices West events, which were initiated by Scott Leithead of Edmonton. Dianne has played and performed with her duo-piano partner, Bonnie Nicholson, for almost 3 decades. This joyful collaboration has always been a highlight in Dianne’s musical life. In 2016, Dianne and Bonnie joined with Chris Kelly and Janice Paterson, and initiated a summer school for young pianists and vocalists. SAVP (Summer Academy for Voice and Piano) is now held annually on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon.
Ms. Gryba is active in the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association as president of the Battlefords Festival and as a provincial board member. Dianne enjoys the rich variety in her musical life and is thankful for the many opportunities she has had to collaborate with exceptional musicians in her career so far. She and her husband Greg continue to be involved in the lives of their three grown children and their families.
The year 2013 saw us scrambling to get to Waldheim and rearrange schedules due to a huge snowstorm. It blocked competitor’s roads and put our adjudicators in danger as they came to us and returned home.
PIANO
PIANO – CANADIAN & SASKATCHEWAN CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 20361 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Jaron Ens 8 years & Under Jingle Bell Swing - Maxner
20360 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Hunter Loewen 9 years & Under Can't Catch Me - Crosby
2. Dominic Reban Celebration - Crosby
20359 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Katie Charabin 10 years & Under Humbugs Hoedown - Porter
2. Vincent Stone Mist - Poole
20358 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Lanae Martens-Funk 11 years & Under Crazy Comics - Donkin
20357 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Mia Gillingham 12 years & Under (P) Dream Journey - Donkin
2. Abigail Ostapak Little Red Wagon - Richert
3. Ema Friesen Funny Puppy - Crosby
4. Alexa Friesen Celebration - Crosby Gaudet
5. Jazlyn Peters Dream Journey - Donkin
6. Wyatt Kading New Shoes - Niamath
20356 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Ashlyn Heinrichs 13 years & Under Can't Catch Me - Crosby
20355 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Emily Ens 14 years & Under (P) Three in Blue No. 2 - Southam
2. Lauchie Harris Dreamcatcher - Crosby Gaudet 20354 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Dylan Derksen 15 years & Under Little March - Kenins
20353 - Canadian Repertoire 1.Brianna Heinrichs 16 years & Under Nuit Blanche - Lanthier
2. Ella Lane Three in Blue No. 2 - Southam
20350 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Connor Elias (Senior) Open (P) Three Sonnets for Piano - Somers
20383 - Saskatchewan Repertoire 1. Dylan Derksen 16 years & Under Prairie Swing - Gillis
PIANO – 20TH OR 21ST CENTURY CLASSES & TEST PIECE
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 20333 - 20th or 21st Century Music 1. Heidi MacMillan 6 years & Under Shadows - Alexander & Mier
20329 - 20th or 21st Century Music 1. Luke MacMillan 10 years & Under Blue Mood - Gillock
2. Katie Charabin The Calico Cat - Marlais
20327 - 20th or 21st Century Music 1. Annthea Funk 12 years & Under In the Spirit - Norton
2. Abigail Ostapak Turkish Bazaar - Mrozinski
3. Mia Gillingham Periwinkle Twinkle - Crosby Gaudet
4. Natalie Reban White Sand - Norton
5. Avery MacMillan A Faded Letter - Gillock
20325 - 20th or 21st Century Music 1. Kalem Wall 14 years & Under Somersault King - Schoenmehl
2. Emily Ens Rondo-Toccata - Kabalevsky
20323 - 20th or 21st Century Music 1. Dylan Derksen 16 years & Under Sunset in Rio - Springer 20322 - 20th or 21st Century Music 1. Aaliyah Neufeld 17 years & Under (P) Seven of Hearts - Olson
2. Isaac Lo Prelude in g minor, Op.23, No.5 - Rachmaninoff
20009 - Test Piece 1. Avery MacMillan 13 years & Under Happy Time Jazz - Mier
20006 - Test Piece 1. Ionela Bauman 14 years & Under Moonlight Mood - Gillock
PIANO – RECITAL CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 20313 - Recital Piece 1. Heidi MacMillan 6 years & Under Jazz Blast - Faber & Faber
20311 - Recital Piece 1. Jaron Ens 8 years & Under Three Blind Mice - Lemont
20310 - Recital Piece 1. Hunter Loewen 9 years & Under The Mouse in the Coal Bin - Poole
20309 - Recital Piece 1. Chloe Friesen 10 years & Under Misty Midnight Garden - Faber
2. Luke MacMillan German Dance in E Flat Major - Beethoven
3. Vincent Stone March of the Terrible Trolls - Niamath
20308 - Recital Piece 1. Natalie Reban 11 years & Under Ballade, Op.100, No.15 - Burgmϋller
2. Lanae Martens-Funk Turkish Bazaar - Mronzinski
20307 - Recital Piece 1. Wyatt Kading 12 years & Under (P) Cool Groove - Mclean
2. Alexa Friesen Spring Light - Chatman
3. Conall Harris Clowns - Kabalevsky
4. Abigail Ostapak Sailing by Moonlight - Last 5. Eli Ens Golliwog's Cakewalk - Debussy
6. Annthea Funk The Song of Twilight - Nakada
7. Mia Gillingham Ecossaise in G Major - Beethoven
20306 - Recital Piece 1. Kalem Wall 13 years & Under Open Window - Norton
20305 - Recital Piece 1. Emily Ens 14 years & Under (P) Puck - Grieg
20304 - Recital Piece 1. Tiegan Stone 15 years & Under Pentatonic Tune - Bartok
2. Dylan Derksen Moonless Night - Faith
20303 - Recital Piece 1. Brianna Heinrichs 16 years & Under Peace Country Hoedown - Donkin
2. Camryn Elliot Notturno No.4 (from Lyric Pieces Op.54) - Grieg
3. Emma Gillingham withdrawn Melancholy Reflections - Schoenmehl
20302 - Recital Piece 1. Isaac Lo 17 years & Under (P) Maple Leaf Rag - Joplin
2. Faith Akers Summer Breeze - Schinske
3. Aaliyah Neufeld Dance of the Marionettes - Tarenghi
PIANO – BAROQUE & SONATA/SONATINA CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 20061 - Baroque 1. Jaron Ens 8 years & Under Bourrée in a minor - JS Bach
20057 - Baroque 1. Eli Ens 12 years & Under Le Coucou - Daquin
20055 - Baroque 1. Ashlyn Heinrichs 14 years & Under Bourrée in a minor - JS Bach 2. Kalem Wall Rigadoon in a minor - Babell
20053 - Baroque 1. Emma Gillingham withdrawn 16 years & Under Scherzo in C Major - Krebs
20052 - Baroque 1. Aaliyah Neufeld 17 years & Under Little Prelude in E Major, BWV 937 - Bach
20040 - Baroque 1. Connor Elias J.S Bach - (Senior) Open (P) Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Major, WTC Book I, BWV 848 - J.S. Bach 20130 - Sonata/Sonatina Repetoire 1. Dominic Reban 9 years & Under Ferocious Lions (Jump through the Flames…) - Chee-Hwa Tan
20128 - Sonata/Sonatina Repetoire 1. Eli Ens 11 years & Under Sonatina, Op.36, No.3 - Clementi
2. Natalie Reban Sonatina in C Major, Op.36, No.1 (1st movement) - Clementi
20127 - Sonata/Sonatina Repetoire 1. Avery MacMillan 12 years & Under Sonatina in F Major - Beethoven
20126 - Sonata/Sonatina Repetoire 1. Kalem Wall 13 years & Under Sonatina in G Major, Op.36, No.2 III - Clementi
20125 - Sonata/Sonatina Repetoire 1. Ionela Bauman 14 years & Under Sonata in A Major, Op.59, No.1 (1st movement) - Kuhlau
20123 - Sonata/Sonatina Repetoire 1. Camryn Elliot 16 years & Under Sonata in C Major, K545 (1st movement) - Mozart
20122 - Sonata/Sonatina Repetoire 1. Faith Akers withdrawn 17 years & Under Sonata in c# minor,Op.27, No.2 (1st movement) (Moonlight) - Beethoven 2. Aaliyah Neufeld Rondo in C Major, Op.52, No.6 - Hummel
20100 - Piano Sonata, Beethoven 1. Connor Elias (Senior) Open (P) Sonata No.6 in F Major, Op.10, No.2 (1st Movement) - Beethoven
PIANO – RCM/CC & DUET CLASSES & CHURCH MUSIC
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 20410 - RCM/CC - Preparatory 1. Heidi MacMillan Any Age Marching - Kabalevsky 20409 - RCM/CC - Grade 1 1. Jaron Ens Any Age An Old French Dance - Gossec
20408 - RCM/CC - Grade 2 1. Shylah Loewen Any Age Little Elves and Pixies - Crosby
20407 - RCM/CC - Grade 3 1. Natalie Reban Any Age The Song of Twilight - Nakada
20406 - RCM/CC - Grade 4 1. Luke MacMillan Any Age Etude in E Major - Czerny
2. Kalem Wall Folk Dance - Kabalevsky
20405 - RCM/CC - Grade 5 1. Emma Gillingham withdrawn Any Age Romance in G Major, Op.52, No.4 - Hummel
20403 - RCM/CC - Grade 7 1. Ella Lane Any Age Prelude in e minor, Op.28, No.4 - Chopin
2. Brianna Heinrichs Waltz - Kosenko
3. Tiegan Stone Prelude in e minor, Op.28, No.4 - Chopin
20402 - RCM/CC - Grade 8 1. Emily Ens Any Age The Elves - Hofmann
2. Eli Ens Knight Rupert - Schumann
3. Aaliyah Neufeld In the Evening, Op.88, No.2 - Hofmann
20367 - Piano Duet - Recital Piece 1. Chloe Friesen & Ema Friesen 12 years & Under Billy Goat Rag - Mier
20453 - Sask Valley - Church Music 1. Jazlyn Peters 12 years & Under (D) How Great is Our God - Chris Tomlin
20451 - Sask Valley - Church Music 1. Dylan Derksen 16 years & Under (D) God of Wonders - Arr. Gerou, Labenske
PIANO – SPECIAL REPERTOIRE CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 20182 - French Music 1. Emily Ens 17 years & Under Gymnopédie No.3 - Satie
20150 - Romantic Music 1. Aaliyah Neufeld (Senior) Open (P) Reiterstück - Schumann
2. Connor Elias Sonneto 104 del Petrarca, Années de pèlerinage II, S 161 - Listz
PIANO – EXCELLENCE CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 10006 - SMFA Excellence 1. Connor Elias Piano Solo - 24 & Under 1. Piano Concerto No.5 in f minor, BWV 1056 (1st and 2nd movement) - J.S Bach 2. Three Sonnets for Piano - Somers 3. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, Années de pèlerinage II, S 161 - Listz
VOCAL
VOCAL – TEST PIECE, RECITAL, LEIDER, ART SONGS & CONCERT CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 15048 - Female Solo - High Voice 1. Zoe Ostapak 14 years & Under White Butterflies - Bray
15042 - Female Solo - High Voice 1. Emma Gillingham 17 years & Under (P) 1. Suleika II, Op.34, No.4 - Mendelssohn 2. Un Moto di Gioja (Le Nozze di Figaro) - Mozart 15408 - Recital Piece - Any Voice 1. Eli Ens 11 years & Under Water-Melon Seller - Beswick
15407 - Recital Piece - Any Voice 1. Mia Gillingham 12 years & Under (P) Two Marionettes - Cooke
2. Avery MacMillan L'ete - Watson Henderson
15405 - Recital Piece - Any Voice 1. Ava-Rose Ratzlaff 14 years & Under (P) Homeward Bound - Althouse
15402 - Recital Piece - Any Voice 1. Faith Akers 17 years & Under Bel Piacere - Handel 15353 - Lieder - Any Voice & Piano 1. Emma Gillingham (Voice) & Isaac Lo (Piano) Ensemble - 17 years & Under Die Forelle - Schubert
15307 - Art Song - Any Voice 1. Mia Gillingham 12 years & Under An den Mond - Schubert
15302 - Art Song - Any Voice 1. Emma Gillingham 17 years & Under Rêve d'amour - Fauré
15383 - Concert Group 1. Emma Gillingham 17 years & Under (P) 1. Weep You No More - Quilter 2. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - Quilter 3. June - Quilter
VOCAL – SACRED MUSIC, CANADIAN, FOLK SONG AND BALLAD, CONSERVATORY CLASSES & POP MUSIC
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 15095 - Sacred Repertoire 1. Ava-Rose Ratzlaff Any Voice - 14 years & Under Pie Jesu - Pyrtle
15092 - Sacred Repertoire - Any 1. Faith Akers Voice Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child - Spiritual arr. Hayes 17 years & Under 15457 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Avery MacMillan Any Voice - 12 years & Under (P) Let in the Clear - MacIntyre
2. Mia Gillingham L'ete - Watson Henderson
15455 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Ava-Rose Ratzlaff Any Voice - 14 years & Under (P) Moon, Sing - Washburn
2. Zoe Ostapak L'ete - Watson Henderson
15452 - Canadian Repertoire 1. Emma Gillingham Any Voice - 17 years & Under Cool and Silent is the Lake - Davenport
15427 - Folk Song or Folk Ballad 1. Mia Gillingham Any Voice- 12 years & Under I Know Where I'm Goin' - Arr. Hughes
15425 - Folk Song or Folk Ballad 1. Ava-Rose Ratzlaff Any Voice- 14 years & Under Pregúntale a las estrellas - Arr. Donkin
15422 - Folk Song or Folk Ballad 1. Faith Akers Any Voice - 17 years & Under (P) Shady Grove - Arr. Donkin
2. Tianna Bartsch Danny Boy - Arr. Smallman 3. Emma Gillingham The Water is Wide - Arr. Hayes
15522 - Conservatory - Any Voice - 1. Jenalle Bahn Contemporary - Grade 8 - Any Age Only Love - Wildhorn
2. Faith Akers Northern River - Jim Betts
15530 - Sask Valley - Popular Music 1. Jenalle Bahn 18 years & Under (D) High School - Ballerini
VOCAL – MUSICAL THEATRE CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 90227 - Musical Movie - Any Voice 1. Eli Ens 12 years & Under In Dreams (The Lord of the Rings) - Walsh & Shore
90167 - Up-Tempo - Any Voice 1. Mia Gillingham 12 years & Under (P) Ice Cream (Anne of Green Gables) Diana - Campbell
2. Avery MacMillan Second-Hand Rose (Ziegfield Follies) - Hanley
90142 - Up-Tempo - Contemporary 1. Tianna Bartsch Any Voice - 17 years & Under (P) I have Confidence (Sound of Music) Maria - Rodgers
2. Faith Akers Defying Gravity (Wicked) Elphaba - Schwartz
90067 - Ballad - Any Voice 1. Avery MacMillan 12 years & Under (P) In My Own Little Corner (Cinderella) - Rodgers & Hammerstein 2. Mia Gillingham Snoopy (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) Snoopy - Gesner
90042 - Ballad - Contemporary 1. Emma Gillingham Any Voice - 17 & Under (P) Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera) Christine - Lloyd Webber 2. Faith Akers God Help the Outcasts (Hunchback of Notre Dame) Esmeralda - Menken 90025 - Ballad - The Golden Age 1. Ava-Rose Ratzlaff Any Voice - 14 years & Under (P) I'll know (Guys & Dolls) Sarah - Loesser
90022 - Ballad - The Golden Age 1. Emma Gillingham Any Voice - 17 years & Under (P) One Boy (Bye Bye Birdie) Kim – Strouse VOCAL – SPEECH ARTS
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 95205 - Prose 1. Emily Ens 14 years & Under (P) What was I Scared of? - Dr. Seuss
95047 - Solo Poetry - 19th Century or 1. Eli Ens earlier - 12 years & Under Jabberwocky - Carroll
95045 - Solo Poetry - 19th Century or 1. Emily Ens earlier - 14 years & Under Mock Turtle's Song - Carroll
95031 - Solo Poetry - 20th or 21st 1. Heidi MacMillan Century - 8 years & Under The Late Passenger - Lewis
2. Jaron Ens One Inch Tall - Silverstein
95029 - Solo Poetry - 20th or 21st 1. Luke MacMillan Century - 10 years & Under Common Cold - Nash
95027 - Solo Poetry - 20th or 21st 1. Eli Ens Century - 12 years & Under True Story - Silverstein
95450 - Sask Valley - Speech Arts 1. Emily Ens & Eli Ens Duet Own Choice - Any Age (D) Father William - Carroll
95411 - Sacred Reading 1. Jaron Ens 8 years & Under Matthew 22:37-40 - The NIV Bible
2. Heidi MacMillan Psalm 23 - Holy Bible, ESV
95409 - Sacred Reading 1. Luke MacMillan 10 years & Under Isaiah 53 - Holy Bible, ESV
95408 - Sacred Reading 1. Eli Ens 11 years & Under Psalm 121 - The NIV Bible
95406 - Sacred Reading 1. Emily Ens 13 years & Under 1 John 3:16-24 - The NIV Bible
95512 - Choral Speech - Mixed Group 1. Rosthern Homeschoolers Any Number of Voices - Any Age 1. Corinthians 13:1-8a - Holy Bible, J.B. Phillips Translation 2. Daffodils - Wordsworth
VOCAL – CHORAL CLASSES
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 11126 - Youth Sacred Music Choir 1. Rosthern Homeschoolers 16 years & Under (P) 1. Sing to God - Caldwell 2. Clap Your Hands and Sing - Lightfoot 11503 - Select School Chorus 1. Rosthern Homeschoolers Grades 1 - 8 1. Dry Bones - Watson 2. Something Told the Wild Geese - Vance
VOCAL – EXCELLENCE CLASSES – CLASSICAL VOICE
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 10001 - SMFA Excellence 1. Mia Gillingham Classical Voice - 12 & Under 1. An den Mond - Schubert 2. L'ete - Watson Henderson 3. I Know Where I'm Goin' - Arr. Hughes 4. Two Marionettes - Cooke
2. Avery MacMillan 1. Abends, will ich schlafen geh'en - Humperdinck Arr. Birston 2. L'ete - Watson Henderson 3. Let in the Clear - MacIntyre 10002 - SMFA Excellence 1. Emma Gillingham Classical Voice - 17 & Under 1. Un Moto di Gioja - Mozart 2. Suleika II, Op.34, No.4 - Mendelssohn 3. Rêve d'amour - Fauré 4. June - Quilter 5. Cool and Silent is the Lake - Davenport 2. Faith Akers 1. Bel Piacere - Handel 2. Shady Grove - Arr. Donkin 3. Northern River - Betts
VOCAL – EXCELLENCE CLASSES – MUSIC THEATRE
CLASS COMPETITOR, TITLE AND COMPOSER MARK 10022 - SMFA Excellence - Musical 1. Mia Gillingham Theatre - 12 & Under 1. Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz) Dorothy - Arlen 2. Ice Cream (Anne of Green Gables) Diana - Campbell 3. Snoopy (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) Snoopy - Gesner 10023 - SMFA Excellence 1. Emma Gillingham Musical Theatre - 17 & Under 1. One Boy (Bye Bye Birdie) Kim - Strouse 2. Think of Me (Phantom of the Opera) Christine - Lloyd Webber 3. Journey to the Past (Anastasia) Anya - Flaherty
The Sask Valley Music Festival would not be possible without the
continuous and
generous support of the Saskatchewan Music Festival
Association,
SaskLotteries, SaskTel, SaskEnergy,
Business for the Arts, University of Regina,
University of Saskatchewan, Regina Symphony Orchestra
and the Saskatoon
Symphony Orchestra!!
Sask Valley Music Festival Executive 2020-2021
President - Linda Swab (Rosthern) Vice President- Sarah MacMillan (Rosthern) Treasurer- Patricia Keefe (Waldheim) Secretary- Hannah Marple (Saskatoon)
Entry Secretary- Sherry Derksen (Hague) Program Secretary- Corinne Scheetz (Waldheim)
Awards Convenor/Video Performance Coordinator - Sanne Gillingham (Hague)
Committee Members: Jaclyn Heinrichs (Waldheim), Louella Friesen (Waldheim), Audrey Falk Janzen (Rosthern) and Audrey Watson (Rosthern) and Rebecca Isaak (Laird)
PURCHASE YOUR SMFA 50/50 LOTTERY TICKETS (STARTING MARCH 6) HERE: https://smfa5050.ca/
Tickets may only be purchased by participants physically located in Saskatchewan
(please agree to terms/conditions to participate and allow location services confirm your location).
Prize: 50% of sales to maximum of $50,000! Only 20,500 tickets will be sold
Draw Date: June 6, 2021 @ 6:00 pm (random number generator)
Draw Location: 1600 MacPherson Avenue, Regina
Ticket prices: 1 for $10; or 5 for $20
Thank you for your support of music festivals in Saskatchewan!
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