2024 Virtual Results - Orchestras
School
String - Grades 8 and Under
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2024 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Isaac Yisak Seo.
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| 1st Place | Unionville Meadows String Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Appalachian Hymn by Soon Hee NewboldWatch Video Never Let Up by Brian BalmagesWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | St. Andrew's Middle School Senior String Orchestra | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Miniature Symphony, I. Modest March, II. Little Largo, III. Minute Minuet, IV. Kleine Kanon by Richard MeyerWatch Video Invicta by Soon Hee NewboldWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Georgian Bay Community School Elementary Orchestra | Home Festival:Grey County | Titles: A Million Dreams by Benj Pasek and Justin PaulWatch Video Sailor's Song by Mark WilliamsWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention with Distinction | Runnymede Grade 8 Strings | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Heart of Fire by Lauren BernofskyWatch Video Selections from Les Miserable by Arr. Larry MooreWatch Video |
String - Grades 9-10
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2024 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Isaac Yisak Seo.
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| 1st Place | Markville Concert String Orchestra | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: St. Anthony's Chorale and Variation by Deborah Baker Monday Ancient Ritual by Elliot Del Borgo |
| 2nd Place | Markville Symphonic String Orchestra | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Theme from Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 3 by Mahler / arr. Pfeil Symphony No. 25 (First Movement) by Mozart / arr. Brubaker |
String - Grades 11-12
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2024 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Isaac Yisak Seo.
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| 1st Place | Earl Haig/Claude Watson Grade 11/12 Strings | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Two Sketches on French Canadian Airs by Ernest MacMillanWatch Video Romance by Jean SibeliusWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Markville Senior String Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Two Elegiac Melodies Op.34, i. Heart Wounds by E. Grieg Serenade in C Major Op. 48, iv. Finale by P.I. Tschaikowsky |
String - Grades 9-12
Congratulations on your outstanding performances at the 2024 OMFA Provincial Finals. Please watch this feedback video from your adjudicator, Isaac Yisak Seo.
To find out more information about Isaac Yisak Seo:
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| 1st Place | Orchestre à cordes senior du CEAO | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Aria in Classic Style for Harp and String Orchestra by Marcel GrandjanyWatch Video Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, 1st, 2nd & 5th mvts. by Antonin DvorakWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Port Credit Chamber Strings | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Symphonie Espagnole, 1st Movement by E. LaloWatch Video Concerto for Two Violins No. 8 in A Minor, All three movements by A. VivaldiWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | WCI Senior Orchestra | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Suite for Strings, A-Roving by John RutterWatch Video Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st Movement by GriegWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention with Distinction | Catholic Central High School (London) Senior-Chamber Orchestra | Home Festival:London | Titles: Dido's Lament , 1 complete arranged work by Henry Purcell arr. Michael HopkinsWatch Video Brook Green Suite for String Orchestra, iii Dance by Gustav HolstWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Macdonald Collegiate Institute String Orchestra | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Sarabande and Gavotte (from Holberg Suite) by Edvard Grieg arr. Brendan McBrienWatch Video The Last Rose of Summer by Traditional arr. Jim PalmerWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | SJK Strings | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Allegro - Op. 3, No. 5 in A Major . Rv 519 , 3rd Movement - Allegro by Antonio VivaldiWatch Video (From Coco) Remember Me (Ernesto de la Cruz, Whole piece by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez - Arr James KazikWatch Video |
| Participant | Toronto French School - Strings Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik , 1 by Woflgang Amadeus Mozart Watch Video Finale (from Symphony No. 5) , 4th by Ludwig van Beethoven arr. Richard MeyerWatch Video |