Boissevain Festival of the Arts

23/03/2023

Show us your photos and video clips - from either the Awards Concert or the Festival sessions! 🎶

22/03/2023

💐Congratulations to all our 2023 Boissevain festival of the arts award winners!!! 💐

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

19/03/2023

Awards concert today, 3pm at the Whitewater church in Boissevain.

Have fun performers!!!!

💐Enjoy the show!!!💐

18/03/2023

Tomorrow is the day!!!!!

Awards concert 3pm tomorrow (Sunday March 19)
Whitewater church!

Congratulations and have fun to all the performers!!!

Enjoy the show!

09/03/2023

Wed March 8th results.

Grade 4 piano solo scholarship - Lily Groening

Grade 5 piano solo scholarship - Violet Sawatsky

Jr popular piano trophy - Sophie Plett

Sr popular piano scholarship - Lilia Plett

Intermediate sight reading scholarship - Evan Raes

Sr sight reading scholarship - Owen Raes

Intermediate quick study scholarship - Lilia Plett

Sr quick study scholarship - Owen Raes

Jr piano duet trophy - Briar Paradis and Katie Perkins

Intermediate piano duet scholarship - Sadie Guenther and Daniel Griffith

Open piano duet award of merit - Audrey and Owen Raes

Piano trio - Beginner to grade 3 scholarship
Maeve Goertzen, Taryn Scheirlinck and Hayden Campbell

Congratulations to everyone on all their hard work! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A busy last day of the 2023 festival.

Stay tuned for the awards concert March 19th at 3pm at the Whitewater church.

08/03/2023

Piano results from day 2 of the 2023 festival.

Well done there were so many great performers!

Grade 1 piano solo scholarship - Sophie Plett

Grade 2 piano solo scholarship - Noah Whetter

Grade 3 piano solo scholarship - Sadie Guenther

Congratulations to all our winners! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

07/03/2023

Piano results from Day 1 of the 2023 festival.
Great job to all the performers.

Beginner trophy - Hayden Campbell

Gr 6 piano solo scholarship - Evan Raes

Sr study scholarship own choice/study scholarship
Owen Raes

Gr 9 Baroque composers - Owen Raes

Sr piano forte scholarship - Owen Raes

Congratulations to all of our winners!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

03/03/2023

Here are our vocal scholarship results!
Great job to all the participants!
Congratulations to all the winners!

28/02/2023

Day 1 of festival starts tomorrow March 1 with our vocal group-

Thanks to our sponsors!

Gold Sponsors
Boissevain Select Seeds
Double Diamond Farm Supply
Municipality of Boissevain- Morton
Chapman Motors
Hazlewood Drugs
Herman &Tenley Dyck
Armstrong Seeds
Ben &Ellen Martens
Wilderness Inn
Boundary Co-op
Sunrise Credit Union
Turtle Mountain Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic
Pete &Ruth Unrau
Kinette Club of Boissevain
Anna Glover
RM Killarney- Turtle Mountain
Cherry Creek Veterinary Services and Supplies
Killarney Vision
Glenn & Janet Dickson ( In Memory of Barry & Lois Dickson)
Royal Canadian Legion
Sean and Dianna Neufeld

Silver Sponsors
Southwest Agencies
Irvin Goodon Industries
Moore Building Center
Henry & Pearl Dueck
Boissevain Lions Club
Dale & Dorothy Whetter
Whitewater Bison
Killarney Pharmacy
Pringles' Sports Excellence
Lewis & Jones
MB Registered Music Association
Turtle Mountain Teachers Association
Killarney School
Carpet Warehouse
BDO
Brown Lea Good Neighbor Club
Peggy Noble- Cappie (In Memory of Doreen Noble)

We couldn’t do this without these amazing sponsors!!

14/02/2023

If you would like to see this years program, head to bfota.ca

Festival Programs

12/01/2023

A friendly reminder of the Registration deadline for the BFOTA.ca - Friday, Jan. 13 at midnight.

Link to the 2023 Registration Form Alternately, check the menu for a device compatible version of the registration form.

16/12/2022

Registration for our 2023 festival is open and online. Please check out BFOTA.ca.

Link to the 2023 Registration Form Alternately, check the menu for a device compatible version of the registration form.

30/11/2022

Hey everyone! Check out the Boissevain festival of the arts website!
www.BFOTA.ca

Important information coming soon!

February 28th to March 19th, 2023

05/05/2022

Time to celebrate the 2022 Festival Award recipients! In this post we want to highlight our Vocal winners and their sponsors.

-12 & Under Solo Scholarship (Moore Building Centre) - Joel Lovett
-14 & Under Solo Scholarship (Westman Communications Group) - Russell Harper
-16 & Under (Junior) Solo Scholarship (MB Registered Music Teachers' Association - Brandon & Westman Branch) - Faith Kentner
-18 & Under (Intermediate) Solo Scholarship (Town of Boissevain) - Jasmine Penner
-Vocal Duet Scholarship (Sunrise Credit Union) - Elora Weisner & Graeme Lovett
-Most Promising Vocal Performer Scholarship (Aileen Didluck Memorial) - Spencer Harper
-Rose Bowl (Pete & Ruth Unrau) & Scholarship (Westman Communications) - Graeme Lovett

Congratulations Everyone!!
Please share your pictures & vdeos clips!

23/03/2022

Thank you sponsors!

Platinum-
Dusty and Lucy Anderson Trust Fund
Faith and Fern Oriss Trust Fund
Boissevain Recorder
Gold-
Boissevain Select Seeds
Armstrong Seeds
Turtle Mountain Physiotherapy
Boundary Co-op
Boissevain & Disrict Chamber of Commerce
Pete and Ruth Unrau
Municipality of Boissevain- Morton
Westman Communications Group
Andrew Agencies
Boissevain Kinettes
Boissevain Legion
Chapman Motors
Sean and Dianna Neufeld
Hazlewood Drugs
Herman and Tenley Dyck
Dr. And Mrs Meyer Nell
Sunrise Credit Union
Glenn and Janet Dickson In Memory of Barry and Lois Dickson
Wilderness Inn
MB Registered Music Association
Ben and Ellen Martens
Silver-
Turtle Mountain Teachers Association
Southwest Agencies
Goodon Industries
Moore Building Centre
Henry and Pearl Dueck
Boissevain Lions Club
Dale Whetter
Whitewater Bison
Killarney Pharmacy
Pringles Sports Excellence
Boissevain Bakery
Bronze-
Royal Bank
Boissevain Kinsmen

21/03/2022

How wonderful to gather as community today to celebrate our first Awards Concert in 3 years! Congratulations to all award winners and the many volunteers who made this concert a reality.

Feel free to share your pictures!

16/03/2022

We are excited for our first LIVE Awards Concert in 3 years! Join us on Sunday, March 20, at 3:00 at Whitewater Church to enourage these southwestern Manitoba musicians.

10/03/2022

Even the forces of Mother Nature were no match for the students, families, teachers & volunteers of the Boissevain Festival of the Arts this week!
Congratulations to everyone!

A special thank you to Piano Adjudicator, Madeline Hildebrand for sharing her time and expertise so generously.

06/03/2022

We are happy to report that the Vocal Festival was a big success. Many thanks to adjudicator, Marla Fontaine!

The Piano Festival begins on Monday, March 7 at the Whitewater Church with adjudicator, Madeline Hildebrand. A friendly reminder that masks are required at all sessions.

See you at the Festival!

14/02/2022

We are looking for some volunteers to fill the 'secretary' chair at the Music Festival sessions - announcing performers' names, passing music to the Adjudicator and filling out certificates.
If you know of someone (or are that someone!) please send us a message.
Dates: Mar. 2, 7, 8, 9.
Thank you!

11/02/2022

Programs for upcoming Festival of the Arts are now available at Hazlewood Drugs!

01/02/2022

We are excited to announce the dates for our Festival 2022!
Mar. 2 - Vocal
Mar. 7, 8, 9 - Piano
All public health regulations will be observed.
Print program to come soon.

26/03/2021

In addition to those already posted, the following award winners have been announced, as selected by the piano adjudicator:

Most Promising Beginner - Emerson Kempthorne
Most Promising Junior (Grades 1-2) - Lilia Plett
Most Promising Intermediate (Grades 3-6) - Evan Raes
Most Promising Senior (grades 7 & up) - Georgia Raes
Boissevain Festival of the Arts Scholarship - Owen Raes
Tudor Bowl & Scholarship - Caleb Raes

Congratulations to you all!
For your viewing pleasure, all award winners are featured in a video that will be available to view until Sunday, March 28. Sincere thanks to Shawn Kleebaum for his expertise!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGOxtCi5NFk

Boissevain Festival of the Arts 2021 Award Winners Compilation Video

24/03/2021

Festival wouldn’t happen if we didn’t have great sponsors! Thank you!
Dusty and Lucy Anderson Trust
Faith and Fern Oriss Trust
Hazlewood Drugs
Westman Communications Group
Armstrong Seeds
Boissevain Chamber of Commerce
Ben and Ellen Martens
Chapman Motors
Double Diamond Farm Supply
Boissevain Select Seeds
Boundary Co-Op
Turtle Mountain Physio
WesternArchrib Boissevain
Boissevain Legion
Sunrise Credit Union
Herman and Tenley Dyck
Boissevain Recorder
Sean and Dianna Neufeld
Dr. And Mrs.Meyer Nell
In Memory of Barry and Lois Dickson
Killarney Carpet Warehouse
Whitewater Bison
Southwest Agencies
Dale Whetter
Henry and Pearl Dueck
Lewis and Jones
Killarney Pharmacy
Goodon Industries
Boissevain Bakery
Boissevain Lions Club
Turtle Mountain Teachers Association
Brown Lea Good Neighbors

Thank you all!!
As sponsorships are still arriving I will update list accordingly.

21/03/2021

We are happy to announce that an Award Winners video will be released for online viewing, Sunday evening, March 21. This video is a compilation of all the winning performances of the virtual piano festival and will be available until Sunday, March 28. Search BFOTA on YouTube.
Many thanks to the Festival committee members, especially piano conveners, Angie Armstrong-Harper & Luanne Dueck Plett. And a huge thank you to Shawn Kleebaum, whose technical expertise was key to providing a virtual platform this year.

05/03/2021

As many of you already know, the Boissevain Festival of the Arts looked very different this year. Covid restrictions meant that it was not possible to include Vocal & Choral disciplines this year, but we are hopeful for 2022. We are happy to report that we were able to offer a virtual experience for Piano students, with Everett Hopfner from Brandon, as Adjudicator.
Distribution of awards to take place on Sun. afternoon, March 21st. We don't know exactly what that will look like yet, but we will keep you posted.

Here is the list of award recipients, as selected by the Adjudicator:
Beginner Piano Solo – Hudson Reimer
Grade 1 Piano Solo – Oscar DeCock
Junior Popular Piano (Beginner – Gr. 3) – Lilia Plett
Grade 2 Piano Solo – Tessa Unrau
Grade 3 Piano Solo – Jude Groening
Grade 4 Piano Solo – Dylan Radcliffe
Intermediate Quick Study – Evan Raes
Senior Piano Forte (Canadian & Contemporary) – Caleb Raes
Senior Baroque – Caleb Raes
Senior Sonata/Classical – Owen Raes
Senior Own Choice/Study – Owen Raes
Senior Romantic and French Composers – Georgia Raes
Senior Quick Study – Owen Raes

More awards will be announced on Mar. 21st.

Congratulations to all participants, their parents and teachers for all your efforts in making video recordings and joining zoom adjudication sessions. This year's Festival is the result of countless volunteer hours and the cooperation of many.
It truly took a village!

22/03/2020

Boissevain Festival of the Arts would also like to announce the following students who have been recommended by the adjudicators to represent BFOTA at the Provincial Finals this year:

Preliminary Piano - Silas Mark
Junior Piano - Wynonnah Manzano & Owen Raes
(Alternate - Emerson Urquhart)
Intermediate Piano - Nick Schoonbaert & Caleb Raes
Junior Canadian Piano - Wynonnah Manzano
(Alternate - Owen Raes)
Advanced Canadian Piano - Gavin Raes
Preliminary Vocal - Graeme Lovett
Junior Vocal - Kieran Nowazek & Kendalyn Penner
Preliminary Vocal Musical Theatre - Faith Kentner
Junior Vocal Musical Theatre - Kendalyn Penner

Congratulations to you all! It is truly an honour to be recommended to the provincial level as ambassadors for our Festival. We wish you well as you represent Boissevain, May 22-24, in Brandon.

22/03/2020

Boissevain Festival of the Arts is happy to announce the following additional award winners, as selected by the Piano & Vocal Adjudicators:
Vocal Rose Bowl - Kendalyn Penner
Piano Tudor Bowl - Caleb Raes
Most Promising Vocal - Kieran Nowazek
Most Promising Beginner Piano - Hudson Reimer
Most Promising Grades 1-2 Piano - Aidan Maurice
Most Promising Grades 3-6 Piano - Emerson Urquhart
Most Promising Grades 7 & up Piano - Nick Schoonbaert

There were two BFOTA Scholarship recipients (from applications):
-Danika McCausland
-Emerson Urquhart

We congratulate you all and encourage you to post pictures - of your time at Festival as well as with your awards.

16/03/2020

Due to the current public health concerns regarding COVID-19, the Boissevain Festival Committee has regretfully decided to cancel the Awards Concert.
Award winners are being contacted.

13/03/2020

What a great week at the Piano Festival with Murray Nichol, pictured here with some of the students from Multigenerational Night. Many thanks to Murray for sharing his time and expertise so generously with every participant.

13/03/2020

A huge thank you to all the volunteers from Boissevain & Killarney who helped out at the Festival sessions this year as cashiers and secretaries. We couldn't pull this off without you!

07/02/2020

Programs available at Boissevain School library, Hazlewood Drugs and Killarney School.

*corrections*
Pg 24, date should be March 11
Pg 32, date should be March 12

22/12/2019

Boissevain Festival Addendum and entry form, along with the Syllabus, are available at the Town Library and Boissevain School Library. Make as many copies of the entry form as needed.
If you wish an e-version of the entry form, send us a message.
Entry deadline - Friday, January 10, 2020.

03/11/2019

Addendum and entry forms should be ready by the end of the month.