2014 Tempo Festival Adjudicators

Piano - Julianna Enns

Julianna Enns comes to us from Winnipeg, MB. She holds an ARCT (teachers)
degree and is a member of the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association.
Her teachers have included Erna Elias, Jean Broadfoot, Marlene Pauls Laucht and
Frances Sanderson.

Mrs. Enns works as a music teacher, accompanist, adjudicator, clinician, and guest
lecturer.  Mrs. Enns has taught in southern Manitoba for 40+ years and has recently moved
to Winnipeg where she continues her career. Her students range from beginner
to professional and include: piano, theory, and pedagogy.

Mrs. Enns gives master classes, workshops and does consulting for auditions and
exams. She is presently teaching privately as well as at three Hutterite Colonies.
Mrs. Enns has adjudicated festivals for AMAF for more than a decade, has given
workshops at Manitoba Conservatory of Music on topics such as “Motivating your
piano student” and “How to teach beginners”.

Mrs. Enns serves as an accompanist at Grant Memorial Baptist Church, is married
and has three children and two grandchildren. 

Dance -  Tamara Hicks

Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical Instructor, R.A.D.R.T.S (Royal Academy of Dance Certified Instructor

Tamara Topsnik Hicks R.A.D.R.T.S. moved to Brandon in 1993 after teaching for four years in British Columbia at her own school, Marpole Studio of Dance. She is a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet professional Division.

Tamara Topsnik Hicks performed with the Royal Winnipeg in their productions of Swan Lake, Nutcracker and Giselle in 1988. She toured with the R.W.B. to Japan. In 1989 she danced in Germany in the “Nick Haberstich Ballet Company”.

Mrs. Hicks is a registered Royal Academy of Dance teacher and is qualified to enter students in R.A.D. exams. She has been an adjudicator with A.M.A.F. since 1995 and has loved every opportunity of sharing her knowledge with others.

Band/Instrumental - Mark Christianson

Mark Christianson has lived and taught in Winnipeg since 1973.  He worked in both St. Boniface and St. Vital school divisions.  His bands (and choirs) had excellent success in performance.  

While at Dakota Collegiate, he was instrumental in establishing the Asia-Pacific Exchange Program.  His bands had the opportunity to visit Japan 3 times as part of the program. 

Mark retired from teaching in 2000 but has remained active as a horn teacher, guest conductor, and guest horn teacher throughout western Canada.  Mark is a Festival Assistant  and Horn MasterClass teacher  at the Canadian Rocky Music Festival every spring.  

He keeps busy and active with golf, tennis, and teaching private horn students.   He finds the time he spends in Palm Springs during the winter very enjoyable.   

Guitar -Dr. Ian Hodges

Ian Hodges earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Guitar Performance from the University of Minnesota, a Master of Music degree from Florida State University, a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Manitoba, and is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, the American Honorary Musical Society.

A highly successful teacher for over 30 years, Dr. Hodges has taught at the University of Minnesota and the Canadian Mennonite University, and currently teaches at the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts, the International Music Camp, and the Preparatory Division of the Faculty of Music (University of Manitoba).  Many of his students have gone on to professional careers in music. 

Ian began his performing career as a jazz and commercial guitarist, touring across Canada with top level jazz, fusion, rock and country groups.  His work as a classical guitar soloist and with outstanding ensembles such as the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra prompted the headline “Manitoba’s Premiere Classical Guitarist” (Winnipeg Free Press, November 2001).  This musical versatility led to opportunities to write musical scores for film and theatre, including the Peabody award winning NFB film “Fat Chance”.  Dr. Hodges enjoys an active career as a teacher, performer and composer.

Speech Arts and Vocal/Choral - Margot Sim

Margot Sim began her musical training in Winnipeg, achieving performance diplomas in Voice – ARCT, LMM; Piano - ARCT; Organ - ARCT; and Recorder - AMM.  Furthering her vocal studies at the University of Toronto with Mary Morrison, she received her Bachelor of Arts (English Literature) and Diploma in Operatic Performance (with Distinction).

Margot has appeared in opera and musical theatre roles with the Toronto Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Innis College Theatre (Toronto), and the Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre. She has worked with the Canadian Opera Company, the Canadian Opera Company Children’s Chorus, and received the Metropolitan Opera Silver Anniversary Award at the regional finals in Minneapolis. Margot has been a soloist with the Winnipeg Mennonite Oratorio Choir and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

An experienced teacher, adjudicator and clinician, Margot is currently in her 25^th year teaching voice at the Canadian Mennonite University and she is the Minister of Music at Grace Bible Church. Her church choir has been an award winner in the CBC Radio National Choral Competition.

Margot is a member of the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association and Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and serves on the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Music Festival. She has a reputation as an energetic encourager of musicians of all ages and levels of ability. In her spare time, Margot tries to keep one step ahead of her three daughters.