2025 Peel Music Festival

2025 Festival Program

March 24th to April 26st, 2025
 2025 Peel Music Festival

"The object is not to gain a prize or defeat a rival,

but to pace one another on the road to excellence."

Sir H. Walton Davies

Table of Contents
General Information

Officers and Executive...................................................................................................................... ii

Section Heads .................................................................................................................................. ii
Festival Dates, Locations and Adjudicators..................................................................................... iii
Adjudicator Biographies.................................................................................................................. iv
President’s Message .................................................................................................................... xvii

Sections

Brass and Woodwinds..................................................................................................................... 1

Church Choirs, Community Choruses ............................................................................................. 3
Voice ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Guitar .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Musical Theatre .............................................................................................................................. 8
Piano ............................................................................................................................................. 11
Popular Voice ................................................................................................................................ 26
School Choirs ................................................................................................................................ 29
Speech Arts ................................................................................................................................... 30
Strings ........................................................................................................................................... 31

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 Officers and Executive 2025 Festival Dates, Locations and Adjudicators
Brass and Woodwinds April 15 Streetsville United Church Zoltan Kalman
President ................................................................................................................... Joy Tappenden
Church Choirs, Community Chorus, April 13 Eden United Church Jamie Hillman
Ensembles
Past President ....................................................................................................... Richard Summers
Guitar April 12 Streetsville United Church Dr. Adam Batstone
Vice-President ....................................................................................................... Ann Shuttleworth
Musical Theatre (Voice)
Treasurer ...................................................................................................................David Belcastro • Junior April 21-22 Hosanna Evangelical Free Church MJ Johnson
• Senior April 23-25 Hosanna Evangelical Free Church Rebecca Poff
Director at Large .......................................................................................................Natalie Spurrell
Piano
• Junior March 24-29 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Tyler Seidenberg
Administrator ........................................................................................................... Nathalie Loseto
• Junior March 31-April 5 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Dr. Joy Lee
• Intermediate April 7 -10 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Dr. Christopher Miranda
• Senior April 14-21 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Clark Schaufele
Section Heads
Popular Voice April 16-17 Door Fifty-Five Nicky McGrath
Brass and Woodwinds........................................................................... Andy Fong and Fanny Hung School Choirs April 8 Eden United Church Jamie Hillman
Speech Arts April 2 Church of the Holy Spirit of Peace Alix Sideris
Celia Lee
Choirs (School, Church, Community) ........................................................................ Joy Tappenden
Strings April 22-25 Streetsville United Church Bijan Sepanji
Guitar ........................................................................................................................ Brent Crawford Voice April 14-16 Hosanna Evangelical Free Church Renée Salewski

Musical Theatre (Voice), Popular Voice ...................................................................... Yvonne Zhang

For full addresses and maps of Festival venues visit
Piano ........................................................................................................................ Nathalie Loseto
https://www.peelmusicfestival.ca/rMaps.aspx
Speech Arts ........................................................................................................... Ann Shuttleworth
Fragrance-Free Venues
Strings ............................................................................................................................... Xiaoling Li We need your help in making our venues fragrance-free, and we ask that you please refrain
from wearing perfume, aftershave or other scented products while attending the Festival.
Voice..........................................................................................................................Natalie Spurrell Thank you!

In Appreciation
Peel Music Festival would like to thank the many additional volunteers whose indispensable THANK YOU!
work ensures the smooth operation of the Festival Peel Music Festival would like to thank

Remenyi House of Music Ltd.
Volunteers Needed!
for providing the pianos during competitions.
The Festival is always in need of additional volunteers, particularly for venues when the
competitions are running.
If you are interested in helping out, please call or email us; our contact information can
be found on the previous page of this program. iii

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 2025 Adjudicator Biographies Rebecca Poff
Music Theatre - Senior

Renée Salewski Rebecca has had a 30 year career in music theatre performing in theatres
Voice- Classical across Canada, the US and in Russia. Performing credits include: Donna
Sheridan in Mamma Mia! -Grand Theatre and The Charlottetown Festival,
Renée is a vibrant performing arts professional with twenty-five years of Rachel Lynde in Anne of Green Gables- The Charlottetown Festival, National
diverse performing, teaching, writing, and directing experience from the stage Tours of The Phantom of the Opera and Show Boat- Canada/ US/ Broadway
to film and television. Creative opportunities as a performer, teacher, and tours, First Wives Club- Chicago, Madame Sousatzka- The Elgin Theatre, 42nd
director have taken Renée all over the UK, London’s West End and off West- Street - Moscow and 20 seasons with Drayton Entertainment.
End, Europe, Canada, Korea, Central Asia, and many other inspiring places.
As a voice teacher, Rebecca has been on faculty at Sheridan College in the
As a dual citizen of UK and Canada, Renée spent most of her early years as a Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program for 17 years. Rebecca also
professional performer in the UK (D’Oyly Carte, English Touring Opera, Arcola runs Rebecca Poff Vocal Studio in Hamilton, Ontario specializing in female
Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Canterbury Cathedral) while singers who are planning to have a career in music theatre and who want to
also maintaining a position on the voice faculty at Canterbury Christ Church be able to sing anything that a career in Music Theatre demands.
University; where she taught and coached on both the classical and musical
theatre/CCM music degree programs. In addition, Rebecca has adjudicated music festivals coast to coast across
Canada for over 20 years in classical, pop and music theatre categories.
Projects during the pandemic saw Renée remotely direct and coach singers Rebecca is extremely well versed in CCM vocal techniques (Contemporary
situated across the globe in several remotely filmed operas (COSA Canada) Commercial Music) and continues to study the latest in vocal technique from
and continue to teach her international roster of singers online. In the 2022-23 the best in the business including Seth Riggs - Los Angeles, Mary Saunders-
season she became an RBC Artist Mentor with the Association for Opera in Barton – Penn State University, Berklee College of Music – Boston, Matt
Canada, continued her work as a teaching artist with the Canadian Opera Edwards – CCM Vocal Institute, Sheri Sanders – Rock the Audition, Jeannie
Company, was a guest Choral Clinician to the Durham Girls Choir, coached LoVetri and Maddie Tarbox.
and offered masterclasses at the National Opera Studio (London, England),
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, University of Toronto, and Hart House Theatre.

MJ Johnson
Highlights of the 2034-24 season include(d) stage directing the summer Music Theatre – Junior
intensives at The Singer’s Theatre, returning to teach dramatic integration as
a core faculty member and course creator on the Summer Intensive for Having spent the beginning of her career as a performer, M.J. now works
Emerging Artists at the Canadian Opera Company, staging the Canadian regularly as a voice teacher, vocal coach, pianist, and vocalist. She spent 7
premiere of Catherine Likhuta’s work Scraps from a Madman’s Diary at the years on the Vocal Faculty at Sheridan College in the Music Theatre
University of Toronto, and collaborating on a variety of imminently producible Performance program, and has taught at Randolph Academy for the
projects. Performing Arts, and Wilfred Laurier Conservatory’s Music Theatre Academy.

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Her voice and vocal coaching students have performed in Mirvish
Productions, the Stratford Festival, Drayton Entertainment, and many other In 2024, Nicky notably worked as a coach and competed with GOTHAM (NY) in
theatres across Canada and the US. the BHS International Contest in Cleveland (2024), earning an international
third-place medal. Later that year, Nicky was honoured to win the Ontario
M.J. has worked as a Vocal Director for Disney Cruise Line and has music District Quartet Championship (BHS) singing lead with her quartet, Oxford
directed numerous stage shows for theatre companies including Thousand Comma.
Islands Playhouse, and Silver Mist Productions. As a keyboardist, she has
performed with the Broadway Across Canada tour of "Wicked", Drayton
Entertainment's production of “Les Misérables”, and the Toronto production of Bijan Sepanji
"Jersey Boys". Strings

M.J. is the owner of M.J. Johnson Voice Studio in Kitchener. Bijan Sepanji is a Canadian-Iranian violinist and educator who is based in
Toronto, Canada.

Currently, Bijan is the concertmaster of the Canadian Golha Orchestra, an

Nicky McGrath orchestra that specializes in performing the highly ornamental style of
Popular Voice
classical orchestral music from Iran. As a violinist, Bijan has toured across
Nicky McGrath (MMusS, BCI) is a vocal pedagogue specialising in popular Canada, as well as in China, Turkey, Iran, Italy and the USA, performing
music and musical theatre who works full-time with barbershop singers and concerts and offering masterclasses with his string quartet - The Ton Beau -
musical leaders around the world. at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, University of Toronto, Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, Tennessee as well as privately in Chicago, Illinois. He
Born in Hong Kong and raised in Australia, Nicky is a queer biracial musician frequently performs with local Toronto orchestras such as the Toronto
who has called Toronto home since 2020. Nicky holds a Master of Music Concert Orchestra, Esprit, and Sinfonia Toronto.
Studies (Vocal Pedagogy) with distinction from the Queensland
Conservatorium (Australia), a Bachelor of Entertainment Industries (QUT, Bijan studied violin at Indiana and McGill universities under the tutelage of
Australia), is a certified NLP Practitioner, vocal health specialist, and NATS Ellen Jewett, Mark Fewer, and Mark Kaplan, as well as at The Glenn Gould
Intern 2022 alumnus. School in Toronto with Mayumi Seiler and Erica Raum. Bijan is also the
conductor of the Mooredale Youth Orchestra, conducting and coaching the
Her teaching philosophy is equal parts joy and science, grounded in free, young string players and preparing them for three diversely-programmed
efficient, sustainable voice use. Nicky works with healthy and injured voices in concerts each year. Bijan's instrument was made in 2009 by the celebrated
her private voice studio, is a sought-after coach with barbershop singers and Canadian luthier, Mark Schurr.
ensembles globally, is a learning track producer, Director of the newly formed
Toronto All Voices Chorus, founder The Singers' Circle online community for
passionate singers to further their voice education, and has previously worked
as a part-time Professor of Voice in the prestigious Musical Theatre program
at Sheridan College.
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Dr. Adam Batstone several awards with one of Hungary’s foremost woodwind quintets,
Guitar
Aquincum. These include first prize in the 1986 International Chamber Winds
Canadian guitarist, Dr. Adam Batstone, obtained his D.M.A. degree from the Competition in Ancona Italy, as well as the jury’s special award in the 1987
University of Toronto in 2019. He has been recognized with prestigious awards competition in Colmar, France. As a result, the French National Television has
in various national and international guitar competitions, and has captivated produced a documentary program featuring the quintet. In 1988 he received
audiences across North America with his virtuosic solo performances, as well the Hungarian Cultural Ministry’s award “Musician of the year”. He has had
as his work as a member of the renowned Altius Guitar Duo. several solo and orchestra performances throughout Europe, including
Austria, Belgium, France, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and
In 2015, Batstone was selected as a CBC Young Artist in Canada and recorded Switzerland.
a duo recital that was broadcast nationally. He is dedicated to expanding the
repertoire for guitar duos, and has created numerous original arrangements Since arriving in Canada, he has appeared as guest soloist with numerous
that showcase the ensemble's unique potential and bring fresh perspectives orchestras and ensembles in the area, including the Georgian Bay Symphony,
to repertoire not originally written for the guitar. Symphony Hamilton, Niagara Symphony, Cambridge Symphony, Etobicoke
Symphony, Boris Brott Music Festival Orchestra, and the Gallery Players.
Under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey McFadden, Batstone’s doctoral research
focused on the role of non-verbal communication in facilitating spontaneous He joined Trio Canada for a performance of the Weber Clarinet quintet which
moments of creativity during musical performance. His work explored how was broadcast by Toronto’s CJRT. In collaboration with the Niagara Symphony
musicians utilize non-verbal cues to communicate and respond to one and the St. Catharines based Carousel Players, he performed in Winnipeg, in
another in real-time, creating a sense of shared empathy that can enable the the National Arts Centre in Ottawa as well as in Vancouver.
flow of novel musical ideas in real time.
Mr. Kalman is principal clarinettist with both, the Niagara Symphony and
Symphony on the Bay, and appears regularly with the Brantford Symphony,
Mississauga Opera Company and Scarborough Symphony.
Zoltan Kalman
Brass and Woodwinds
In addition to his career as a musician, he has taught Clarinet Performance
Zoltan Kalman was born in Hungary. He received his training at the prestigious Studies at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and is currently
Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and obtained his Masters in Clarinet the clarinet, saxophone and chamber music instructor at McMaster University
Performance and Chamber Music. After graduation, he spent a year as in Hamilton, conductor of the University Wind Ensemble at Brock University in
principal clarinet with the Hungarian State Orchestra, where he played under St. Catharines, where he teaches clarinet, saxophone and Woodwind
the baton of such luminaries as Sir George Solti, Giuseppe Patane, Leonard Techniques Course as well. In July 2019, he was appointed as music director of
Bernstein and Janos Ferencsik. the Brock University Jazz Ensemble.

Before his arrival to Canada, he served as principal clarinet with the October 2006 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising, a
Hungarian Opera House in Budapest. His achievements in the musical field defining moment in both, Hungarian and Canadian history. Mr. Kalman was
include second prize at the Prague International Clarinet Competition, and selected by the National Arts Centre as one of the 50 Hungarian Canadians
who have made significant contribution to the cultural life in Canada.
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His special portrait has become part of the permanent collection at the Celia Lee
Art oratoire
Portrait Gallery of Canada in the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
Mezzo-soprano Celia Raven Lee is a Calgary-based performer and educator.
She collaborates regularly with Luminous Voices, the Juno-winning Rosa
Alix Sideris Barocca Orchestra and VoiceScapes, and has performed with groups
Speech Arts including the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Victoria Symphony with Ivars
Taurins, Alberta Baroque Society, and Decidedly Jazz Danceworks.
Alix Sideris is a professional actor, movement director,
somatics/embodiment practitioner, movement and intimacy
Celia was an alto soloist for the Calgary premieres of Bach’s Mass in B
director/coordinator, and meditation leader. For over 25 years, her artistic
Minor and St. John Passion at baroque pitch, earning praise from the Calgary
practice has been anchored in investigating modalities that help artists of all
Herald for her “warm-toned and expressive” performances. She collaborated
ages develop inspired, brave, creative, and resilient practices so that the
on the Juno-nominated album Sea Dreams with Luminous Voices and
strongest, most evocative stories can be shared with holistic artfulness.
composer Peter-Anthony Togni. Other oratorio highlights include
Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, the Vivaldi Gloria and the Saint-
As a performer, recent acting credits include Better Days (Apple TV), Room
Saëns Christmas Oratorio.
(Mirvish), The Odyssey, Valhalla, Dawn of Ragnarök (Ubi Soft); and she was a
resident actor with the National Arts Centre's English Theatre. Some recent
On the operatic and musical theatre stage, she has performed roles such as
Movement Direction credits include Erased (Theatre Passe Muraille); The
Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Annio in La Clemenza di Tito and the Queen in The
Monkiest King (Toronto Centre of the Performing Arts); Hamlet (Stratford
Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee. She was a singing coach for boys in the
Festival); Bakkhai (York University); The Oresteia, Peer Gynt (Randolph
Calgary Boys’ Choir, and is a guest coach for high school choirs through
College); 41 Neighbours (Pan Am Games). Some recent Intimacy Professional
Mount Royal University. Celia studied with Catherine Robbin and participated
credits include Rent, Much Ado About Nothing, Wedding Band, Hamlet
in young artists programs such as the Tafelmusik Summer Baroque Institute,
(Stratford Festival); All the Lost Ones (Netflix); Gwen Shamblin: Starving for
Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, and Conservatory of Victoria.
Salvation (Lifetime); Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants (CouKuma
Productions). She is co-chair of the National Society of Intimacy Directors.
Celia also has a background in Environmental Biology and Environmental
Design, and consults on environmental and social policy initiatives. In 2024,
As an educator, Alix has taught at York, Brock, Waterloo Universities; the
she was a co-recipient of a National Urban Design Award for Kids Reimagine
Stratford Festival; the Royal Conservatory of Music; the Glenn Gould School;
School Streets, a project empowering kids to codesign – and prototype –
Young People’s Theatre, the Canadian Opera Company; the Canadian
safer, more vibrant routes to school. She appears on Radio Canada (radio
Children's Opera Company to name a few.
and television) when they require a francophone commentator on issues
related to city design, and is a frequent guest speaker on designing cities for
Alix was also the Curator/Industry Associate for the Magnetic North Theatre
better health. You can check out her TEDxYYC talk, Reimagining Public Spaces,
Festival 2011, was a founding member of Prix Rideau Awards, and served as a
on Youtube. Celia grew up bilingually and studied in French. As a long-time
Canadian Actors' Equity councillor for 2 terms.
associate with Pages Books in Calgary, she recently had the exciting

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opportunity to develop its new French literature section, and often has the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, showcasing their
privilege of collaborating on readings for the Banff Centre for the Arts’ writers- outstanding partnership. In 2023, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as part of
in-residence programs. the Canada at Carnegie series and, alongside soprano Stéphanie McKay-
Turgeon, was invited to perform works by French composer Henri Dutilleux at
Beautiful speech and the promotion of the French language in Canada are Maison Dutilleux-Joy in Candes-Saint-Martin, France.
favourite focusses for Celia, and she looks forward to hearing and
encouraging participants in Art oratoire at the Peel Music Festival! Dr. Lee has served on the faculty of the University of Toronto Choral
Conducting Symposium (2022 & 2023) and collaborates with ensembles
including the Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto, MacMillan Singers (University
of Toronto), Tyndale Singers and Tyndale Community Choir. She also serves
Dr. Joy Lee
Piano- Junior on the Board of Directors for the North Toronto Songbirds, fostering
community connections through the arts.
Dr. Joy Lee is an accomplished Canadian pianist with a vibrant career as a
collaborative pianist, teacher, voice coach, soloist, and adjudicator. Driven by
Dr. Christopher Miranda
her passion for music and education, she has performed at prestigious Piano-Intermediate
events, including the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C. during President
Barack Obama's inauguration celebration, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and Canadian artist Christopher Miranda’s achievements began from an early
venues across Canada’s Northwest Territories. age, including first prize in the Toronto Symphony Piano Competition, TD
National Music Competition, The Mississauga Performing Arts Award, The Kesri
Dr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Solo Piano from the Arts Award, The Canada Council Professional Music Grant, and the Felix
University of Toronto, where she studied under the celebrated pedagogue Galimir Award for Excellence in Chamber Music.
Marietta Orlov. Her love for vocal music and its rich repertoire inspired her
transition to collaborative piano. This led her to pursue a second Master of After being a scholarship student of the Young Artist Performance Academy
Music in Collaborative Piano Studies with one of North America’s pre-eminent (now Eli Taylor) of the Glenn Gould Professional School at the Royal
collaborative pianists, Martin Katz, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Conservatory of Music studying with Marina Geringas; he went on to earn his
and later earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Toronto. Bachelor and Master of Music Performance degrees with Marietta Orlov at the
University of Toronto, an Artist Diploma under the tutelage of Claude Frank at
As a Lecturer of Music and Worship Arts at Tyndale University, Dr. Lee inspires Yale University, and the Doctor of Music in Performance and Literature degree
the next generation of musicians. A sought-after adjudicator, she has from Indiana University under the mentorship of Menahem Pressler.
adjudicated competitions such as the OMFA Provincial Finals, Sudbury Music
Festival, and Toronto Kiwanis Festival, with upcoming roles at the 2025 Peel Christopher’s performances as soloist and chamber musician have been
Music Festival and ORMTA Eastern Zone competition. heard on television and radio including CBC Radio 2, CJRT 91.1fm, CHCHtv, and
Bravo! television. As teacher, Dr. Miranda has been guest faculty at
Recognized for her artistry and exceptional collaborative skills, Dr. Lee was universities, music institutions and festivals across the continent, and is an
honored with the prestigious 2018 Gwendolyn Williams Koldofsky Prize. In 2017, annual competition adjudicator across Ontario. He has a large private
she and soprano Maeve Palmer earned second prize at the renowned teaching studio in Mississauga, and at home in London, Ontario, Canada
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where his students are annual regional and provincial competition prize He is the creator, composer, and producer of the children's music ministry
winners, university scholarship winners, and recipients of multiple RCM Gold "Catholic Songs for Kids". He also ministers and teaches through rap on
Medals. YouTube, TikTok and other social media platforms as "Mr. S. the Catechist" and
as the music director at Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church in Hamilton,
Ontario. He is currently working on an online theory course and continues to
collaborate and produce music for emerging artists throughout Canada and
Tyler Seidenberg
Piano- Junior abroad.

Tyler Seidenberg works as a freelance pianist, vocalist, music

educator/producer, and church music director based out of Burlington,
Clark Schaufele
Ontario Canada. His original music has been performed on radio and Piano – Senior
television across North America, streamed globally hundreds of thousands of
times on Youtube, Spotify etc, and has blessed thousands of people all over Alberta-born pianist Clark Schaufele enjoys a multi-faceted career, spanning
the world. He is a proud husband and father of seven children. genres beyond classical piano. On both the keyboards and the double bass,
he has been involved in many performances, tours, and studio recordings,
He studied piano with Susan Mander and voice with Linda Fletcher, received ranging from classical to jazz to country and folk. Recent performances have
his A. Piano Perf. from CNCM, studied advanced music theory and digital taken him to Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Austria, Germany, Holland, Poland, and
audio production at Azusa Pacific University in California, and graduated throughout Canada, notably including performances at Stratford Music
Summa Cum Laude with a B.Mus. degree from McMaster University. He Festival, Regina Chamber Music Festival, The Banff Centre for Arts and
graduated with honours from the audio engineering program at Number 9 Creativity, Rudolstadt Festival, and the Orlando Festival; and has collaborated
Recording Studios in Toronto and received his B.Ed. from OISE - University of with a wide range of artists including Mark Fewer, Lenka Lichtenberg, and
Toronto. Jayme Stone.

A seasoned performer, Tyler has performed/ministered for over twenty years He is in high demand across Canada as an adjudicator and clinician, on the
all over North America on television, radio, and at numerous conferences, local and provincial level. Dedicated to his local communities, he frequently
churches, and live events. He toured throughout North America with the GMA performs across Canada in series such as Gustin House, Ranva House, Regina
Canada Covenant award-winning Christian music groups God Rocks! and Musical Club, Concerts in Care, and the Hands Across series.
Carried Away. He has also ministered with Catholic artist Joe Zambon and
Canadian duo A Guy and a Girl at various conferences such as Steubenville Presently, Clark is based in Toronto where he serves as Piano Instructor at York
Toronto, Steubenville Atlantic, and Diocese of Hamilton youth rallies. University and Director of Music at St Giles Church in addition to his busy
freelance performance projects. He received his Doctorate in Music (Piano
Tyler is passionate about learning and education. With over fifteen years of Performance) at the Université de Montréal under the guidance of Canadian
teaching experience, he has spoken to thousands of students all over Canada pianist and educator, Paul Stewart. He holds additional degrees and diplomas
whether in private lessons, workshop tours, schools, group lessons, online from UdeM, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and the Royal
tutoring, or social media. Conservatory of Music.

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Jamie Hillman President’s Message
Choir
Want to hear a joke about a staccato? Never mind - it’s too short.
JAMIE HILLMAN is a Canadian and American musician, active as a conductor,
singer, pianist, music educator, and composer-arranger. He holds the Welcome to the Peel Music Festival, our 98th year!
endowed Elmer Iseler Chair in Conducting at the University of Toronto where Thank you to all of last year’s participants - performers, teachers, volunteers, donors,
he is Director of Choral Studies and an Associate Professor. He conducts the U adjudicators, and Committee members! You make the Festival joyful, educational, inspiring
and rewarding.
of T MacMillan Singers and leads the master's and doctoral degree programs
in Choral Conducting. In 2024, Dr. Hillman received the Faculty of Music's In the 2024 provincial competition OMFA, the performers we sent to represent Peel did us
Teaching Award which recognizes excellence, commitment, and innovation in proud! They earned 7 First Place awards, 7 Second Place awards, 12 Third Place awards, 5
Honourable Mentions with Distinction, and 29 Honourable Mentions. Congratulations on your
teaching.
work, commitment, and achievement!

Dr. Hillman's schedule of upcoming engagements includes conducting The Stars of the Festival Concert took place on Sunday, May 12 - Mother’s Day - at the Rose
honour choirs and festival choirs in New York, North Dakota, Ontario, Theatre in Brampton. This wonderful evening was an awesome delight, and the result of hard
work, detailed planning, afternoon sound checks, and months of practicing!
Pennsylvania, and Virginia; serving on the international juries of the 14th World
Choir Festival on Musical and Competition (Thessaloniki, Greece) and the Scholarships have been awarded in all of the Festival Sections; we congratulate the recipients,
Thailand International Choral Festival (Bangkok); and residencies at several and fervently thank the donors who believe in and invest in our young musicians.
Canadian and international universities. He is the curator and editor of The
In 2025:
Jamie Hillman Choral Series published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing.
The festival welcomes Andy Fong and Fanny Hung as our new Brass and Woodwinds section
heads! Due to venue capacity issues at this time, the school band and large ensemble classes
Hillman earned an ARCT from the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor (classes 334, 985, 335, 868 and 336) are cancelled for the 2025 season. Hopefully, they will
of Music from Western University. In 2024, he was inducted to Western's Don resume in 2026. All other brass and woodwind classes will carry on as usual.
Wright Faculty of Music's Alumni Wall of Fame. He completed his Master of
Music at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Doctor of * There will be no Stars of the Festival Concert in 2025 and 2026. Unfortunately, the Festival
has - for two years - lost thousands of dollars on this concert held in the Rose Theatre. In
Musical Arts at Boston University, where he studied with Ann Howard Jones. He
2027, however, the Peel Music Festival will be celebrating its centennial! We are planning a
is the 2012 laureate of the Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting from the Gala Stars Concert for that year!
Ontario Arts Council.
We look forward to your participation in 2025, and are busy lining up venues and excellent
adjudicators. Do include Peel in your musical plans and activities.

Want to hear the one about the fermata? Wait - it’s too long.
See you at the festival!

Joy Tappenden
President, Peel Music Festival

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Brass and Woodwinds
Tuesday April 15, 2025 11:25 AM
Streetsville United Church 873 Grade 3 - any brass instrument - any 2 studies
Adjudicator: Zoltan Kalman 1 Erica Wu

9:30 AM 11:35 AM
362 Grade 2 - any woodwind instrument - List A 307 Woodwind Solo - 14 and Under - Maximum time 6
1 Brian Wei minutes
2 Rowan Feng 1 Toby Hu

9:45 AM 11:45 AM
234 Grade 3 - any woodwind instrument - List A 301 Brass Solo - 16 and Under - Maximum time 8 minutes
1 Flynn Sun 1 Qiwei (Harvey) Liu
991 Grade 3 - any woodwind instrument other than flute -
List A
1:30 PM
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung 236 Grade 5 - any woodwind instrument - List A
1 Aarav Banerjee
10:00 AM 2 Luke Lai
869 Grade 3 - any brass instrument - List A
1 Erica Wu
1:45 PM
368 Grade 8 - any woodwind instrument - List A
10:10 AM 1 Mandy Zhang
363 Grade 2 - any woodwind instrument - List B
1 Brian Wei
1:55 PM
2 Rowan Feng 987 Grade 5 - any woodwind instrument other than flute -
List A
10:25 AM 1 Luke Lai
235 Grade 3 - any woodwind instrument - List B
2:05 PM
1 Flynn Sun
237 Grade 5 - any woodwind instrument - List B
10:35 AM 1 Aarav Banerjee
992 Grade 3 - any woodwind instrument other than flute - 2 Luke Lai
List B
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung
2:20 PM
371 Grade 9 - any woodwind instrument - List B
10:45 AM 1 Baldwin Zhai
870 Grade 3 - any brass instrument - List B
1 Erica Wu
2:30 PM
988 Grade 5 - any woodwind instrument other than flute -
10:55 AM List B
385 Grade 2 - any woodwind instrument - any 2 studies 1 Luke Lai
1 Brian Wei
2:40 PM
2 Rowan Feng
1110 Grade 5 - Flute and Saxophone - List C
11:10 AM 1 Luke Lai
255 Grade 3 -any woodwind instrument - any 2 studies 2 Aarav Banerjee
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung
2:55 PM
2 Flynn Sun
388 Grade 8 - any woodwind instrument - any 2 studies
1 Mandy Zhang

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Brass and Woodwinds Church Choirs, Community Choruses, Ensembles
Sunday April 13, 2025
3:10 PM Eden United Church
389 Grade 9 - any woodwind instrument - any 2 studies Adjudicator: Jamie Hillman
1 Baldwin Zhai

3:25 PM 2:30 PM
256 Grade 5 - any woodwind instrument - any 2 studies 249 Church Junior Choirs - 15 and Under - Open
1 Aarav Banerjee 1 St. Stephen's on the Hill United Church Junior Choir
2 Luke Lai 247 Church Senior Choirs - maximum 20 voices
1 Cooksville United Church Senior Choir
3:40 PM 2 Applewood United Church Senior Choir
352 Grade 8 - any brass instrument - List B
242 Women's/Treble Voice Chorus - Adult
1 Mandy Zhang
1 Dolce De Soleil Music Chorus
3:50 PM
326 Woodwind Trio/Quartet - Open
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung
3:30 PM
Aarav Banerjee
Ka Lung Andy Fung 250 Youth Chorus - 18 and Under - maximum 30 voices
1 Young Voices Toronto Voci
251 Youth Chorus - 14 and Under - maximum 30 voices
1 Spurrell Studio Choir
968 Children's Chorus - 12 and Under - Open
1 Mississauga Children's Choir

4:15 PM
969 Youth Chorus - 19 and Under - Open
1 Musika Children's Chorus
970 Youth Chorus - 19 and Under - maximum 30 voices
1 Musika Children's Chorus

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Monday April 14, 2025 1:45 PM 7:00 PM 1242 Church Solo - 8 and Under - all voices
Hosanna Evangelical Free Church 76 Vocal Solo - 10 and Under - any other language - Folk 1 Keira Tam
113 Level 7 - any voice - Maximum Time: 15 minutes
Song 2 Ching Sze Sophie Chan
Adjudicator: Renée Salewski 1 Sanya Sharma
1 Audrey Chen
9:30 AM 2 Hanya Axiak 10:45 AM
2 Annabelle Murphy
3 Anastasia Grebneva
71 Vocal Solo - 12 and Under - English language - Folk Song 1117 Vocal Solo - Girls and Boys - 8 and Under
2:05 PM 4 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung
1 Max Luan 1 Keira Tam
5 Eliana He
2 Isabella Zhao 68 Vocal Solo - 14 and Under - any other language - Folk 2 Kalina Turner
3 Sierra Vaz Song
8:00 PM 3 Joyce Wu
1 Aasha Malhotra
9:55 AM 2 Holly Tarr 116 Vocal Level 9 - any voice 11:05 AM
1 Betty Qiu
90 Church Solo - 12 and Under - all voices 1026 Level 2 - any voice - Maximum Time: 15 minutes
2:25 PM 2 Madelyn Mariyanayagam
1 Aria Monisse 1 Isla Sidhu
122 Vocal Level 3 - any voice 3 Sarina Wu
2 Michelle Wu 2 Yewei Wang
1 Max Luan
105 Vocal Solo - Girls 10 and Under - Canadian Composer 8:25 PM 3 Anastasia Safro
2 Nathan Guo-Ji 4 Sabrina Nguyen
1 Jenny Liu 1008 Vocal Solo - Girls 19 and Under
3 Aria Monisse 5 Yifei Hu
2 Jessie Zou 1 Anoushka Mosale
6 Christen Hayek
2:45 PM 2 Caitlin Moreira
10:25 AM
102 Vocal Solo - Girls 12 and Under - Canadian Composer 3 Betty Qiu 1:30 PM
67 Vocal Solo - 14 and Under - English language - Folk Song 4 Fiona Porter
1 Audrey Italiano 1026 Level 2 - any voice - Maximum Time: 15 minutes
1 Evelyn Li
2 Hannah Hsu 1002 Vocal Solo - Girls 12 and Under 1 Iris Sidhu
Tuesday April 15, 2025
3 Olivia Wang 1 Michelle Wu 2 Kaitlyn Cosley
Hosanna Evangelical Free Church
4 Holly Tarr 2 Isabella Zhao 3 Arya Raja
Adjudicator: Renée Salewski 4 Jessica Hunter
11:05 AM 3:05 PM 5 Jenny Liu
9:30 AM
1004 Vocal Solo - Girls 14 and Under 123 Vocal Level 2 - any voice 6 Brooklyn Kennedy
108 Vocal Solo - Girls and Boys 8 and Under - Canadian
1 Olivia Wang 1 Sierra Vaz 7 Kayla Buchanan
Composer
2 Qingqing Hu 2 Yiwen Zhang
1 Ching Sze Sophie Chan
3 Jiya Vaswani
2:35 PM
3:20 PM 2 Anastasia Safro
4 Tara Asnani 119 Vocal Level 6 - any voice
5 Hannah Hsu 1006 Vocal Solo - Girls 16 and Under 9:45 AM 1 Qingqing Hu
6 Evelyn Li 1 Sanya Sharma 997 Level 6 - any voice - Maximum Time: 15 minutes
124 Vocal Level 1 - any voice
2 Pavani Sangapallar 1 Erica Jin
1 Sophia Nguyen
11:50 AM 3 Sarina Wu
2 Tisha Singh 2 Celina Qiu
1001 Vocal Solo - Girls and Boys 10 and Under 4 Ira Parasnis
1 Julianna Waseem 10:00 AM 3:10 PM
3:50 PM
2 Jessie Zou 582 Vocal Preparatory Level - any voice 1024 Level 4 - any voice - Maximum Time: 15 minutes
3 Celine Jung 64 Vocal Solo - 16 and Under - any other language - Folk 1 YUVARAJ GUDIPADU
1 Ching Sze Sophie Chan
4 Annabelle Murphy Song
876 Vocal Solo - 8 and Under - English language - Folk Song 2 Logan Li
1 Pavani Sangapallar
1 Ching Sze Sophie Chan 3 Lyra Spakauskas
12:05 PM 2 Sherry Yan
4 Iris McDowell
2 Claire Chan
1254 Small ensemble where the majority of the members are 16 6:15 PM
years of age and under 10:20 AM 3:50 PM
1 Olivia Wang 110 Level 10 - any voice - Maximum Time: 30 minutes
877 Vocal Solo - 8 and Under - any other language - Folk 88 Church Solo - 14 and Under - all voices
Sumer Fang 1 Marie-Claire Fernandez Ayanegui
Song 1 Lily Roberts
Hannah Hsu 111 Level 9 - any voice - Maximum Time: 25 minutes
1 Stella Nguyen 99 Vocal Solo - Girls 14 and Under - Canadian Composer
Evelyn Li 1 Paula Bartokova
2 Keira Tam 1 Lily Roberts

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4:05 PM 3:35 PM 2:30 PM
Saturday April 12, 2025
112 Level 8 - any voice - Maximum Time: 25 minutes 1243 Adult & Child Streetsville United Church 466 Vocal Solo, self-accompanied on guitar - any age
1 Liepa Spakauskas 1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung
Adjudicator: Adam Batstone 1 Meilin Chen
2 Joanne Markov
3:45 PM 2 Charlotte Avis
1:00 PM
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1 Female Voice - Adult - Canadian Composer Concert 422 Guitar Solo - Level 1 - Own Choice of one piece 2:40 PM
Hosanna Evangelical Free Church Song
1 Jackson Bica 467 Vocal Solo, self-accompanied on guitar - any age
1 Simone McParland
Adjudicator: Renée Salewski 2 Sophia Chen 1 Meilin Chen
13 Female Voice - Lieder
1:15 PM 1 Simone McParland 1:10 PM 3:00 PM
16 All voices - Lieder - 17 and Under 426 Guitar Solo - Level 2 - Own Choice of one piece 440 Guitar Solo - Level 6 - 16 and under
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung 1 Shaiipreerthy Senthuran 1 Zongze Ma
2 Aryaman Kundu
1:30 PM 1:15 PM
20 All voices - French mélodie - 17 and Under 429 Guitar Solo - Level 3 - 13 and over 3:10 PM
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung 1 Adhvaith Anand 442 Guitar Solo - Level 6 - Own Choice of one piece
86 Church Solo - 16 and Under - all voices 1 Zongze Ma
1 Liepa Spakauskas 1:25 PM 2 Aryaman Kundu
1007 Vocal Solo - Boys 16 and Under 433 Guitar Solo - Level 4 - 14 and over 3 Weldon Lu
1 Aari Malhotra 1 Nolan Bednarski
3:25 PM
1:50 PM 1:35 PM 443 Guitar Solo - Level 6 - Own Choice of one study
120 Vocal Level 5 - any voice 434 Guitar Solo - Level 4 - Own Choice of one piece 1 Aryaman Kundu
1 Rhea Prem 1 Nolan Bednarski
2 Isabella Xiang 3:35 PM
1:40 PM 446 Guitar Solo - Level 7 - Own Choice of one piece
2:05 PM 435 Guitar Solo - Level 4 - Own Choice of one study 1 Gerong Chen
121 Vocal Level 4 - any voice 1 Nolan Bednarski
1 Miraj Singh 3:45 PM
2 Claire Rodrigues
1:50 PM 447 Guitar Solo - Level 7 - Own Choice of one study
436 Guitar Solo - Level 5 - 15 and under 1 Gerong Chen
2:20 PM 1 Charlotte Avis
21 Female Voice - Concert Group 2 Arnav Khare 3:55 PM
1 Olivia Socol 464 Classical Guitar Concert Group - Non-competitive - any
2 Kendra Fredette
2:00 PM age
3 Lilia Kheir 438 Guitar Solo - Level 5 - Own Choice of one piece 1 James Chen
1 Tobias Suh
2:55 PM 2 Charlotte Avis 4:10 PM
1023 Level 5 - any voice - Maximum Time: 15 minutes 1257 Acoustic Guitar Ensemble - any age
1 Anna Dan
2:10 PM 1 St. Aloysius Gonzaga Guitar Ensemble Gold
439 Guitar Solo - Level 5 - Own Choice of one study 2 St. Aloysius Gonzaga Guitar Ensemble Blue
3:10 PM 1 Charlotte Avis 3 St. Aloysius Gonzaga Guitar Ensemble Orange
1025 Level 3 - any voice - Maximum Time: 15 minutes
1 Keira Lindsay
2:20 PM
2 Alexa Meixner 465 Vocal Solo, self-accompanied on guitar - any age
3 Arya Mosale 1 Meilin Chen
2 Charlotte Avis

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Musical Theatre (Voice) Musical Theatre (Voice)
Monday April 21, 2025 4 Yewei Wang
5 Arya Raja
3:40 PM Thursday April 24, 2025
Hosanna Evangelical Free Church Hosanna Evangelical Free Church
6 Jessica Hunter 1155 Primary - 9-10 years
Adjudicator: MJ Johnson 7 Alexa Meixner 1 Sabrina Nguyen Adjudicator: Rebecca Poff
9:30 AM 4106 Primary: (Ages 9 -10) -Ten(10) minutes
9:30 AM
4:00 PM 1 Iris Sidhu
1126 Girls and Boys 9-10 years
1146 Beginner - Girls and Boys 6-8 years Isla Sidhu 1129 Girls 13-14 years
1 Keira Lindsay
1 Christen Hayek 1 Sophie Dooner
2 Senuli Kodituwakku 4107 Elementary: (Ages 11-12) - Ten (10) minutes
2 Ida Crupi 2 Jiya Vaswani
3 Francesca Chu 1 Christen Hayek
3 Diya Swaroop
4 Celine Jung 2 Celine Yao
4:25 PM 4 Isabella Xiang
5 Cindy Chai 3 Abby Zhou
1147 Primary - Girls and Boys 9-10 years 5 Thenuki Kodituwakku
10:15 AM 1 Jenny Liu 6 Qingqing Hu
Wednesday April 23, 2025
2 Yifei Hu 7 Elizabeth Shi
1125 Girls and Boys 8 and Under Hosanna Evangelical Free Church
1 Keira Tam 3 Iris Sidhu 1130 Boys 13-14 years
4 Kiana Ghosh Adjudicator: Rebecca Poff 1 Alan Zhang
1127 Girls 11-12 years
2:00 PM
1 Dia Lalit 10:45 AM
Tuesday April 22, 2025 1131 Girls 15-16 years
4097 Elementary: Girls & Boys 11-12 years (10 min max Hosanna Evangelical Free Church 1141 Junior - Girls and Boys 13-14 years
performance time) 1 Ayumi Tandon
1 Maya Greenough
1 Ada Baljit Adjudicator: MJ Johnson 2 Elizabeth Johnson
2 Holly Tarr
3 Ariana Maingi
10:00 AM 3 Caitlyn Edelman
10:55 AM 4 Dara Nalywajko
1140 Elementary - Girls and Boys 11-12 years 4 Sumer Fang
4095 Beginner: Girls & Boys 6-8 years (10 min max 5 Sarina Wu
1 Maria Kalaani 5 Lucy Knapp
performance time) 4099 Intermediate: Girls & Boys 15-16 years (15 min max
2 Chloe Lamb performance time)
1 Kalina Turner 1:30 PM
3 Lyra Spakauskas 1 Olivia Hunt
4096 Primary: Girls & Boys 9-10 years (10 min max 4 Ella Burrows 4098 Junior: Girls & Boys 13-14 years (10 min max
performance time) performance time)
1 Lucas Whelan
5 Anna Dan 2:50 PM
1 Maya Greenough
2 Annabelle Murphy 1150 Intermediate - Girls and Boys 15-16 years
11:15 AM 2 Sophie Dooner
3 Cindy Chai 1 Jack Young Spice
1140 Elementary - Girls and Boys 11-12 years 3 Caitlyn Edelman
2 Pavani Sangapallar
1 Adhya Sangapallar 4 Yiwen Zhang
1:15 PM 3 Sarina Wu
2 Logan Li 5 Rhea Prem
1138 Beginner - Girls and Boys 6-8 years
1 Cesaria Andrade
3 Isabella Zhao 3:45 PM 4109 Intermediate: (Ages 15-16) - Fifteen (15) minutes
4 Ava Alcantara 1142 Intermediate - Girls and Boys 15-16 years 1 Sophie Trussler
1139 Primary - Girls and Boys 9-10 years 5 Arya Mosale Lucy Knapp
1 Jessie Zou 1 Olivia Hunt
2 Celina Qiu 2:30 PM
2 Brooklyn Kennedy 2:00 PM
3 Isabella Zhang 3 Sarina Wu
1140 Elementary - Girls and Boys 11-12 years 1141 Junior - Girls and Boys 13-14 years
4 Francesca Chu 4 Maggie Warnock
1 Max Luan 1 Dryden Trainor
5 Isla Sidhu 2 Aria Waseem 4:35 PM 2 Erica Jin
6 Lourdes Alomar 3 Kayla Buchanan 3 Sophie Dooner
1142 Intermediate - Girls and Boys 15-16 years
4 Iris McDowell 4 Owen Mendes
2:30 PM 1 Sanya Sharma
5 Michelle Wu 5 Evelyn Li
1139 Primary - Girls and Boys 9-10 years 2 Hanya Axiak
3 Sienna Das
1 Maya Ratnanather 3:15 PM
2 Audrey Chen 4 Jack Young Spice
1148 Elementary - Girls and Bpys 11-12 years 5 Sophie Trussler
3 Julianna Waseem 1 Adhya Sangapallar
2 Kayla Buchanan

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3:45 PM 8 Aria Zhao
Monday March 24, 2025
1149 Junior - Girls and Boys - 13-14 years St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 9 Evelyn Kurien
1 Owen Mendes 10 Emma Rebello
2 Lucy Knapp Adjudicator: Tyler Seidenberg
3 Evelyn Li 9:30 AM 2:30 PM
4 Olivia Wang 836 Piano Preparatory - includes selections from Prep. A 852 Piano Etude - Open - Level 2
5 Hannah Hsu and/or Prep. B 1 Jonathan Tang
6 Erica Jin 1 Vivaan Mathur 2 Mahi Dhillon
2 Shreya Pandya 3 Aviraj Kohli
Friday April 25, 2025 3 Joyce Wu 4 Kaite Teng
Hosanna Evangelical Free Church 4 Audrey Li 5 Soren Nikneshan
5 Alyssa Liu 6 Keira Hew
Adjudicator: Rebecca Poff
6 Klay Cheung 7 Adhyson McLeod
10:00 AM 7 Avalyn Fung
1135 Female 19-28 years 3:30 PM
1 Simone McParland 10:30 AM 828 Piano Level 3 - List C
2 Hannah Hassan 832 Piano Level 1 - List A 1 Aliyana Dawes
1 Elisa Alexander 2 Max Wang
10:20 AM 2 Phoebe Huang 3 Isabella Chen
1144 Advanced - Female and Male 19-28 3 Ethan Wenhan Wang 4 Jacqueline Qian
1 Simone McParland 4 Ching Sze Sophie Chan 5 Aiden Tang
1145 Mature Adults - Female and Male 29 and over 5 Chloe Nong 6 Faith Sum Wing Ho
1 Urooj Saleem 6 Katelyn Mewalal 7 Avi Khare
7 Aria Zhao 8 Mia Domagala
11:05 AM 8 Julia Matveeva
9 Tarun Rajesh
6:00 PM
1151 Senior - Girls and Bpys 17-18 years
1 Lilia Kheir 10 Rohan Aravindan 826 Piano Level 3 - List A
2 Madeline Vali 1 Max Wang
3 Betty Qiu 11:30 AM 2 Jacqueline Qian
829 Piano Level 2 - List A 3 Madison Luong-Giu
1:45 PM 1 Emma Yau Yan Chan 4 Weston Bradstock
1143 Senior - Girls and Boys 17-18 years 2 Ella Liu 5 Tony Rui Wang
1 Lilia Kheir 3 Eleanor Liu 6 Emily Ye
2 Mia Kulinchenko 4 Olivia Thomas 7 Karamvir Bhangu
3 Troy Filio 5 Clement Hankevych 8 Boyi Li
4 Joanne Markov 6 Jessie Yang
7 Amelia Wan
7:00 PM
5 Olivia Socol
6 Betty Qiu 8 Runyi Yu 827 Piano Level 3 - List B
9 Anastasia Safro 1 Aiden Tang
2 Anna Huang
1:30 PM 3 Karamvir Bhangu
833 Piano Level 1 - List B 4 Jacqueline Qian
1 Emily Sweezey 5 Faith Sum Wing Ho
2 Mile Guo 6 Emily Ye
3 Isabella Sierra-Radulovic 7 Jamie Cao
4 Nazalia Lahashmi 8 Kobe Luo
5 Nghi Vuong Dang
6 Caleb Varghese
7 Celine Ramsumair

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Piano Piano
Tuesday March 25, 2025 3 Marshall Zeng
3 Riya Pinto 4 Sophia Khuu
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 4 Jazlyn Ma
4 Katelyn Mewalal 5 Roshan Barook
5 Noble Thu
Adjudicator: Tyler Seidenberg 5 Chloe Ramsumair 6 Boyi Li
6 Ellie Sun
6 Nikhil Karthikeyan 7 Aliyana Dawes
9:30 AM 7 Navya Madkan
7 Katarzyna Adamiec
836 Piano Preparatory - includes selections from Prep. A 8 Jincheng Patrick Li 6:30 PM
8 Amelia Basnayake
and/or Prep. B 9 Hedy Wang
9 Jacob Chan 923 Piano Duet - 8 and Under - Maximum time - 5 minutes
1 Olivia Jia 10 Ryan Nathaniel Balamurugan 1 Julia Matveeva
2 Emily Jodoin
2:30 PM
Lia Fedorov
3 Om Patel 828 Piano Level 3 - List C 11:30 AM
4 Harry Zhu 1 Sophia Nguyen 6:45 PM
832 Piano Level 1 - List A
5 Ryan Alexander 2 Roshan Barook
1 Gabriel Choi 922 Piano Duet - 10 and Under - Maximum time - 7 minutes
6 Oriana Fung 3 Qingyang Yuan
2 Chloe Ramsumair 1 Annabella Ren
7 Wudy Wang 4 Marco Delzotto
3 Eric Guan Katie Gu
5 Akshar Veera Raghavan
4 Gurveen Sayann Sayann
10:30 AM 6 Emily Ye 7:00 PM
5 Celine Ramsumair
829 Piano Level 2 - List A 7 Anna Huang
6 Blanka Vasiljevic 931 Popular Piano Duet - 10 and Under
1 Nathan Guo-Ji 8 Kobe Luo
7 Serene Abufool 1 Raymond Sui
2 Amelia Zhou 8 Evelyn Kurien Claire Lu
3 Jonathan Tang
3:30 PM
9 Nazalia Lahashmi 2 Devon Wat
4 Ammy Li 830 Piano Level 2 - List B
Bennett Wat
5 Kyle Chow 1 Amelia Wan 1:30 PM 3 Katie Gu
6 Elijah Liu 2 Theodor Shumanov
852 Piano Etude - Open - Level 2 Annabella Ren
7 Charmaine Young 3 Eleanor Liu
1 Ellie Sun
8 Lillian Cureatz 4 William Li 7:20 PM
2 Jamie Lee
9 William Li 5 Elijah Liu
3 Sophia Khan 930 Popular Piano Duet - 12 and Under
6 Marshall Zeng
4 Tin Man Zachary Fung 1 Owen Chow
11:30 AM 7 Ellie Sun
5 Navya Madkan Harry Ma
831 Piano Level 2 - List C 8 Aaron Misquith
6 Navini Ashok 2 Seana Fung
1 Soren Nikneshan 9 Vivan Chitikeshiwar
7 June-Anya Wu Sarah Fung
2 Amelia Wan 10 Elaine Ma
3 Lillian Cureatz 2:30 PM 7:45 PM
4 Navya Madkan Wednesday March 26, 2025
826 Piano Level 3 - List A 929 Popular Piano Duet - 14 and Under
5 Ammy Li St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 1 Ean Echeverri 1 Anna Crawford
Adjudicator: Tyler Seidenberg 2 Lara Sachania Svea Crawford
12:00 PM
3 Ivy Su
834 Piano Level 1 - List C 9:30 AM
4 Amelia Polovynko
1 Chloe Ramsumair 836 Piano Preparatory - includes selections from Prep. A 5 Stella Nguyen Thursday March 27, 2025
2 Rohan Aravindan and/or Prep. B
6 Aiden Tang St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
3 Anne He 1 Elliott Velicevic
7 Chloe Chan
4 Ching Sze Sophie Chan 2 Connor Dargavel Adjudicator: Tyler Seidenberg
5 Brent Le 3 Maia Li 3:30 PM 9:30 AM
6 Gabriel Choi 4 Olivia Pai
827 Piano Level 3 - List B 833 Piano Level 1 - List B
7 Celine Ramsumair 5 Quang Khai Nguyen
1 Max Wang 1 Kalisse Velicevic
6 Natalie Truong
2 Chloe Chan 2 Rohan Aravindan
1:30 PM
10:30 AM 3 Daniel Qisun 3 Tarun Rajesh
829 Piano Level 2 - List A 4 Aleena Kosarev
1 Ella Yee Laam Tang 853 Piano Etude - Open - Level 1
5 Ankita Verma Pinto
2 Sophia Huang 1 Celine Ramsumair
6 Chloe Nong
2 Ching Sze Sophie Chan
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7 Chloe Ramsumair 3:30 PM 1:30 PM 10:30 AM
8 Katelyn Mewalal
828 Piano Level 3 - List C
9 Ching Sze Sophie Chan 830 Piano Level 2 - List B 824 Piano Level 4 - List B
1 Amelia Polovynko
1 Sophia Huang 1 Joanna Jiao
10:30 AM 2 Rehmat Dhillon
2 June-Anya Wu 2 Zachary Shang
3 Logan Zhu
830 Piano Level 2 - List B 3 Tina Wei Wang 3 Annabella Ren
4 Olivia Huang
1 Nathan Guo-Ji 4 Soren Nikneshan 4 Stephanie Lee/5631
5 Emilia Li
2 Lillian Cureatz 5 Jessie Yang 5 Megan Wei
6 Weston Bradstock
3 Ammy Li 6 Navya Madkan 6 Victoria Rogowska
7 Chloe Chan
4 Lia Fedorov 7 Simon Seirovski 7 Ranvir Bhangu
8 Marko Pavlovic
5 Emma Yau Yan Chan 8 Cayden Li 8 Chloe Zheng
6 Anastasia Safro 9 Jincheng Patrick Li 9 Bryan Liang
Friday March 28, 2025
7 Amelia Zhou 10 Maia Li 10 Jarvis Jiao
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 11 Irene Chen
8 Hedy Wang
9 Calista Carlesso Adjudicator: Tyler Seidenberg 11:30 AM
10 Ella Liu
2:30 PM 820 Piano Level 5 - List A
9:30 AM
831 Piano Level 2 - List C 1 Selina Chau
11:30 AM 833 Piano Level 1 - List B 1 Hedy Wang 2 Mia Wei
1 Kaiwei Zhang 2 Nathan Guo-Ji 3 Andrew He
826 Piano Level 3 - List A
2 Gabriel Choi 3 Marshall Zeng 4 Ryan Hanyu Zhang
1 Sanvhi Ashok
3 Jenika Gajamugan 4 Andre Young 5 Meghna Vivek
2 Avi Khare
4 Eric Guan 5 William Li 6 Margaret McClement
3 Leah Alexander
5 Zana Almeida 6 Jazlyn Ma 7 Leah Abrahim
4 Emilia Li
6 Phoebe Huang 8 Justin Sum
5 Anna Huang
6 Isabella Chen
7 Amelia Basnayake 3:00 PM 9 Sabrina Nguyen
8 Richella Gordon 894 Piano - Canadian - 10 and Under 10 Maria Wilkinson
7 Roshan Barook
9 Brent Le 1 Jasper Huang
8 Jamie Cao
1:30 PM
10:30 AM 3:15 PM
1:30 PM 824 Piano Level 4 - List B
853 Piano Etude - Open - Level 1 916 Popular Piano - Level 3 1 Aishini Garai
851 Piano Etude - Open - Level 3
1 Avni Nayyar 1 Ava Joseph 2 Arthur Wu
1 Logan Zhu
2 Charvi Maddipatla 2 Ava Baljit 3 Alyssa Zhao
2 Stella Nguyen
3 Katelyn Lam 4 Yael Tamir Weinberg
3 Myla Bhardwaj
4 Gabriel Choi Monday March 31, 2025 5 Olivia Li
4 Miguel Franco Ybanez
5 Dinuga Dias St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 6 Arihaan Das
5 Chloe Chan
6 Kaiwei Zhang 7 Grace Huang
6 Mia Domagala Adjudicator: Dr. Joy Lee
7 Mile Guo 8 Jacob Zhang
7 Yara Hyland-Fowlie
8 Gabriel Pagtakhan
8 Brent Le 9:30 AM 9 Jiaying Yu
9 Quintin Reystone
9 Rehmat Dhillon 823 Piano Level 4 - List A
10 Sophia Nguyen 1 Damian Wijesundera 2:30 PM
11:30 AM
2 Arihaan Das 821 Piano Level 5 - List B
2:30 PM 828 Piano Level 3 - List C 1 Ryan Hanyu Zhang
3 Chloe Zheng
1 Lara Sachania 2 Aiden Chen
827 Piano Level 3 - List B 4 Ranvir Bhangu
2 Allison Lam 3 David Toodeh
1 Tony Rui Wang 5 Olivia Li
3 Boyi Li 4 Aaron Liu
2 Olivia Huang 6 Isaac Yu
4 Cailyn Melgar Rivas 5 Ning Sun
3 Qingyang Yuan 7 Stephanie Lee/5631
5 Jamie Cao 6 Adeline Sun
4 Avi Khare 8 Aishini Garai
6 Cici Wen 7 Joanna Guo
5 Cailyn Melgar Rivas 9 Aairah Dsouza
7 Jonathan Joseph 8 Meagan Lobo
6 Cici Wen 10 Katie Gu
8 Gabriel Pagtakhan
7 Isabella Chen
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3:30 PM Tuesday April 1, 2025 7 Adriana Tsardicos 5 Ishita Mammen
819 Piano Level 6 - List C St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 8 Jiaying Yu 6 Bosen Li
1 Martin Seirovski Adjudicator: Dr. Joy Lee 9 Aishini Garai 7 Claire Lu
2 Mengxun Liu 10 Aili Li 8 Ryan Hanyu Zhang
3 Daniel Lee Wang 9:30 AM 9 David Krupin
4 Camille deLarzac 823 Piano Level 4 - List A 2:30 PM
5 Ethan Wang 1 Jiaying Yu 817 Piano Level 6 - List A 11:30 AM
6 Eden Ivanov 2 Jacob Zhang 1 Ethan Siqi Liu 820 Piano Level 5 - List A
7 Yezhen Jane Xu 3 Alyssa Huang 2 Mengxun Liu 1 David Krupin
8 Dario Suarez 4 Franklin Lau 3 Phyllis Lai 2 Harshitha Hariharan
9 Ethan Siqi Liu 5 Nikola Kazmierczak 4 Dario Suarez 3 Jacob Weng
10 Emma Yee Ching Tang 6 Grace Huang 5 Rui Zhe Winston Cai 4 Joanna Guo
7 Joanna Jiao 6 Jayden Li 5 Ning Sun
6:00 PM 8 Gia Roopra 7 Yezhen Jane Xu 6 David Toodeh
817 Piano Level 6 - List A 9 Armin Chakravertty 8 Samuel Krupin 7 Hudson Lim
1 Austinn Li 8 Aaron Liu
2 Abby He 10:30 AM 3:30 PM 9 Harper Wang
3 Ella Jo 822 Piano Level 5 - List C 818 Piano Level 6 - List B
4 Noah Garside 1 Seana Fung 1 Ethan Wang 1:30 PM
5 Sean John 2 Jacob Weng 2 Daniel Lee Wang 825 Piano Level 4 - List C
6 Yaniv Weinberg 3 Sabrina Nguyen 3 Noah Garside 1 Isaac Yu
7 Daniel Lee Wang 4 Ning Sun 4 Grace Zhang 2 Arihaan Das
8 AnAn Zeng 5 Maria Wilkinson 5 Yezhen Jane Xu 3 Gia Roopra
9 Octavian Robinson 6 Harshitha Hariharan 6 Samuel Krupin 4 Krish Kumaran
7 Selina Chau 7 Ella Jo 5 Kavita Pandit
7:00 PM 8 Leah Abrahim 8 Abby He 6 Victoria Rogowska
818 Piano Level 6 - List B 9 Co Ming Wong 9 Martin Seirovski 7 Stephanie Lee/5631
1 Mason Wong 8 Jarvis Jiao
2 Alexandra Yang 11:30 AM Thursday April 3, 2025 9 Zachary Shang
3 Austinn Li 821 Piano Level 5 - List B St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 10 Megan Wei
4 Ethan Siqi Liu 1 Mia Wei
Adjudicator: Dr. Joy Lee 2:30 PM
5 Joshua Qisun 2 Bosen Li
6 Annah Chan 3 Harshitha Hariharan 9:30 AM 819 Piano Level 6 - List C
7 Rui Zhe Winston Cai 4 Claire Lu 821 Piano Level 5 - List B 1 Yuanyang Shi
8 Dario Suarez 5 Hudson Lim 1 Andrew He 2 Octavian Robinson
9 Emma Wang 6 Sabrina Nguyen 2 Jade Zhao 3 Abby He
7 Jacob Weng 3 Anika Kansara 4 Rui Zhe Winston Cai
8:00 PM 8 Meghna Vivek 4 Selina Chau 5 Corey Zhang
850 Piano Etude - Open - Level 4 5 Ian Lam 6 Madeline Harvey
1 Elvin Li 1:30 PM 6 Christa Yu 7 Grace Zhang
2 Sophia Hasan 825 Piano Level 4 - List C 7 Richard Chen 8 Noah Garside
3 Chloe Zheng 1 Sita Sen 8 David Krupin
4 Jarvis Jiao 2 Vivienne Cheng 3:30 PM
5 Isaac Yu 3 Grace Huang 10:30 AM 818 Piano Level 6 - List B
6 Michael Di Leo 4 Ho Fung Ng 822 Piano Level 5 - List C 1 Phyllis Lai
7 Daniel Wu 5 Joanna Jiao 1 Meghna Vivek 2 Jayden Li
8 Katie Gu 6 Chloe Zheng 2 Brendan Francis 3 Aiden Zhu
9 Hau Ching Valerie Fung 3 Stanislaw Adamiec 4 Mengxun Liu
4 Mingli Lin 5 Corey Zhang

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6 Eden Ivanov 4 Sophia Luo
7 Octavian Robinson 5 Giuliana Di Leo
6 Henry Lee 6:00 PM
7 Bi Han
8 Sarah Fung 6 Benedict Sadewa 810 Piano Level 8 - List A
8 Celine Liu
7 Jayden Li 1 Gavin Sun
9 Bryce Tiu
Friday April 4, 2025 8 Aiden Zhu 2 Charles Wang
10 Anastasia Grebneva
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 3 Zachary Stewart
2:30 PM 11:30 AM 4 Shuwen Wei
Adjudicator: Dr. Joy Lee 5 Elkan Liu
849 Piano Etude - Open - Level 5
815 Piano Level 7 - List B
9:30 AM 1 Christa Yu 6 Rylan Choi
1 Evelyn Wang
825 Piano Level 4 - List C 2 Lyne Benguella 7 Ashley Wang
2 Anastasia Grebneva
1 Jacob Zhang 3 Brendan Francis 8 Sophie Xia
3 Katherine Xu
2 Mikael Donabedian 4 Harshitha Hariharan 9 Siqi Kong
4 Kareem Abrahim
3 Andres Farias 5 Paulo Aivan Yanes 10 Wesley He
5 Jinxin Liu
4 Daniel Wu 6 Stanislaw Adamiec
6 Ariel Liu 7:00 PM
5 Annabella Ren 7 Brayden Russell
6 Genesis Reid 3:00 PM 846 Piano Etude - Open - Level 8
8 Tristan Liu
7 Alyssa Huang 848 Piano Etude - Open - Level 6 1 Patrick Yan
8 Bryan Liang 1 Ella Jo 1:30 PM 2 Jenny Dong
9 Yuelin Liang 2 Madeline Harvey 3 Lillian Chu
811 Piano Level 8 - List B
10 Avery-Ann Smith 3 Annah Chan 4 Jaden Vasile
1 Sophia Deng
4 AnAn Zeng 5 Sophia Nikneshan
2 Jenny Dong
10:30 AM 5 Bryan Wu 6 Vincent Chen
3 William Wang
822 Piano Level 5 - List C 6 Benedict Sadewa
4 Aiden Zhao Tuesday April 8, 2025
1 Chris Liu 7 Eden Ivanov
5 Sophie Xia St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
2 David Toodeh 6 Sophia Lin
3:30 PM
3 Joanna Guo 7 Raymond Sui Adjudicator: Dr. Christopher Miranda
4 Arnav Nayyar 913 Popular Piano - Level 6
8 Jessica Yu 9:30 AM
5 Hudson Lim 1 Bryan Wu
6 Elsa Ngo 2 Octavian Robinson 2:30 PM 815 Piano Level 7 - List B
7 Terrance Weihao Shao 3 Tayla Lam 1 Jayden Chau
813 Piano Level 8 - List D
8 Jade Zhao 4 Yaniv Weinberg 2 Zeyuan Chu
1 Charles Wang
9 Adeline Sun 3 Lennox Li
4:00 PM 2 Zachary Stewart
4 Alison Zhang
3 Evan Xu
11:30 AM 893 Piano - Canadian - 13 and Under 5 Henry Lee
4 Furui Yang
850 Piano Etude - Open - Level 4 1 Miriam Alrifaie 6 Nathan Rohan Patterson
5 Ashley Hui
1 Genesis Reid 2 Tristan Liu 7 Yunuo (Andy) Shi
6 Katherine Wu
2 Alyssa Zhao 8 Bryce Tiu
7 Avelyn Zhang Lai
3 Andres Farias Monday April 7, 2025
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 10:30 AM
4 Annabella Ren 3:30 PM
5 Abigail Li 816 Piano Level 7 - List C
Adjudicator: Dr. Christopher Miranda 847 Piano Etude - Open - Level 7
1 Anastasia Grebneva
6 Mustafa Hasan 1 Bi Han
7 Nikola Kazmierczak 10:30 AM 2 Ilaria Hankevych
2 Jinxin Liu
8 Miriam Alrifaie 814 Piano Level 7 - List A 3 Arianna Bhanot
3 Elizabeth Villers
9 Stephanie Lee/5631 1 Yunuo (Andy) Shi 4 Jayden Chau
4 Leah Jiang
2 Evelyn Wang 5 Iris Wu
5 Mason Khuu
1:30 PM 3 Sophia Mazur 6 Ethan Harps
819 Piano Level 6 - List C 4 Zackary Montaine 7 Zeyuan Chu
1 Samuel Krupin 5 Brian Kong 8 Bi Han
2 Bryan Wu
3 Avery Du
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11:30 AM 3 Alison Zhang
3:30 PM 10:30 AM
4 Winston Ng
812 Piano Level 8 - List C
5 Celine Liu 847 Piano Etude - Open - Level 7 812 Piano Level 8 - List C
1 Katherine Wu
6 Jasper Zhu 1 Ares Wen Tao Wang 1 Shuwen Wei
2 Sophia Nikneshan
7 Ariel Liu 2 Tristan Liu 2 Melody Li
3 Rylan Choi
3 Jayden Chau 3 Prittish Dutta
4 Paxton Le 10:30 AM 4 Nathan Rohan Patterson 4 Rui Huang
5 Lillian Chu
814 Piano Level 7 - List A 5 Vera Chu 5 Elkan Liu
6 Annie Xu
1 Wenni Wang 6 Henry Lee 6 Avelyn Zhang Lai
7 Ashley Qi
2 Nathan Rohan Patterson 7 Jenny Dong
6:00 PM
1:30 PM 3 Winston Ng
11:30 AM
4 Sherleen Duong 811 Piano Level 8 - List B
812 Piano Level 8 - List C
5 Ariel Liu 1 Eric Zhang 911 Popular Piano - Level 8
1 Gavin Sun
6 Kareem Abrahim 2 Shuoqiu Sun 1 Elora Vella
2 Sophia Deng
7 Jayden Chau 3 Vincent Wan 2 Ashley Qi
3 Ashley Wang
8 Katherine Xu 4 Alice Jiahe Wang
4 Maya Archambault Monday April 14, 2025
5 Shuwen Wei
5 Wei (David) Dai 11:30 AM 6 Anjolie Lai St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
6 Evan Xu
811 Piano Level 8 - List B 7 Tiffany Liang
7 Elora Vella Adjudicator: Clark Schaufele
1 Minghan Ma 8 Wesley He
9:30 AM
2:30 PM 2 Charles Wang
7:00 PM
3 Rylan Choi 807 Piano Level 9 - List B
810 Piano Level 8 - List A
4 Prittish Dutta 813 Piano Level 8 - List D 1 Ocean Lee
1 Eric Zhang
5 Wei (David) Dai 1 Gavin Sun 2 Gary Xu
2 Wei (David) Dai
6 Gavin Sun 2 Mingmei Lin 3 Jason Huang
3 Rui Huang
7 Vincent Chen 3 Vincent Chen 4 Henry Zhang
4 Prittish Dutta
8 Rui Huang 4 Sophia Deng 5 Noah Ma
5 Lillian Chu
5 Zylen Li
6 Jenny Dong 1:30 PM 10:30 AM
6 Siqi Kong
7 Hrishith Rajiv
815 Piano Level 7 - List B 7 Sophia Nikneshan 808 Piano Level 9 - List C
8 Sophia Deng
1 Wenni Wang 8 Vincent Wan 1 Sarah Diwan
9 Avelyn Zhang Lai
2 Celine Liu 2 Gary Xu
10 Raymond Sui Thursday April 10, 2025
3 Winston Ng 3 Yi Li
3:30 PM 4 Brian Kong St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 4 Anna Mariya Kowalczyk
5 Vera Chu Adjudicator: Dr. Christopher Miranda 5 Nagi Fukahori
846 Piano Etude - Open - Level 8
6 Zackary Montaine 6 Amanda Zhao
1 Zylen Li 9:30 AM
7 Jasper Zhu
2 Alice Jiahe Wang 11:30 AM
8 Irena Chen 813 Piano Level 8 - List D
3 Siqi Kong
1 Patrick Yan 803 Piano Level 10 - List C
4 Catherine Xiao Ying Wang 2:30 PM 2 Annie Xu 1 Vivian Xu
5 Chloe Leung
816 Piano Level 7 - List C 3 Evan Sum 2 Iris Yu
1 Joshua Allis 4 Eric Zhang 3 Xiwen Li
Wednesday April 9, 2025
2 Bryce Tiu 5 Alyssa Kayla Shang 4 Shixian Liu
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
3 Jamie Tang 6 Ashley Qi 5 Fanyong Kong
Adjudicator: Dr. Christopher Miranda 4 Zackary Montaine 7 Tiffany Liang 6 Caroline Sun
9:30 AM 5 Vera Chu 8 Sophia Lin
6 Wenni Wang
816 Piano Level 7 - List C
7 Yunuo (Andy) Shi
1 Katherine Xu
2 Nathan Rohan Patterson

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1:30 PM Tuesday April 15, 2025 4 Daniel Zhang 5 Caroline Sun
801 Piano Level 10 - List A St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 5 Therese Benoza 6 Kelly Zihan Chen
1 Julianna Zhan Adjudicator: Clark Schaufele 6 Xinyuan Zhang
2 Alden Li 7 Aijia Zhang 3:30 PM
3 Jake Wang 9:30 AM 8 Zhuoen (John) Zhao 976 Romantic - ARCT Level (List C) - 18 and under
4 Sean Michael Solomon 808 Piano Level 9 - List C 1 Leah Panasevich
5 Xiwen Li 1 Henry Zhang Wednesday April 16, 2025 2 Muyuan Liu
6 Vienna Li 2 Alexander Lai St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 3 Vanessa Ongko
7 Fanyong Kong 3 Jason Huang 4 Xinyuan Zhang
Adjudicator: Clark Schaufele
4 Ocean Lee 5 Helen Kim
2:30 PM 5 Sarathraj Maharajan 9:30 AM
803 Piano Level 10 - List C 6 Cheng Sun 974 Works of J.S. Bach - ARCT Level (List A) - 18 and under 6:00 PM
1 Yifan Liu 7 Emily Lin 1 Logan Li 975 Classical Sonata - ARCT Level (List B) - 18 and under
2 Kelly Zihan Chen 2 Alice Bai 1 Sophia Yao
3 Julia Zhu 10:30 AM 3 Zhuoen (John) Zhao 2 Richard Han
4 Ivy Huang 974 Works of J.S. Bach - ARCT Level (List A) - 18 and under 4 Sophia Yao 3 Ariel Qin
5 Brandon Yang 1 Vanessa Ongko 5 Xinyuan Zhang 4 Xinyi Ran
2 Helen Kim 6 Ariel Qin
3:30 PM 3 Muyuan Liu 7:30 PM
976 Romantic - ARCT Level (List C) - 18 and under 4 Daniel Zhang 10:30 AM 806 Piano Level 9 - List A
1 Zhuoen (John) Zhao 5 Therese Benoza 975 Classical Sonata - ARCT Level (List B) - 18 and under 1 Nisa Sevinc
2 Therese Benoza 6 Lucas TC Hu 1 Alice Bai 2 Jessie Gong
3 Aijia Zhang 2 Aijia Zhang 3 Harvey Huang
4 Katherine Yu 11:30 AM 3 Katherine Yu 4 Asher Luo
5 Ariel Qin 976 Romantic - ARCT Level (List C) - 18 and under 4 Muyuan Liu 5 Nagi Fukahori
1 Richard Han 5 Xinyuan Zhang
6:00 PM 2 Michael Yu Thursday April 17, 2025
802 Piano Level 10 - List B - Should be played as for the 3 Daniel Zhang 12:00 PM St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
RCM exam 4 Xinyi Ran 844 Piano Etude - Open - Level 10 - Must be memorized.
1 Vivian Xu
Adjudicator: Clark Schaufele
5 Cindy Lin 1 Iris Yu
2 Roslynne Wang 2 Adam Sun 9:30 AM
3 Kelina Hu 1:30 PM 3 Allen Wang 807 Piano Level 9 - List B
4 Kelly Zihan Chen 809 Piano Level 9 - List D 4 Garyun Lee 1 Sarah Diwan
5 Angel Zhou 1 Asher Luo 2 Simon Lee
6 Xiwen Li 2 Nisa Sevinc 1:30 PM 3 Asher Luo
3 Amanda Zhao 804 Piano Level 10 - List D 4 Evelyn Jianuo Li
7:30 PM 4 Jason Huang 1 Cindy Zhu 5 Anna Mariya Kowalczyk
885 Contemporary - 20th and 21st Century - ARCT Level 5 Amelia Wu 2 Alden Li
(List E) 6 Noah Ma 3 Sean Michael Solomon 10:30 AM
1 Richard Han 7 Simon Lee 4 Grace Jiang 808 Piano Level 9 - List C
2 Sophia Yao 8 Marian Paul 5 Christina Zhao 1 Noah Ma
3 Lucas TC Hu 9 Alexander Lai 6 Brandon Yang 2 William Yu
4 Daniel Zhang
3 Yinran Wang
5 Alice Bai 2:45 PM 2:30 PM 4 Emma Sun
880 Post-Romantic and Early 20th Century - ARCT Level 805 Piano Level 10 - List E 5 Harvey Huang
(List D) 1 Yuqiao Chu 6 Amelia Wu
1 Xinyi Ran 2 Allen Wang 7 Jessie Gong
2 Alice Bai 3 Vivian Xu
3 Leah Panasevich 4 Brandon Yang

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11:30 AM 10:15 AM 6 Daniel Gomberg 7:30 PM
845 Piano Etude - Open - Level 9 - Must be memorized. 1183 Student/Teacher Duet 7 Shixian Liu
921 Piano Duet - 12 and Under - Maximum time - 10 minutes
1 Nisa Sevinc 1 Joy Luo 8 Vivian Xu
1 Harry Ma
2 Henry Zhang 2 Katherine Yu
11:30 AM Owen Chow
3 Noah Ma
10:30 AM 2 Audrey Xu
4 Simon Lee 803 Piano Level 10 - List C
Jerome Liu
5 Sahana Sai 1178 Piano Concerto Primary - Level 9 & above, Ages 9-10 1 Harlan Le
1 Amelia Wu 2 Yuqiao Chu 7:45 PM
1:30 PM 3 Vienna Li
10:45 AM 920 Piano Duet - 14 and Under - Maximum time - 10 minutes
809 Piano Level 9 - List D 4 Roslynne Wang
1 Carissa Francis
1 Gary Xu 1176 Piano Concerto Elementary - Level 9 & above, Ages 11- 5 Kelina Hu
Ella Chen
2 Cheng Sun 12 6 Daniel Gomberg
3 Yinran Wang 1 Carolyn Chen 8:00 PM
4 Sarah Diwan 1:30 PM
11:05 AM 918 Piano Duet - 18 and Under - Maximum time - 10 minutes
5 Anna Mariya Kowalczyk 804 Piano Level 10 - List D
1 Sarathraj Maharajan
6 Carissa Francis 1174 Piano Concerto Junior - Level 9 & above, Ages 13-14 1 Kelly Zihan Chen
Naila Jughberry
7 Aaliyah McFarlane 1 Xinyi Ran 2 Carolyn Chen
8 Nagi Fukahori 2 Sophia Yao 3 Daniel Gomberg
4 Roslynne Wang
2:45 PM 11:45 AM 5 Sophia Li
802 Piano Level 10 - List B - Should be played as for the 1172 Piano Concerto Intermediate - Level 9 & above, Ages 15- 6 Xiwen Li
RCM exam 16 7 Yuqiao Chu
1 Carolyn Chen 1 Helen Kim
2 Cindy Zhu 2:30 PM
3 Victoria Li
12:05 PM
805 Piano Level 10 - List E
4 Julia Zhu 1170 Piano Concerto Advanced - Ages 19-28 1 Fanyong Kong
5 Sean Michael Solomon 1 Steven Zhai 2 Iris Yu
6 Yifan Liu 3 Kelina Hu
4 Yifan Liu
4:15 PM 5 Julia Zhu
843 Piano Etude - Open - ARCT level - Must be memorized. Monday April 21, 2025 6 Shixian Liu
1 Helen Kim St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 7 Ziqian Jiang
2 Alice Bai Adjudicator: Clark Schaufele
3 Leah Panasevich 3:30 PM
4 Vanessa Ongko 9:30 AM
806 Piano Level 9 - List A
5 Daniel Zhang 807 Piano Level 9 - List B 1 Amanda Zhao
1 Jeremy Wang 2 Gary Xu
Saturday April 19, 2025 2 Amanda Zhao 3 Sarah Diwan
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 3 Jessie Gong 4 Anna Mariya Kowalczyk
4 Cheng Sun 5 Noah Ma
Adjudicator: Clark Schaufele
5 Yi Li 6 Henry Zhang
10:00 AM
1180 Student/Teacher Duet
10:30 AM 6:00 PM
1 Deanna Lung 801 Piano Level 10 - List A 887 Licentiate Level
2 Anne He 1 Victoria Li 1 Daniel Zhang
3 Kayla Korai 2 Cindy Zhu 2 Muyuan Liu
4 Dipleen Sayann 3 Garyun Lee 3 Lucas TC Hu
4 Harlan Le 4 Alice Bai
5 Roslynne Wang

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Popular Voice Popular Voice
Wednesday April 16, 2025 Thursday April 17, 2025
Door Fifty Five Door Fifty Five
Adjudicator: Nicky McGrath Adjudicator: Nicky McGrath
9:30 AM
1184 Girls and Boys 8 & Under
1 Daryna Didenko
9:30 AM
2 Laila Goro 1185 Girls and Boys 9-10
3 Sofia Toris 1 Yashvi Patel
2 Lourdes Alomar
10:00 AM 3 Keira Lindsay
1201 Intermediate - Girls & Boys 15-16 4 Melinda Zhao
1 Madeline Forte 5 Alana Toris
2 Oviyaa Kugathas
3 Pavani Sangapallar
10:10 AM
4 Sophie Trussler 1208 Boys 11-12
5 Aari Malhotra 1 Shaurya Sapra
1222 Intermediate - Girls & Boys 15-16 1209 Girls 13-14
1 Sarah Mroz 1 Sumer Fang
1220 Elementary - Girls & Boys 11-12
11:20 AM 1 Ariel Liu
1197 Beginner - Girls & Boys 6-8
1 Daryna Didenko 11:15 AM
1198 Primary - Girls & Boys 9-10 1188 Girls 13-14
1 Naya Azarcon 1 Diya Swaroop
2 Lokuliyanage Chanumi Vidyabhushana 2 Eesha Balakrishnan
3 Aaratrika Dubey
1:45 PM 4 Lucy Knapp
1201 Intermediate - Girls & Boys 15-16 1189 Boys 13-14
1 Hanya Axiak 1 Owen Mendes
2 Charmel Marcial 2 Yuqi Bryan Liu
3 Sienna Das
4 Nayeli Aghoghovwia 1:30 PM
1200 Junior - Girls & Boys 13-14
2:40 PM 1 Aasha Malhotra
1199 Elementary - Girls & Boys 11-12 2 Maya Greenough
1 Roselyn Johnson 3 Erica Jin
2 Dia Lalit 1221 Junior - Girls & Boys 13-14
3 Lara Gonzalez 1 Dryden Trainor
4 Chloe Lamb
5 Armi Castro

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School Choirs
Popular Voice
2:30 PM
1190 Girls 15-16
Tuesday April 8, 2025
1 Kiara Macri
Eden United Church
2 Maureen Segovia
3 Diya Balakrishnan Adjudicator: Jamie Hillman
4 Ariana Maingi 10:00 AM
5 Naomi Dionne
261 Grade Chorus - Grade One
6 Jenny Tang
1 Fern Hill School Oakville Campus
262 Grade Chorus - Grade Two
1192 Girls 17-18
1 Fern Hill School Oakville Campus
1 Maryam Buzimkic
263 Grade Chorus - Grade Three
3:30 PM 1 Fern Hill School Oakville Campus
1202 Senior - Girls & Boys 17-18 269 Primary Choir - Unison - Grades 1, 2 & 3
1 Teia Bodnar 1 Fern Hill School Oakville Campus
2 Madeline Vali
11:00 AM
1203 Advanced - Female & Male 19-28
1 Guneet Mahal 260 Grade Chorus - Kindergarten
1 Fern Hill School Oakville Campus
264 Grade Chorus - Grade Four
1 Fern Hill School Oakville Campus
275 Elementary School Choir - Open
1 John Knox Christian School Elementary School
Choir
2 Fern Hill School Oakville Campus

12:00 PM
271 Junior Choir - Unison - Grades 4, 5 & 6
1 Brisdale Public School Junior Choir
272 Intermediate Choir - SA - Grades 6, 7 & 8
1 Sherwood Heights School Intermediate Choir
273 Intermediate Choir - SSA or SAB- Grades 6, 7 & 8
1 Hazel McCalllion Senior PS Chamber Choir
278 Secondary School Choir - SATB
1 Concert Choir St. Aloysius Gonzaga

1:00 PM
274 Elementary School Choir - maximum 40 voices
1 St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic School Elementary
Choir
2 Richmond Hill Private Montessori School Sr. Choir
277 Primary and Junior Choirs - Own choice of two
selections. Non-Competitive
1 McKinnon P.S P/J Choir
286 Elementary School Instrumental Group - Beginner
1 St. Marguerite d'Youville C.E.S Tonechime Ensemble

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Speech Arts Strings
Wednesday April 2, 2025 3:15 PM 11:30 AM
Tuesday April 22, 2025
Church of the Holy Spirit of Peace 493 Favourite Narrative Poem - age 9 - Maximum time 3 Streetsville United Church 710 Baroque Sonata for Cello and Piano - 11 and Under
minutes
Adjudicator: Celia Lee Adjudicator: Bijan Sepanji 1 Ethan Lai
1 Lucas Kong
1:00 PM 2 Nolan Kong 9:15 AM 1:15 PM
590 Choral Speaking - Grade One
3:30 PM 664 Cello Grade 3 - List A 728 Cello Grade 7 - List B
1 St. Marguerite d'Youville C.E.S Grade 1 French
1 Julian Mok 1 Janine Gong
Immersion 986 Monologue - age 9 - Maximum time 5 minutes
2 Eliezer Peng 2 Livia Santos
1 Yusuf Shaikh
2 Quang Khai Nguyen 9:25 AM 1:30 PM
1:15 PM 3 Natalie Truong
665 Cello Grade 3 - List B 669 Cello Solo - unaccompanied - 9 and Under
1017 Speech/Public Speaking - immersion française - École
secondaire 4:00 PM 1 Eliezer Peng 1 Harper Wang
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung 547 Monologue - Open - Maximum time 5 minutes 666 Cello Grade 3 - List C 727 Cello Grade 6 - List B
1 Guneet Mahal 1 Julian Mok 1 Ethan Lai
1:30 PM 2 Harper Wang
960 Poésie récitée - immersion française - École secondaire - 4:30 PM 9:40 AM 3 Phoebe Huang
temps maximum 5 minutes 793 Monologue - age 8 - Maximum time 5 minutes 667 Cello Grade 4 - List A 4 Benjamin Owen Chan
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung 1 Sofia Toris 1 Julian Su
668 Cello Grade 4 - List B
2:00 PM
2 Wudy Wang
1:45 PM 679 Cello Solo - unaccompanied - 15 and Under
1 Julian Su
953 Prose récitée - langue première - École secondaire - 5:00 PM 723 Cello Grade 4 - List C
1 Hugo Peradze
temps maximum 5 minutes
498 Monologue - age 10 - Maximum time 5 minutes 1 Julian Su 729 Cello Grade 9 - List C
1 Rukmini Chari
1 Alana Toris 1 Hugo Peradze
Adjudicator: Alix Sideris 9:55 AM
2:20 PM
2:00 PM 672 Cello Solo - 15 and Under
1 Zoe Gomberg 671 Cello Solo - 17 and Under
471 Favourite Lyric Poem age 17 - Maximum time 5 minutes
2 Janine Gong 1 Ruichen Wang
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung
2 Bethany Brink
708 Baroque Sonata for Cello and Piano - 15 and Under
2:15 PM 1 Zoe Gomberg 712 Classical/Romantic Sonata for Cello and Piano - 17 and
Under
485 Favourite Narrative Poem - age 17 - Maximum time 5
minutes 10:20 AM 1 Ruichen Wang
1 Cynthia Thorpe-Hung 681 Cello Solo - unaccompanied - 11 and Under
2:50 PM
1 Livia Santos
2:30 PM 2 Audrey Xu 713 Classical/Romantic Sonata for Cello and Piano - 15 and
Under
784 Memorized Prose - 13 & 14 - Maximum time 5 minutes 3 Ethan Lai
1 Benjamin Owen Chan
1 Rukmini Chari
10:40 AM 715 Classical/Romantic Sonata for Cello and Piano - 11 and
2:45 PM 692 Cello Grade 10 - List C Under
479 Favourite Lyric Poem age 9 - Maximum time 3 minutes 1 Nyla Santos 1 Phoebe Huang
1 Ching Sze Sophie Chan 2 Audrey Xu 3:10 PM
3:00 PM 10:55 AM 695 Cello Solo with Same Age Accompanist - 17 and Under
494 Favourite Narrative Poem - age 8 - Maximum time 3 1 Janine Gong
702 Classical/Romantic Concerto for Cello and Orchestra -
minutes 17 and Under
1 Miranda Li 1 Bethany Brink
2 Claire Chan 2 Nyla Santos

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Strings Strings
3:35 PM 10:20 AM 10:20 AM 3:25 PM
680 Cello Solo - unaccompanied - 13 and Under 633 Violin or Viola Grade 7 - List C
645 Classical/Romantic Concerto for Violin or Viola and 628 Violin or Viola Grade 4 - List A
1 Samuel Ma 1 Amy Jung Orchestra - 15 and Under 1 Lori Lee/Mississauga School of Music
704 Classical/Romantic Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - 2 Lyra Spakauskas 1 Amy Jung
629 Violin or Viola Grade 4 - List B
13 and Under 2 Oscar Liu
1 Samuel Ma 10:35 AM 1 Lori Lee/Mississauga School of Music
3 Lillian Broomer
634 Violin or Viola Grade 8 - List C 658 Classical/Romantic Sonata for Violin and Piano or Viola
656 Classical/Romantic Sonata for Violin and Piano or Viola & Piano - 11 & Under
Wednesday April 23, 2025 1 Michelle Yao & Piano - 15 & Under
Streetsville United Church 2 Felix Hu 1 Felix Hu
1 Oscar Liu
2 Austin Liu
Adjudicator: Bijan Sepanji 10:50 AM 3 Celina Zhou
10:55 AM
9:15 AM 635 Violin or Viola Grade 9 - List C 4 Michelle Yao
642 Baroque Concerto for Violin or Viola and Orchestra - 11
608 Violin or Viola Solo - unaccompanied - 17 and Under 1 Jiongran Wang and Under 3:35 PM
1 Dania Gonzalez Sandhu 1 Kayra Han Sevinc
10:55 AM 2 Felix Hu
627 Violin or Viola Grade 3 - List B or List C
9:25 AM 610 Violin or Viola Solo - unaccompanied - 13 and Under 1 Nithila Kugenthiran
3 Michelle Yao
620 Violin or Viola Introductory Grade - List A 1 James Ryan
2 Jiongran Wang 11:15 AM Friday April 25, 2025
1 Sarah Wang
Streetsville United Church
2 Rachel Kvil 641 Baroque Concerto for Violin or Viola and Orchestra - 13
11:00 AM and Under Adjudicator: Bijan Sepanji
621 Violin or Viola Introductory Grade - List B
598 String Chamber Music Ensemble - Open 1 Jiongran Wang
1 Rachel Kvil 9:15 AM
1 Ellengale PS Junior String Ensemble
622 Violin or Viola Grade 1 - List A 1:15 PM 604 Violin or Viola Solo - 11 and Under
2 Ellengale PS J/I String Ensemble
1 Srinidhi Gampa 1 Jasmine Lai
638 Concerto for Violin or Viola and Orchestra - Open
2 Raneem Alhomairy Thursday April 24, 2025 2 Tae Hee Kim
1 Sophie Ryan
Streetsville United Church 2 James Ryan 3 Victoria Rzeczkowski
9:35 AM 4 Zaiyou Tang
623 Violin or Viola Grade 1 - List B Adjudicator: Bijan Sepanji 1:55 PM
1 Ella Liu 9:15 AM 9:50 AM
637 Violin or Viola ARCT - List C
2 Srinidhi Gampa 647 Classical/Romantic Concerto for Violin or Viola and
609 Violin or Viola Solo - unaccompanied - 15 and Under 1 Dania Gonzalez Sandhu
626 Violin or Viola Grade 3 - List A Orchestra - 11 and Under
1 Sophie Ryan
1 Nithila Kugenthiran 2:10 PM 1 Jessie Gong
649 Sonata for Violin and Piano or Viola and Piano - Open 2 Zaiyou Tang
1 Sophie Ryan 636 Violin or Viola Grade 10 - List C
10:00 AM 3 Celina Zhou
1 James Ryan
630 Violin or Viola Grade 4 - List C 4 Austin Liu
9:30 AM 2 Lillian Broomer
1 Kenneth Omoto 3 Oscar Liu
2 Lori Lee/Mississauga School of Music
657 Classical/Romantic Sonata for Violin and Piano or Viola 10:50 AM
& Piano - 13 & Under
3 Bissan Albadawi 1 Asyaashree Sivakani 2:45 PM 601 Violin or Viola Solo - 17 and Under
4 Saki Redmond 1 Yike Gao
2 Jiongran Wang 643 Baroque Concerto for Violin or Viola and Orchestra - 9
and Under 2 Dania Gonzalez Sandhu
3 Stephen Sun
10:15 AM 1 Anna Huang 3 Leen Ghanem
611 Violin or Viola Solo - unaccompanied - 11 and Under 9:55 AM 2 Grace Huang
1 Jessie Gong
11:10 AM
646 Classical/Romantic Concerto for Violin or Viola and 3 Raymond Ge
2 Tae Hee Kim Orchestra - 13 and Under 4 Louis Shuang 625 Violin or Viola Grade 2 - List B
3 Celina Zhou 1 Ariston Chan 1 Sarah Wang
4 Victoria Rzeczkowski 2 Stephen Sun
5 Austin Liu 3 Asyaashree Sivakani
632 Violin or Viola Grade 6 - List C
1 Kayra Han Sevinc

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JOIN OUR
Strings
MUSIC COMMUNITY AT
11:25 AM 3:00 PM
602 Violin or Viola Solo - 15 and Under 766 Any String Instrument - Suzuki Book 1 - Own Choice of WESTERN UNIVERSITY
1 Ruixi Zhang two selections
2 Ashleigh Hui 1 Noble Thu
3 Sparsh Dabholkar 2 Daniel Milkos
4 Dhaarini Moorthy 3 Vihaan Hariharan
770 Any String Instrument - Suzuki Book 3 - Own Choice of
1:15 PM two selections
613 Violin or Viola Solo with Same Age Accompanist - 17 1 Marcus Marchewka
and Under
1 Ruixi Zhang

1:30 PM
615 Violin or Viola Duet - any age
1 Ruixi Zhang
Yike Gao

1:45 PM
603 Violin or Viola Solo - 13 and Under
1 Hai Na Li
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS GRADUATE PROGRAMS
2 Ziiva Soto
3 Junnuo Wang
BACHELOR OF MUSIC PERFORMANCE
4 Lyra Spakauskas Performance MMus Literature and Performance
5 Asyaashree Sivakani Music Education Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
6 Jiongran Wang Composition
Music Research MUSIC EDUCATION
2:25 PM General MMus Music Education
605 Violin or Viola Solo - 9 and Under PhD Music Education
1 Grace Huang BACHELOR OF ARTS
2 Louis Shuang Private lessons and ensemble participation not required COMPOSITION
3 Clement Hankevych Honours Specialization in Music MMus Composition
Specialization in Music Administrative Studies PhD Composition
2:40 PM
Major in Music
606 Violin or Viola Solo - 7 and Under Major in Popular Music Studies MUSIC THEORY
1 Anna Huang Major in Creative Arts and Production One-Year MA Music Theory
659 Classical/Romantic Sonata for Violin and Piano or Viola Minor in Music Performance Studies PhD Music Theory
& Piano - 9 & Under Minor in Music
1 Anna Huang
Minor in Dance MUSICOLOGY
2 Louis Shuang
One-Year MA Musicology
3 Grace Huang
COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS PhD in Musicology
Music Recording Arts (with Fanshawe College)
Music & Business (with Ivey Business School) ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION
Collaborative Specialization in Music Cognition
PERFORMANCE DIPLOMA
One-Year Artist Diploma

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