ORMTA Accent & Fresh Beats e-Newsletters - The Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association

Date: 10/5/2023
Subject: Accent E-Newsletter, October 2023
From: ORMTA

In this issue...Canada Music Week, Council Spotlight, EDI Committee Chair, CFMTA Connecting Canada, CFMTA Positions

Canada Music Week

Next month, students and teachers from across the country will take part in celebrations of Canadian music and Canadian composers. As ORMTA Branches begin preparing their events, organizers can find helpful resources in our Member Documents (in the Canada Music Week folder), such as:

A list of media to contact
A media waiver form template
A press release template

Posters and other supplies can also be found on the CFMTA website here.

Canada Music Week runs from November 19th - 25th. Visit our website for more info.

Council Spotlight

Welcome to Council Rebecca Goode! Rebecca is our newest Southern Zone Rep and Canada Music Week Convenor. Be sure to follow ORMTA on Social media as Rebecca will share some fantastic Canadian music throughout the month of November. Canada Music Week reports should also be submitted by December 1st to Rebecca at canadamusicweek@ormta.org.

Read more about our newest Councillor and find more contact info here.

EDI Committee Chair

The Ontario Registered Music Teachers’ Association is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible place for all our members and acknowledge our role in promoting a more equitable and inclusive world.

ORMTA is setting up an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and requires a Committee Chair to be part of Provincial Council. The group will work to:

Identify and centre equity, diversity, and inclusion in ORMTA policies, programming, and planning
Embed more inclusive ways in the structure of our association
Identify any barriers to participation and engagement

If you are interested in this position, log in to our website and visit the Council & Volunteering page for more info.

CFMTA Connecting Canada

The next session of CFMTA's Connecting Canada will be held on October 19th at 12:00 PM (EST). Join CFMTA members from across Canada to discuss the curriculum for a first year piano student. Sessions are held on Zoom and session notes will be available on the CFMTA website here. Session info can always be found on our Teaching Resources page.

CFMTA Positions

CFMTA is looking for an Administrative Program Assistant as well as enthusiastic members from RMTA's to join a few of their committees. If you are interested in joining their Strategic Planning Committee, Young Artist Committee or Awards & Competitions Committee, please email CFMTA President, Laura Gray. Information on the Administrative Program Assistant position can be found on the CFMTA website here.

Notes Submissions

Do you have something you would like to share in Notes Magazine? We are always accepting pedagogical articles, paid promotional articles, advertisements and reviews. Click here for more info.

If you have a review of a Canadian music collection or musical book or movie, submit it here. For the next instalment of Sandra's Bookshelf the theme is Creativity: books that inspire creativity or talk about developing creativity.

Noteworthy Studios & Students

Share your student successes with us for posting to ORMTA's social media channels! Any sort of success story is welcome, but we will also have a theme for each month.

In November: How do you give back through music?

In December: How do you bring students together through music?

Find more info and submit your information here.

♪ Updates and Upcoming Deadlines ♪

Nov 15: Deadline to submit artwork to the CFMTA Canada Music Week Poster Competition

Nov 19-25: Canada Music Week

Dec 1: Deadline for Branches to submit Canada Music Week report

It is important to maintain an updated member profile online.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ORMTA's

Communications Coordinator.

secretaryregistrar@ormta.org

(289) 501-1301

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