{"id":1973,"date":"2017-03-30T09:40:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/?page_id=1973"},"modified":"2022-12-28T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T20:01:29","slug":"national-piano-competition-our-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/national-piano-competition-our-sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"National Piano Competition &#8211; Our Sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1973\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1973-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1973-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1973-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-1973-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>Ernst Schneider<\/h4>\n<p>Ernst Schneider (b.1939) received his early music training in Germany. \u00a0In 1958 he immigrated to Canada, where he continued his music education. \u00a0Among his teachers were Lloyd Powell, Helen Silvester, and Dr. Jean Coulthard. \u00a0Ernst Schneider's compositions include works for piano, voice, chamber groups, and orchestra. \u00a0His music has been performed in festivals and concerts in Canada, USA, and Europe. \u00a0He taught piano and adjudicated for many years and hosted a weekly two-hour music program on station CIGV for 12 years, featuring many Canadian compositions.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 Ernst Schneider received an Honorary Licentiate Diploma from the Canadian National Conservatory of Music for his contributions to and promotion of Canadian music. \u00a0The same year he was also commissioned to write an orchestral work for the Centennial of his home town, the City of Penticton, British Columbia. \u00a0In 2012 he was awarded the Queen Elisabeth Medal for his contribution to, and promotion of Canadian music and community support. \u00a0Ernst Schneider\u2019s first Piano Concerto received a second performance with the very talented pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko in February 2018 and his second Piano Concerto is scheduled to be performed in the 2019\/20 season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1973-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernst Schneider Ernst Schneider (b.1939) received his early music training in Germany. \u00a0In 1958 he immigrated to Canada, where he continued his music education. \u00a0Among his teachers were Lloyd Powell, Helen Silvester, and Dr. Jean Coulthard. \u00a0Ernst Schneider&#8217;s compositions include &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/national-piano-competition-our-sponsors\/\" aria-label=\"National Piano Competition &#8211; Our Sponsors\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1973","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7109,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1973\/revisions\/7109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}