CFMTA 2025 National Essay Competition Winners

The National CFMTA Essay Competition invites submissions of essays on any research topic related to music teaching, pedagogy or performance practice. This competition is open to all Canadian residents currently studying at the high school, undergraduate, masters and doctoral university graduate levels.

The CFMTA/FCAPM prize to honour Dr. Lorna Wanzel is awarded to the first-place recipient in the doctorate degree category. The prize for the masters level is provided by donor Dr Margaret Fitch. The undergraduate prize this year is provided by Catherine Bartlett. The high school prize this year is provided by Dr. Bronwyn Schuman, Dr. Emily Logan, Kathy Normandeau

CFMTA is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2025 National Essay Competition

Essays will be available July 15.

University Doctoral Level 

1st place  ($1000.00)
Sponsored by CFMTA/FCAPM in honour of founder Dr. Lorna Wanzel

Jenna Richards, University of Ottawa, Ontario
Reimagining the Undergraduate-to-Career Pipeline in Music Performance: An Autoethnography from the Perspective of a Portfolio Careerist.

 

University Graduate Level

1st place ($750.00)
Sponsored by Dr. Margaret Fitch

Anika-France Forget, University of Ottawa, Ontario
On Teaching Musical Perfectionism: An Outlook on the Adversities of Systematic Teaching and its Ideologies

                     

University Undergraduate

1st place  ($500.00)
Sponsored by Catherine Bartlett

Nicola Cameron, Ambrose University, Calgary, Alberta
World Music and Cultural Intelligence in the Classroom

                 

High School 

1st place ($250.00)
Sponsored by Dr. Bronwyn Schuman, Dr. Emily Logan, Kathy Normandeau 

Amy Pham, Michael Power St. Joseph High School/Business and Arts International Baccalaureate, Toronto, Ontario
Examining the influence of Romantic Style on Classical Form in Johannes Brahms' Piano Compositions: Adapting Sonata Form, Scherzo and Rondo Form to Romantic Era Style in Piano Sonata No.3 in F Minor Op.5

 

Our adjudicators for the 2025 competition were:

  • Dr. Terence Dawson
  • Dr. Emily Logan
  • Dr. Lori Lynn Penny
  • Dr. Bronwyn Schuman
  • Olivia Adams
  • Susan Shantora
  • Kathy Normandeau