CFMTA 2024 National Essay Competition Winners
The National CFMTA Essay Competition invites submissions of essays on any research topic related to music teaching, pedagogy or performance practice. This competition is open to all Canadian residents currently studying at the high school, undergraduate, masters and doctoral university graduate levels.
The CFMTA/FCAPM prize to honor Dr. Lorna Wanzel is awarded to the first-place recipient in the doctorate degree category. The prize for the masters level is provided by donors Joanne Lougheed, Karren Turpin, Leanne Hiebert and Catherine Bartlett. The undergraduate prize this year is provided by The Northwest Territory Music Teachers Association. The high school level will not be awarded this year.
CFMTA is pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2024 National Essay Competition
University Doctoral Level / Niveau universitaire doctoral
1st place ($1000.00)
Sponsored by CFMTA/FCAPM in honor of founder and major donor, Dr. Lorna Wanzel
Changchun Du, McGill University Schulich School of Music
Exploration of Cultivating Children's Musical Expressiveness in Piano Playing: A musical case study of Robert Schumann's Album for the Young Op. 68
University Graduate Level / Niveau universitaire – deuxième cycle
1st place ($1,000.00) Co-Winners $500.00 each
Sponsored by Donors: Joanne Lougheed, Karen Turpin, Leanne Hiebert, Catherine Bartlett
Co-winner Charmaine Iormetti, University of Western Ontario
At the Beginning of Phonation: Creation of Vocal Colours through Glottal Configuration and Vocal Tract Filtering
AND
Co-winner Julia Perry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
When I’m Holding a Trumpet, I Don’t Get Misgendered: Exploring the Intersections between Instrument-Gender Associations and the Transgender Experience
University Undergraduate / Premier cycle universitaire
1st place ($500.00)
Sponsored by Music Teachers' Association of the Northwest Territories
Sophia Kagolovskaya, Wilfrid Laurier University
Clara Schumann’s Career and Gender: The Masculine Gender Role and the Werktreue Paradigm
High School / Élèves du secondaire
Not presented in 2024
Our adjudicators for the 2024 competition were:
- Olivia Adams MA
- Dr. Emily Logan
- Dr. Lori Lynn Penny
- Bronwyn Schuman, MM
- Susan Shantora, MMus, NATS
- Dr. Bethany Turpin