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 2022 Student Composer Competition:
| Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | |||
| First place | Davin Chan (AB) | Activity Suite | $50 |
| Second place | Tyjin Wittayabundit (ON) |
Spring Song |
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| Honorable Mention | Fisayomi Oduwole (NS) | Dark Knight | |
| Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | |||
| First place | Ameerah Alao (NS) | Best Friends Forever | $50 |
| Second place | Esme Costar (AB) | I Love Icing So Much | |
| Category A – 11 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | |||
| First place | Olivia Zhang (PE) | Puppy Dance | $100 |
| Second place | Connor Mahon (ON) | Nocturne No. 1 in C# minor | |
| Honourable Mention | Demilade Oduwole (NS) | Valley | |
| Honourable Mention | Thomas Ivanovic (BC) | Battle of the Galaxies | |
| Category A – 11 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | |||
| First place | Tessa Pritchett-White (ON) | Say You Can | $100 |
| Second place | Olive Costar (AB) | Horseback Riding | |
| Honourable Mention | Harley Spencer-Lowe (NS) | Nowhere to Hide | |
| Category B – 15 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | |||
| First place | Gaoyuan (Thomas) Cheng (SK) | Christmas Jazz | $150 |
| Second place | Houtian Zhong (BC) | Winter Fantasy | |
| Honorable Mention | Onkit Saha (NB) | Lighting through the Harrowing Forest | |
| Honorable Mention | Ally Jiang (ON) | Canadian Cereal | |
| Honorable Mention | Anders Currah (AB) | A Dance of Light and Darkness | |
| Category B – 15 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | |||
| First place | Andrey Franssen Keenen (ON) | Spring and Fall, To a Young Child | $150 |
| Category C – 19 years and under | |||
| First place | Christopher Elwell (BC) | Scherzo and Trio for Maya | $250 |
| Second place | Matthew Wall (AB) | Caricature of a Chessboard | |
| Honorable Mention | Sophie Huang (ON) | Le Pecheur et le bateau | |
| Honorable Mention | Hugo Denis (PQ) | Nocturne | |
| Category D – Open | |||
| First place | Ryan Miralles (AB) | Everlasting Twilight | $250 |
| Second place | Kayla Whipple (ON) | Asian's Song | |
| Honorable Mention | Zongyi Li (PQ) | Reverie remplie d’extraterrestres | |
| Helen Dahlstrom Award | |||
| Christopher Elwell (BC) | Scherzo and Trio for Maya | $250 | |