THE CANADIAN MUSIC TEACHER LE PROFESSEUR DE MUSIQUE CANADIEN VOLUME 62 - NUMBER 1 - SEPTEMBER 2011 Leadership in Music Education across Canada The virtuosos of tomorrow are seated at a Yamaha piano today. We have been purchasing Yamaha pianos for over twenty years. e tone, touch, and consistency of Yamaha pianos have made them the first choice of e Royal Conservatory. Dr. Peter Simon President, e Royal Conservatory y ca.yamaha.com WHAT’S INSIDE . PUBLICATION INFORMATION Offi cial Journal of the CANADIAN FEDERATION OF MUSIC 4 Greetings from CFMTA/FCAPM TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATIONS / FÉDÉRATION CANADIENNE DES PROFESSEURS DE MUSIQUE 5 Hello from the Editor 6 Summary of Minutes of Executive and AGM Meetings CIRCULATION 3500 - FOUNDED IN 1935 CFMTA/FCAPM Offi cers and Executive UPCOMING EDITIONS OF 10 Th e Canadian Music Teacher/ le Professeure de Musique Canadian Meet your New President and Vice President 13 Winter Edition 2012 Hugheen Ferguson Awards 2011 • Publication: January 2012 14 • Submission Deadline: Dec 1, 2011 Branching Out 16 Spring Edition 2012 • Publication: May 2012 CFMTA/FCAPM Mission Statements 2011 18 • Submission Deadline: April 1, 2012 19 CANADA MUSIC WEEK® Canada Music Week Edition 2012 20 Bill Andrews Canada Music Week® Awards • Publication September 2012 23 CFMTA/FCAPM Student Composers - Winners 2011 • Submission Deadline: August 15, 2012 28 Call for Compositions - Winners 2011 SEND ALL MATERIALS FOR EDITIONS TO: 31 MUSIC IS A LIFE FORCE Dina Pollock 32 An evaluation from the Inside Phone 604.859.6333 33 Congratulations Fax 604.859.9855 [email protected] 34 Canadian Composers' Day 36 Highlights from a few Workshops ADVERTISING Send all advertising inquiries and orders to: 37 CMW Poster - French & English Dina Pollock Phone 604.859.6333 42 2011 National Piano Competition Fax 604.859.9855 [email protected] 44 Yukon - a breed apart Th e offi cial journal of the Canadian Federation Music Teachers’ 44 Creative composers' Competition Associations/Fédération Canadienne des Professeurs de Musique is published three times a year. Its purpose is to inform music teachers 45 NLRMTA is announcing the launch of a new award about the Association’s activities, provide a forum for discussion and supply information of topical interest. 46 Performing in Public: A guide for music students Inclusion of items in this journal does not imply endorsement or approval by the CFMTA/FCAPM. Children's Art tax credit 49 All opinions are those of the authors and may diff er from those of CFMTA/FCAPM. 50 Convention 2013 53 Canadian Musicians - Coast to Coast SUBCRIPTIONS Going with Goals: Utilizing Non-Structured Practice Time 65 Non-members may receive a subscription Empowering the whole musician mind and body by submitting an annual fee to: 66 Bernadette Bullock, Secretary / Treasurer 302 - 550 Berkshire Dr. London, ON N6J 3S2 68 Review of Publications Th e fee for Canadian residents is $ 20.00 per year, 73 Delegates and Offi cers Directory and $ 30.00 for non-residents. Make cheque payable to CFMTA/FCAPM. Sauter 2011 - le Professeure de Musique Canadian 3 GREETINGS FROM THE NEW EXECUTIVE CFMTA/FCAPM Dr. Lorna Wanzel - CFMTA / FCAPM President hank you CFMTA/FCAPM music teaching shall be regarded as a I believe we need to look more closely for allowing me the privilege continual process of self-education and at the relationships we have at the of being your President for the improvement to develop professional community and provincial level with Tnext two years. excellence and improve standards?” the conservatories and faculties of As I begin my term as your President, As music teachers, it’s vital that we music. I am encouraged by the continuing welcome the opportunity to inject Can this examination and this healthy condition of the CFMTA/ new ideas and methods into our challenge, best be met at the level FCAPM. I’d like to devote my lessons. Given the healthy attitude of our provincial associations, or is remarks here to a few points that to professional development among there a role for CFMTA/FCAPM at I hope will signal the approach I’d our members, what an opportunity the national level? Should CFMTA/ like to take in my term as President. CFMTA/FCAPM and the provincial FCAPM, develop a position and My hope is to encourage and inspire associations have to inspire our engage in serious - and, I hope, you as accomplished music teachers members to approach their work with productive - discussion with the and, through you, our provincial this as their mindset. conservatories and universities on associations. Let us continue to improve ourselves behalf of our members? I’d like to raise a few questions about and have a larger vision of our role as Can we, as your national what we as music teachers need to music teachers, no matter how small representatives and spokespeople, think about in the future and how I, our community. Remember the essential assist you in dealing with and working as your President, and the CFMTA/ contribution that we make to the with these institutions, to enhance FCAPM as a national body, can work quality of education and the lives of our the ability of our members to pass on on behalf of our members generally, students. to their students, the benefi ts of new and the provincial associations more Th e next question I want to ask you ideas and discoveries? specifi cally. is: how can your national Association With these questions, I’ll wind up As teachers of music, we are the fi rst help you, as individuals and members my remarks. I look forward to having formal point of contact with music of local and provincial associations, to more specifi c discussions with you and that millions of Canadians experience, meet your local needs? your local bodies across the country whether it’s with our beginning It is you and your provincial associations in the course of my term, and fl eshing students or with parents inquiring that defi ne those needs. But I’d like out the issues that I have raised. about arranging lessons for their young to present an issue that I believe we’re Let’s look at this year as a new children. What we do, helps infl uence going to have to do some serious work beginning, the beginning of a period the cultural dimensions of the lives of on. where we inspire our members to millions of children by giving them I believe one of our biggest challenges project an even larger vision of their a level of music education rarely role as music teachers, and in which available in the education system. in the next few years will be to increase our membership, and get more of we build a more eff ective role for So, I would ask you: do you enjoy our members certifi ed. If there is the CFMTA/FCAPM to serve the learning new things and challenging agreement about the need to deal with members, our component associations yourselves to dig into new ideas of this problem, is it a challenge and task and the cause of music education in teaching and learning? that should be left in the hands of the Canada. In other words, are we willing to go provincial associations, or can CFMTA/ I wish all our members a very outside the box? In this case, beyond FCAPM as a national association play a successful teaching year. the boundaries stated in our code role in bringing about a change in this of ethics, which states “Th e art of perception of us as music teachers? 4 The Canadian Music Teacher - Fall 2011 HELLO FROM THE EDITOR Dina Pollock Hi Everyone, Here it is - another issue - bursting I would like to thank Lore Ruschiensky, all the bio's from the student composer at the seams with ideas, workshops, Cindy Taylor, Barbara Robertson, winners and the "Call for Composition" photos, competition and lots of Solange Liang, Peter van Ginkel, winners. Th e magazine would not be information. A great way to get back Agatha Warkentin, Heather Blakley and what it is without these articles. Henry Klassen for the articles from the to thinking about the teaching year If you are interested in writing book Convention - Music is a Life Force. to come. I attended my fi rst CF reviews please let me know. convention this summer and it was Th ank you to the delegates who If you have an idea for an article a great experience. At the Executive collected the information and wrote or have an article you would like committee meeting I was warmly the articles highlighting the musician to include - please send it to me. welcomed by all the delegates and from their province. Th e members who [email protected] committee chairpersons and felt took the time to play and write book 604.859.6333 instantly included - Th ank you. New reviews and Po Yeh, for all you do for Th anks, friends made, great concerts, workshops Canada Music Week and for collecting to make us think or re-think ideas..... ® ♪ Dina PS: Th e Canada Music Week® poster is included in this issue in both English and French (page 37). THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF MUSIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATIONS “A national association of music instructors whose purpose is to promote and maintain high standards of teaching among our members and to foster excellence in our students” But what does being a member of CFMTA/FCAPM really mean? • Communication with colleagues and a pedagogical network across the nation. • Local and provincial acknowledgement at the national level through provincial representation. • A unifi ed body to support, promote and mentor music educators and music education at the provincial, national and international level.