Saskatchewan Music Festival Association Presents 2016 Provincial Final Competitions June 3, 4, & 5 Saskatoon, SK, University of Saskatchewan What if we also helped feed the world’s need for music? While our crop nutrients help feed the world, music provides food for the soul. PotashCorp is proud to help nurture the talent of our province's musicians through our support of the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association. $10 @PotashCorpSask PotashCorp.com ESTABLISHED IN 1908 Incorporated under the Non-Profit Corporations Act Affiliated with the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals HONORARY PATRONS The Honorable Vaughn Schofield, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan The Honorable Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan HONORARY PRESIDENTS Dr. Vianne Timmons, 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 PotashCorp, SaskTel, Business for the Arts, Gifts in Kind from the University of Saskatchewan (Music Department) and Yamaha Piano PROVINCIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS President .................................................... Nancy Toppings, Kipling 1st Vice President ........................................... Karen Unger, Spalding 2nd Vice President ...................................... Sherry Sproule, Lafleche Past President ............................... Karen MacCallum, Swift Current Director .......................................................... Robin Swales, Regina Director ................................................ Wendy Thienes, Shaunavon Director ............................................................ Kelly Stein, Simpson Director ...................................... Tammy Villeneuve, Meadow Lake Director ........................................................ Kari Mitchell, Carnduff SMFA PROVINCIAL OFFICE Executive Director ................................................. Carol Donhauser Assistant/Adjudicator Liaison ........................................ 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Some participants and audience members are highly allergic to scented products. Please AVOID using these products during the Festival. - 1 - - 2 - 2016 PROGRAM SUMMARY Quance Theatre Classroom 1036 Classroom 1004 Convocation Hall Education Building Education Building Education Building Peter MacKinnon Building FRIDAY, JUNE 3 9:00 A.M. Provincial Level of National Provincial Level of Competitions National Competitions (Percussion, Piano, Strings, (Musical Theatre, Voice) Guitar, Chamber, Brass, WW) 1:00 P.M. Provincial Level of National Strings Musical Theatre Competitions • Int. Vla/Vc/DB • Intermediate Ballad (Percussion, Piano, Strings, • Int. Violin • Intermediate Up-Tempo Guitar, Chamber, Brass, WW) Intermediate Voice • Concert Group • Sr. Strings Concert 7:00 P.M. Provincial Level of National Intermediate Voice Strings Musical Theatre Competitions • Male •Sr. Violin Recital • Senior Ballad (Percussion, Piano, Guitar, • Female • Sr. Vla/Vc/DB Recital • Senior Up-Tempo Chamber, Brass, WW) Reception & Announcement of Team Saskatchewan SATURDAY, JUNE 4 9:00 A.M Percussion Intermediate Piano Guitar Senior Piano • Intermediate • Beethoven • Intermediate • Bach • Senior • Chopin • Senior • Beethoven • Haydn/Mozart • Romantic Senior Voice Speech Arts • Grade B (Female) • Intermediate • Grade B (Male) • Senior • Grade A (Female) • Grade A (Male) 1:00 P.M. Senior Voice Intermediate Piano Woodwinds Senior Piano • Lieder • Bach • Intermediate (Lieder at Quance Theatre) • Grade B Concert Group • 20th 21st C/ Canadian • Senior Concert • 20th 21st C/ Canadian • Grade A Concert Group • Recital • Senior Recital • French • French Art Song • Chopin • Canadian 7:00 P.M. Senior Voice Brass • Oratorio • Intermediate • Operatic • Senior Concert • Senior Recital SUNDAY, JUNE 5 1:00 P.M. Grand Awards Concert Senior Competitors Reception & Announcement of award winners FESTIVAL OFFICE – ROOM 1039, EDUCATION BUILDING SOME PARTICIPANTS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS ARE HIGHLY ALLERGIC TO SCENTED PRODUCTS. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING THEM DURING PROVINCIAL FINALS Award Winners Please report to the SMFA On-Site Office (Room 1039, Education Building). - 3 - 2016 PROVINCIAL LEVEL OF NATIONAL COMPETITION - 4 - 2016 PROVINCIAL LEVEL OF NATIONAL COMPETITION CONVOCATION HALL, Peter MacKinnon Building Friday, June 3, 2016 Musical Theatre and Voice Judges: Christianne Rushton and Mary Lou Fallis 9:00 a.m. MIKAEL STEPONCHEV, Battlefords Festival (Cheryl Steponchev) The Big Black Giant (Me and Juliet) – Rodgers & Hammerstein Santa Fe (Newsies) – Alan Menken There’s a Sucker Born Ev’ry Minute (Barnum) – Cy Coleman 9:15 a.m. SIARRA RIEHL, Saskatoon Festival (Darla MacDiarmid) Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along) – Stephen Sondheim I’m a Stranger Here Myself (One Touch of Venus) – Kurt Weill Gimme Gimme (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – Jeanine Tesori 9:30 a.m. DIANA SARAUER, Humboldt Festival (Sharon Gerspacher) I Dreamed a Dream (Les Misérables) – Claude-Michel Schönberg Now You Know (Merrily We Roll Along) – Stephen Sondheim I Hate Men (Kiss Me Kate) – Cole Porter 9:45 a.m. JAKE HEISLER, Moose Jaw Festival (Jeri Ryba) Reviewing the Situation (Oliver!) – Lionel Bart Gotta Get Out (The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes) – Kooman & Dimond Prepared (The Danger Year) – Georgia Stitt 10:00 a.m. SPENCER MCKNIGHT, Battlefords Festival (Mark Turner) And God Created Man/In Native Worth and Honor Clad (The Creation) – Franz Josef Haydn 12 Gedichte, Op. 35: Stille Liebe; Frage; Stille Tränen; Wer macht dich so krank; Alte Laute – Robert Schumann Si, ritrovarla io giuro (La Cenerentola) – Gioachino Rossini * * * BREAK * * * 10:40 a.m. KATERYNA KHARTOVA, Saskatoon Festival (Karen Reynaud) Ariettes oubliées: C’est l’extase; Green; Spleen – Claude Debussy Piangero la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare) – Frideric Handel Rejoice, O Daughter of Zion (Messiah) – Frideric Handel 11:10 a.m. CHELSEA COX, Maple Creek Festival (Heather Macnab) Me voila seule … comme autrefois (Les Pêcheurs de perles) – Georges Bizet I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah) – Georg Friedrich Handel 5 Lieder, Op. 105: Wie Melodien zieht es mir; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer; Auf dem Kirchhofe – Johannes Brahms 11:30 a.m. BRIANNA LEVESQUE, Weyburn Festival (Cherith Alexander) The Silver Aria - Gold is a Fine Thing (The Ballad of Baby Doe) – Douglass Moore Ave maris stella – Felix Mendelssohn Try Me, Good King: Katherine of Aragon; Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymour; Anne of Cleves; Katherine Howard – Libby Larsen Percussion, Brass, Woodwind, Guitar, Strings, Piano, and Chamber Group disciplines are being held at QUANCE THEATRE. Announcement of the Saskatchewan Representatives to the