Award Winners

Our 2024 Prairie Sounds Festival Award Winners

Elliot Kim

Sonatina in C Major

Winner of:  Classical or Baroque Grade 7 – 8

Sponsored by:  MNP LLP

Recommended for Provincials

Intermediate Level, Piano Solo

Brandan Maendel

Something Big Has Been Here 

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

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Jane Vanstone

Gentle Breezes

Winner of:  20th/21st Century Piano Solo Classes

Sponsored by:  Stride Credit Union

Recommended for Provincials

Elementary Level, Piano Solo

Terran Waldner

Charlotte’s Web

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

Sponsored by: Westview Dental Clinic

Seth Vanstone

The Fifes

Winner of:  Classical or Baroque Grade 1 – 2

Sponsored by:  Brite Smile Dental Clinic

Recommended for Provincials

Primary Level, Piano Solo

Terrance Maendel

Unfolding Bud

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

Sponsored by:  Westview Dental Clinic

Ritter Dewis

Detective Agency

Winner of:  Most Promising Beginner Pianist

Sponsored by:  Homestead Co-op

Gracelynn Waldner

I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room

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

Sponsored by:  Manu-Fab Building Components

Isaac Vanstone                                                                                                                                      Tarantelle

Recommended for Provincials

Elementary Level, Piano, Canadian Composers 

Chad Waldner

The World’s Fastest Bicycle

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

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Clara Pauls

Sonatina in G Major

Winner of:  Classical or Baroque Grade 3 – 4

Sponsored by:  Richardson Milling Limited

Recommended for Provincials

Elementary Level, Piano Solo

Elise Waldner

The Little Plant

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Classical, Grade 1 – 3

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Laramie Hofer

Sunset in Rio

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 5 – 6

Sponsored by:  McKenzies Portage Funeral Chapel

Recommended for Provincials

Junior Level, Piano, Popular/Contemporary

Bethany Maendel

The Secret Place

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Canadian, Grade 4 – 6

Sponsored by:  Westview Dental Clinic

Corrie Kim

German Dance in G Major

Recommended for Provincials

Primary Level, Piano Solo

Zander Waldner

Pet Shopping

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

Sponsored by:  MNP LLP

Brielle Dyck

Presto in 5/8

Winner of:  Popular Classes

Sponsored by:  Craig Dunn Motors

Recommended for Provincials

Primary Level, Piano, Popular/Contemporary

Liam Maendel

An Alley Cat with One Life Left

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

Sponsored by:  Westview Dental Clinic

Elliot Kim

Peace Country Hoe-Down

Winner of:  Canadian Composers Classes

Sponsored by:  Brite Smile Dental Clinic

Recommended for Provincials

Intermediate Level, Piano, Canadian Composers

Kaylee Maendel

When Great Trees Fall

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Grade 10 – 12

Sponsored by:  Westview Dental Clinic

Kohen Smith

Shenandoah

Winner of:  Most Promising Vocal Performance

Sponsored by:  Songbird Memorial Award

Recommended for Provincials

Junior Level, Vocal, Popular/Contemporary

Junior Level, Vocal Solo

Clara Pauls

Barcarolle

Winner of:  Romantic Classes

Sponsored by:  Stride Credit Union

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 3 – 4

Sponsored by:  Catholic Women’s League

Jada Waldner

Books

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Classical, Grade 4 – 9

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Ariela Lopez-Guenter

Cat Prowl

Winner of:  Most Promising Beginner Pianist

Sponsored by:  Homestead Co-op

Abigail Kim

A Stormy Sea

Recommended for Provincials

Elementary Level, Piano, Popular/Contemporary

Gemma Hofer

Sick Days

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

Sponsored by:  Richardson Milling Limited

Seth Vanstone

Uptown News

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 1 – 2

Sponsored by:  Richardson Milling Limited

Elliot Kim

In the Merry Month of May

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 7 – 8

Sponsored by:  Craig Dunn Motors

Brielle Maendel

No Pencil

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

Sponsored by:  E + R Furnishings and Millwork  

Peter Cordery

Under the Sea

Winner of:  Most Promising Beginner Pianist

Sponsored by:  Homestead Co-op

Kandra Maendel

Wildflowers

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Canadian, Grade 7 – 9

Sponsored by:  Homestead Co-op

Terran Waldner

MA-HE-CAN (Wolf)

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Manitoban, Grade 4 – 9

Sponsored by:  Omega Funeral Home

Recommended for Provincials

Poetry and Prose, Grade 4-6

Madeline Lautenschlaeger

Gentle Breeze

Recommended for Provincials

Junior Level, Piano, Canadian Composers

Owen Waldner

Falling Asleep in Class

Recommended for Provincials

Poetry and Prose, Grade 4-6

Jedric Nadal

Solfeggio in D Major

Recommended for Provincials

Junior Level, Piano Solo

Annabelle Lautenschlaeger

Puck

Recommended for Provincials

Intermediate Level, Piano Solo

Dayna Maendel

Eastern Shore

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

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Laramie Hofer

Sonatina in G Major

Winner of:  Classical or Baroque Grade 5 – 6

Sponsored by:  Brite Smile Dental Clinic

Recommended for Provincials

Junior Level, Piano Solo

Ecole Arthur Meighan Choir Grade 4 - 5

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.