{"id":270,"date":"2017-03-22T16:18:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2024-07-02T19:37:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T19:37:37","slug":"cfmta-national-essay-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/cfmta-national-essay-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"CFMTA National Essay Competition \/ Concours national d\u2019essai litt\u00e9raire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-270\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-270-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-270-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-270-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-270-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The National CFMTA Essay Competition invites submissions of essays on any topic related to music teaching, pedagogy or performance practice. This competition is open to all Canadian residents. There is no fee to enter.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-270-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-270-0-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Le concours national de dissertation de la FCAPM accepte la soumission de textes sur tous les sujets concernant l'enseignement et la p\u00e9dagogie de la musique ou l'ex\u00e9cution musicale. Ce concours est ouvert \u00e0 tous les r\u00e9sidents canadiens. L'inscription est gratuite.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-270-0-3\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-270-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-270-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-270-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_kadence_tabs_content_widget kadence_tabs_content_widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"kadence-accordion-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-group kt-accordion\" id=\"accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2024\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2024<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2024\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w668457018535a\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w668457018535a-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w668457018535a-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w668457018535a-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-w668457018535a-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>University Doctoral Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire doctoral <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place\u00a0 ($1000.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by CFMTA\/FCAPM in honor of founder and major donor, Dr. Lorna Wanzel<\/p>\n<p><b>Changchun Du,<\/b> McGill University Schulich School of Music<br \/>\n<em><strong>Exploration of Cultivating Children's Musical Expressiveness in Piano Playing:<\/strong> A musical case study of Robert Schumann's Album for the Young Op. 68<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>University Graduate Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire \u2013 deuxi\u00e8me cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place ($1,000.00) Co-Winners $500.00 each<br \/>\nSponsored by Donors: Joanne Lougheed, Karen Turpin, Leanne Hiebert, Catherine Bartlett<\/p>\n<p><b>Co-winner Charmaine Iormetti<\/b>, University of Western Ontario<br \/>\n<em><strong>At the Beginning of Phonation:<\/strong> Creation of Vocal Colours through Glottal Configuration and Vocal Tract Filtering<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>AND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-winner Julia Perry,<\/strong> Memorial University of Newfoundland<br \/>\n<em><strong>When I\u2019m Holding a Trumpet, I Don\u2019t Get Misgendered:<\/strong> Exploring the Intersections between Instrument-Gender Associations and the Transgender Experience<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>University Undergraduate \/ Premier cycle universitaire\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place ($500.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by Music Teachers' Association of the Northwest Territories<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sophia Kagolovskaya,\u00a0<\/strong>Wilfrid Laurier University<br \/>\n<em><strong>Clara Schumann\u2019s Career and Gender:<\/strong> The Masculine Gender Role and the Werktreue Paradigm<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>High School \/ \u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not presented in 2024<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our adjudicators for the 2024 competition were \/ Nos juges pour le concours 2024 \u00e9taient :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olivia Adams MA<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Emily Logan<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Lori Lynn Penny<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronwyn Schuman, MM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Susan Shantora, MMus, NATS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Bethany Turpin<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2023\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2023<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2023\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w668457018535f\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w668457018535f-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w668457018535f-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w668457018535f-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-w668457018535f-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>University Doctoral Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire doctoral <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place\u00a0 ($3000.00) $1500.00 Each co winner<br \/>\nSponsored by Dr. Lorna Wanzel<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CO winner:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bronwyn Schuman, <\/strong>McGill University -<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2023-B-Schuman.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em>Free Musical Play and Children\u2019s Musical Development\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>And<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CO winner:\u00a0 Olivia Adams, <\/strong>Ottawa University - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2023-O-Adams.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Playing Off Key: Gender and Race Disparity in Piano Literature<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>University Graduate Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire \u2013 deuxi\u00e8me cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place ($2,000.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by Dr. Lorna Wanzel<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rebekah Dennis, <\/strong>McGill University - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2023-R-Dennis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Shifting the Field of Western Music from\u00a0 Colonization Project to a Decolonization Project<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>University Undergraduate \/ Premier cycle universitaire\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place ($1000.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by Joanne Lougheed, Karen Turpin, NBRMTA, and Catherine Bartlett.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Graeme Dyck, <\/strong>University of Saskatchewan - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2023-G-Dyck.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Continuing Cage: Ambient Music as Listener Indeterminacy<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>High School \/ \u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st place \/ 1re place ($500.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by Nathene Arthur, and Leanne Hiebert.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Alex Ketchum, <\/strong>Ecole Sir John Franklin High School, Yellowknife, NT - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2023-A-Ketchum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Out of Tune: An Exploration of the Evolution of Tuning in Western Music<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our adjudicators for the 2023 competition were \/ Nos juges pour le concours 2023 \u00e9taient :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. David Rogosin<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prof. David Cote<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Maureen Volk<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Terence Dawson<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Bethany Turpin<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Lori Lynn Penny<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandra DiCienzio, MA<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Maryan Threndyle. M. Mus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2022\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2022<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2022\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185361\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185361-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185361-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185361-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>University Doctoral Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire doctoral <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place\u00a0 ($3000.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by Dr. Lorna Wanzel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronwyn Schuman,<\/strong> McGill University, Quebec - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2022-B-Schuman.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Facilitating the Development of Imagined Musical Worlds in Children\u2019s Music Lessons<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Graduate Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire \u2013 deuxi\u00e8me cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place ($2,000.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by Dr. Lorna Wanzel<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jonathan Hicks, <\/strong>Memorial University of NL -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2022-J-Hicks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Decolonization in Canadian High School Music Education: Some Perspectives From a Settler-Teacher<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>University Undergraduate \/ Premier cycle universitaire\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place ($1000.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by NWT Music Teachers Association and Parr Academy of the Arts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Emma Cameron, <\/strong>Mount Allison University, NB - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2022-E-Cameron.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Interruption and Contra-Structural Melodic Impulses in Haydn\u2019s Rondo Themes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>High School \/ \u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st place \/ 1re place ($500.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by generous donors and supporters of the arts and education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Evan Yin,\u00a0 <\/strong>Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton, Alberta - Light and Dark \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2022-E-Yin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The dual nature of tritones in establishing tonal brightness<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our adjudicators for the 2022 competition were \/ Nos juges pour le concours 2022 \u00e9taient :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Terence E. Dawson<\/li>\n<li>Lynn Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Emily Logan<\/li>\n<li>Susan Shantora<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Bethany Turpin<\/li>\n<li>Maryan Threndyle<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Maureen Volk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2021\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2021<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2021\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185363\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185363-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185363-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185363-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><strong>University Graduate Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire \u2013 deuxi\u00e8me cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place ($2,000.00)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Olivia Adams - <\/strong>University of Ottawa\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/She_Sounds_Leveling_Piano_Music_by_Black_Indigenous_and_Women_of_Colour_Adams.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>She Sounds: Leveling Piano Music by Black, Indigenous and Women of Colour\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>University Doctoral Level \/ <\/strong><strong>Niveau universitaire doctoral <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place\u00a0 ($3000.00)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anneli Loepp Thiessen - <\/strong>University of Ottawa\u00a0<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/Loepp_Thiessen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Examining Whiteness in the Royal Conservatory of Music History Curricula<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2020\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2020<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2020\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185365\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185365-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185365-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185365-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>2020<\/h4>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place - Bo-rum Hammond, McGill University - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/CFMTA-Approaches-to-Social-Justice-in-Community-Music-Settings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Approaches to Social Justice in Community Music Settings<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> place - Jarren Dunn, McGilll University - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/Brahms-Essay.Role-of-the-Piano.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Role of the Piano in Mov. 1 of Brahms\u2019s Piano Concerto in D minor Op.15<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place - Reanne Vander Brink, University of Lethbridge - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/Robert-Schumann-and-the-Lens-of-Mental-Illness-Reanne-Vanden-Brink.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Stained Glass: Robert Schumann and the Lens of Mental Illness<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> place - Emma Cameron, Mount Allison University - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/Emma-Cameron_Lacking-an-22Original-Voice22-Neoclassicism-in-Henri-Dutilleuxs-Au-Gr\u00e9-des-Ondes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Lacking an Original Voice: Neoclassicism in Henri Dutilleaux\u2019s Au Gre des Ondes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>High School \/\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place - Jessica Song, University Hill Secondary -<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/Its-Complicated-\u2014-Exploring-the-Relationship-Between-AI-and-our-Music-Classrooms-of-the-Future.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> It\u2019s Complicated: Exploring Relationships between AI and our Music Classrooms of the Future<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> place - Kiara Louw, Penticton Secondary - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/The-Power-of-Vocalises-Kiara-Louw.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Power of Vocalises<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2019\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2019<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2019\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185367\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185367-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185367-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185367-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17.5px; font-weight: bold;\">2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place - Karen Gerelus, University of Calgary - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Gerelus_Images-of-Piano-Teachers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Images of Piano Teachers in Popular Culture<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> place - Andrea Pedro, University of Alberta - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Andrea-Pedro_Unity-of-Sense-and-Spirituality-in-Scriabins-Prometheus_Graduate-722f04ffb92b2aa70440a1504419705d.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Unity of Sense and Spirituality in Scriabin\u2019s Prometheus<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Olivia Adams, Western University - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Olivia-Adams_Contemporary-Kids_Undergraduate-0e431ad27236667c5526a34a4762dd92.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Introducing Contemporary Music to the Young Pianist<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2nd place - Reanne Vanden Brink<strong>, <\/strong>University of Lethbridge - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Reanne-Performance-Anxiety-Paper-259998c6c66cb24f455d46d3a5fe1037.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Strategizing Music Performance Anxiety: a Pedagogical Approach<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2018\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2018<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2018\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185369\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185369-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185369-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185369-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>2018<\/h4>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place\u00a0-\u00a0Francisco Reyes Peguero, McGill University\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/FG-graduate-essay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Gatekeepers: The Culture of Higher Music institutions and its Conditioning of the Field of Music Education and the Music Teaching Profession<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place -\u00a0Emily Leavitt, Mount Allison University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/EL-undergraduate-essay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Percussion, Passion, and Painting for the Piano: An Exploratory Essay Examining Claude Debussy\u2019s use of External Influences.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Olivia Adams, University of Western Ontario\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/OA-undergraduate-essay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Asian Influences in Alexina Louie\u2019s Piano Music<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2017\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2017<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2017\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w668457018536b\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w668457018536b-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w668457018536b-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w668457018536b-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>2017<\/h4>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Kevin Ngo, University of Calgary\u00a0<em>Studying Mozart\u2019s Piano Music in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century: Are we using the wrong texts?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place - Gabrielle Smith, McGill University\u00a0<em>All education is political, teaching is never a neutral act<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place\u00a0- Helen Geng, University of Toronto\u00a0<em>Multicultural Repertoire in Concert Band<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place - Sarah Klapman, Mount Allison University\u00a0<em>Mushroom Cloud Music: The postmodern supernatural in Adams\u2019 Doctor Atomic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>High School \/\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1st place<\/strong> - William Lin, BC\u00a0<em>Integrating Music with STEM Education<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place - Gabrielle Bonifacio, BC\u00a0<em>Band Wants You!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2016\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2016<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2016\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w668457018536e\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w668457018536e-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w668457018536e-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w668457018536e-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>2016<\/h4>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Gretchen Schwarz, McGill University <em>Authentic Transmission: Ghanaian Music Pedagogy for Westerners<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Hilary McLaughlin, University of Toronto<em> Finding Musical Expression Through Photography and Film<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place -\u00a0Chris Taeyoung Kin, University of Toronto<em> Bridging the Gap Between Classically Trained University Music Educators and Classroom Pedagogy <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Louisa Lu, University of Alberta <em>Music therapy as an alternative and more desired treatment for Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>High School \/\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place -\u00a0Zelyn Lee, BC <em>Tennis and the Piano: Integrating Sports into Music<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Evelyn Verhoef, AB <em>Music Therapy and the Autistic Child<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2015\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2015<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2015\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185370\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185370-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185370-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185370-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2015<\/h4>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Karen King, University of Ottawa <em>Context, Analysis and Pedagogical Implications of Liszt\u2019s \u201cSt Francois d\u2019Assise: la pr\u00e9dication aux oiseaux\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place -\u00a0Anna Wang McGill University <em>Four Solitudes <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Thomas Ingram University of Manitoba <em>\u201cBlow pretty strong\u201d: Kinaesthesia, solipsism and the problem of clarinet pedagogy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong> High School \/\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Luke Henderson, Nova Scotia <em>The \u201cReel\u201d Deal: Benefits of Traditional Fiddle Playing for Classical Violin Students <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Cynthia Gan, Alberta <em>The Eccentric Prodigy: Challenges Facing Musically Gifted Children, their Parents, and their Teachers Honourable Mention Elizabeth Roberts, Manitoba The Art of Performing: how music and public speaking are similar<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-even\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2014\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2014<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2014\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185372\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185372-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185372-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185372-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>2014<\/h4>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Kelvin Chan, McGill University <em>Three significant challenges facing El Sistema organizers in the United States <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Elizabeth Skinner, McGill University <em>Metis Fiddling: Contextual Authenticity<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Honourable mention Graham Isaak, Conservatoire de musique de Montr\u00e9al <em>Widespread Mystery: Canadian Music History University <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place -\u00a0Sarah Suchan, University of Saskatchewan <em>Education of First Nations Music: Approaches to Effective Integration in the Band Classroom <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Gregory Lewis, University of Manitoba <em>Successful Music Lessons After Divorce: How a Child can Excel with Music Lessons While Practicing in Two Different Homes <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>High School \/\u00a0\u00c9l\u00e8ves du secondaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place -\u00a0Augusta Redekop, Manitoba <em>From Britney to Berio: My Journey of Singing and Sonic Discovery <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place -\u00a0Kyrie Robinson, Nova Scotia<em> Music is a Form of Magic <\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel panel-default panel-odd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"accordion-toggle  collapsed\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-parent=\"#accordionnamewidget-1-0-0\" href=\"#collapsewidget-1-0-0-2013\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><i class=\"kt-icon-minus\"><\/i><i class=\"kt-icon-plus\"><\/i>2013<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapsewidget-1-0-0-2013\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel-body postclass\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"pl-w6684570185374\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-w6684570185374-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-w6684570185374-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-w6684570185374-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>2013<\/h4>\n<p><strong>University Graduate \/\u00a0Deuxi\u00e8me cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Adam Daudrich MA. Music Education, McGill University <em>Getting the notes in the right place: The application of Shannon's Communication Theory to jazz rhythm instruction <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place - Melanie Doberai M. Education, University of Alberta <em>Social, genetic and psychological factors that influence musically gifted and talented children <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate \/\u00a0Premier cycle universitaire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1st place - Michael MacMillan B. Music, Mt. Alison University <em>Word Painting in Bartok's Improvisations: Exploration and Practical Application <\/em><\/p>\n<p>2nd place - Elizabeth Clarke B. Music, University of Alberta <em>Suffer for your art? 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