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 2021 Student Composer Competition:
| Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | ||
| First place | Luke Klein (AB) | The Hop–Hop Song |
| Second place | Finn Egilsson (NS) |
Song in A Minor |
| Honorable Mention | Mila Pitz (MB) | Dandelion Puffballs |
| Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | ||
| First place | Ameerah Alao (NS) | Home Sweet Home |
| Second place | Esme Costar (AB) | I Love My Life |
| Category A – 11 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | ||
| First place | Stella Ivanovic (BC) | Droid in D Minor (Violin and Piano) |
| Second place | Mark Rico-Lam (AB) | Fantaisie de Flocons de Neige |
| Honourable Mention | Gaoyuan (Thomas) Cheng (SK) | Clowns |
| Category A – 11 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | ||
| First place | Isabella Huang (ON) | Mountains |
| Second place | Jonathan Knight (AB) | Christmas in the Morning |
| Category B – 15 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument | ||
| First place | Rafael Brisebois (BC) | Crazy Violists |
| Second place | Khanh Mai (ON) | Ballade |
| Honorable Mention | Marie-Elise Martel (NB) | Fading Moon |
| Category B – 15 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice | ||
| No Entries | ||
| Category C – 19 years and under | ||
| First place | Hugo Denis (QC) | Sonate en do mineur |
| Second place | Lilana Mahave (ON) | Baile Diabolica de Tontin |
| Honorable Mention | Devyn Colette (PEI) | Les pieds dansants (saxophone quartet) |
| Honorable Mention | Indi Tisoy (NS) | Tango for String Quartet |
| Category D – Open | ||
| First place | William Lin (BC) | Sunset Waltz |
| Second place | Sarah Dolan (ON) | When Comes the Night (Harp and Voice) |
| Helen Dahlstrom Award | ||
| Hugo Denis (QC) | Sonate en do mineur | |