Established in 1964, Performing Arts BC (formerly the BC Association of Performing Arts Festivals), is a not-for-profit charity which acts as the umbrella organization for 34 regional performing arts festivals throughout the province.
Junior Piano
Winner – Chun-Kai Kevin Chien, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Aisa Sayama, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Carol Zhang, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Runnerup – Crystal Cheng, Coquitlam Festival
Intermediate Piano
Winner – Emma Woo, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Nabil Fadai, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Jana Huebert, Prince George Music Festival
Honourable Mention – Braedon Lim, Coquitlam Festival
Senior Piano
Winner – Monica Yeowool Han, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Kathleen (Hae Inn) Lee, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
National Piano
Winner – Devon Joiner, Upper Island Festival
Runnerup – Christopher Kusuhara, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Junior Canadian Piano
Winner – Aisa Sayama, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Carter Johnson, North Island Festival
Intermediate Canadian Piano
Winner – Nabil Fadai, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Riley Chen-Mack, Greater Victoria Festival
National Canadian Piano
Winner – Tami Lin, Coquitlam Festival
Junior Classical Voice
Winner – Sara Harding, Greater Victoria Festival
Runnerup – Whitney Williams, Cowichan Festival
Runnerup – Shante van Horlick, Prince George Music Festival
Runnerup – Amanda Yi-Wen Na, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Intermediate Classical Voice
Winner – Anne Marie McIntosh, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Tamar Simon, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Runnerup – Meagan Greentree, Prince George Music Festival
Senior Classical Voice
Winner – Maria Bamford, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Taylor Pardell, Greater Victoria Festival
Runnerup – Sherrie Ashworth, Prince George Music Festival
Runnerup – Rebecca Paulding, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
National Classical Voice
Winner – Kirsten MacKinnon, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Rachel Mitten, Greater Victoria Festival
Junior Musical Theatre
Winner – Cathleen Evans, Greater Victoria Festival
Runnerup – Shannon Hanbury, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Intermediate Musical Theatre
Winner – Amanda Fell, Pacific West Festival
Runnerup – Caroline Davies, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Chloe Richardson, Penticton Kiwanis Festival
Senior Musical Theatre
Winner – Rachel Bergen, Greater Victoria Festival
Runnerup – Lauren Holmes, Penticton Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Barbara Walton, Cowichan Festival
Junior Vocal Variety
Winner – Saige Carlson, Penticton Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Amanda Yi-Wen Na, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Taylor Manns, Upper Island Festival
Runnerup – Nadine Arnott, Kootenay Festival
Intermediate Vocal Variety
Winner – Anne Marie MacIntosh, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Andrew Byerlay, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Samantha Cashmore, Upper Island Festival
Runnerup – Meagan Greentree, Prince George Music Festival
Senior Vocal Variety
Winner – Rebecca Paulding, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Runnerup – Maria Bamford, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Junior Strings
Winner – Colleen Venables, Kamloops Festival
Runnerup – Alicia Venables, Shuswap Music Festival
Runnerup – Rochelle Sumampong, Greater Victoria Festival
Honourable Mention – David Shin, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Honourable Mention – Madeline Hocking, Powell River Festival
Intermediate Strings
Winner – Philip Manning, Greater Victoria Festival
Runnerup – Luke Zawadiuk, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Runnerup – Natasha Hall, Kootenay Festival
Senior Strings
Winner – Hezekiah Leung, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Allen Hsu, Greater Victoria Festival
Honourable Mention – Alice Jeon, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
National Strings
Winner – Timothy Chooi, Greater Victoria Festival
Runnerup – Melissa Wilmot, Penticton Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Rosanna Butterfield, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Jan Bislin, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Junior Woodwinds
Winner – Michael Oh, Cowichan Festival
Runnerup – Hanson Jaeho Kang, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Intermediate Woodwinds
Winner – Yoobin Whang, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Sheila Allenbach, Upper Island Festival
Runnerup – Bernard Lambrechts, Greater Victoria Festival
Senior Woodwinds
Winner – Heather Beaty, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
National Woodwinds
Winner – Crystal Yang, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Runnerup – Kuang-Yuan (Paul) Hung, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Honourable Mention – Kate Frobeen, Greater Victoria Festival
Junior Brass
Winner – Lucas O'Fee, Kamloops Festival
Intermediate Brass
Winner – Melvin Hon Ling Loong, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Rebecca Summers, Greater Victoria Festival
Senior Brass
Winner – Ekaterina Daviel, Prince George Music Festival
National Brass
Winner – Neal Andrews, Sunshine Coast Festival
Junior Chamber Group
Winner – Quartetto Zingarese (Grace Li, Olga Makarevski, Aisa Sayama, Grace Takeda), Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Klengel Trio (Maddy Hocking, Eli Schweitzer, Josiah Schweitzer), Powell River Festival
Runnerup – Sturm und Drang (Craig Denton, David Denton, Nick Denton, Amy Friedman), Kamloops Festival
Honourable Mention – Mirrus Quartet (Julien Haynes, Madeleine Haynes, Mairead Raupach, Torsten Raupach), Shuswap Music Festival
Honourable Mention – Nexus Trio (Cindy Kao, Jessica Kim, Melissa Lee), Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Intermediate Chamber Group
Winner – CMC Trio (Timothy Chooi, Brendon Chwyl, Paul Moon), Greater Victoria Festival
Runnerup – Copernicus Trio (Lauren Dvorak, Morgan Gauthier, Ali Wasiliew), Kamloops Festival
Runnerup – Gigglers (Minah Ahn, Michelle Kunimoto, Mecca Menard, Erin Sachs), Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Honourable Mention– Becks Quartet (Jin Choo, Ted Lewis, Jack Tsai, Kevin Young), Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Senior Chamber Group
Winner – Nachschlag Wind Quintet (Jessica Burkart, Emily Hopkins, Neil Jongbloed, Selina Kuo, Joanna Tse), Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Cut Time Quartet (Sarah Paulding, Rebekah Schumacher, Hun Shim, Sophie Wooding), Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
National Chamber Group
Winner – Trio Tesoro (Philip Manning, Matthew Ross, Braden Young), Greater Victoria Festival
Junior Guitar
Winner – Rachel Bekesza, Greater Victoria Festival
Intermediate Guitar
Winner – Luan Phung , Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Jasmin Brown, Powell River Festival
Senior Guitar
Winner – Calvin Dool, Penticton Kiwanis Festival
National Guitar
Winner – Michael Dias, Greater Victoria Festival
Junior Speech Arts
Winner – Alex Mendes, Kamloops Festival
Runnerup – Christina Stackpole, Coquitlam Festival
Runnerup – Victoria Stolting, North Island Festival
Intermediate Speech Arts
Winner – Brooke Anderson, Cowichan Festival
Runnerup – Erik Leisinger, Prince George Speech Festival
Senior Speech Arts
Winner – Julie Forrest, Prince George Speech Festival
Runnerup – Simone Belshaw, Kamloops Festival
Junior Shakespeare
Winner – Rowan MacPhail, Prince George Speech Festival
Intermediate Shakespeare
Winner – Keaton Gairns, Prince George Speech Festival
Senior Shakespeare
Winner – Emma Nielsen, Cowichan Festival
Ballet I
Winner – Kira Hofmann, Kiwanis Festival of Central Okanagan
Runnerup – Julia Milden, Victoria Danceworks
Runnerup – Anika Brown, Upper Island Festival
Ballet II
Winner – Sophie Carr, Upper Island Festival
Runnerup – Emily Cowling, Penticton Kiwanis Festival
Runnerup – Isabelle Chang, Surrey Dance Festival
Ballet III
Winner – Kirsten Wicklund, Surrey Dance Festival
Runnerup – Nicole Ciapponi, Pacific West Festival
Runnerup – Jaclyn Wheatley, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Stage I
Winner – Kiana Smith, North Island Festival
Runnerup – Victoria Duffield, Surrey Dance Festival
Runnerup – Hunter Watson, Victoria Danceworks
Stage II
Winner – Dan Alwell, Surrey Dance Festival
Runnerup – Matthew Cluff, Kamloops Festival
Runnerup – Kelli Wheatley, Pacific West Festival
Stage III
Winner – Taryn Faustmann, Pacific West Festival
Runnerup – Miguel Nguyen, Surrey Dance Festival
Runnerup – Jeremy O'Neill, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Modern II
Winner – Tessa Charlesworth, Victoria Danceworks
Runnerup – Maria Mejia, Pacific West Festival
Runnerup – Andrea Dvorak, Kiwanis Festival of Central Okanagan
Modern III
Winner – Kaitlin Mathis, Quesnel Festival
Runnerup – Tianna Hernandez, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Runnerup – Nicola Frasch, Kiwanis Festival of Central Okanagan
Best Canadian Performances:
Junior Strings
Winner – Grace Takeda, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Intermediate Classical Voice
Winner – Andrew Byerlay, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Senior Classical Voice
Winner – Rebecca Paulding, Kiwanis Fraser Valley Festival
Intermediate Chamber Music
Winner – Copernicus Trio, Kamloops Festival
Junior Speech Arts
Winner – Victoria Stolting, North Island Festival
Intermediate Speech Arts
Winner – Zoe Walter, Kamloops Festival & Brooke Anderson, Cowichan Festival
Choral Performance – Prince George Youth Treble Choir, conductor Gerda Blok-Wilson
Special Dance Awards for Most Improvement shown by a student during the course of the festival:
Ballet I – Tina Cheung, Pacific West Festival
Stage I – Maggie Trepanier, Prince George Dance Festival
Ballet II – Heather Leavoy, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Modern II – Alyssa Reese, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Stage II – Kai Leach, BC Annual Festival
Ballet III – Rebecca Jones, Victoria Danceworks
Modern III – Michaela McNeely, Kamloops Festival
Stage III – Jessica Catorc, BC Annual Dance
Choral Classes:
Class #8, Honourable Barbara A Hagerman
Winner – Concenti Ladies, conductor Sheila Johnson, Cowichan Festival
Runner Up – Northwest Singers, conductor Marilyn Brodie, Pacific Northwest Festival
Honourable Mention – Chilliwack Women's Chorus, conductor Paula Quick, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Honourable Mention – North Shore Chorus Society, conductor Terry Pitt Brooke, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Class #9, City of Lincoln
Winner – St. Patrick Regional Secondary, conductor Tony Araujo, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Class #10, George S. Mathieson
Winner – Prince George Youth Treble Choir, conductor Gerda Blok-Wilson, Prince George Music Festival
Runner Up – Cowichan Valley Youth Choir, conductor Sheila Johnson, Cowichan Festival
Class #11, Paul J. Bourret
Winner – Maple Ridge Secondary Chamber Choir, conductor Carrie Tennant, Vancouver Music Festival
Class #12, Richard W. Cooke
Winner – British Columbia Girls Chamber Choir, conductor Fiona Blackburn, Vancouver Music Festival
Runner Up – Nove Voce, conductor Robin Norman, Prince George Music Festival
Honourable Mention – Prince George Youth Senior Ensemble, conductor Gerda Blok-Wilson, Prince George Music Festival
Honourable Mention – Chantant, conductor Terry Logan, Shuswap Music Festival
Class #13, Dr. & Mrs. J.F.K. English
Winner – British Columbia Girls Touring Choir, conductor Fiona Blackburn, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runner Up – Prince George Youth Choir, conductor Gerda Blok-Wilson, Prince George Music Festival
Runner Up – Chorolations Children's Choir, conductor Janice Brunson, Sunshine Coast Festival
Class #14, David Ouchterlony
Winner – Argyle Choir 10, conductor Frances Roberts, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runner Up – Treble Makers, conductor Janine Webster, Chilliwack Lions Club Festival
Class #15, Margaret Wharton Memorial
Winner – Kamloops Thompson Honour Choir, conductors Lori Froese and K. Powrie, Kamloops Festival
Runner Up – West Coast Kids' Choirs, conductor Anne-Marie Brimacombe, Greater Victoria Festival
Runner Up – University Community Children's Choir, conductor Charissa Bagan, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Honourable Mention – Drinkwater ES, conductor Heather Gow, Cowichan Festival
Class #16, Florine Despres
Winner – St. John's Chamber Singers, conductor Roseanna Chu, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Runner Up – St. Patrick's Intermediate Choir, conductor Kathleen Seu, Greater Victoria Festival
Class #17, Barbara Clark
Winner – Seycove Concert Choir, conductor Frank Lee, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Trophies and Scholarships:
Ian Graham Memorial Trophy for Junior Speech Arts: Alex Mendes, Kamloops Festival
Ian Graham Memorial Trophy for Intermediate Speech Arts: Brooke Anderson, Cowichan Festival
Provincials Speech & Dramatic Arts Trophy and Scholarship: Brooke Anderson, Cowichan Festival
Wendy Vernon Trophy and Scholarship: Kirsten Wicklund, Surrey Dance Festival
Dr. & Mrs. J.F.K. English Rose Bowl and Scholarship: Timothy Chooi, Greater Victoria Festival
John Emerson Memorial Trophy and Scholarship: Devon Joiner, Upper Island Festival
Greta Sharp Choral Award: Maple Ridge Secondary Chamber Choir, conductor Carrie Tennant, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Timothy Vernon Trophy: Kirsten MacKinnon, Vancouver Kiwanis Festival
Tom Cuff Plaque and Scholarship: Tami Lin, Coquitlam Festival
Michael, Brandy and Crystal Bublé Trophy and Scholarship: Amanda Fell, Pacific West Festival
Goh Ballet Academy Tuition Scholarship: Sophie Carr, Upper Island Festival
Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! Tuition Scholarship: Chelsea Dunk