{"id":32,"date":"2015-10-22T22:42:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T05:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:06:49","slug":"essay-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/essay-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"CFMTA National Essay Competition &#8211; Winners 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-32\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-32-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-32-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-32-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-32-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>CFMTA 2026 National Essay Competition Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CFMTA prize to honor Dr. Lorna Wanzel is awarded to the first-place recipient in the Doctorate degree level. The Undergraduate prize is sponsored by the Personal Insurance Company. The Masters and High School levels will not be awarded this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CFMTA is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2026 National Essay Competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>University Doctoral Level\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \/ 1<sup>re<\/sup> place\u00a0 ($1000.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by CFMTA\/FCAPM in honour of founder and major donor, Dr. Lorna Wanzel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alessandra DiCienzo, <\/strong>University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2026\/alessandra-dicienzo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Communities of Musical Practice:<\/strong> a space of connection, collaboration and well-being\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>University Graduate Level<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not Awarded in 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>University Undergraduate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> place \u00a0($500.00)<br \/>\nSponsored by The Personal Insurance Company<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethan Walter, <\/strong>Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/docs\/essays\/2026\/ethan-walters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Conducting High School Wind Bands:<\/strong> Striking a Balance between Performance and Education<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>High School\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not Awarded in 2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our adjudicators for the 2026 competition were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Dr. Emily Logan DMA<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Dr. Terence E. Dawson DMA<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Dr. Bronwyn Schuman DMus<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Olivia Adams MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-32-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CFMTA 2026 National Essay Competition Winners 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 &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/essay-competition\/\" aria-label=\"CFMTA National Essay Competition &#8211; Winners 2026\">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-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","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=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9583,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/9583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfmta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}