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2023 Festival Results & Award Winners:

2023 Festival Results: Top Marks

View the top marks for the following competitions:
Festival Results

2023 Festival Award Winners

 
Band & Instrumental Awards
All Awards
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Outstanding Band Eastern Shore District High School Concert Band Festival Award
Outstanding Jazz Blues Combo Cobequid Educational Centre Studio 98 Combo Festival Award
Outstanding Ensemble Cobequid Educational Centre Percussion Ensemble Festival Award
Promising Beginner or Novice Band Truro Middle School Concert Band Festival Award
Choral Awards
All Awards
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
School Choir (Unison) Junior Redcliff Middle School Choir Isgonish Chapter IODE Award
School Choir (Senior) Cobequid Education Centre CEC Choir Dr. & Mrs. Brian Delaney Award
Any Adult Choir  Cantabile Singers First United Church Choir Award
Any Chorus/ Choir  Cantabile Truro Youth Singers The Prof. Harry Wellard Adjudicator's Choice Award
Senior Choir  Cantabile Singers, Cobequid Education Centre CEC Choir Provincial Recommendation
Intermediate Choir  Colchester Girls' Choir Provincial Recommendation
Guitar Awards
All Awards
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Solo Guitar Jacob Augustine Guitar Award
Musical Theatre, Jazz Blues, Recitations & Monologues, Song & Dance Awards
Junior Awards (Age 12 and under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Musical Theatre Solo Sienna Lindsay-Pike E.C. Irving Cup and Festival Award
Intermediate Awards (Age 15 and under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Musical Theatre Solo Olivia Gouthro, Chiara Zwicker Caldwell-Roach Shield and Festival Award
Musical Theatre Duet Lily Arthurs, Olivia Gouthro Festival Award
Jazz Blues Solo Lily Arthurs Festival Award
Senior Awards (Age 16 and Over)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Musical Theatre Solo Sarah MacInnis, Ethen Neil Rob Bruce Cup and Festival Award
Musical Theatre Duet Molly Thompson, Sappho Thompson Festival Award
Junior Provincial Recommendation Sarah MacInnis Jane Howlett Memorial Bursary
Jazz/Blues Vocal Solo Sarah MacInnis Lucas Rushton Memorial Award
Other Awards
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Deserving Singer Ethen Neil The Belgravia Award Adjudicator's Choice Award
Song and Dance Olivia Gouthro Festival Award
Musical Theatre Group Studio Singers Choir Festival Award
Piano Awards - Intermediate/ Senior
Intermediate Awards (Ages 15 and Under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Piano Solo Jessica Porter Truro Music Festival Cup and Bertha Dunn Award
Jazz and Blues Solo Angus MacDonald Polymer International Cup & Festival Award
Jazz Blues Piano Duet Maddie Powell, Joshua Varner  Festival Award
Piano Composer Ty Shreve Festival Award
Achievement Awards Joshua Varner Big Brothers - Big Sisters Achievement Award
Senior Awards (Age 16 and over)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Piano Solo Sarah Astatkie Truro Music Festival Cup and Festival Award
Jazz Blues Piano Duet Joshua Varner, Maddie Powell  Festival Award
Piano Duet Sarah Astatkie, Sappho Thompson Festival Award
Junior Piano Sarah Astatkie, Nikki Jung, Sappho Thompson, Sappho Thompson Provincial Recommendation
Graduating Performers Sarah Astatkie Town of Truro Scholarship
Deserving Pianist Sarah Astatkie Adjudicator's Choice Award
Outstanding Performer Sarah Astatkie Morrison Rose Bowl
Achievement Awards Nikki Jung, Kendra Lyttle Big Brothers - Big Sisters Achievement Award
Performer who shows competence and enthusiasm in multiple disciplines. Sappho Thompson Mary Shephard Achievement Award
Piano Awards - Junior
Novice Awards (Age 8 and under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Novice Piano Emmett Bonnell Truro Music Festival Plaque and Festival Award
Jazz and Blues Piano Solo Emily Davis Truro Music Festival Cup & Award
Jazz and Blues Piano Duet Eli Glinz, Luca Glinz Truro Music Festival Cup & Festival Award
Achievement Awards Athena Aggabao, Meredith Bowman, Ava Doucette Dr. Jane Norman Achievement Award
Junior Awards (Age 12 and Under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Junior Piano Matthew Davis E. Byers & Family Cup and Festival Award
Jazz and Blues Piano Solo Quinten Dexter Festival Award
Jazz and Blues Piano Duet Matthew Davis, Adam Davis Polymer International Cup & Festival Award
Piano Duet Adam Davis, Matthew Davis  Festival Award
Deserving Pianist Matthew Davis Adjudicator's Choice Award
Achievement Awards Thomas Butt, Tucker Doiron, Emmett Fisher, Claire Leamon, Frances Salgado, Paige Sobey, Ben Sommers Dr. Jane Norman Achievement Award
Vocal Awards
Novice Awards (Age 8 and under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Female Voice Theresa Augustine Shirley Blois Lindsay Cup and Festival Award
Junior Awards (Age 12 and under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Female Voice Erica Bowman, Sienna Lindsay-Pike Gwynneth Munro Cup
Folk Song Sienna Lindsay-Pike Sparkling Springs Cup and Festival Award
Achievement Awards Charlotte Barron Dr. Jane Norman Awards
Intermediate Awards (Age 15 and under)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Female Voice Chiara Zwicker Truro Music Festival Cup & Karen Arnfast Memorial Award
Male Voice Holden Hoover Truro Music Festival Cup & Festival Award
Folk Song Olivia Gouthro Truro Music Festival Plaque
Vocal Duet Olivia Gouthro, Sienna Lindsay-Pike Festival Award
Deserving Singer Chiara Zwicker The Lynn Erskine Shield and Adjudicator's Choice Award for Intermediate or Senior Voice
Outstanding Intermediate Performer Chiara Zwicker Mattatall Rose Bowl
Achievement Awards Emily Labonte, Hannah MacCulloch, Anna Terry, Molly Thompson, Calliana Zwicker Big Brothers - Big Sisters Achievement Award
Senior Awards (16 and over)
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Female Voice Sarah MacInnis Jenna Delaney Memorial Cup
Male Voice Mason Eisner Professor Douglas Baker Memorial Cup and Award
Male (Changed) Voice Thomas McDowall The John E. Clarke and Annie L. Clarke Memorial Award
Folk Song Sarah MacInnis Sparkling Springs Cup and Festival Award
Vocal Duet Ainsley MacPhee, Paige MacPhee Festival Award
Junior Voice Molly Hiscock, Thomas McDowall, Chiara Zwicker Provincial Recommendation
Vocal Performer Thomas McDowall Dr. John Archibald Memorial Bursary
Vocal Performance Sarah MacInnis Shirley Blois Scholarship
Graduating Performers Paige MacPhee Town of Truro Scholarship
Achievement Awards Molly Hiscock, Meaghan McCurdy Big Brothers - Big Sisters Achievement Award
Performer who gave musical and artistic performances in both classical (voice or instrumental) and Musical Theatre. Must be supportive of his/her peers on and off stage. Ethen Neil Leslie Lake Searle 'Joy of Musical Performance' Award
Other Awards
Awarded For: Entrant: Award:
Folksong Lily Arthurs Helen Creighton Folksong Award
Vocal Trio Mason Eisner, Holden Hoover, Ethen Neil Truro Music Festival Award