Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2 Voice.............................................................................................................................................. 10 Piano ............................................................................................................................................. 18 Strings ........................................................................................................................................... 26 Brass, Woodwind & Percussion .................................................................................................... 29 Musical Theatre ............................................................................................................................ 31 Speech Arts ................................................................................................................................... 36 Excellence...................................................................................................................................... 38 Scholarships .................................................................................................................................. 50
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Introduction
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ESTABLISHED IN 1908
Incorporated under the Non-Profit Corporations Act
HONORARY PATRONS
His Honour the Honourable Russ Mirasty, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
The Honourable Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan
HONORARY PRESIDENTS
Dr. Thomas Chase, University of Regina
Dr. Peter Stoicheff, University of Saskatchewan
REPRESENTATIVES BY APPOINTMENT
Saskatchewan Band Association Saskatchewan Choral Federation
Saskatchewan Music Educators Association
Saskatchewan Orchestral Association
Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association
CORPORATE SPONSORS
SaskTel
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
SMFA is funded through the Lotteries Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation
PROVINCIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President.................................................. Tammy Villeneuve, Meadow Lake 1st Vice President ......................................................... Jeri Ryba, Moose Jaw 2nd Vice President.........................................Dianne Gryba, North Battleford Past President ..........................................................Sherry Sproule, Lafleche Director............................................................... Krista Brost, Meadow Lake Director............................................................. Valentina May, Indian Head Director.....................................................................Jeff Froehlich, Wynyard Director.................................................................. Claire Seibold, Rosetown Director.....................................................................Myra Schmidt, Nipawin
SMFA PROVINCIAL OFFICE
Executive Director............................................................... Carol Donhauser Adjudicator Liaison/Program Coordinator................................Mariel Unger Administrative Assistant .......................................................Nancy Toppings
PO Box 37005, Regina S4S 7K3
Phone: 306-757-1722 Toll Free: 1-888-892-9929 Fax: 306-347-7789
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.smfa.ca
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ADJUDICATORS
Marion Abbott – Musical Theatre & Speech Arts
Marion Abbott is a proud graduate of the Musical Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College. Upon graduating, she was immediately hired to teach for the program and was later named one of the top twenty graduates of the program. She has her Grade 10 Voice and A.R.C.T. in Piano Performance from The Royal Conservatory of Music.
Marion is the creator of The Confidential Project (which includes Musical Theatre, Theatre, Shakespeare, Opera and Operetta), The Plain Stage Theatre Company, The Women Of Musical Theatre Festival, New Works Series, The Artist Discovery Series and The Spirit Of Maud Theatre Company, all housed under Marion Abbott Productions. Her company's mandate was to provide as many opportunities for as many artists as possible. Consequently, Marion produced over 400 productions in Toronto and other cities. Of the many (many!) shows Marion has worked on, some of her favourites include The Scarlet Pimpernel, All Shook Up, Anne And Maud, No Safe Harbour, Ragtime, Streetcar Named Desire and Passion.
As a Musical Director, Marion most recently worked for Drayton Entertainment (Cinderella: The Panto) and was a part of the first Drayton Youth Program. As a private teacher, Marion taught voice, piano and acting for 29 years to students of all ages. From festivals to recitals to performing in Disney World, Marion cherishes her memories of her time with her students dearly. Many of her students now work in the arts full time. Marion is in demand as a consultant, adjudicator and private coach. She has written 700 Song Suggestions For Singers and 100 Suggestions For Teaching Private Lessons - both available on Amazon. She remains as passionate as ever about helping artists find their true voice and shining bright. Walt Disney is Marion's all time hero and she tries to visit Walt Disney World with her son at least once a year.
"The way to get something done is to stop talking and get busy doing." - Walt Disney
Richard Gillis – Brass, Woodwind, & Percussion
Richard Gillis studied trumpet at The University of Saskatchewan (B.Mus.), The Banff Centre (Canadian Brass), and The University of Michigan (M.Mus.; DMA), as well as privately with Armando Ghitalla, Vincent Cichowicz and James Stamp.
After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan, Richard performed, toured and recorded with the Saskatoon-based NewWest Brass Quintet. While working on his DMA Richard had the opportunity to be a part of the University of Michigan faculty brass quintet, with Armando Ghitalla.
Dr. Gillis is currently brass chair at the University of Manitoba, and is artistic director of the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, which he co-founded in 1997. Richard performs and records (8 CDs) with Icelandic guitarist Björn Thoroddsen, and together have received three recognitions from the Icelandic Music Awards. Richard has recorded 19 albums as a leader and sideman; his most recent projects include Devotion, a collection of original solo and chamber pieces for trumpet, and Suite 150: A Big Band Portrait, an eleven movement WJO recording commissioned from composers across Canada.
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Darryl Friesen – Senior Piano
Dr. Darryl Friesen has been praised for his “rich palette of tonal colour” and performances of “intimate, poignant simplicity” (Winnipeg Free Press). He
completed his DMA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009, studying with Fulbright scholar Dr. William Heiles and Dennis Helmrich, as a Fellow of both the University of Illinois (Creative and Performing Arts) and Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Society. After studying with distinguished pedagogue Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music, he received BM and MM degrees in piano performance from the University of Manitoba as a student of wellknown Canadian pianist, Dr. David Moroz.
He has given acclaimed performances as a soloist and collaborative artist across Canada, the United States, Europe, China, and Brazil, and has been featured many times in concert on CBC Radio. He has performed with the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra, Winnipeg Chamber Music Society, and has appeared on the Virtuosi recital series. As a collaborator and recitalist, he has performed with many distinguished artists, including Elliot Madore, Andrew Wan, Allen Harrington, Jessica Strong, Valdine Anderson, Oleg Pokhanovski, the Adaskin String Trio, and the Martha Graham Dance Company. He also had the rare privilege to serve as rehearsal pianist for a memorial concert featuring Frederica von Stade, Elizabeth Futral, Richard Leech, Thomas Hampson, and Samuel Ramey.
Dr. Friesen has been the recipient of many awards and honours. His doctoral studies were made possible through generous grants by the Canada Council of the Arts in both 2005 and 2006, which included the coveted Sylva Gelber Foundation Award, given annually to the most talented Canadian classical artist under the age of 30. He was awarded the Nancy Kennedy Wustman Memorial award in Vocal Accompanying at the U of I in 2006, and was the grand prizewinner of the 2003 CBC Arts Encounters Young Performers Competition. He was a finalist in the International Stepping Stone Competition (2004) and Canadian Music Competition (2001), received the Lawrence Genser Memorial Scholarship (2002) as the most outstanding performer at the University of Manitoba School of Music, and received numerous grants from the Manitoba Arts Council throughout his academic studies. He performed in the
Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Muriel Richardson Auditorium as a featured artist in the Prairie Performances series, and has
participated in masterclasses with such artists as Murray Perahia, Jeaneane Dowis, and Marc Durand. Dr. Friesen has also enjoyed a diverse academic career. From 2011-2015, he held the position of Assistant Professor of Piano and General Music Studies at Providence University College. In addition to teaching piano and chamber music, he taught a variety of academic core courses, including Music Theory, Musicianship, and Music History. He is also committed to the development of community among music teachers and pedagogues, and to that end he cofounded Shop Talk, a masterclass series and pedagogical forum in Steinbach, MB.
Dr. Friesen is in great demand as a soloist, collaborative artist, teacher, and clinician. He and his wife live with their
four children in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is currently a Sessional Instructor at the University of Manitoba’s Desautels
Faculty of Music, and is also a faculty member of the Rosamunde Summer Music Academy in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the Cadenza Summer Music Week in Winkler, Manitoba.
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Monica Huisman – Voice
Hailed as possessing a voice that 'embodies both flawless technique' and 'exuding dramatic flair with a resonant voice as rich as melted chocolate', Soprano Monica Huisman has delighted audiences internationally both on the operatic as well as concert stages.
Having made her 1999 Debut in the famous Concertgebouw, in a live performance recording of Zandonai's 'Francesca da Rimini', Ms. Huisman has ravished audiences from Amsterdam to Guatemala City with the reputation of 'consistently crafting each note into a work of art'.
She has soared on the stages of Vancouver Opera, Calgary Opera, Edmonton Opera, Pacific Opera, The Netherlands Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opera Ontario and Saskatoon Opera in productions of Cenerentola, Susannah, Carmen,
Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Cunning Little Vixen, La Boheme, Magic Flute, Hansel and Gretel and Lakme alongside great Canadian talents like Tracy Dahl, Russell Braun, Judith Forst and Richard Margison. Her
“silken voice and fine stage presence that belongs in the show stealing category”, has made her in demand for such
roles as Micaela and Musetta. Many of these performances have been broadcasted by CBC Radio on Saturday Afternoon at the Opera.
Concert repertoire has seen Ms. Huisman thrill audiences with her versatile voice and absolute stage charm in concerts with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Guatemala Symphony, Hamilton Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony , Regina Symphony, Saskatoon Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Calgary Symphony, Concertgebouw Orkest, Radio-Symphony Orkest and Orchestra London in such works as Beethoven's 9th, Mahler's 4th, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Brahms Requiem, Bruckners Requiem, Mirjam's Siegegesang, Rutters Magnificat, Strauss's Four Last Songs, Poulenc's Gloria, Beethoven's Mass in C, Handel's
Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Lobegesang, Haydn’s Creation and many Holiday Pops concerts. She has collaborated
several times with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet enjoying huge success with Mark Godden's premieres of The Magic Flute, Handel's Messiah and Strauss' Four Last Songs. New works include the World Premiere of Transit of Venus with Manitoba Opera, in which she received critical acclaim for her acting tour de force and her 'pin-point pure voice' (Opera Canada).
As a teacher Ms. Huisman is on Faculty at the Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba. She is in demand both as a voice teacher and clinician. Skilled in the Czech language, Ms. Huisman enjoys both singing in the language and introducing young singers to this vast and wonderful repertoire. Many of her students have gone onto careers both as singers and teachers.
Ms. Huisman has a Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba and an Opera Diploma from the University of Toronto. Her mentors are Mary Morrison and Nelly Miriciou, both inspiring teachers, performers and musicians.
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Alison Kilgannon – Intermediate & Junior Piano
Canadian pianist Alison Kilgannon has performed in North America as well as in Spain, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Ecuador. She has appeared with the Orquesta Santa Cecilia Cullera, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra and has
received awards at competitions including the Concours Prix d’Europe, the
Northern Alberta Concerto Competition, the Festival de Musique de BasRichelieu, and the STARS Award for Young Artists. Her chamber music performances have been broadcast on the radio station Avenue Vincent
D’Indy.
Alison is passionate about sharing music through her teaching, coaching, and performing and draws on her research involving music theory and music psychology to continually improve her approach. She is an active member of
the Alberta Piano Teachers’ Association and of the Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association with whom she
holds convenorship positions. Alison completed a Doctor of Music degree in piano performance at the University of Montreal under the guidance of Dr. Jean Saulnier. Other teachers include Marc Durand, Janet Scott Hoyt, and Claudio Martínez-Mehner. To complement her formation, she has participated in numerous masterclasses with internationally known artists in Europe and North America.
Currently based in Alberta where she holds a position as Assistant Professor at Burman University, Alison remains active as a soloist, recitalist, collaborative artist, and adjudicator while still finding time to enjoy hiking in the Rocky Mountains. In 2014, she was honoured to become a fellow of the Schmeelk Canada Foundation in recognition of her
interest in promoting understanding and exchange between Canada’s Anglophone and Francophone cultures.
Leanne Zacharias – Strings
Cellist Leanne Zacharias is an interdisciplinary artist known for unique collaborations across genres and geographies. These include her performance project Music for Spaces, recently presented in the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, Listening Booth: solo recitals for solo audience member presented by the Agassiz Chamber Music Festival and SappyFest (Sackville, NB), Sounding the Wake of a Glacier, a Canada150 commission, CityWide: 50 simultaneous recitals presented by the International Cello Festival of Canada, the Portal Zero installation presented by the Winnipeg
Symphony’s New Music Festival and Sonus Loci: a sound installation on ice, selected by Winnipeg’s Warming Huts Competition. She performs widely
and appears on many recordings, with her first solo album to be released this year.
An energetic educator, Leanne has been on faculty at Brandon University’s School of Music since 2008 and serves
on the Board of the Manitoba Arts Council. She adjudicates across Canada and has taught at the Domaine Forget International Academy, Rosamunde Summer Academy, Prairie Cello Institute and Cadenza Music Week. She codirects A Wild Studio (Canadian National Parks), Hybrid Intensive in San Francisco and Wheat City Nuit Blanche.
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VOICE
5 Senior Grade A Vocal ............................................................................................................................................
1. Grace Liu
Euclid (Songs to the Moon) – Jake Heggie
2. Adelle Sawatsky
Gondellied – Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
3. Ross Van De Weyer
Verrat, Op. 105, No. 3 – Johannes Brahms
Regina Music Festival Regina Music Festival
Weyburn Music Festival
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1. Abby Dueck
Widmung Op. 25, No. 1 – Robert Schumann
2. Elizabeth Booker
Oh! had I Jubal's lyre – George Frideric Handel
3. Tori Mahnke
Col piacer della mia fede – Antonio Vivaldi
Moose Jaw Music Festival
Regina Music Festival
Weyburn Music Festival
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1. Ava Bahrey
Sonnet 18 – Rob Ursan
2. Zwyneth Rono
Long Time Ago – Aaron Copland
3. Jasmine Keck
Silent Noon – R. Vaughan Williams
4. Isabella Girardin
Danza, danza, fanciulla gentile – Francesco Durante
5. Kaitlyn Silbernagel
Alma del Core – Antonio Caldara
6. Brooke Zarubin
Gretchen am Spinnrade – Franz Schubert
7. Julianne Booker
Fiocca la neve – Pietro Cimara
8. Olivia Hope
Long Time Ago – Aaron Copland
9. Emma Gillingham
Un Moto di Gioja – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10. Ava Leschyshyn
Suleika II, Op. 34 in E minor, No 4 – Felix Mendelssohn
11. Emily Malmgren
Bel Piacere – George Frederic Handel
12. Lindsay Van De Weyer
Van Godendo (Serse) – George Frideric Handel
Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival
Gravelbourg & District Bilingual Music Festival
Lafleche & District Music Festival Lafleche & District Music Festival
Moose Jaw Music Festival
Regina Music Festival Regina Music Festival
Sask Valley Music Festival Saskatoon Music Festival Saskatoon Music Festival Weyburn Music Festival
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1. Kai Batycki
In the Willow-Meads of Tasarinan – Donald Swann
2. Adam Brookman
Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride – Geoffrey O’Hara
3. Vladyslav Myrutenko
Come Away, Death – Roger Quilter