Cfmta Student Composer Competition National Winners 2010
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CFMTA STUDENT COMPOSER COMPETITION NATIONAL WINNERS 2010 Preparatory: Class 1 1st place – Satai Miller (BC) CLASS P1 2nd place – Chloe Dockendorf (PE) HM – Jaden Wisneski (MN) HM – Xavier Baldwin (ON) Preparatory: Class 2 1st place – Chloe Dockendorff (PE) 2nd Place – Sarah Terlesky (BC) HM – Kaelin George-Wegner (NS) Category A: Class 1 1st place – Carmyn Slater (BC) First Place Winner: Satai Miller - British Columbia 2nd place – Amy Cormier (PE) HM – Adrianna Dolata (SK) HM – Kate Sublett (ON) Satai Miller just turned 9 years old and will enter Grade 4 this fall. She lives in Victoria, B.C. with her Mom and Dad, sister Saegeas and brother Voxov. She has Category A: Class 2 been taking piano lessons with Pamela Smirl of P.J. Music Studios for four years. 1st place – Jillian Romanow (ON) Pamela Smirl is a very well known and respected teacher in British Columbia. HM – Stephen Downward (NS) Her love of teaching and encouraging composition in very young musicians has been pivitol in Satai’s musical development. Satai enjoys many other activities such as recreational swimming, ballet and ice skating. She is also very interested Category B: Class 1 in art and science. She would like to become a veterinarian when she grows up. 1st place – Sarah Cunningham (SK) 2nd place – Anita Pari (ON) HM – Jackson Moore (AB) CLASS A2 HM – Frederic Gagne (PQ) Category B: Class 2 1st place – Mikaela Murtonen (ON) 2nd place – Madison Foley (NS) Category C: 1st place – Colin Frank (ON) 2nd place – Elizabeth Robertson (AB) HM – Brandon O-Leary (NS) First Place Winner: Jillian Romanow - Ontario Category D: 1st place – Kathleen Feenstra (BC) Jillian Romanow has been composing music for five years. Twelve years old and in grade 7, she sings, plays guitar and piano. Jillian studies piano with Maria Case and Category E: has also has taken songwriting lessons with James Linderman. She plans to become 1st place – Jenni Saslove (ON) a professional songwriter one day and is a member of the Songwriters’ Association of 2nd place – Arthur Hamilton (SK) Canada and has already sold her first song. ► 28 The Canadian Music Teacher - Fall 2010 CLASS P2 First Place Winner and recipient of the Helen Dahlstrom Award Chloe Dockendorff - Prince Edward Island Chloe Grace Dockendorff is an Chloe has been singing and making Chloe’s inspiration for her song November 21 - 27, 2010 eight-year-old homeschooled student up songs almost since she could talk. Why Can’t A Penguin Fly? was her from Morell, Prince Edward Island She is happiest singing and playing six-year-old brother, Seth, who who loves anything to do with the her own compositions at home, is crazy about penguins. It was arts. She studies voice from Suzanne but she also enjoys performing and only natural that she would write ® Campbell (whose idea it was to enter competing in her local music festival. a song about penguins for him. this competition), piano from her Over the past two years, Chloe Her piano piece, Skeleton Dance, mother, Faith, and violin from her has won top awards for pre-junior was written, of course, around grandfather, Basil Phillips. Chloe also piano, pre-junior voice, and original Halloween. Chloe is very excited attends classes for ballet and jazz; composition. Also in 2009, she place and honoured to be recognized she likes to draw pictures, and, in first and second in the PEIRMTA for these pieces in the CFMTA particular, she loves to write stories. Canada Music Week® Composition, Canada Music Week® awards. It is Last year (2009), Chloe placed third and this year placed first and second a wonderful encouragement to her in the P.E.I. Literary Awards early in both the instrumental and vocal as she continues her imaginative and elementary category, and this year she categories. creative pursuits. placed first. Canada Week Music CLASS B1 First Place Winner: Sarah Cunningham - Saskatchewan Sarah Cunningham, a thirteen year is working on her Grade 6 piano the loss of her sister. Sarah draws the old from St. Brieux, SK, has loved repertoire. In addition to piano, sources of her compositions from music ever since she was a small Sarah also enjoys singing, dance, memories and her surroundings and child. Sarah began piano lessons reading, writing and, of course, continues to compose as the melodies when she was five years old with hanging out with friends. Her song emerge. Mrs. Grace Wilton. She currently Aiden was inspired by her friend‘s studies under Ms. Sharon Guina and strength and grace as she dealt with ► Automne 2010 - le Professeure de Musique Canadian 29 CLASS A1 First Place Winner: Carmyn Slater - British Columbia Carmyn Slater lives in Sooke BC. She Composers’ Program sponsored by Ballet Reverence (first place, 2008) started piano and theory lessons with the Victoria Symphony. She worked and Rushin’ Horses (second place, Pamela Smirl of PJ Music Studios at under the guidance of composer- 2009) written for viola, cello, and age four and began composing right in-residence, Rodney Sharman. oboe. In 2009 she was interviewed away. Now eleven, she has earned Her 2010 winning piece, Scene by Denise Ball of CBC Radio and numerous awards at the Greater from a Magic Carpet, was originally her piece Rushin’ Horses was played Victoria Performing Arts Festival. written for clarinet, vibraphone, and on the air. Carmyn attends a French In 2009 she earned a scholarship contrabass but she also arranged a immersion public school full time. for composition, the EPCOR piano version so she could perform She is entering sixth grade this fall Youth Excellence in Arts & Culture it herself. This is the third time and is looking forward to playing her Award. She used it to study with Carmyn has placed in the CFMTA flute in the band program. Besides Edward Parker in Vancouver. For Canada Music Week® Student music she enjoys reading, creative the past two years Carmyn has been Writing Competition. Her other writing, languages, visual art, history, a member of VSNEW, the Young pieces included a piano solo titled computer, and being with friends. CLASS E First Place Winner: Jenni Saslove - Ontario JENNI SASLOVE Jenni Saslove is a 14-year-old from studying composition with Student Composition Competition Thornhill, Ontario who is entering Katya Pine. In addition, she is an and, although You Could Be The One grade nine in the arts programme accomplished flautist, vocalist, and is her first attempt at songwriting, it at Westmount Collegiate Institute. dancer with a particular passion for will surely not be her last! Jenni has been playing piano since musical theatre. Jenni is thrilled to the age of five and is currently be one of this year’s winners of the ► 30 The Canadian Music Teacher - Fall 2010 CLASS B2 First Place Winner: Mikaela Murtonen - Ontario Mikaela has been making music the provincial and the national levels. tries to record new tunes that come November 21 - 27, 2010 most of her life, from singing as Her piano teacher Susanne Anderson to her so they don’t get lost before a toddler to composing as soon has offered guidance and support being written down formally. She as she discovered the piano early along the way and enjoys watching finds composing and playing piano on. She wrote her first song at age her student grow in her musicianship. to be a great outlet both creatively seven and entered her first ORMTA She encouraged Mikaela to play at and emotionally. The piano is always ® composition contest in 2009 and the Kiwanis Music Festival where she open and she is free to play any time was thrilled to place first for both was pleased to receive a scholarship so her home is full of music - mostly ORMTA and CFMTA for her song as well as constructive critique. hers, much to her parent’s delight. My Shoes. After moving to a different Mikaela draws on her observations Mikaela has several new songs in the age category and much debate over of life around her for her inspiration works and has future plans to enter which song she was to enter, she and often finds herself jotting down another composition contest. decided on Ugly Love Song and was lyrics and humming new tunes at again honoured to place first in both the most unlikely times. She also CLASS D Canada Week Music First Place Winner: Kathleen Feenstra - British Columbia With a mother who played piano playing. Kathleen’s playing resulted Following university, she continued to her while she was in the womb, in her receiving numerous awards for her musical studies and started on Kathleen Ruth Feenstra was born piano performance during her high her performer’s ARCT in piano. By with a natural affinity for music. school years. Upon graduation, she August of 2010, she had finished that Starting her own piano lessons at entered Trinity Western University as well. Currently, Kathleen resides in four years old, her creativity soon where she studied music and Abbotsford, British Columbia where pushed her into composing as well as obtained a Bachelor of Science. she teaches and composes. ► Automne 2010 - le Professeure de Musique Canadian 31 CLASS C First Place Winner: Colin Frank - Ontario No one knows if it was playing piano from age nine, or blasting The Beatles every few Sunday mornings rather than sleeping in, but something made Colin Frank into a musician. Due to his experience in classical piano, Colin picked up percussion in grade seven to become a member of his middle school concert band, and play in his friend’s indie rock band. After graduating Colin was accepted into Canterbury High School’s music program.