The Boissevain Festival of the Arts was back with in person sessions in 2022.
The pandemic had impacted how the festival operated but the program was back to normal in March of this year. About 150 registrations were received for people taking to the stage in vocal and piano sessions.
The Awards Concert was held Sunday afternoon of March 20th at the Whitewater Church in Boissevain. Here’s a list of award winners:
The Most Promising Vocal Performer scholarship: Spencer Harper
The scholarship for Most Promising Performer in Beginner Piano: Taryn Scheirlinck
This year the adjudicator selected TWO Most Promising Performer scholarships in Grades 1-2: Audrey Raes, Njive Museka
The Most Promising Performer in Intermediate Piano, Grades 3-6: Jude Groening
The Most Promising Performer in Senior Piano, Grades 7 & up: Bennett Radcliffe
The Boissevain Festival of the Arts Scholarships this year goes to: Evan Raes
The Rose Bowl & Scholarship: Graeme Lovett
The Tudor Bowl & Scholarship: Caleb Raes
2022 Provincial Finals Recommendations
The Piano & Vocal adjudicators in the Boissevain Festival have recommended the following talented students to the Provincial Finals in Brandon this year.
PIANO:
Preliminary Piano – Juliana Nestibo
Junior Piano – Evan Raes
Junior Canadian – Evan Raes
Intermediate Canadian – Owen Raes
Advanced Canadian – Caleb Raes
VOCAL:
Preliminary Vocal – Russell Harper
Junior Vocal – Graeme Lovett
Junior Canadian – Faith Kentner
Junior Musical Theatre – Faith Kentner
Intermediate Musical Theatre – Jasmine Penner
Highlights from the awards concert will be on CJRB Radio 1220 March 27th at 2:00pm.