2025 Virtual Results - Orchestras
School String Orchestras
String Orchestra - Middle School - Grades 8 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 | Orchestre à cordes junior du CEAO | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis | Titles: Capriol Suite for String Orchestra, I. Basse Danse, II. Pavane, III. Tordion by Peter WarlockWatch Video Farinelli "Lascia ch'io pianga' from Rinaldo EMR 4565 for String Orchestra by Georg Friedrich HändelWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | St. Andrew's Middle School Grade Seven String Orchestra | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Entry of the Tumblers, by Elliot Del BorgoWatch Video The Winds of Autumn, by Michael HopkinsWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Unionville Meadows String Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Verdant Meadowns by Bruce W. TippetteWatch Video Burst by Brian BalmagesWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Kensel Park Grade Eight Chamber Orchestra | Home Festival:London | Titles: Allegro Molto , Symphony No. 1, K 16 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arr: Anthony GranataWatch Video Midnight Adventure by Michael KamufWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts Vivace Strings | Home Festival:London | Titles: Agincourt, 1 by Doug SpataWatch Video Freedom, 1 by Jon Batiste, arr. Paul MurthaWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | Zion Heights MS Strings Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Coming Home by Michael HopkinsWatch Video Divertimento in G (Reflections on Haydn) by Jeremy WoolstenhulmeWatch Video |
| Participant | Georgian Bay Community School Elementary Orchestra | Home Festival:Grey County | Titles: Spring Fever by Kathryn GriesingerWatch Video Dragonhunter by Richard MeyerWatch Video |
| Participant | Kensel Park Grade 7 Orchestra | Home Festival:London | Titles: Sky Islands by Todd ParrishWatch Video Burst by Brian BalmagesWatch Video |
| Participant | Kensel Park Grade 7/8 Mixed Orchestra | Home Festival:London | Titles: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st Movement by Johann Sebastian Bach, Arr: Richard MeyerWatch Video Legend Of The Dragon Chasers by Chris ThomasWatch Video |
| Participant | Runnymede Chamber Strings | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Capriol Suite, 1st mvt: Basse Dance by Peter WarlockWatch Video Impact by Bob PhillipsWatch Video |
String Orchestra - High School - Grades 9-10
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 | Cardinal Carter Intermediate Strings | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Allegro Giocoso from Symphony No. 4, Np. 98 by Johannes Brahms/arr. Deborah Baker MondayWatch Video Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók/arr. Deborah Baker MondayWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | WCI Intermediate Orchestra | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: St. Anthony’s Chorale and Variation by arr. MondayWatch Video Sinfonia in F by Antonio Vivaldi, arr. Steven FrackenpohlWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | Markville Concert String Orchestra | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Spring (from the "Four Seasons") by Antonio Vivaldi / arranged by Deborah Baker MondayWatch Video Fantasia on a Theme from Thailand by Richard MeyerWatch Video |
| Honourable Mention | WCI Junior Orchestra | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Centrifuge by Kathryn GriesingerWatch Video Invicta by Soon Hee NewboldWatch Video |
String Orchestra - High School - Grades 11-12
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 | Cardinal Carter Senior Strings | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: String of Dolphins by Yukiko NishimuraWatch Video Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn/arr. Jason LibrandeWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | Markville Senior String Ensemble | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Serenade for Strings, 1st and 3rd mvts. by Edward ElgarWatch Video Rumanian Folk Dances, i. - vii. by Béla Bartók, arr. by Arthur WillnerWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | WCI Senior Orchestra | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: American Reel by Kirt MosierWatch Video Symphony No. 8 in G Major, op. 88, Finale by Antonin Dvořák, arr. Sandra DackowWatch Video |
String Orchestra - High School - Grades 9-12
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 | Trudeau String Orchestra | Home Festival:Toronto | Titles: Overture to Lucio Sillia by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arr. Sandra DackowWatch Video Gallop and Walk by Almon C. BookWatch Video |
| 2nd Place | WCI Senior Chamber Orchestra | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Concerto in D Minor, op. 3, no. 11, 1st mvt. by Antonio VivaldiWatch Video Serenade for Strings, 2nd mvt. by Antonín DvořákWatch Video |
| 3rd Place | LHSS Strings Ensemble | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo | Titles: Peer Gynt Suite, op. 46, Morning Mood by Edvard GriegWatch Video Kingdom Dance, Musical by Alan MenkenWatch Video |