The CFMTA/FCAPM Student Composer Competition is a national competition for winners of Provincial composition competitions. Entries are submitted by Provincial Canada Music Week® Coordinators for Canada-wide judging before June 1 each year. Scholarships are awarded to winners in each category, and the Helen Dahlstrom Award is given annually to the best national composition as selected by the adjudicator. Helen Dahlstrom was the founder of Canada Music Week®.
CFMTA congratulates the following winners of the 2020 Student Composer Competition:
| Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | ||
| First place | Anjelia Rao (NS) | Sneaky |
| Second place TIE | Raya Campbell (ON) |
The Elephant Dance |
| Second place TIE | Junbo Gao (SK) | Etude in A Minor (Lego Battles) |
| Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | ||
| No Entries | ||
| Category A – 11 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | ||
| First place | Isidora Uhlman (BC) | Swans |
| Second place | YunEn (Ryan) Gu (SK) | Sonatina in D minor |
| Honourable Mention | Oliver Lo (ON) | Helicopter Ride over Coronado Bay |
| Honourable Mention | Natasha Webb (QC) | The Farewell Waltz |
| Category A – 11 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | ||
| First place | Not Awarded | |
| Second place | Anthony Morasutti (ON) | God is The Great |
| Category B – 15 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | ||
| First place | Sointu Aalto (AB) | Spider Web |
| Second place TIE | Antoine Villeger (BC) |
North Shore Waltz Op 12 |
| Second place TIE | Sean Sneddon (NS) |
Scherzo in D minor |
| Honourable mention | Sky Yang (ON) | Superfluous |
| Honourable mention | Markus Bitner (SK) | The Fortress of Magnama |
| Category B – 15 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | ||
| First place | Sointu Aalto (AB) | Yosinfonia, 1 |
| Second place | Marissa Gosse (ON) | Watch Me Fly |
| Category C – 19 years and under | ||
| First place | Eric Bouchard (ON) | Fantasy for Concert Band |
| Second place TIE | Graham Nash (MB) | Ataraxia |
| Second place TIE | Angela Li (AB) | Atonement |
| Category D – Open | ||
| First place | William Lin (BC) | Elegy |
| Second place TIE | Lilianne Li (QC) | Candor for Orchestra |
| Second place TIE | Anna Schwartz (MB) | Prairie Sunrise |
| Helen Dahlstrom Award | ||
| Eric Bouchard (ON) | Fantasy for Concert Band | |