2016 Music Writing Competition

Adjudicator: Karen Rowell

  • Class P1

    1st: Zoe Brown
    Teacher: Rachelle Courtney (London Branch)

    2nd: Hayden Baerstoen
    Teacher: Rachelle Courtney (London Branch)

    3rd: Nina Kerr
    Teacher: Natasha Frid Finlay (Central Toronto Branch)

  • Class A1

    1st: Polina Chernik
    Teacher: Julia Tchernik (Central Toronto Branch)

    2nd: Susannah Salamon
    Teacher: Marion Miller (London Branch)

    3rd: Sophia Kagolovskaya
    Teacher: Jason White (Kitchener-Waterloo Branch)

  • Class A2

    1st: Lilly Bartlam
    Teacher: Rachelle Courtney (London Branch)

    2nd: Rachel Hershoran
    Teacher: Rachelle Courtney (London Branch)

  • Class B1

    1st: Leonid Nediak
    Teacher: John Burge (Kingston Branch)

    2nd: Eric Bouchard
    Teacher: Catherine Donkin (Ottawa Region Branch)

    3rd: Rachel Andal
    Teacher: Christopher Foley (Hamilton-Halton Branch)

  • Class B2

    1st: Troy Lebane
    Teacher: Laura Sgroi (North York/York Region Branch)

    2nd: Kimberly Yang
    Teacher: Laura Sgroi (North York/York Region Branch)

    3rd: Kelsey Rombouts
    Teacher: Rachelle Courtney (London Branch)

  • Class C

    1st: Itamar Aharony
    Teacher: Paulette Price (Ottawa Region Branch)

    2nd: Chanheum Lee
    Teacher: John Burge (Kingston Branch)

    3rd: Phillip Christoffersen
    Teacher: Liz Craig (Central Toronto Branch)

  • Class D

    1st: Leonid Nediak
    (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)
    Teacher: John Burge (Kingston Branch)

    2nd: Dante Pettapiece
    Teacher: John Burge (Kingston Branch)

    3rd: Itamar Aharony
    Teacher: Paulette Price (Ottawa Region Branch)

  • Honourable Mentions

    Class P1: Evan Archer, Benjamin Giffin, Leah Hale
    Class A1: Stuart Florescu, Tessa Mackinnon, James Quinn
    Class B1: Giffin Hook, Anne Jewczyk
    Class B2: Tori Bouck
    Class C: Veronika Henzl, Alexander Nediak, Christopher O'Neill, Dante Pettapiece

  • CFMTA Award Results

    The following students have received awards in the CFMTA Student Composer Competition:

    Polina Chernik - 1st place, Class A1
    Lilly Barlam - 1st place, Class A2
    Troy Lebane - 1st place, Class B2
    Leonid Nediak - 1st place & Helen Dahlstrom Award, Class B1 and 2nd place, Class D

No entries received for Class P2