Fort Saskatchewan Music Festival Gala Concert Sunday, March 20 th, 2016 2:30 pm Shell Theatre Dow Centennial Centre MC Mr. Greg Jeffery
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2016 Gala Concert Program Please join in singing O Canada sung by Gwynne McMaster and Natalie Smadis 1 Handbells Strikepoint! directed by Ella Falat Old MacDonald arranged by Kristy Mitchell Canon Johann Pachelbel arranged by Dana Thynes 2 School Band Lilian Schick Junior High Band directed by Layla Pretzlaff From Ancient Times Bruce Pearson Adrenaline Rush Rob Foster 3 School Orff Ensemble Our Lady of the Angels School Turn the Glasses Over Sur Le Pont D Avignon 4 Piano Solo Abigail McEwan Ode to Joy 5 Piano Solo Mason Tomchyshyn Sonatina in A Minor American Play Party Game Song French Folk Song Ludwig van Beethoven arranged by Nancy Faber Albert Biehl 6 Vocal Solo Sarah Morse accompanied by Evan Westfal I Remember Stephen Sondheim 7 String Solo Laura Wallbank accompanied by Melanie Doderai Jig Du Bois Traditional 8 Piano Solo Sydnie Zapesocki Minuet in G Major 9 Woodwind Duet Megan Cohoe & Miguel Wilson Lament Johann Sebastian Bach arranged by John O Reilly and John Kinyon 10 Vocal Duet Natalie Smadis & Gwynne McMaster accompanied by Erin Gott When You Believe Stephen Schwartz 11 Piano Solo Anika Lukie Downton Abbey John Lunn arranged by Dan Coates 12 String Solo Morgan Koncur accompanied by Melanie Doderai St. Anne s Reel Traditional 13 Piano Solo Kali Heatherington Comptine d un autre été, l apres midi 14 Piano Solo Ian Novakowski Over the Rainbow Yann Tiersen Harold Arlen arranged by George Shearing 15 School Choir Our Lady of the Angels School Choir directed by Jennifer Smadis In Every Soul Mark Patterson Count on Me Bruno Mars arranged by Janet Day Presentation of Awards and Trophies 3
Award and Trophy Winners for 2016 Piano Awards Kathleen Faris Award Preparatory Piano Royal Canadian Legion Branch #27 Award Piano Method Books Gwen Montgomery Memorial Award Junior Piano Grades 1 & 2 Sharon Cameron Award Junior Piano Grades 3 & 4 Alberta Registered Music Teachers Award Edmonton Branch Intermediate Piano Grades 5 & 6 Fort Saskatchewan Royal Purple Award Intermediate Piano Grades 7 & 8 Yvonne Jenkins Award Senior Piano Grades 9 & up Twice But Nice Award Jazz/Blues/Ragtime Piano Selection BSH Engineering Award Canadian Composers Piano Selection Mix 107.9 Fort Saskatchewan Award Movie/TV/Pop Karen & Emma Kramer Memorial Award Adjudicator s Choice Reid Krisher Presented by david Spearing Abigail McEwan Presented by David Spearing Eva Degen Presented by Sharon Cameron Mark Skinner Anika Lukie Presented by Helen Akerboom Kali Heatherington Presented by Sharron Roberts Ian Novakowski Presented by Stephanie Plett Jeslyn Herzog Presented by Fran McSween Eva Degen Presented by Sharon Cameron Josh Skinner Kali Heatherington Presented by Sharon Cameron 4
Award and Trophy Winners for 2016 Vocal & Choral Awards Josephburg Choral Society Award Vocal Solo Shirley Yakimets Award Musical Theatre/Ensembles Amanda MacDonald Sarah Morse Presented by Shirley Yakimets Gott the Gift Music Studio Award Adjudicator s Choice Music is Marvelous Piano Studio Award Gwynne McMaster & Natalie Smadis Presented by Erin Gott Our Lady of the Angels School Choir Accepted by Madison Zmaeff and Annika Hagstrom Presented by Moira Buck 5
Award and Trophy Winners for 2016 Instrumental & Band Awards Catherine Ayasse Memorial Award Woodwind Performance Fort Saskatchewan Victoria Lodge Of Freemasons Award Recorder Chorus/Orff Ensembles Dr. Brooke Karach Award & Trophy Junior High Concert and Stage Bands Rudolph Hennig Junior High School Award & Trophy Senior High Concert and Stage Bands Beta Sigma Phi Preceptor Pi Award School Handbells Agrium Award String Instrument Agrium Award String Instrument Megan Cohoe & Miguel Wilson Presented by Susan Doyle Our Lady of the Angels Orff Ensemble Accepted by Cassidy Loiseau and Jericho Morallo Presented By Erin Gott Rudolph Hennig Concert Band Accepted by Rebekah and Jamie Benson Presented by Nahid Hedayati Fort Saskatchewan High School Band accepted by Nicole Lafond & Khasandra Fortier Presented by Greg Jeffery Strikepoint! accepted by Samantha Ralston & Coby Grismer Presented by Burle Krebbs Morgan Koncur Presented by Nahid Hedayati Haley Koncur Presented by Nahid Hedayati 6
Our Distinguished Sponsors Fort Saskatchewan Lions Club 7
Fort Saskatchewan Twice But Nice Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 27 Fort Saskatchewan Royal Purple Lodge #212 Fort Saskatchewan Rotary Club Judy Chlowski Alberta Society of Music Festival Friends 8
BECJM Enterprises BSH Engineering David and Freda Spearing Fort Saskatchewan Community Band Fotty Stevenson Wilson Kathleen and Murray Faris Martin Akerboom Moira Buck Sharon and Keith Cameron Sherritt International Corporation Shirley Yakimets Smith Insurance Friends of the festival Anglican Church Women ARMTA Edmonton Branch Beta Sigma Phi Preceptor Pi Beta Sigma Phi Xi Tau Brooke E. Karach Professional Corp. Catholic Women s League Our Lady of the Angels Fort Saskatchewan Veterinary Clinic Fort Saskatchewan Victoria Lodge of Freemasons #13 Gaumont Financial Services Gunther Construction Gott the Gift Music Studio The Gessner Family Jennifer Pollack Re/Max Real Estate James Mowat School Parent Advisory Association Yvonne Jenkins Josephburg Choral Society Majestic Chapter #126 of Eastern Star Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge Pioneer Singers R. Mary Totman Rudolph Hennig Junior High School Sharon Hart Special Thanks to. Shell Theatre, Dow Centennial Centre Shell Theatre Staff, Technicians and Volunteers Dow Centennial Staff Fort Saskatchewan High School & Simone Villetard First United Church Harold Walters and Associates 9
Thank you to our Door Prize donors Shoppers Drug Mart Safeway Fort Saskatchewan Roland s Jewelry Home Hardware Re/max Real Estate Co-op Fort Saskatchewan Thank You to Our Many Volunteers Ann Block Anne Traviss Brian Hart David Spearing Emma Skinner Erin Gott Helen Akerboom Joan White Kim Heatherington Lisa Tomchyshyn Melanie Smith-Doderai Mike Akerboom Nahid Hedayati Sharon Cameron Sharon Hart Shyla Gray Simone Villetard Stephanie Plett Special Thanks to Our MC Mr. Greg Jeffery Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. Plato 10