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2026 Adjudicators

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JENNIFER TENFORD- BAND/INSTRUMENTS/STRINGS

 

Jennifer Tenford is a sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Media, Art and Performance at the University of Regina. She holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Regina and the University of British Columbia, as well as a Master of Music degree in woodwind performance and conducting from the University of North Texas. Proficient on multiple woodwinds, Jennifer performs frequently with the Regina Symphony Orchestra, Reed Aloud saxophone quartet, University of Regina wind ensemble and clarinet ensemble, Regina Winds, and in the pit orchestra for many musical theatre productions. She recently retired from a rewarding career teaching public school bands and continues to enjoy teaching through private lessons, clinics, festivals and band camps

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AUDREY WATSON - PIANO

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Audrey Watson was born in Saskatoon and raised in Vonda, SK. She received most of her early musical educationwith Thomas Day. She returned to music studies as an adult, first with Janet Caldwell in Meadow Lake. Following amove to Rosthern, she returned to the studio of Tom Day. She received her Associate diploma (Teacher’s) whilestudying with Sheila Shinkewski. In 2002 Audrey was awarded the Dorothy Bee memorial scholarship from theSaskatchewan registered music teachers Association. In 2010. Audrey returned to studies with Kathleen LohrenzGable focusing on pedagogy and repertoire. Audrey has been an active member in the Sask Valley music festival,having completed two terms as president. Audrey is a member of the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachersassociation (SRMTA). She also served on the provincial board of SRMTA, completing a term as provincial president.Audrey currently enjoys teaching her adult students. She is studying the violin and is a long-time church musician.After selling their business, Audrey & her husband George enjoy travelling in Canada and abroad.

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GARRY GABLE - VOCAL/MUSICAL THEATRE/SPEECH ARTS

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​Garry Gable has enjoyed a performing career that has taken him across Canada and into the USA and China in all types of classical music, musical theater, drama, television, radio, in-concert, and stage presentations. Garry has also been heard widely in recital with his spouse/pianist Kathleen Lohrenz Gable. As a performer Garry has performed with Canadian Opera Company, Charlottetown Festival, and several regional theater and opera groups in Canada. Symphony appearances include Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s 9 th Symphony, the Bruckner Mass in F, William Walton’s Façade, Brahms’ Ein deutches Requiem, and symphonic narrations of How the Grinch stole Christmas, and The night before Christmas, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. In Saskatchewan, Garry has performed with Persephone Theatre, and Regina and Saskatoon Symphonies, and Saskatoon Opera Association. Roles include Maurice in Beauty and the Beast, and as Mr. Potter in the musical adaptation of Its a Wonderful Life, Balthazar and Melchior in Amahl and the night visitors, Frank in Die Fledermaus,Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Alcindoro in La Bohème, Dr. Bartolo in Le Nozze diFigaro, Zuniga in Carmen, Il Bonze Madama Butterfly, and Pangloss in Candide (Regina Symphony).A resident of Saskatoon since 1994, he has taught vocal studies and directed the Music Theatre Ensemble as Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. In that role he has been recipient of the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching at the University of Saskatchewan. He has taught and performed several times in China, where he is adjunct faculty in Music Universities and Conservatories in Wuhan, Tianjin, and Lanzhou. Among hismany students over the years are multiple winners of Canadian Music Festival National Finals Competitions, Gordon Wallace Opera Competitions, SMFA Provincial Competitions, the Saskatchewan and Manitoba Young Artists Competitions, the Canada West Music Festival, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Regional), and the Netherlands National Opera. Former students have found work in Canada, China, the USA, England, and Europe. Garry has also been a guest vocal instructor for the opera training programs Vancouver Summer Opera Studio, and Bel Canto in Tuscany, in Greve-in-Chianti, Italy. Having just retired from his role as a university professor, Garry is looking forward to focusing on next stages in his music career as a performer and teacher

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