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PERFORMANCE AWARDS

The CMEA/ACME Performance Awards take place every two years. The next application process will be for the 2012-13 school year with June 2013 being the deadline. Following is information on the 2011 awards process. This is the most recent performance awards reference for your information: http://cmea.ca/resources/latest-news/154-performance-awards-2011

Rebecca Brown is the Chair of the CMEA/ACME Performance Awards. Rebecca Brown may be contacted as follows:
Rebecca Brown, CMEA/Acme Performance Awards
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2011 Leslie Bell Award Winner: Agincourt Collegiate Institute Madrigal Singers

  • 2011 Award Winners

JUNIOR JAZZ- Acadia junior high- Daryl Ferguson

SENIOR JAZZ- Nepean All City- Neil York-Slater

JUNIOR CONCERT BAND- Acadia Junior High- Daryl Ferguson

SENIOR CONCERT BAND- Canterbury High School- Laurie Hamilton

CHOIR-  Agincourt Collegiate Institute Madrigal Singers- James Pinhorn

SMALL ENSEMBLE- St Bonaventure's College- Vincenza Etchegary


2011 Wilfred Harvey Award Winner: St. Bonaventure's College Dixieland Combo

  • Award Categories

The Christopher Gledhill Award – Orchestra

The Robert Rosevear Award – Concert Band

The Leslie Bell Award – Choir

The Helen Litz Award – Children’s Choir (maximum age: 16 years as of entry deadline)

The Don Wright Award – Jazz Ensemble; vocal or instrumental

The Wallace Laughton Award – Post-secondary; vocal or instrumental

The Wilfred Harvey Award – Small Ensemble; vocal or instrumental (max. 12 members)

The Catherine Allison Award – Special (awarded at the discretion of the Awards Committee)


Award Winners

  • Catherine Allison Award (Special award - given at the discretion of the selection committee)

1987 - New Hamburg Belle Ringers

1989 - University of Western Ontario Les Choristes

1991 - not awarded

1993 - Amabile Youth Singers, London, ON

1995 - Waterloo C.I. Senior Strings

1997 - Earl of March S.S. Flute Trio (Neil Yorke-Slader)

1999 - not awarded

2001 - not awarded

2003 - Central Technical School soloists-Toronto (Steve Lashbrook)

2005 - Saxville Quartet (Kim Vrieling)

2007 - J.H. Bruns Senior Jazz Guitar Ensemble (Randy Haley)

2009 - not awarded

2011 - not awarded

 

  • Christopher Gledhill Award for Orchestra

1989 - Fiddlestiks, Kitchener, ON

1991 - Halifax Schools Symphony Strings

1993 - Saskatoon Youth Orchestra (Wayne Toews)

1995 - Saskatoon Youth Orchestra (Wayne Toews)

1997 - Saskatoon Youth Orchestra (Wayne Toews)

1999 - Saskatoon Youth Orchestra (Wayne Toews)

2001 - Saskatoon Youth Orchestra (Wayne Toews)

2003 - Saskatoon Youth Orchestra (Wayne Toews/George Charpentier)

2005 - FACE Symphony Orchestra (Theodora Stathopoulos)

2007 - Lisgar Collegiate Institute Sr. Orchestra (Richard Arrigo)

2009 - Arts York Strings, Unionville High School (Larry Beckwith)

2011 - not awarded

 

  • Don Wright Award for Jazz Ensemble

1989 - Mississauga Tranzzit-Cawthra Park S.S.

1991 - Hamilton All Star Jazz Band

1993 - Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

1995 - Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

1997 - Halifax All-City Senior Jazz Band (Dave Staples)

1999 - Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

2001 - Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

2003 - Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

2005 - O'Neill Collegiate Jazz One (Duane Bronson)

2007 - Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

2009 - Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

2011 - Junior Jazz: Acadia Junior High (Daryl Ferguson); Senior Jazz: Nepean All-City Jazz Band (Neil Yorke-Slader)

 

  • Leslie Bell Award for Choir

No date - Tudor Singers of Montreal (Wayne Riddell)

1965 - Acadian Chapel Choir, Wolfville, N.S. (Leonard Mayoh)

1969 - The Hewettes, Regina, SK (Vilda McKeown)

1973 - Listowel District S.S. Choir, Listowel, ON (Gerald Fagan)

1975 - Prairie High School Choir, Three Hills, AB ( Lowell Hart)

1977 - St. Patrick’s School Girls Glee Club, St. John’s, NF

1979 - The Bass Clef Chorus and Better Half Singers , Winnipeg, MB (Helga Anderson)

1981 - Hillsborough School Choir, Hillsborough, NB (Ruth Schiller)

1983 - Hillsborough School Choir, Hillsborough, NB (Ruth Schiller)

1985 - Die Meistersinger Childrens Choir, Prince George, BC (Sandra Meister)

1987 - Western Canada High School, Calgary, AB (David Ferguson)

1989 - Halifax Schools Youth Honour Choir, Halifax, NS (Kaye Pottie)

1991 - U. of Western Ontario Les Choristes, London, ON (Victoria Meredith)

1993 - Winnipeg Mennonite Childrens Choir (Helen Litz)

1995 - not awarded

1997 - Earl Haig Girls’ Chamber Choir, North York, ON (Lynn Janes)

1999 - Hillsborough Girls’ Choir, New Brunswick (Ruth Boswell Schiller)

2001 - Juventus Concert Choir, Regina, SK (Diana Woolrich)

2003 - Saskatoon Children’s Choir (Phoebe Voigts)

2005 - Canterbury H.S. Concert Choir (Laurie Hamilton)

2007 - Prairie Voices (Kristel Peters)

2009 - not awarded

2011 - Agincourt Collegiate Institute Madrigal Singers (James Pinhorn)

 

  • Robert Rosevear Award for Concert Band

No date - Langley Secondary School (Gerald N. King)

1983 - The Prairie Consort School of Music (Ursula M. Rempel)

1985 - Singing Strings (John & Jenet Clement)

1987 - Vincent Massey Band (Eilene Paterson)

1989 - not awarded

1991 - Holy Trinity Senior Concert Band (D. Vaughan)

1993 - Fredericton H. S. Concert Band (Hugh Kennedy)

1995 - Gloucester H.S. Concert Band (Laurie Hamilton)

1997 - not awarded

1999 - not awarded

2001 - Unionville H.S. Winds (Dennis Beck)

2003 - Canterbury H.S. Concert Band (Christine Hansen)

2005 - Eastern District School Band (Douglas Vaughan)

2007 - Canterbury Concert Band (Laurie Hamilton)

2009 - Unionville High School Wind Ensemble (Jeff Wrigglesworth)

2011 - Junior Concert Band: Acadia Junior High (Daryl Ferguson); Senior Concert Band: Canterbury High School (Laurie Hamilton)

 

  • Wallace Laughton Award for Post-Secondary Vocal or Instrumental

1995 - Les Choristes – University of Western Ontario (Victoria Meredith)

1997 - Les Choristes – University of Western Ontario (Victoria Meredith)

1999 - not awarded

2001 - not awarded

2003 - University of Western Ontario Singers (Dr. Victoria Meredith)

2005 - University of Western Ontario Singers (Gerald Neufeld)

2007 - University of Western Ontario Singers (Gerald Neufeld)

2009 - Thames Scholars, University of Western Ontario (Gerald Neufeld)

2011 - not awarded

 

  • Wilfred Harvey Award for Small Ensemble

1989 - Queen Elizabeth H.S. String Ensemble

1991 - Queen Elizabeth H.S. String Ensemble

1993 - Queen Elizabeth H.S. String Ensemble (Patricia Wyman)

1995 - Gloucester H.S. Percussion Ensemble (Bob Denney)

1997 - Queen Elizabeth H.S. String Ensemble (Alec Tilley)

1999 - not awarded

2001 - not awarded

2003 - FACE Chamber Orchestra (Theodora Stathopoulos)

2005 - Lisgar Collegiate String Ensemble (Trudy Bradley)

2007 - John McCrae S.S. Guitar Ensemble (Bob Denney)

2009 - not awarded

2011 - St. Bonaventure's College (Vincenza Etchegary)

 

 
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