2026 TROPHIES and AWARDS

VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL TROPHIES

ADAM N. LECKIE MEMORIAL TROPHY
Recipient: Alfonso Diego (Euphonium)

AIKINS MEMORIAL TROPHY
Winner: Émilie Strain (Piano)
Runners-up: Sophie Caron (Cello) and Chloé Strain (Violin)

ALICE F. “LAL” MILLS MEMORIAL TROPHY
Recipient: Morgan Mackenzie

ALMA WYNNE MEMORIAL TROPHY
Winner: Amalia Hickerson
Runners-up: Kaci Huggins and Chloe Waldie

BERYL FERGUSON MEMORIAL TROPHY
Winner: Damon Raichura (Piano)
Runner-up: Olga Kuldoshina (Flute)

CLARE C. LECKIE TROPHY
Recipients: Angie An and Juna Zhuona

DORIS (MILLS) LEWIS MEMORIAL TROPHY
Recipient: Joanna Loepp Thiessen

FRANCES E. WICKBERG TROPHY
Recipient: Emily Chicoine

GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY TROPHY
Winner: Abby Corpus
Runners-Up: Ainsley Brennan, Sienna Cariati and Devry Namaka

GORDON HIGNELL MEMORIAL TROPHY
Recipients: Jack Hanson & Danielle Daunheimer

HAROLD L. SCARTH MEMORIAL TROPHY
Recipient: Avya Shrivastav

HERBERT & AUDREY BELYEA TROPHY
Recipient: Sophie Caron

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED PIANO TUNERS OF MANITOBA TROPHY
Winner: Tongxi (Alina) Liu (Piano)
Runners-up: Ariste Liu (Piano) and Ira Shankar (Classical Guitar)

JAMES SEATON TROPHY
Winner: Mabel Harrington
Runner-up: Gillian Gunter-Smith

JEAN BROADFOOT TROPHY
Recipient: Émilie Strain

JOHN MELNYK TROPHY
Recipient: Émilie Strain

JUNIOR MUSICAL CLUB TROPHY
Winner: Mikaela Ha (Piano)
Runners-up: Declan Friesen (Cello) and Aurora Zhang (Piano)

LADIES’ ORANGE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION TROPHY
Recipient: Salvador Tait

LONG & MCQUADE TROPHY
Recipient: Angelia (Meichen) Meng (Flute)

MANITOBA MUSIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION TROPHY
Winner: Ella Walters (Flute)
Runners-up: Callista Dong (Piano) and Isla Johnson (Violin)

PLAY ALL AWARDS TROPHY
Recipient: Maeve Martens (Flute)

QUEST MUSIQUE TROPHY
Winner: Maeve Martens (Flute)
Runners-up: Gavin Guo (Piano) and Jessie Zhou (Violin)

RAINBOW STAGE TROPHY
Winner: Niamh Ukrainec
Runner-up: Avee Forest

REG HUGO MEMORIAL TROPHY
Recipient: Shelby English

RICHARD W. COOKE TROPHY
Recipient: Caden Ens

ROBINSON, LITTLE & COMPANY LIMITED TROPHY
Recipient: Yebeen (Joy) Kim (Flute)

ROSE BOWL
Winner: Joanna Loepp Thiessen
Runners-up: Sophie Caron

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, WINNIPEG CHAPTER TROPHY
Recipient: Émilie Strain

STEWART M. THOMSON TROPHY
Recipient: Briella Thiessen

SWEDISH MUSICAL CLUB TROPHY
Winner: Peggy Xi (Piano)
Runners-up: Kaili Deshmukh (Piano) and Yebeen (Joy) Kim (Flute)

TUDOR BOWL
Winner: Isabelle Buisson
Runner-up: Chiara Wilson

VICTOR FELDBRILL TROPHY
Recipient: Chloé Strain (Violin)

W.H. ANDERSON MEMORIAL TROPHY
Winner: Claire Waldie
Runner-up: Christine Tarrant

WINNIPEG BACH FESTIVAL TROPHY
Recipient: Chloé Strain (Violin)

WINNIPEG CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY LEN HEW TROPHY
Recipient: Alyssa Harder

WINNIPEG MALE CHORUS TROPHY
Recipient: Amalia Hickerson

OTHER TROPHIES

KOZUB TROPHY
Akane Akamatsu & Koji Pell

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S TROPHY
Recipients: Émilie Strain and Chloé Strain

BURSARIES & SCHOLARSHIPS

ANN LUGSDIN MEMORIAL BURSARY: Émilie Strain

AUDREY BELYEA SCHOLARSHIP: Sophie Caron

CAMERATA NOVA BURSARY: Joanna Loepp Thiessen

CATHERINE JONES WOODWIND AND BRASS SCHOLARSHIPS: August Black (Flute), Kyle Hoi Wai Chik (Saxophone), Abe Harder (Flute), Fergus Perrott (Flute), Janice Yang (Flute) and Eva Wieden (Flute)

CATHERINE & BRUCE JONES STRING BURSARIES: Olenka Cardwell (Harp), Kun Yi Li (Violin), Elliot Oracheski (Violin), Hugo Slavuta (Viola), Yiran Tao (Violin) and Bruce Wild (Violin)

CHINESE PIANO COMPOSER SCHOLARSHIPS: Harper Li (Grade/Level 6), Xuanyi Li (Grade/Level 8), Aurora Zhang (Grade/Level 9), Crystal Pan (Grade 10) and Victoria Lee (Diploma)

EMMANUEL HORCH BURSARIES: Julia Aljamal (Grades/Levels 5-8 String Concerto), Ethan Zhou (Grades/Levels 9-Honours String Concerto) and Chloé Strain

FRANCES E. WICKBERG MEMORIAL BURSARY: Emily Chicoine

GEORGE H. PRICE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Joanna Loepp Thiessen

JAMES VACLAV MACHOVEC MEMORIAL BURSARY: Savana Fernandez (Clarinet)

JOHN MELNYK MEMORIAL BURSARY: Émilie Strain

JOY OF MUSIC POPULAR/CONTEMPORARY SCHOLARSHIPS: Salvador Tait (10, 12 & 14 years and under) and Ted (Yao Zhou) Du (Grade C - 16 & 18 years and under)

JUNIOR MUSICAL CLUB BURSARY: Mikaela Ha (Piano)

LEN HEW BURSARY: Alyssa Harder

LYDIA WIEBE SCHOLARSHIP: Ziyue (Jack) Zhao

M. WINNIFRED SIM BURSARY: Joanna Loepp Thiessen

MADGE 0. STEVENS MEMORIAL BURSARY: Koji Pell

MANITOBA REGISTERED MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS: Shuhao Cui, Émilie Strain and Juna Zhuona

MARY CAMPBELL MEMORIAL BURSARIES: Amalia Hickerson and Avya Shrivastav

MYRNA-LOU (MICKEY ROURKE) MCGREGOR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Shelby English

NORMAN PHILLIPS MEMORIAL BURSARIES: Ira Shankar and Salvador Tait

PHYLLIS THOMSON SCHOLARSHIP: Morgan Mackenzie

RAINBOW STAGE SCHOLARSHIP: Niamh Ukrainec

RAINBOW STAGE 12 & 14 YEARS AND UNDER SCHOLARSHIP: Layla North

RICHARD & CONSTANCE COOKE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Caden Ens

STEWART M. THOMSON MEMORIAL BURSARY: Briella Thiessen

VERA (SOPUCK) DERENCHUK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Aurora Zhang

W.H. ANDERSON FAMILY BURSARY: Claire Waldie

WEDNESDAY MORNING MUSICALE BURSARIES: Alfonso Diego, Mabel Harrington, Tongxi (Alina) Liu, Émilie Strain and Peggy Xi

WINNIPEG MALE CHORUS SCHOLARSHIP: Amalia Hickerson

WINNIPEG MUSIC FESTIVAL CENTENNIAL AWARD: Amalia Hickerson

WINNIPEG MUSIC FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIPS: Melissa Barnes, Carolina Corona, Abby Corpus, Meera Dadiala, Shelby English, Olivia Foskett, Leah Hoeppner, Kaci Huggins, Yebeen (Joy) Kim, Nora Kuczek, Maeve Martens (2), Angelia (Meichen) Meng, Ira Shankar, Chloé Strain, Salvador Tait, Ella Walters, Aubree Wang and Jiesen Zhang

OTHER AWARDS

BARBARA PEARCE MEMORIAL AWARD: Isabelle Buisson

WEDNESDAY MORNING MUSICALE AWARD: Émilie Strain and Chloé Strain