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 2022 Adjudicators' Choice Awards

Week I
Ottewell Junior High School Grade 7 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta – Stephen Fong, Director
 
John Maland High School Concert Band – Devon, Alberta – Sean Bumstead, Director
 
Week 2
Ottewell Junior High School Grade 8 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta – Stephen Fong, Director
 
Highwood High School Symphonic Band – High River, Alberta – Dylan Wiest & Jace Stearn, Directors

Alberta Band Association Provincial Festival of Bands 2023 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

Ottewell Junior High School Grade 7 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta 
Stephen Fong, Director

Webber Academy Grade 8 & 9 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Kevin Willms, Director

Salisbury Composite High School Concert Band – Sherwood Park, Alberta
Rob Graves, Director

John Maland High School Concert Band – Devon, Alberta
Sean Bumstead, Director

Ottewell Junior High School Grade 8 & 9 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Stephen Fong, Director

Holy Rosary School Grade 8 Concert Band – Lloydminster, Alberta
Aaron Sikora, Director

Ecole Archbishop MacDonald High School Senior Concert Band – Edmonton, AB
Dale Chapman, Director

St. Peter the Apostle Catholic High School Concert Band – Spruce Grove, Alberta
Julian Eveneshen, Director

Edmonton Catholic School District All-City Senior Concert Band – Edmonton, AB
Dale Chapman, Director

Strathcona Christian Academy Grade 8 & 9 Concert Band – Sherwood Park, AB
Mark Lietz, Director

Ecole Charlie Killam Grade 7 & 8 Concert Band – Camrose, Alberta
Bob Bailey, Director

Assumption Junior Senior High School Senior Concert Band – Cold Lake, Alberta
Meredith Keizer, Dir.

Assumption Junior Senior High School Grade 9 Concert Band – Cold Lake, Alberta
Meredith Keizer, Dir.

Evan Hardy Collegiate Senior Concert Band – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Stacey Mortenson-Spokes, Director

Biggar Central School 2000 Senior Concert Band – Biggar, Saskatchewan
Amy Zhao, Director

Calgary French & International School Junior Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Andrew Bacsalmasi, Director

Bearspaw School Grade 6 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Daniel Bosse, Director

Madeleine d’Houet Junior High School Honour Band – Calgary, Alberta
Michael Carlucci, Director

Ecole Camrose Composite High School Grade 9 Concert Band – Camrose, Alberta
Graham Green, Dir.

Ecole Charlie Killam Grade 6 Beginner Concert Band – Camrose, Alberta
Bob Bailey, Director

Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Green Concert Band – Lethbridge, Alberta
Samuel Yamamoto, Director

Archbishop Joseph MacNeil School Honour Band – Edmonton, AB
Curtis Farley & Tamara MacKenzie, Directors

Webber Academy Grade 7 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Jeff Bryant & Kevin Willms, Directors
 
Webber Academy Wind Ensemble – Calgary, Alberta
Jeff Bryant, Director
 
St. Oscar Romero High School Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Marty Majorowicz, Director
 
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Grade 9 Concert Band – Red Deer, AB
Jennifer Mann, Director
 
Edmonton Catholic School District Junior All-City Concert Band – Edmonton, AB
Kendra Heslip, Director
 
Calgary French & International School Senior Concert Band – Calgary, AB
Andrew Bacsalmasi, Director
 
Strathcona Christian Academy High School Concert Band – Sherwood Park, AB
Mark Lietz, Director
 
Bearspaw School Grade 6-8 Concert Band – Calgary, Alberta
Daniel Bosse, Director
 
Highwood High School Grade 9 Concert Band – High River, AB
Dylan Wiest & Jace Stearn, Directors
 
Highwood High School Senior Symphonic Band – High River, AB
Dylan Wiest & Jace Stearn, Directors
 
Archbishop MacDonald High School Honour Band – Edmonton, AB
Kendra Heslip, Director
 
Holy Trinity Academy Wind Ensemble – Okotoks, Alberta
Brianne Coventry, Director
 
Ottewell Junior High School Grade 8 Concert Band – Edmonton, Alberta
Stephen Fong, Director
 
Red Deer Lake School Grade 8 & 9 Concert Band – Foothills, Alberta
Brent Pierce, Director
                                                                                                                                                                          
St. John Henry School Senior Concert Band - Calgary, Alberta
​Lorelie Haydt, Director