Award Winners

Our 2025 Prairie Sounds Festival Award Winners

Jedric Nadal

Bourree in F Major

Winner of:  Classical or Baroque Grade 7 – 8

Sponsored by:  MNP LLP

Brooks Hofer

Safe?

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

Sponsored by:  E + R Furnishings and Millwork  

Alexa Maendel

Farmhouse Rules

Winner of:  Best Solo Spoken Poetry, Canadian or Own Choice, Grade 4 – 9

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Hudson O’Neill

The Lonely Shepherd          

Winner of:  20th/21st Century Piano Solo Classes Grade 2 - 4

Sponsored by:  Craig Dunn Motors

Brayden Waldner

Dirty Socks

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

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Edmund Kuhl

Spanish Caballero

Winner of:  Most Promising Beginner Pianist

Sponsored by:  Homestead Co-op

Terran Waldner

Spaghetti Is Not a Finger Food

Winner of:  Best Solo Reading, Prose, Grade 4 – 6

Sponsored by: Fairholme Colony

Sarah Lautenschlaeger

Ecossaise in G Major

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 2 – 3

Sponsored by:  Alpha Delta Kappa

Johannes Waldner

The Fog

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

Sponsored by:  Westview Dental Clinic

Chloe Vanstone

Early One Morning

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 1

Sponsored by:  Richardson Milling Limited

Morgan Maendel

Unscratchable Itch

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

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Gemma Hofer

The Land of Nod

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

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Hudson O’Neill

Canon in A Minor

Winner of:  Romantic Classes Grade 1 – 3

Sponsored by:  Stride Credit Union

Bradley Maendel

Smart

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

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Jane Vanstone

Old French Song

Winner of:  Romantic Classes Grade 4 – 8

Sponsored by:  Brite Smile Dental Clinic

Taya Maendel

In Between

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

Sponsored by:  Westview Dental Clinic

Amy Waldner

The Wish

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

Sponsored by:  MNP LLP

Peter Cordery

Song of the Dark Woods          

Winner of:  20th/21st Century Piano Solo Classes Grade 1

Sponsored by:  Stride Credit Union

Leo Maendel

Polar Bear

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

Sponsored by:  Manu-Fab Building Components

Jedric Nadal

Leafy Sea Dragon

Winner of:  Canadian Composers Classes

Sponsored by:  Brite Smile Dental Clinic

Seth Waldner

Polar Bear Snow

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

Sponsored by:  Homestead Co-op

Owen Waldner

Contredanse

Winner of:  Classical or Baroque Grade 1 

Sponsored by:  Brite Smile Dental Clinic

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 1

Sponsored by:  Homestead Co-op

Laramie Hofer

Sonatina in A Minor

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 7 – 8

Sponsored by:  Craig Dunn Motors

Caitlin Lobreau

Wade in the Water  

Winner of:  Most Promising Vocal Performance

Sponsored by:  Songbird Memorial Award

Emily Waldner

No Pencil

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

Sponsored by:  Better Air Manufacturing

Myah Waldner

There Came a Wind Like a Bugle

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

Sponsored by:  Richardson Milling Limited

Elliot Maendel

New Pet 

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

Sponsored by:  Westview Dental Clinic

Ember Wiebe

Sunset in Rio

Winner of:  Musicianship Award Grade 4 – 5

Sponsored by:  McKenzies Portage Funeral Chapel

Rudy Waldner

Forsaken Dreams

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

Sponsored by:  Fairholme Colony

Sarah Lautenschlaeger

Entrée in A Minor

Winner of:  Classical or Baroque Grade 2 – 4

Sponsored by:  Richardson Milling Limited

Dayna Maendel

Anne of Green Gables 

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

Sponsored by: Richardson Milling Limited

Laramie Hofer

Rondo-Toccata          

Winner of:  20th/21st Century Piano Solo Classes Grade 5 – 7

Sponsored by:  MNP LLP

Westpark Junior Choir                   

Winner of:  Most Promising Choral Performance

Sponsored by:  Songbird Memorial Award

Recommended for Provincials

Peter Cordery, Primary Level, Piano, Classical

Alice Cordery, Primary Level, Piano, Classical

Jane Vanstone, Elementary Level, Piano, Classical 

Ember Weibe, Junior Level, Piano, Classical

Laramie Hofer, Intermediate Level, Piano, Classical

Jedric Nadal, Intermediate Level, Piano, Classical

Zander Waldner, Primary Level, Piano, Canadian Composers 

Jedric Nadal, Intermediate Level, Piano, Canadian Composers

Terran Waldner, Poetry and Prose, Grades 4 – 6

Liam Maendel, Poetry and Prose, Grades 4 – 6

Chad Waldner, Poetry and Prose, Grades 7 – 9

Rudy Waldner, Poetry and Prose, Grades 7 – 9

Caitlin Lobreau, Junior Level, Vocal, Classical

Caitlin Lobreau, Junior Level, Vocal, Musical Theatre

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