Many of our Contemporary Showcase Centres have wrapped up their Festivals for 2022, congratulations to all the participants, festival organizers, adjudicators, volunteers, teachers, and audience members! Some videos and pictures are on our social media channels, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, so please feel free to check them out!
Each centre is invited to ask their adjudicator to nominate performers for our National Awards. If you have nominees or are a nominee for your Contempoary Showcase Centre, please have videos submitted with a scan of the sheet music for the adjudicator, the name of the performer, what centre they are representing, and if possible the award they are nominated for by December 16th.
Congratulations to Jerry Hu of Contemporary Showcase Saskatoon! Jerry is this year’s recipient of the 2021 Mary Gardiner Award of Performance Excellence -Senior Award. Below is his winning performance of ‘Scherzo’ by Oskar Morawetz.
Congratulations to Ysabella Jadraque of Contemporary Showcase West Central Saskatchewan! Ysabella is this year’s recipient of the 2021 Mary Gardiner Award of Performance Excellence -Junior Award. Below is her winning performance of ‘Sunshower’ by Martha Hill Duncan.
Congratulations to Leah Markun of Mississauga! Leah is the recipient of the 2021 Mary Hildebrand Memorial Award for Performance Excellence. Below is her winning performance of ‘Gorgonzola Custard, Clafoutis, and Jim Beam Ribeye’ by David MacIntyre.
Congratulations to Maica McEachern of Edmonton! Maica is this year’s recipient of the John Weinzweig Centenary Scholarship – Junior Award. Below is Maica’s winning performance of ‘Etching – The Vollard Suite’ by Harry Somers.