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CFMTA 2025 National Essay Competition Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National CFMTA Essay Competition invites submissions of essays on any research topic related to music teaching, pedagogy or performance practice. This competition is open to all Canadian residents currently studying at the high school, undergraduate, masters and doctoral university graduate levels.<\/p>\n

The CFMTA\/FCAPM prize to honour Dr. Lorna Wanzel is awarded to the first-place recipient in the doctorate degree category. The prize for the masters level is provided by donor Dr Margaret Fitch. The undergraduate prize this year is provided by Catherine Bartlett. The high school prize this year is provided by Dr. Bronwyn Schuman, Dr. Emily Logan, Kathy Normandeau<\/p>\n

CFMTA is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2025 National Essay Competition<\/p>\n

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University Doctoral Level\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> place\u00a0 ($1000.00)
\nSponsored by CFMTA\/FCAPM in honour of founder Dr. Lorna Wanzel<\/p>\n

Jenna Richards, <\/strong>University of Ottawa, Ontario
\nReimagining the Undergraduate-to-Career Pipeline in Music Performance:<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0An Autoethnography from the Perspective of a Portfolio Careerist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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University Graduate Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> place ($750.00)
\nSponsored by Dr. Margaret Fitch <\/span><\/p>\n

Anika-France Forget, <\/strong>University of Ottawa, Ontario
\n<\/strong>On Teaching Musical Perfectionism<\/em><\/strong>: <\/em><\/strong><\/a>An Outlook on the Adversities of Systematic Teaching and its Ideologies<\/em><\/p>\n

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University Undergraduate<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> place \u00a0($500.00)
\nSponsored by Catherine Bartlett<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicola Cameron, <\/strong>Ambrose University, Calgary, Alberta
\nWorld Music and Cultural Intelligence in the Classroom<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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High School\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> place ($250.00)
\nSponsored by Dr. Bronwyn Schuman, Dr. Emily Logan, Kathy Normandeau\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Pham, <\/strong>Michael Power St. Joseph High School\/Business and Arts International Baccalaureate, Toronto, Ontario
\nExamining the influence of Romantic Style on Classical Form in Johannes Brahms' Piano Compositions: <\/a><\/em><\/strong>Adapting Sonata Form, Scherzo and Rondo Form to Romantic Era Style in Piano Sonata No.3 in F Minor Op.5<\/em><\/p>\n

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Our adjudicators for the 2025 competition were:<\/p>\n