Piano division opens

Press Release

The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts opened its Piano division yesterday, adjudicated by Jane Petroni, who teaches piano privately in Winnipeg and through the Preparatory Department of the University of Manitoba.
In this final week of the Festival, the Piano division continues until Friday while the Instrumental division runs Thursday and Friday.
Piano
(April 18)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Baroque, J.S. Bach, ARCT (Diploma)—1. Anna Schwartz (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Baroque, Grade 8—1. Brianna Eldridge (First-Class Honours) 2. Katelyn Bruyere(Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Baroque, J.S. Bach, Grade 8—1. Alexa Veldhuisen (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Baroque, Grade 6—1. Mira Donaldson (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Baroque, Grade 5—1. (tie) Shakira Wapoose and Joyce Wu (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Classical Sonata (One Movement), Grade 10—1. Anna Schwartz (First-Class Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Classical, Grade 8—1. Brianna Eldridge (Honours) 2. Mika Kooistra (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Classical Sonata (One Movement), Grade 8—1. Katelyn Bruyere (Honours) 2. Alexa Veldhuisen
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Classical, Grade 7—1. Madison Krikke
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Classical, Grade 6—1. Scott Jolicoeur (Honours) 2. Jacob Gustafson (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Classical, Grade 5—1. (tie) Joyce Wu and Naomi Dunn (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Method Courses, Popular, Introductory Level (7 years and under)—1. Alexis Latter (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Method Courses, Own Choice from a Method Book, Introductory Level (7 years and under)—1. (tie) Julia Dykstra and Avery Veldhuisen and Alexis Latter (Honours) 2. (tie) Matthew Fuhrer and Charlie Ashworth and Ayden Carter (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Method Courses, Sacred, Introductory Level (7 years and under)—1. Julia Dykstra (Honours) 2. Matthew Fuhrer (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Baroque/Classical, Introductory Grade—1. Liam Dent (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, 20th or 21st Century, Introductory Grade—1. Taryn Oster (Honours) 2. (tie) Valentina Shickell-Busch and Liam Dent and Allie Saciuk (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Method Courses, Popular, Introductory Level (8 years and over)—1. Piper Lidkea (Honours) 2. Matthew Strain (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Method Courses, Own Choice from a Method Book, Introductory Level (8 years and over)—1. (tie) Matthew Strain and Piper Lidkea (Honours) 2. Jack Mosbeck (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Method Courses, Classical, Introductory Level (8 years and over)—1. Piper Lidkea (Honours)
•Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Own Choice, Introductory Grade—1. Liam Dent (Honours) 2. Valentina Shickell-Busch (Honours)
Marks of 90 or above are awarded a First-Class Honours standing; marks of 85-89 are awarded an Honours standing.
All the results can be found at www.ff-festival.com
The annual “Highlights Concert” will take place Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre.