2026 WINNIPEG MUSIC FESTIVAL PROVINCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS

VOCAL – PRIMARY
Recommended: Aubree Wang and Daphne Groumoutis
Alternate: Briella Thiessen

VOCAL – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Avya Shrivastav and Salvador Tait
Alternate: Emily Chicoine

VOCAL – JUNIOR
Recommended: Christine Tarrant and Claire Waldie
Alternate: Annalie Martens

VOCAL – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Amalia Hickerson and Chloe Waldie
Alternate: Kaci Huggins

VOCAL – ADVANCED
Recommended: Caden Ens and Henry Sigurdson
Alternate: Morgan Mackenzie

VOCAL – SENIOR
Recommended: Shelby English and Sloan Smith
Alternate: Sophie Caron

PIANO – PRIMARY
Recommended: Angel Jia and Lawrence Guo
Alternate: Henry Zhang

PIANO – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Sijia (Scarlett) Zu and Heidi Gao
Alternate: Anthony Qi

PIANO – JUNIOR
Recommended: Koji Pell and Caleb Ho
Alternate: Gavin Guo

PIANO – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Peggy Xi and Ziyuw (Jack) Zhao
Alternate: Kaili Desmukh

PIANO – ADVANCED
Recommended: Aubree Wang and Aurora Zhang
Alternate: Lucas Wu

PIANO – SENIOR
Recommended: Marek Song and Victoria Lee
Alternate: Jadon Wang

STRINGS – PRIMARY
Recommended: Olenka Cardwell and Kailey Hoi Nei Chik
Alternate: Teagan Buhler

STRINGS – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Elliot Oracheski and Darielle Al-Bana
Alternate: None

STRINGS – JUNIOR
Recommended: Junyi Ge and Enquan (Jessie) Zhou
Alternate: Norah Wurch

STRINGS – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Isla Johnson and Enhui (Vicki) Zhou
Alternate: Elgin Srinathan

STRINGS – ADVANCED
Recommended: Declan Friesen and Vivian Liang
Alternate: Linus Sen Hein Liu

STRINGS – SENIOR
Recommended: Sophie Caron and Bella-Sophia Rogers
Alternate: Ethan Zhou

CLASSICAL GUITAR – JUNIOR
Recommended: Meera Dadiala and Ira Shankar
Alternate: Jack Pallen

CLASSICAL GUITAR – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Theo Melnyk and Jiesen Zhang
Alternate: None

CLASSICAL GUITAR – ADVANCED
Recommended: Alyssa Harder
Alternate: None

WOODWINDS – PRIMARY
Recommended: August Black
Alternate: None

WOODWINDS – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Abe Harder and Janice Yang
Alternate: None

WOODWINDS – JUNIOR
Recommended: Maeve Martens and Kaia Vinluan
Alternate: Diane Pu

WOODWINDS – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Yebeen (Joy) Kim and Aaron Jude Abellera
Alternate: Mikayla Friesen

WOODWINDS – ADVANCED
Recommended: Devona Watson and Angelia (Meichen) Meng
Alternate: Olga Kuldoshino

BRASS – ADVANCED
Recommended: Henry Harrington and Sayali Jagtap
Alternate: None

BRASS – SENIOR
Recommended: Alfonso Diego
Alternate: None

PERCUSSION – ADVANCED
Recommended: Lok Tung (Kate) Yuen
Alternate: None

CHAMBER – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Les trois violoneux (Nikola Slavuta, Hugo Slavuta & Elliot Oracheski)

MUSICAL THEATRE – PRIMARY
Recommended: Isla Horner and Layla North
Alternate: Davison Gee

MUSICAL THEATRE – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Zoe Fish and Lyla Nedelec
Alternate: Kaiya Kulczycki

MUSICAL THEATRE – JUNIOR
Recommended: Avee Forest and Ruby Padua
Alternate: Chanel Kattenat-Larsen

MUSICAL THEATRE – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Amalia Hickerson and Niamh Ukrainec
Alternate: Reyna Buduhan

MUSICAL THEATRE – ADVANCED
Recommended: Sienna Cariati and Yale Rayburn-Vanderhout
Alternate: Kaelyn Yoon-Macrae

MUSICAL THEATRE – SENIOR
Recommended: Lizzie Rochon and Abby Corpus
Alternate: None

OPERETTA/GILBERT & SULLIVAN – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Devry Namaka and Amalia Hickerson
Alternate: Kaiya Yoon-Macrae

OPERETTA/GILBERT & SULLIVAN – ADVANCED
Recommended: Ainsley Brennan and Sienna Cariati
Alternate: None

OPERETTA/GILBERT & SULLIVAN – SENIOR
Recommended: Abby Corpus
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – PRIMARY VOCAL
Recommended: Davison Gee
Alternate: Lyla Chisick

CANADIAN – PRIMARY PIANO
Recommended: Iris Chen
Alternate: Kaci Lam

CANADIAN – PRIMARY STRINGS
Recommended: Sauwini Gupta
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY VOCAL
Recommended: Sadie Lee
Alternate: Emily Chicoine

CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY PIANO
Recommended: April Jackson
Alternate: Songyang Qui

CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY STRINGS
Recommended: Elliot Oracheski
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – ELEMENTARY WOODWINDS
Recommended: Abe Harder
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – JUNIOR PIANO
Recommended: Alina (Tongxi) Liu
Alternate: Caleb Ho

CANADIAN – JUNIOR STRINGS
Recommended: Zenas Hui
Alternate: Alex Yerama

CANADIAN – JUNIOR WOODWINDS
Recommended: Kaia Vinluan
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE VOCAL
Recommended: Kaci Huggins
Alternate: Gillian Coulter

CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE PIANO
Recommended: Peggy Xi
Alternate: Rena Wu

CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE STRINGS
Recommended: Elgin Srinathan
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – INTERMEDIATE WOODWINDS
Recommended: Ella Walters
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – ADVANCED VOCAL
Recommended: Ainsley Brennan
Alternate: Isabella Deeley

CANADIAN – ADVANCED PIANO
Recommended: Mikaela Ha
Alternate: Aurora Zhang

CANADIAN – ADVANCED WOODWINDS
Recommended: Angelia (Meichen) Meng
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – ADVANCED BRASS
Recommended: Josh Diaz
Alternate: None

CANADIAN – SENIOR VOCAL
Recommended: Stephanie Russell
Alternate: Juliana West

CANADIAN – SENIOR PIANO
Recommended: Victoria Lee
Alternate: Marek Song

W.A. MOZART – PRIMARY
Recommended: Lev Larionov and August Black
Alternate: Shiqian Zhang

W.A. MOZART – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Luca Larionov
Alternate: None

W.A. MOZART – JUNIOR
Recommended: Kevin Zhang and Alina (Tongxi) Liu
Alternate: Dewey Zhong

W.A. MOZART – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Sophia Sihan Liang and Sophie Huang
Alternate: Mariia Havryliuk

W.A. MOZART – ADVANCED
Recommended: Vivian Liang and Roman Borys
Alternate: Julia Norris

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – PRIMARY VOCAL
Recommended: Alexis Kitching
Alternate: Giulia Retrosi

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – PRIMARY PIANO
Recommended: Reena Wang
Alternate: Kieran Spencer

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – ELEMENTARY VOCAL
Recommended: Salvador Tait
Alternate: Talia Raimondi

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – ELEMENTARY PIANO
Recommended: Ryward Lee
Alternate: Aidan Spencer

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – JUNIOR VOCAL
Recommended: Tavien Krasey
Alternate: Rowena Bennesch

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – JUNIOR PIANO
Recommended: Nathan Kravetsky
Alternate: Edison Li

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – JUNIOR STRINGS
Recommended: Celeste Durocher
Alternate: None

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – INTERMEDIATE VOCAL
Recommended: Gregory Hyman
Alternate: Emma Diduke

POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY – ADVANCED VOCAL
Recommended: Ted (Yao Zhou) Du
Alternate: Keira Medina

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – PRIMARY
Recommended: Aubree Wang and Lyla Chisick
Alternate: Daphne Groumoutis

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – ELEMENTARY
Recommended: Sadie Lee and Isla Aletta
Alternate: Ianthe Groumoutis

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – JUNIOR
Recommended: Rowenna Bennesch and Lacey Horner
Alternate: Evelyne Andres

TV/MOVIE MUSICAL – INTERMEDIATE
Recommended: Kaci Huggins and Gregory Hyman
Alternate: Kat Ferley