Award Winners

Each week, the adjudication panel selects bands that went above and beyond in their performance at the Festival and these bands are awarded the Adjudicator's Choice Awards.  In addition, any band that receives a Superior rating in all components of their performance will receive a Superior Band Award. 

Alberta Band Association Provincial Festival of Bands 2019 Adjudicators' Choice Awards

Swift Current Comprehensive High School Wind Ensemble – Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Janine, Waines, Director
 
Calgary Christian High School Senior Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Rick VanderWoude, Director
 
Assumption School Grade 8 Concert Band – Cold Lake, Alberta
Meredith Keizer, Director
 
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute “Gold” Concert Band – Lethbridge Alberta
Samuel Yamamoto, Director
 
Ottewell Junior High School Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Stephen Fong, Director
 
Western Canada High School Grade 10 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Brendan Hagan, Director
 
Calgary French & International School Junior Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Andrew Bascalmasi, Director
 
Sir Winston Churchill High School Symphonic Band – Calgary, Alberta
Judy Wishloff, Director
 
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Symphonic Band – Red Deer, Alberta
Jennifer Mann, Director

Alberta Band Association Provincial Festival of Bands 2019 Superior Band Awards

All bands receiving a combined  score which resulted in a Superior rating are listed below. Bands appear in the order of performance as they appeared during the Festival

Bearspaw School Grade 6 Junior Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Daniel Bosse, Director
 
Pioneer Middle School Grade 7 Concert Band – Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
Kim Hastings, Director
 
Swift current Comprehensive High School Wind Ensemble – Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Janine Waines, Director
 
Tom Baines School Grade 8 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Adam Mailman, Director
 
Vernon Barford Junior High School Grade 9 Concert Band - Edmonton, Alberta
Rachelle Shyska, Director
 
Esther Starkman School Grade 7 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Jeff Bryant, Director
 
Bearspaw School Grade 6-8 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Daniel Bosse, Director
 
Stratford School Grade 9 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Melanie Andony, Director
 
McKernan Mustangs Senior Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Carol Thurgood, Director
 
Archbishop Joseph MacNeil Grade 9 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Tamara MacKenzie & Curtis Farley, Directors
 
Marshall Springs School Grade 8 & 9 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Danielle Wahl, Director
 
Charlie Killam Grade 7 Concert Band – Camrose, Alberta
Bob Bailey, Director
 
Assumption School Grade 8 Concert Band – Cold Lake, Alberta
Meredith Keizer, Director
 
Ottewell Junior High School Grade 7 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Stephen Fong, Director
 
Assumption School Grade 9 Concert Band – Cold Lake, Alberta
Meredith Keizer, Director
 
Edmonton Catholic Schools Junior All-City Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Curtis Farley, Director
 
Riverbend Junior High School Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Darren Sahl, Director
 
Strathcona Christian Academy Grade 8 & 9 Band – Sherwood Park, Alberta
Mark Lietz, Director
 
Webber Academy Grade 7 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Diego Bechthold, Director
 
Camrose Grade 6 Concert Band – Camrose, Alberta
Bob Bailey, Director
 
Webber Academy Grade 8 & 9 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Diego Bechthold, Director
 
McKernan Mustangs Junior Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Carol Thurgood, Director
 
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute “Gold” Concert Band – Lethbridge, Alberta
Samuel Yamamoto, Director
 
Westmount Charter School Intermediate Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Nate Waters & Wendy Freeman, Directors
 
Mother Margaret Mary High School Honour Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Shayne Billey, Director
 
Onoway Junior Senior High School Grade 8 Concert Band – Onoway, Alberta
Ellie Anderson, Director
 
Edmonton Catholic School District Senior All-City Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Dale Chapman, Director
 
Strathcona Christian Academy High School Concert Band – Sherwood Park, Alberta
Mark Lietz, Director
 
Stratford School Grade 7 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Melanie Andony, Director
 
Blessed Cardinal Newman Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Lorelie Haydt, Director
 
Vegreville Composite High School Concert Band – Vegreville, Alberta
Brendan Barkwell, Director
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Ottewell Junior High School Grade 8 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Stephen Fong, Director
 
Western Canada High School Grade 10 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Brendan Hagan, Director
 
Calgary French & International School Junior Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Andrew Bascalmasi, Director
 
Esther Starkman School Grade 9 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Jeff Bryant, Director
 
Alberta High School of Fine Arts Concert Band – Okotoks, Alberta
Jeff Graham, Director
 
Camrose Composite High School Senior Concert Band – Camrose, Alberta
Graham Green, Director
 
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Symphonic Band – Red Deer, Alberta
Jennifer Mann, Director
 
Ottewell Junior High School Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Stephen Fong, Director
 
Webber Academy Senior High School Wind Ensemble – Calgary, Alberta
Dylan Wiest, Director
 
Central Memorial High School Symphonic Band – Calgary, Alberta
Katrina Archer, Director
 
Sir Winston Churchill High School Symphonic Band – Calgary, Alberta
Judy Wishloff, Director
 
Sir Winston Churchill High School Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
David Graham, Director
 
Highwood High School Senior Symphonic Band – High River, Alberta
Jace Stearn and Paul Stelter, Directors
 
Holy Trinity Academy Wind Ensemble – Okotoks, Alberta
Martin Kennedy, Director