The Lola MacQuarrie Memorial Trophy was donated to the Winnipeg Music Festival in 1968 by a group of associates and admirers. This trophy was originally awarded in an annual competition of winners in School Choir Folk Song Choruses. Today it is awarded for the most outstanding performance of a Folk Song by a School Chorus, Kindergarten to Grade 6.
Lola MacQuarrie was born in 1910 and died in 1966. She was active in music circles, first as a competitor in musical events and then as a teacher, adjudicator and broadcaster. Mrs. MacQuarrie contributed to the musical life of her city and her province as director of music for Winnipeg schools, as an adjudicator in musical festivals across Canada and as a guiding hand behind school broadcasts.
| Year |
Winner |
| 1968 |
Grant Park Junior High School |
| 1969 |
Angus McKay School |
| 1970 |
Brock-Corydon School |
| 1971 |
Ralph Brown School |
| 1972 |
Ralph Brown School |
| 1973 |
Van Belleghem School |
| 1974 |
John Dafoe School |
| 1975 |
Athlone School |
| 1976 |
Grosvenor School & Lord
Wolseley School |
| 1977 |
Champlain School |
| 1978 |
Springfield Heights School |
| 1979 |
Bertrun E. Glavin School |
| 1980 |
Bertrun E. Glavin School |
| 1981 |
Neil Campbell School |
| 1982 |
Balmoral Hall |
| 1983 |
Donwood School |
| 1984 |
Balmoral Hall |
| 1985 |
Bertrun E. Glavin School |
| 1986 |
Donwood School |
| 1987 |
Principal Sparling School |
| 1988 |
Principal Sparling School |
| 1989 |
Robert H. Smith School |
| 1990 |
Lord Selkirk School |
| 1991 |
Tyndall Park School |
| 1992 |
Lord Selkirk School |
| 1993 |
Phoenix School |
| 1994 |
Lord Selkirk School |
| 1995 |
Garden Grove School |
| 1996 |
Jameswood School |
| 1997 |
Salisbury Morse Place School |
| 1998 |
Lord Selkirk School |
| 1999 |
Sansome School |
| 2000 |
École Garden Grove School |
| 2001 |
École Bannatyne |
| 2002 |
Garden Grove School |
| 2003 |
École Garden Grove School |
| 2004 |
École Garden Grove School |
| 2005 |
John de Graff |
| 2006 | Angus McKay Grades 3/4 Choir |
| 2007 | Princess Margaret School |
| 2008 | Stanley Knowles Grade 5 & 6 Choir |
| 2009 | École Garden Grove School Girls’ Choir |