2026 Music Writing Competition

Adjudicator: Joanne Bender

  • Class P1

    1st: Jacob Wu
    Teacher: Andrea Yau (Central Toronto Branch)
    🎼 Score‍ ‍ ▶️ Video

    2nd: Sophia Bouwers
    Teacher: Anastasiya Filatava (Kitchener-Waterloo Branch)
    🎼 Score

    3rd: Elodie Finlay
    Teacher: Natasha Finlay (Central Toronto Branch)
    🎼 Score

    3rd: Magdalena Mila Decker
    Teacher: Natasha Finlay (Central Toronto Branch)
    🎼 Score

  • Class P2

    1st: Marianna Sutherland
    Teacher: Elizabeth Sutherland (Kitchener-Waterloo Branch)
    🎼 Score

  • Class A1

    1st: Daniella Torreon
    Teacher: Greg Duff (Windsor-Essex County Branch)
    🎼 Score

    2nd: Anastasia Presenza
    Teacher: Natasha Finlay (Central Toronto Branch)
    🎼 Score

    3rd: Noa Griffin-Cheng
    Teacher: Natasha Finlay (Central Toronto Branch)
    🎼 Score

  • Class A2

    1st: Daniel Sutherland
    Teacher: Elizabeth Sutherland (Kitchener-Waterloo Branch)
    🎼 Score

  • Class B1

    1st: Joshua Qisun
    Teacher: Alison Yun-Fei Jiang (North York/York Region Branch)
    🎼 Score‍ ‍▶️ Video

    2nd: Livlyn Li
    Teacher: Greg Duff (Windsor-Essex County Branch)
    🎼 Score‍‍ ‍ ▶️ Video

  • Class B2

    2nd: Aida Biffis
    Teacher: Elizabeth Sutherland (Kitchener-Waterloo Branch)
    🎼 Score‍

  • Class C

    1st: Boyan Hu
    Teacher: Colin Mack (Ottawa Region Branch)
    🎼 Score‍ ▶️ Video ‍

    2nd: Marco Pacheco
    Teacher: John Burge (Kingston and Area Branch)
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    3rd: Victor Balatchev
    Teacher: Steve Boudreau (Ottawa Region Branch)
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    3rd: Michael Gerenda
    Teacher: Greg Duff (Windsor-Essex Branch)
    🎼 Score‍ ‍ ▶️ Video

  • Class D

    1st: Marco Pacheco
    (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)
    Teacher: John Burge (Kingston and Area Branch)
    🎼 Score‍ ‍ ▶️ Video

    2nd: Boyan Hu
    Teacher: Colin Mack (Ottawa Region Branch)
    🎼 Score‍ ‍ ▶️ Video

    3rd: Liko Li
    Teacher: Greg Duff (Windsor-Essex County Branch)
    🎼 Score‍ ▶️ Video ‍