Award Winners

Our 2023 Prairie Sounds Festival Award Winners

Annabelle Lautenschlaeger

Menuet in B flat

Winner of:  Baroque Grade 7

Sponsored by:  Stride Credit Union

Recommended for Provincials

Intermediate Level, Piano, Classical

Intermediate Level, Piano, Canadian Composers

Samuel Waldner

Spaghetti

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 3

Sponsored by:  E + R Furnishings and Millwork  

Rudy Waldner

Polar Bear Snow

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 6

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Madeline Lautenschlaeger

Sonatina in G Major

Winner of:  Sonata Grade 5

Sponsored by:  Catholic Women’s League

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 4-5

Sponsored by:  Catholic Women’s League

Recommended for Provincials

Junior Level, Piano, Classical

Gemma Hofer

New Pet 

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 1

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Bethany Maendel

Smart

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 5

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Karlie Waldner

The Birch Canoe

Winner of:  Most Promising Beginner Pianist

Sponsored by:  Portage Co-op

Landra Waldner

Sonatina in G Major 

Winner of:  Sonata Grade 4

Sponsored by:  Craig Dunn Motors                          

Recommended for Provincials

Preliminary Level, Piano, Classical

Elise Waldner

Being Lost

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 2

Sponsored by:  Manu-Fab Building Components

Alexa Maendel

The New Teacher

Winner of:  Best Solo Reading, Prose, Canadian/Manitoban, Grade 4-6

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Recommended for Provincials

Poetry and Prose, Grade 4-6

Kohen Smith

Homeward Bound

Winner of:  Most Promising Vocal Performance

Sponsored by:  Craig Dunn Motors

Taya Maendel

My Shadow

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Classical, Grade 4-6

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Elliot Kim

Sonatina in G Major

Winner of:  Sonata Grade 6

Sponsored by:  Richardson Pioneer

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 6-7

Sponsored by:  McKenzie’s Portage Funeral Chapel

Recommended for Provincials

Junior Level, Piano, Classical

Junior Level, Piano, Canadian Composers

Ava Waldner

Those Winter Sundays

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 7

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Carter Maendel

Lion

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Canadian/Manitoban, Grade 1-9

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Yuvan Ramachandran

Little Prelude in C Major

Winner of:  Baroque Grade 5

Sponsored by:  MNP LLP

Bethany Sauereisen

Reverie in F Minor          

Winner of:  20th/21st Century Piano Solo Class, All Grades

Sponsored by:  Stride Credit Union

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 8-9

Sponsored by:  Craig Dunn Motors

Recommended for Provincials

Advanced Level, Piano, Classical

Ezra Waldner

Drinking Fountain

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Kindergarten

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Annabelle Lautenschlaeger

The Ringtime Waltz

Winner of:  Canadian Composers Class

Sponsored by:  Aspire Dental

Elliot Kim

Little Prelude in D Minor

Winner of:  Baroque Grade 6

Sponsored by:  Richardson Pioneer

Seth Waldner

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Winner of:  Best Solo Reading, Prose, Grade 1-6

Sponsored by: Fairholme Colony

Lauren Voth

Presto

Winner of:  Baroque Grade 8

Sponsored by:  Catholic Women’s League

Recommended for Provincials

Intermediate Level, Piano, Classical

Ember Wiebe

Bird in the Bebop

Winner of:  Romantic/Classical/Study Class

Sponsored by:  Stride Credit Union

Ezra Waldner

Talking

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 8

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Seth Vanstone

Boom Boom

Winner of:  Most Promising Beginner Pianist

Sponsored by:  Portage Co-op

Sasha Maendel

Farewell We Call to Hearth and Hall

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 9

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Yuvan Ramachandran

If I Had Any 3 Wishes…

Winner of:  Best Prepared Speech, Grade 7-9

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Recommended for Provincials

Prepared and Impromptu Speech, Grade 7-9

Bethany Sauereisen

Sonata in G Major

Winner of:  Sonata Grade 9

Sponsored by:  MNP LLP

Dayna Maendel

High Flight

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Classical, Grade 7-9

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Recommended for Provincials

Poetry and Prose, Grade 7-9

Annette Maendel

Messy Room

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, 20th/21st Century, Grade 4

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Isaac Vanstone

I Got Rhythm

Winner of:  Most Promising Beginner Pianist

Sponsored by:  Portage Co-op

Kaleb Prystupa

Minuet in A minor

Winner of:  Baroque Grade 2

Sponsored by:  Alpha Delta Kappa

Abigail Kim

Quadrille

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 1-2

Sponsored by:  Richardson Pioneer

Caleb Voth

Minuet in D Minor

Winner of:  Baroque Grade 4

Sponsored by:  Alpha Delta Kappa

Recommended for Provincials

Preliminary Level, Piano, Classical

Preliminary Level, Piano, Canadian Composers

Dayna Maendel

I Want to Go Home!

Winner of:  Best Solo Reading, Prose, Grade 7-9 

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Bethany Sauereisen

Sinfonia No. 2

Winner of:  Baroque Grade 9

Sponsored by:  Aspire Dental

Yellowquill School              

Winner of:  Most Promising Choral Performance

Sponsored by:  Songbird Memorial Award

Portage Collegiate Institute

Winner of:  Most Promising Choral Performance

Sponsored by:  Songbird Memorial Award

Thank you everyone for your hard work and good luck on your exams and at the Provincial Festival.