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 2023 Student Composer Competition:

Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument
First place Jia He Andy Zhang (QC) Prelude in G major $50
Second place Davin Chan (AB)

The Crime Guys

Third place Shuxin Zhang (SK) The Lamb’s New Journey
Honorable Mention Ari Johnston-Urey (YT) Desert Doom
Filip Ilea (BC)  The Secret Spy Mission
Preparatory Level – 8 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice
First place Saylee Mori (AB) Save My Life $50
Second place Timisire Falode (NS) I Love Daisies
Category A – 11 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument
First place Ruben Slobogean (YT) Tricks of the Mind $100
Second place Mason Green (AB) Upsurge
Third place Louis Guo (BC) Bounce
Honourable Mention Joshua Han (MB) March in C Major
Sébastien Frenette (NB) Sweet Memories
Matthew Banda (SK) Cats and Kittens
Category A – 11 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice
First place Sara Dietrich (AB) The Sea $100
Category B – 15 years and under, Class 1, composition for solo instrument
First place Mark Rico-Lam (AB)  Fiesta de Verano $150
Second place Joanna Peng (BC) Orange Blossom
Third place Gaoyuan Thomas Cheng (SK) Sunset over Spain - A Spanish Rhapsody
Honorable Mention Marko Vukovic (QC)  Rondo in Eb major
Favour Adelani (MB)  The March of the Mighty Trees
Category B – 15 years and under, Class 2, composition for voice
No entries
Category C – 19 years and under
First place Charlie Eaton (AB) Ruminate $250
Second place Kangkyi Torneing Filion (QC) Les Jardins de Babylone
Third place Markus Bitner (SK) Remember Dreslen
Honorable Mention Heidi Reimer (MB) Betrayal
Category D – Open
First place Krithika Venkataramadas (AB) Aurora $250
Second place Heidi Reimer (MB) Falling Stars
Helen Dahlstrom Award
Houtian Zhong (BC) Poem of Transcendence $250
Adjudicator
Dr. John Burge