The CMEA/ACME Performance Awards take place every two years. The next application process will be for the 2010-11 school year. Entries will close June 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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Documents

• 2009 Performance Award Recipients

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)

Barbara Graham (left) and Helen Litz launch the CMEA/ACME Helen Litz award in Winnipeg, November 2006.
The Helen Litz trophy is awarded to the outstanding children's choir.

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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