Several of Sudbury’s young vocalists and musicians had excellent results at the Ontario Music Festivals competition, which took place in June.
Music students from 45 festivals across the province filmed their performances and uploaded videos to YouTube for festival adjudicators to review.
Vocalist Chloe Smilek won first place in Level 8, Grade B class and Brandon Wong placed first in the senior percussion competition.
Yvonne Gao finished second in her violin class.
Lockerby Concert School Band (Grades 11 and 12) earned second place in its category.
Honourable mentions were given to August Zhao (piano), Ewan Huang (piano) and Noah Smilek (guitar).
Other Sudbury provincial finalists were Veronica Longe (voice), Megan Misner (voice), Ella Koskella (musical theatre), Ana Levecque (musical theatre) Vishnu Krishnan Nair (guitar), Eric Huang (piano), Chenan Lyu (violin) and Xiaoan Lian (cello).
In a release from the Sudbury Music Festival, Louis Simão, festival co-ordinator, stated that despite the challenges of the pandemic, many participants were able to “attain the highest level of excellence at this year’s provincials.”
Sudbury Music Festival builds on the 75-year tradition of the Kiwanis Festival of Sudbury. You can find more information on their website, found here.
