2021 National Honour Awards
Each year, thousands of participants and hundreds of ensembles take part in the annual national festival finals known as MusicFest Canada. All adjudicated ensembles receive gold, silver, bronze, or merit standards of performance.
- A Gold Standard signifies that an ensemble has achieved excellence in all facets of its performance.
- A Silver Standard signifies that an ensemble is demonstrating an exceedingly high standard of musical performance.
- A Bronze Standard signifies an above average quality of performance with latitude for improvement.
The above three standards are recognized with a plaque.
- A Merit Standard acknowledges an average quality of performance and is not recognized by a plaque.
Ensembles who have qualified to attend the Festival may elect to perform for “Adjudication Only” with no standard to be awarded or considered.
| RECIPIENT | INSTRUMENT | ENSEMBLE |
|---|---|---|
| Peju Adelasoye | Alto 1 (choral) | Brentwood College Pitches Vocal Ensemble |
| Ben Atkinson | Piano | Saltspring Island Middle School Jazz Combo |
| Ty Baldwin | Guitar | Westwood Collegiate Senior Jazz Ensemble |
| Cade Bartel | Alto Saxophone | G.W. Graham Sr. Jazz Band |
| Riley Bergen | Drums (Jazz) | Wellington Secondary School Grade 11/12 Combo |
| Cameron Boudrot | Guitar | Wellington Secondary School Senior Jazz band |
| Nolan Branch | Violoncello | SD62 Sooke String Orchestra |
| Justin-Paul Cravalho | Percussion (Classical) | St. Helena Junior Band |
| Noah Crockford | Tuba | Journey Middle School Community Beginning Band |
| Ally Dafoe | Soprano 1 (choral) | Brentwood College AcousChicks |
| Livia Delattre | Alto Saxophone | Westwood High School Senior Concert Band |
| Kavan DeVries | Trumpet | Esterhazy High School Grade 9 Senior Band |
| Petra Dobek | Piano | Wellington Secondary School Dobek/Morosan/Stevenson Trio |
| Benjamin Dufour | Trumpet | Westwood High School Grade 9 Concert Band |
| Blake Duncan | Double Bass (Classical) | St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School Junior Concert Band |
| Blake Edwards | French Horn | Westwood Collegiate Grade 11/12 Concert Band |
| Kadence Eskildsen | Flute | Journey Middle School Community Band |
| Jonathan Finlayson | Tenor Saxophone | W. L. Seaton Senior Jazz Combo |
| Raphael Froment | Clarinet | Collège Laval Harmonie Allegretto |
| Kieran Grandbois | Flute | W.L. Seaton Secondary School Grade 11/12 Concert Band |
| Thea Guitard | Trombone | Wellington Secondary School Grade 10 Jazz Combo I |
| Kareem Hassib | Tenor Saxophone | Wellington Secondary School Boudrot/Hassib Quartet |
| Jim Howard | Piccolo | CY TEST ENSEMBLE |
| Elizabeth Irving | Soprano 1 (choral) | St. Thomas More Collegiate Jazz Singers |
| Sandro Jost | Baritone Saxophone | Wellington Secondary School Grade 10 Jazz Band |
| Satchi Kanashiro | Violin | Bishop Carroll Virtuosi Strings |
| Mikayla Kent | Clarinet | Guelph Collegiate & Vocational Institute Senior Symphonic Band |
| Pablo Larrea Chinchilla | Percussion (Classical) | St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School Intermediate Concert Band |
| Justin Liu | Drums (Jazz) | Brentwood College Jazz Band |
| Philip Luke | String Bass (Jazz) | Hamilton All Star Jazz Band - Kircona Trio |
| Jack Lustre | Oboe | Deer Lake School Grade 8&9 Concert Band |
| Marissa Maximo | Flute | Westwood Grade 8 Concert Band |
| Nathi Ndhlovu | Alto 1 (choral) | Silverthorn Collegiate Institute "The Tetratonics" |
| Jonathan Pearce | String Bass (Jazz) | Wellington Secondary School Grade 10 Jazz Combo III |
| Jacob Pearl | Drums (Jazz) | GCVI Gael Force |
| Koen Podritske | String Bass (Jazz) | Wellington Secondary School Grade 10 Jazz Combo II |
| Leonard Quinn | Euphonium | St. Francis High School Senior Concert Band |
| Arwen Recalde | Tenor 1 (choral) | St. Thomas More Collegiate Chamber Singers |
| Stephen Robb | Other | Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra Junior Strings |
| Gabriella Rubinoff | Violin | Guelph CVI String Orchestra |
| Raouf Saha | Percussion (Classical) | Esterhazy High School Grade 8 Band |
| Brooke Schrader | Auxiliary Percussion (Jazz) | Westwood Collegiate L.T.J.O. |
| Aki Smith | Flute | Mt. Boucherie Senior Concert Band |
| Rowan Spearing | Alto Saxophone | Wellington Secondary School Grade 9 Combo |
| Sarah Stevenson | Voice | Wellington Secondary School Stevenson/Boudrot Quartet |
| Aodhan Tonnesen | Percussion (Classical) | Edward Milne Community Concert Band (A) |
| Rya Verbickas | Double Bass (Classical) | Mount Boucherie Junior Concert Band |
| Nina Wang | Flute | RC Palmer Secondary School Concert Band |
| Margaret Wilcox | Bassoon | Toronto French School Concert Band |
| Sophie Wilhelm | Voice | Guelph Collegiate & Vocational Institute Choir |
