Junior Honour Band
Instrumentalists in Grades 5 - 8
2025 Junior & Intermediate Honour Band Concert
Guest Conductors
Anna Penno & Alexis Silver
7:00pm Saturday May 3, 2025
Judy Silver Commons at Maples Collegiate
1330 Jefferson Ave., Winnipeg, MB
Admission by Donation
(suggested $15-$20)
Honour Band Attendance Policy
Complete attendance at all rehearsals and the performance as listed below is mandatory for acceptance into the MBA Honour Bands. Please check your calendar before submitting your audition.
Participation fee
$100.00
Bursaries
Long & McQuade Musical Instruments is proudly supporting participants with bursaries so those who face barriers can participate in the Manitoba Band Association Honour Bands. Further details are included in the Honour Band Audition Form.
Rural Musicians
Participants whose principal residence is 200km or further from Winnipeg may choose to participate in the Sectional Rehearsal via Zoom. All other rehearsals and concert must be attended in person.
Travel subsidies are available for participants whose principal residence is 200km or further from Winnipeg.
If you have questions please contact the MBA Office: executivedirector@mbband.org.
2025-26 Junior
Honour Band Schedule
Sectional Rehearsal
TBA
Rehearsals
TBA
Final Concert
TBA
Audition Information
Video Audition Rules & Guidelines
Junior Honour Band Audition Scales for all instruments including percussion
2025-26 Audition Etudes will be available in the fall.
If you have questions please contact the MBA Office: executivedirector@mbband.org.
2024-25 Junior Honour Band
Audition Results
Congratulations to all participants in the
2024-25 Manitoba Provincial Junior Honour Band!
Flute
Chen-Yen Lee (8) Bison Run School
Xi Feng (7) École Van Walleghem School
Chathuli Bandara (8) Acadia School
Zitong Li (7) Arthur A. Leach School
Arleen Bedi (8) École Leila North Community School
Kierra Gaskin (8) Hedges Middle School
Veyron Uy (7) École Leila North Community School
Diane Pu (7) St. Mary's Academy
Yiran Wang (6) Acadia School
George Wang (5) St. John's Ravenscourt School
Urielle Atta (8) (Alternate) John Pritchard School
James Francis Arevalo (8) (Alternate) St John's High School
Oboe
Ari Hansen (8) Linden Meadows School
Aaron Friesen (8) Westgate Mennonite Collegiate
Joshua Han (7) (Alternate) Linden Christian School
Bassoon
Cohen Gariepy (8) Westgate Mennonite Collegiate
Clarinet
Chengyou Zhang (5) École Riverview School
Kirsten Falconer (8) La Salle School (La Salle)
Maya Stromecki (6) École Regent Park
Max Zhang (6) Highbury School
Haydn Garcia (8) Westgate Mennonite Collegiate
Grace Garvey (6) John Pritchard School
Toby Buller (8) Linden Meadows School
Zixi (Olin) Liu (8) Linden Meadows School
Bass Clarinet
Quinn Monkman (8) École Regent Park
Seungyun Lim (8) Linden Meadows School
Alto Saxophone
Amy Bregman (7) École Dugald School (Dugald)
Sarah Gingrich (8) École Charleswood School
Lucas Becker (8) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
Ethan Wall (8) École Charleswood School
Juliana Reid (8) (Alternate) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
Avya Shrivastav (8) (Alternate) École Viscount Alexander
Tenor Saxophone
Fynn Solar (8) École Charleswood School
Blessed Ogieva (8) Acadia School
Ara Stromecki (8) (Alternate) École Regent Park
Baritone Saxophone
Owen Nie (6) Acadia School
Miles Fretz (8) (Alternate) Westpark School (Portage la Prairie)
Trumpet
Jeremy Bergen (6) Morning Glory School (La Broquerie)
Sijie (Steve) Wang (8) Arthur A. Leach School
Cadence Lorenzo-Travis (8) Homeschool
Charlotte Ashe (8) École Seven Oaks Middle School
Henry Synchena (8) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
Nolan Bittner (7) École Dugald School (Dugald)
Austin Baker (8) École John Henderson Middle School
Avah Patterson (8) Golden Gate Middle School
Megan Blatz (8) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
David Grant Mann (7) (Alternate) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
French Horn
Violet Wilchowy-Starmans (8) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
Noella Moulton (8) Lincoln Middle School
Blake Zelinsky (8) École John Henderson Middle School
Elizabeth Reid (7) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
Joycey Ji (8) Acadia School
Kamil Jones Strachan (8) Westgate Mennonite Collegiate
Brooke Paige (8) Laidlaw School
Thenuki Benaragama (7) Acadia School
Trombone
Joshua Varghese (7) Hedges Middle School
Sam Li (6) École Van Walleghem School
Alfonso Miguel Atilano (8) Golden Gate Middle School
Violet Law (6) École Dugald School (Dugald)
Hudson Niemczyk (8) École John Henderson Middle School
Hailey Vandenbosch (7) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
Euphonium
Elaina Demers (7) Springfield Middle School (Oakbank)
Julia Bhopalsingh (7) École Seven Oaks Middle School
Tuba
Rene Guardado (8) Golden Gate Middle School
Andrew Paterson (8) École Van Walleghem School
Aria Fast (8) Linden Christian School
Fiona Black (6) École Dugald School (Dugald)
Zhichen Zhang (7) (Alternate) École Charleswood School
String Bass
Hugo Harder (8) Westgate Mennonite Collegiate
Percussion
Ana Espinoza (8) Golden Gate Middle School
Ethan Shao (8) Linden Christian School
Silas Siu Yan Yam (8) Henry G. Izatt Middle School
Sean Kwok Chih (5) St. John's Ravenscourt School
Yiran (Eva) Yang (8) École Van Walleghem School