2025 Virtual Results - Orchestras
Community String Orchestras
Community String Ages 14 and Under
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2025 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Chad Emry Heltzel.
Discover more about Chad Emry Heltzel at: omfa.ca/virtual-festival/chad-emry-heltzel
| 1st Place | GYMCSO Juniors | Home Festival:Guelph | Titles: Deep Sea Fandango by Deborah Baker MondayWatch Video Ridin' the Rails by Richard MeyerWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Suzuki Talent Education of Waterloo Junior Orchestra | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: There Once Was A Folk Song by Helen ButterworthWatch Video Goblins' Rondo by Sheila NelsonWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Ontario Youth Strings | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Miniature Symphony by Richard MeyerWatch Video Pulse by Robert Buckley Watch Video |
Community String Ages 16 and Under
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2025 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Chad Emry Heltzel.
Discover more about Chad Emry Heltzel at: omfa.ca/virtual-festival/chad-emry-heltzel
| 1st Place | OYOA Senior Strings | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon, Allegro by George Frideric Handel arr. Gerald R.DoanWatch Video Selections from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Patrick Doyle and John Williams, arr. Jack BullockWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | GYMCSO Intermediate | Home Festival:Guelph | Titles: Waltz No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich, arranged by Paul Lavender Watch Video Fantasia Espanola by Soon Hee Newbold Watch Video |
| 3rd Place | Intermediate Strings Orchestra - OrKidstra | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: To Dance in the Fields of Glory by Robert W. SmithWatch Video Dance of the Tumblers by N. Rimsky-KorsakoffWatch Video |
Community String Ages 18 and Under
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2025 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Chad Emry Heltzel.
Discover more about Chad Emry Heltzel at: omfa.ca/virtual-festival/chad-emry-heltzel
| 1st Place | Suzuki String School of Guelph - Concorde | Home Festival:Guelph | Titles: Serenade for Strings, 1st mvt. Moderato by Antonín DvořàkWatch Video St. Paul's Suite, 1st mvt. Jig by Gustav HolstWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Sunnyside String Orchestra | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex | Titles: St. Paul's Suite, 1st mvt. and 3rd mvt. by Gustav HolstWatch Video Concerto Grosso, op. 6, no. 1, 2nd mvt. by Georg Friedrich HandelWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | STEW Senior Orchestra | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Directions North, 3. Old Grandma by Donald CoakleyWatch Video Don't Stop Believin', arr. by Larry Moore by Steve Perry, Neal Schon, and Jonathan CainWatch Video |