ORMTA Contribution to Teaching Award

(OCTA)

The ORMTA has an abundance of members who dedicate much time and passion to teaching their students, helping this organization, and volunteering within their communities. It is with this spirit that the ORMTA recognizes these exceptional individuals on an annual basis with an ORMTA Contribution to Teaching Award (or OCTA).

ORMTA branches are invited to nominate one of their members for this award in any one year. The nominee must have been a member of the ORMTA or one of the other provincial Associations within the CFMTA for at least ten years (consecutively or intermittently). Further criteria to nominate colleagues are determined by the individual branches. The branch invites the nominee to the annual ORMTA Awards Presentation where they will be recognized for their achievements and receive a certificate. The nominee will also be featured in the summer issue of Notes Magazine.

The deadline for 2025 nomination submissions has now passed. Click here to view the 2025 OCTA Recipients.

Pedagogy Award

This award is presented annually to a student studying pedagogy with an ORMTA member in good standing, who receives the highest mark in Ontario in the written portion of their Associate pedagogy examination by one of the following conservatories: Canadian National Conservatory of Music, Conservatory Canada or the Royal Conservatory of Music. Marks must be 80% or higher and the exam taken must be the highest level of pedagogy offered by any of the aforementioned conservatories. Only exam dates from January to December of the previous year will be considered. If successful, the student will receive a cash prize, a certificate, an invitation to ORMTA's Annual Awards Presentation and be featured in Notes Magazine. The student will then be eligible to apply for the Memorial Pedagogy Award of CFMTA. The Recipients of this award are not eligible to reapply a second time.

ORMTA members are required to submit the information for eligible applicants before the deadline in order for them to be considered for this award. The 2025 submission deadline has now passed.