K.F.P.A. Award Winners

2009 Festival Awards and Winners:

Trophies:

Instrumental:

• Nicholas Barz- CFFM Trophy - Highest Mark - Brass
• Misty Knol- Jeffery Webber Trophy - Highest Mark - Woodwind

Speech Arts:

• CJ Rueckl- Sigma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi - Most Promising Elementary 
• Alex Mendes- Arthur Francis Jeffery Memorial - Most Promising Jr./Sr. High
• Zoe Walter- Barbara Haight Award - Top Speech Mark

Strings:

• Emma Schmidt- Sons of Norway Rose Bowl - Top Junior Mark
• Alicia Venables- Watson Engineering Award - Top Senior Mark

Voice:

• Isabel Pycock- Lucille Nelson Trophy - Highest Junior Mark
• Emma Duncan - KFPA Trophy - Highest Senior Mark

Dance:

• Lily Zhang- Brkovich Family Trophy - Outstanding Ballet
• Colleen Zander- North Kamloops Lioness - Most Promising 12 & under
• Keenan Piller- North Kamloops Lions - Most Promising 13 & up
• Olivia Herman- Steve Andrews Jewellery - Highest Dance Mark

Piano:

• Geoffery Hanks- Preseptor Delta Trophy - Highest Mark Junior Piano
• Megan Hanks- Sai Takahashi Memorial Rose Bowl - Highest Mark Senior Piano

Guitar:

• Jake Kalina - Lee's Music - Top Mark, Guitar (Rilla McInulty Memorial)

Scholarships & Awards:

Instrumental:

• Taylor Powrie - Novice Brass
• No entry - Senior Brass
• No entry- Junior Woodwind
• Lucas O'Fee- Intermediate Brass
• Daryan Chitsaz- Senior Woodwind

Speech Arts:

• Emily Harvey - 8 & under
• Alana Babcock - 11 & under
• Maya Olynyk - 13 & under
• Curtis Bogetti - 14 & under
• Zoe Walter - 16 & under (Iain Neighbour Memorial)
• Cheyenne Scott- 18 & under (in memory of Doreen Haughton)

 

Voice:

• Cera Wright - Elementary B Scholarship
• Isobel Pycock-  Junior B  Scholarship
• Karina Pelayo, Naomi Spendiff - Intermediate B Scholarship
• Shaina Forbes- Intermediate D Scholarship 
• Emma Duncan - Senior B  Scholarship 

Strings: 

• Emma Schmidt - Grade 1/2
• Kala Draney- Grade 3/4
• Kimberely Mae Pelayo- Grade 5/6
• Parker Martin- Grades 7/8
• Nicholas Schmidt - Grade 9/10  (Barbara Pacey Memorial)

Dance:

STAGE:

• Kennedy Knopf - Junior Stage
• Ben Bermiller- Intermediate Stage
• Matthew Cluff- Senior Stage

BALLET:

• no entry - Junior Ballet
• Lily Zhang - Intermediate Ballet
• Matthew Cluff -  Senior Ballet

MODERN:

• Diandra Collister- Intermediate Modern Dance
• Olivia Herman- Senior Modern Dance

Piano:

• Jensen Cumming- Grade 1
• Lauren Okano- Grade 2
• Geoffery Hanks- Grade 3
• Kevin Mulligan- Grade 4
• Eddie Shen- Grade 5
• Natasha Harris- Grade 6
• Megan Hanks- Grade 7
• Eric Mulligan- Grade 8
• Matthew Piva- Grade 9
• Nicholas Barz- Grade 10
• Jeremy Meller- Diploma

CHORAL:

• Serious Options Women - Noralee Quast, Director (Lucille Nelson Memorial)

David Mardon Memorial Award:  most promising Kamloops Violinist: Evan Martin, Colin O'Fee
Nick Weiser Senior Memorial Award: most outstanding Kamloops Pianist: Matthew Piva, Eric Mulligan
Lenore Shandell Memorial Award: most promising pianist: Megan Hanks
Kamloops Old Timers Fiddlers Award: Kala Draney, Dominic Villeneuve

 

Kamloops Symphony Award

• Alicia Venables

PROVINCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2009
(Non-Competitive Participants in brackets)

Instrumental:  

• Junior Woodwind - Marcella Braz (Christopher James)
• Intermediate Woodwind - Daryan Chitsaz 
• Senior Woodwind - Misty Knol
• Junior Brass -
• Intermediate Brass - (Nicholas Barz)

Speech Arts:

• Junior - Maya Olynyk(Brett Cosco)
• Intermediate - Zoe Walter (Curtis Bogetti)
• Senior - Cheyenne Scott (Layah Davidson) 

Strings:

• Junior - 
• Intermediate - Colleen Venables 
• Senior - 
• Provincial/National - Alicia Venables

Guitar:

• Jake Kaina

Piano:

• Junior - Marcella Barz (Ken Massalski)
• Intermediate - Jeremy Meller (Matthew Piva)
• Senior - Christopher Ralph

Voice:

• Junior - Kiera Stel (Nicole Tabata)
• Intermediate - Jessica Berg (Sarah Russell, Karina Pelayo)
• Senior - no entry (Emily McTaggart)
• Provincial/National - no entry

Musical Theatre (Voice):

• Junior - Ben Bermiller (Erica Clow)
• Intermediate - Shaina Forbes Maitland (Catherine McCluskey, Darren John)
• Senior - Emma Duncan 

Dance:

• Ballet - Junior  - no entry 
• Ballet - Intermediate - Emily Cowling (Matthew Cluff, Obs. Lily Zhang)
• Ballet - Senior - Marcy Mills (Meghan Page)
• Stage - Junior - Kennedy Knopf (Keiten Brown,  Obs. Mariah Learned)
• Stage - Intermediate - Alexia Smith, (Ben Bermiller) 
• Stage - Senior - Stephanie Arsenault (Kayla Piller)
• Modern - Intermediate - Diandra Collister 
• Modern - Senior - Jennifer Johnson (Karissa Polsom)

Chamber Music:

• Junior   - no entry
• Intermediate - no entry 

Provincial/National Choir:

• KAMLOOPS THOMPSON HONOUR CHOIR - Lori Froese, Director
• CANTABILE SINGERS OF KAMLOOPS - Evelyn Claudepierre, Director
• SERIOUS OPTIONS WOMEN - Noralee Quast, Director