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The New Brunswick Registered Music Teachers’ Association
The Quarter NoteNews from Council 1-2Calendar of Events 2
Branch Reports Fredericton 3-4 Sackville 4
NBRMTA AGM 5-7
What would you advise? 8-9 NBRMTA NBRMTA Music Competition 12-14 Student Composer Competition 15-16NBRMTA Community 17-19 Volunteer Award Certifi cate Hall of Fame 20-22
CFMTA 2013 Convention 23-2423-24Certifi cate of Recognition for Professional Achievement 25-27
ArticlesChild Arts Tax Credit 29What’s New at CC? 31Why Teach Music? 32
NBRTMA Yearly Calendar 33-34 NBRMTA Directory 35
Articles, Reviews and Announcements for the Quarter Note are welcome. Please send to editor, Barbara Long, at [email protected]
Deadline for next edition is June 15
News from CouncilNBRMTA Council would like to welcome new member Rebecca Steeves who will be graduating from Mount Allison University and living in Fredericton.
On-going projects• a review of the By-Laws • job descriptions for various positions• new brochure• guidelines for a scholarship for public schools
Resolution to CFMTA NBRMTA is submitting two formal resolutions to CFMTA. The fi rst requests that their website and all public documents be in both French and English. The second requests that the minutes of the CFMTA meetings have more detail beyond stating the motions. These resolutions will be voted on in June at the CFMTA Executive Meeting.
Mission StatementThe following mission statement for NBRMTA, based on the new CFMTA Mission Statement was approved in the e-vote held February-March 2012.
We are a provincial organization that provides leadership in music education across New Brunswick. We promote and support high standards of teaching among our provincial members. In everything we do we:1. Foster the learning of music as an integral part of the lives of New Brunswickers.2. Provide opportunities for our members to enhance the musical experience for all New Brunswickers.3. Honour and support Canadian music and its contributions to our culture.4. Represent our membership with other music educational organizations locally, provincially and nationally.
Volume 42 Issue 2 April 2012 www.nbrmta.com
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Upcoming CompetitionsThese music competitions are open to ALL disciplines for students studying with registered music teachers.
The Atlantic Young Artist Competition is a biennial competition which is open to ALL students in ALL disciplines. This will be held in Sackville on April 21, 2012 at Mount Allison University. This competition is geared towards the advanced levels of performance. The Atlantic Young Artist Competition has consistently attracted very talented students from the four Atlantic Provinces. The winner of this competition receives a concert tour throughout the four provinces. This is an invaluable experience for someone interested in performance as a career choice. Recently, the winner has also been invited to perform at the Baie des Chaleurs International Chamber Music Festival in Dalhousie, New Brunswick. The entry form and further information is also included in this newsletter.
For online entry forms please visit http://www.nbrmta.com
The NBRMTA Student Composer Competition offers classes for all ages of students. Details are in this newsletter. Compositions should be sent to Irma Mulherin by April 13, 2012.
The 2013 CFMTA Piano and Voice Competitions will be held in conjunction with the 2013 CFMTA Convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Preliminary details about the convention can be found on page 23-24. Details about the piano and voice competitions are available at www.cfmta2013halifax.ca Top prize amount is $5000 in each discipline. Details of how New Brunswick will choose their representative will be available in the next issue of The Quarter Note.
News from Council cont.
NBRMTA Annual General MeetingSaturday, June 16, 2012
Mount Allison University, Sackville NB
Mark these dates:April 13: Deadline for NBRMTA Student Composer Competition - see page 15-16 for details
April 21: Atlantic Young Artist Competition in Sackville
May 1: Deadline for the NBRMTA Community Volunteer Award Certifi cate
May 31 - June 2: NB Provincial Music Festival in Sackville
June 3 & 4: Music Care Conference in Fredericton www.room217.ca or 506.444.3337 for more information
June 15: Council Meeting in Sackville
June 16: NBRMTA Annual General Meeting in Sackville
June 24: CFMTA National Council Meeting in Toronto
June 25: CFMTA Annual General Meeting in Toronto
July 6-9, 2013 - CFMTA Convention, Voice and Piano Competitions in Halifax.
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From Fredericton ...
Lavallee Forbes; Shahrzad Rahmanian; Jessica Sully
Third Place (15 and Under – tie)
Catherine Boone; Stephanie Budd; Abby Culberson; Hannah Sharpe
First Place (21 and Under – tie)
Allura Lenhard; Stephanie Melvin
All Award Winners are Students of area FMTA Teachers.
Congratulations to each of the following who will receive the Fredericton Music Society Mary MacLean Prize!
Vivian Ni: Advanced Rudiments, - 97%.
Teacher: Christine Freeman.
Nancy He: Basic Harmony, - 90%.
Teacher: Jennifer Mok.
Anne Hewson: History 1, - 93%.
Teacher: Ruth Nieboer.
Cassie LeBlanc: History 2, - 88%.
Teacher: Tanya Clark.
On behalf of the Fredericton Music Society, thank you to all who submitted their student’s names and marks.
Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey in Concert
The FMTA had the privilege of hosting Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey from March 29 to March 31. Ludmila began her time in Fredericton with a recital sponsored by St. Thomas University. At this informal recital, Ludmila really connected with her audience of students, faculty, and several FMTA teachers. She took time
to explain each composition, shared stories about the composers, and took questions from the audience.
On Friday, the FMTA sponsored the Encore Ludmila concert. Ludmila, along with eight FMTA student composers, performed for a wonderful audience at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. Those in attendance were dazzled by Ludmila’s varied program, from the fi rst piece to her fi nal encore. Ludmila praised and encouraged the student composers and talked to the
FMTA’ ‘ORIGINAL WORKS COMPETITION’ AWARD-WINNERS WIN ORIGINAL PRIZE!
The Fredericton Music Teachers’ Association recently presented awards for ‘Original Composition’ to sixteen area music Students. The Competition, adjudicated this year by Jennifer Mok (B. Music and M. in Music Composition, City University of New York), is held yearly to celebrate and encourage music composition. The Student prize-winners receive an individual adjudication, a certifi cate of merit and a cash award. However, this year, those who fi nished fi rst and second in their age categories have been invited to perform their works at the FMTA-sponsored “ENCORE LUDMILA” concert, to be held on Friday, March 30th, 7:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton. ‘ENCORE LUDMILA’ features LUDMILA KNEZKOVA HUSSEY, (Order of NB; Hon. Doc. Of Letters, UNB Saint John), internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, music pedagogue and founder and Director of the ‘LUDMILA KNEZKOVA HUSSEY INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION’ which has brought brilliant pianists from more than fi fty countries of the world to compete here in New Brunswick.
AWARD WINNERS OF THE 2012 FMTA ORIGINAL WORKS COMPETITION:
First Place: (7 and Under)
Fabio Kutnowski
First Place: (11 and Under)
Gaby Rutter
Second Place (11 and Under)
Jenna Stockford
Third Place (11 and Under – tie)
Kristen Culberson; Hannah Budd;
First Place (15 and Under – tie)
Evelyn Martin; Gracyn McLaughlin
Second Place (15 and Under – tie)
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Award winners from the FMTA Original Works Competition performed at the Encore Ludmila concert. Here they are pictured with fl owers and cds presented by Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey. Left to right: Lavallee Forbes, Jessica Sully, Stephanie Melvin, Gaby Rutter, Shahrzad Rahmanian, Gracyn McLaughlin, Evelyn Martin (not pictured Allura Lenhard).
Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey with the planning committee for Encore Ludmila. Left to right: Megan Woodworth, Wendy Beardall, Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey, Jocelyne Ringuette,
audience about the importance of the creative process of composing. She presented each student with a fl ower and a CD at the end of the concert.
Ludmila fi nished her time in Fredericton with a full day of masterclasses and private lessons. Ludmila was positive and encouraging with each student while pushing them to pursue excellence in each of their pieces.
The FMTA is extremely grateful to Ludmila for her willingness to inspire teachers, students, and many members of the general public with both her performances and her teaching. It is an experience that touched many and will not soon be forgotten.
News from Sackville…
The winter term has been a very busy and productive time for the members of the Sackville branch. Younger pupils took part in a series of student recitals, offered with the generous assistance of the Music Department of Mount Allison University -- wonderful performance opportunities for our budding piano, wind, string, voice and speech artists. Many Sackville branch members and their advanced students participated in Department of Music recitals as soloists, ensemble performers, and collaborative artists. The list of concerts at Mount Allison is long indeed! See www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/music/events for a full accounting. Other concerts by Sackville branch members are yet to come, including a recital by James Mark (clarinet) and Penelope Mark (piano): Sunday, May 6th at 3 pm at the Church of the Nazarene in O'Leary, PEI.
Several major musical events are "just around the corner." Lynn Johnson and Dr. Stephen Runge have been hard at work, preparing for the Atlantic Young Artist Competition, scheduled for Saturday, April 21. Sackville Music Festival begins the following Monday, April 23; classes continue until April 27, with the Final Concert on Sunday, April 29. The annual Convocation Weekend Recital takes place on Sunday, May 13, followed by the New Brunswick Provincial Music Festival Finals, May 31 – June 2. Finally, we look forward to welcoming NBRMTA members to Sackville for the Annual General Meeting and Conference on Saturday, June 16.
Margaret Ann (Peggy) Craig
Treasurer, Sackville Branch
Submitted by Wendy Beardall and Megan Woodworth
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NBRMTA Annual General Meeting and Conference Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music
Mount Allison University 134 Main Street, Sackville, NB
Presented with the support of Mount Allison Local Centre Examinations in Music
Schedule: 8:30 Registration and refreshments 9:00 Workshop with Dr. Gary Tucker, Department of Music, Mount Allison University Teaching Music, Not Notes 10:15 Refreshment break 10:45 Workshop with Lynn Johnson, Department of Music, Mount Allison University A Piano Exam from the Other Side of the Keyboard: An Examiner's Perspective 12:00 Luncheon, Branch Reports, Annual General Meeting - St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 125 Main St. 2:30 Celebration of Talent Concert, featuring medal winners from the 2012 Local Centre Examinations 4:00 Reception for performers, parents, and teachers Dr. Gary Tucker teaches music theory and analysis and music history at Mount Allison University. A past head of the Department of Music, he has a strong interest in issues of teaching and learning, and in using theory and analysis as an aid to listening and performance. He is a past Director of Local Centre Examinations and continues to serve as an examiner. Lynn Johnson is involved with the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations at the national, provincial, and local levels. She maintains a very active agenda as teacher, adjudicator, and chamber musician. For many years, she has been associated with Mount Allison University as professor of piano, collaborative pianist, and examiner for Local Centre.
See subsequent pages for map and accommodations listing.
To register, please detach and mail the following form (by June 1) to: Margaret Ann Craig 93 York Street, Sackville, NB E4L 4R6
(506) 536-0295 [email protected]
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2012 NBRMTA AGM and Conference Registration Form Name: ______________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________________________________________________________________
Email: _______________________________________________________________________________
Member $30 ______ Non-Member $35 _______ Student $15 ______ Provincial Dues $85 ________
Registration fee includes workshops, lunch, and refreshments. Please make cheques payable to NBRMTA.
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Directions to the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music, Mount Allison University General directions and a printable map can be found at the Town of Sackville web site: www.sackville.com/ Take the TransCanada Highway (Provincial Route 2) east towards Sackville. At exit 504, turn right onto Main Street. After approximately .5 km, you will come to the corner of the campus of Mount Allison University, where the road forks. Bear left, continuing on Main Street. Here, on your right, just before the Swan Pond, is the Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music. Limited street parking is available in front of the Conservatory, but ample space can be found in the downtown Sackville area. Daytime general parking is also available in nearby University lots on Rectory Lane and King Street; these areas are available from 6:00 am to 1:00 am. For those staying on campus, overnight parking is permitted in specified areas; note that it is now necessary to obtain an overnight parking pass from the Conference Office. St. Paul’s Anglican Church is quite close to the Conservatory, across the road from the Mount Allison Swan Pond.
MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAP 5. Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music (134 Main Street, Sackville) 34. Swan Pond, with St. Paul’s Anglican Church directly across (125 Main Street, Sackville) © 2012 Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick www.mta.ca/map/index.html
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Address Tel/Fax/1-800#
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Rooms
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Bed and Breakfast
The Savoy Arms
47 Bridge St.
536-0790 (tel) 1-800-583-5133
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w.bbcanada.com
/701.html
3 room
s; shared bath
$80 to $130, no tax Includes breakfast
Country Inn M
arshlands Inn 55 Bridge St.
536-0170 (tel) 536-0721 (fax) 1-800-561-1266
info@m
arshlands.nb.ca w
ww
.marshlands.nb.ca
20 rooms;
private bath $84 to $120, plus tax
Hotel/Motel
Coastal Inn 15 W
right St.
By TCH, exit 504
536-0000 (tel) 536-0009 (fax) 1-800-704-7444
w
ww
.coastalinns.com/sackville.php
50 rooms;
private bath $99 to $120, plus tax Lim
ited availability at low
er rate Continental breakfast
Hotel/Motel
Comfort Inn
143 South Albion St. Am
herst, NS
902-667-0404 (tel)
902-667-2522 (fax)
ww
w.com
fortinn.com or
ww
w.choicehotels.ca
60 rooms;
private bath $105 to $140, plus tax Senior’s rates available Continental breakfast
Hotel/Motel
Wandlyn Inn
At TCH, exit 3 Am
herst, NS
902-667-3331 (tel) 902-667-0475 (fax) 1-800-561-0000
inquiries@w
andlyninns.com
ww
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andlyninns.com
88 rooms;
private bath; som
e suites
$95 to $125, plus tax Senior’s rates available Continental breakfast
Motel
Super 8 Motel
40 Lord Amherst Dr.
Amherst, N
S 902-660-8888 (tel) 902-450-2723 (fax) 1-877-503-7666
ww
w.super8am
herst.com
50 rooms;
private bath; som
e suites
$120 to $140, plus tax Senior’s rates available Continental breakfast
Motel
Tantramar M
otel 4 Robson Ave.
By TCH, exit 506
536-1327 (tel) 364-1307 (fax) 1-800-399-1327
tantramarm
ww
w.tantram
armotel.com
20 room
s; private bath
$72 to $93, plus tax Senior’s rates available
University
Residence M
TA Conference Accom
modations
Residence TBA
*Note that Cam
pbell Hall is not available*
364-2247 (tel)
(As of May 1)
conferences@m
ta.ca w
ww
.mta.ca/conference/overnight.htm
l Singles and doubles; shared bath
$34, plus tax, single $57, plus tax, double
Please note that room
and rate information is subject to change.
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Fredericton (506) 458-5858 Grand Falls (506) 473-1428 Moncton (506) 853-0888 Saint John (506) 672-2937
Helping Teachers andTheir Students Since 1956
Sales / Lessons / Repairs / Rentals / In-Store Financing / Print Music
Scenario #1 - The phone rings and a young Mom is on the line. She took piano lessons as a child and is anxious for her daughter to start this coming fall. The little girl is 4 years old. The Mom insists that she is extremely bright and has expressed an interest in learning to play the piano. She insists on private instruction and does not want to enroll her daughter in a play based music program geared to the child’s age group. What do you do? Will you take the child? If so, what types of early piano program would you use to get a very young child started?
Scenario # 2 - Tuesday at 4:00 PM: one of your Middle School girls arrives for her lesson ....
The lesson has not advanced to long before you discover that little or no practise has taken place. When you mention this to her, she breaks into tears!!
She sobs “ I hate taking piano! I don’t like to practise and I don’t like to play! I don’t know why my parents expect me to play the piano .....!!!
What steps do you take in this situation?
Email your advice to [email protected]. Responses will appear in the next issue of the Quarter Note. Responses will be annonymous. If you have questions you would like advice on, please submit those as well.
What would you advise?
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and name of book or score. Also, on your page of lesson notes that you maintain each week for that student, which is probably either open on your desk or up on your studio computer or iPad, briefl y note this loan. You can later add a brief reason you loaned it (such as “ copy p. 12 and return next week” or “read chapter 6 and return on Sept. 20th” etc) if you wish. Be sure to check off “returned” in the loans book and on their page when they bring it back.
My teacher Glenn Geary had boxes of sight reading materials organized by grade in his waiting room. Students were expected to choose one book from the appropriate grade level to borrow and return (all clearly labeled with his name) each week, on good faith. At the end of each term he asked each student to check all their music at home and return all the books with his name on them that they may have forgotten. I loved that!
If these ideas don’t work for you, just don’t lend your music and books! In fact, I have some scores and books which I will never lend because they simply cannot be replaced -- fi ngering, and personal markings in scores of advanced music are irreplaceable. Books that are out of print also don’t leave my studio, and terribly expensive editions of major works don’t go out, either!
Keeping track of music and scores is so crucial to the effectiveness of your studio... I obviously keep different levels/genres of music on certain shelves but sometimes am hasty and perhaps inaccurate in reshelving music at the end of the lessons. This creates frustration and takes too much time in searching for material next time....material that should be pulled before the lessons begin.
My only suggestion about loaning scores is using a small box with fi le cards which the student must sign and date when the score goes out.... also have them sign and date it with their signature on the return of the score.
This should eliminate the “I thought I gave that back to you” or the “where is that score..does someone have it out?” and a quick check will tell you if it is signed out or not....
What would you advise?
During their weekly coffee visit, Sally complains to Betty and Kate that she can’t seem to keep track of music scores from her personal library, which she loans students. She was sure she had a simplifi ed version of Pachelbel’s Canon in D, but she can’t fi nd it anywhere and can’t remember who she might have lent it to. Betty empathizes, adding that she has several scores that have gone missing, with students declaring they either never had them, or had returned it weeks ago. Kate adds that she has a hard time even fi nding books on her shelves, when she’s looking for them, let alone those she lends out.
Do you have any advice for these teachers on how to organize their libraries and keep track of the books they lend out?
I lend music all the time to students and also to music teachers who need doubles during the festival period or during competitions. I use to lose music books all the time. I now have bought labels to put on my music scores so that when students go to festivals, if they happen to forget to pick up their music, the festival organizers can contact me, no problem. It also prevents other teachers from mixing my books with theirs. As for lending music, I ordered some pockets and cards like we use to have at the library and inserted one in everyone of my music books. Whenever students or teachers or anyone else for that matter borrow my scores, the card is taken out, dated with their names on it and kept in a special little box that I keep next to my piano. It has solved the problem completely. I also have a list of all the books that I own on computer.
Here is the company and the information to order the pockets and cards for your music books:
BRODART LTDBrantford, ON Canada N3R 7K1Canada 1-800-265-8470/www.brodart.ca
Well, this sounds like me! I occasionally still have that problem! But not as badly as years ago.
My advice re the lending is to never lend a student any book or music without writing it down -- twice! Have a loans book in which you have a column for student’s name, loan date, expected return date,
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Atlantic Young Artists Competition
Saturday, April 21, 20129 am - 6 pmMarjorie Young Bell Convservatory of MusicMount Allison UniversitySackville, NB Everyone is welcome Come and enjoy hearing our Atlantic Young Artists perform!Free Admission
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technology that enables us to reach out to music students in remote parts of Canada.
In cooperation with E-Exam project partners Roland Canada and TimeWarp Technologies,
we are able to use a combination of laptop computers, specialized software,
Conservatory Canada-approved digital pianos and the Internet to connect
students in remote communities with the best musicians and music programs available.
Come and take a look at this revolutionary process.
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We make learning music fun.
1-800-461-5367 | www.conservatorycanada.ca | [email protected]
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NBRMTA Music Competition
The third biennial NBRMTA Music Competition was held on February 18, 2012 at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton. There were forty-eight competitors entered, thirty-two in piano and sixteen in voice, with thirteen teachers entering students. The competition began at 9 am and fi nished that evening at 9:30. It was a long, but, successful day for all.
Due to the increased entries received, Round Two of the competition was eliminated. Competitors had to achieve an averaged mark of 85 or higher to be considered for placement. With the largest number of entrants being in Division One, this category was divided by grade. There were prizes awarded for each grade level. As in previous NBRMTA Music Competitions, the entry fees received went to the prize money awarded to the competitors.
Although the marks were often very close, there was only one tie in Division Two for third place. The placement was as follows:
Division One Participants Divison One WinnersDivision One, Grade Three
First place Brennan Hickey, piano (student of Sylvia Cormier)
Second place Sunny park, piano (student of Megan Woodworth)
Third place Moira Kinney, piano (student of Jennifer Muir)
Division One, Grade Four
First place Shawne Comeau, piano (student of Linda Sprague)
Second place Daniel Kim, piano (student of Jennifer Mok)
Third place Alexander Langelier, piano (student of Jennifer Mok)
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Division One, Grade Five
First place Courtney Hillier, piano (student of Sylvia Cormier)
Second place Adela Yang, piano (student of Jennifer Mok)
Third place Tabitha Beaulieu, voice (student of Irma Mulherin)
Division Two Participants Divison Two Winners
Division Two
First place Martine Jomphe, piano (student of Sylvia Cormier)
Second place Érica Jomphe, piano (student of Sylvia Cormier)
Third place Luke Noftall, voice (student of Mabel Doak)
Third place Cameron Cassidy, voice (student of Jennifer Muir)
Division Three Participants Divison Three Winners
Division Three
First place Chelsea Ahn, piano (student of Jennifer Mok)
Second place Stephen Ross, piano (student of Ruth Nieboer)
Third place Sarah Sharpe, voice (student of Jennifer Muir)
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Division Four Participants Divison Four Winners and Adjudicators
Division Four
First place Iris Kim, piano (student of Jennifer Mok)
Second place Hyunmin, Lee, piano (student of Martin Kutnowski)
Third place Amy Dalziel, piano (student of Stephen Runge)
Thanks go to the following teachers for acting as adjudicators for the competition:
Ross Simonds, Tammy Page, Terri-Lynn Russell, Linda Sprague, Martin Kutnowski, Megan Woodworth, Mabel Doak, Janet Clarke, Emily Logan, Irma Mulherin and Ruth Nieboer. Assistance was received from many other teachers in attendance and also two students who volunteered their time. A special thanks to Stephen Ross, student of Ruth Nieboer, who acted as stagehand all day as well as competing in Division Three.
February 18th was a fabulous day of music making in Fredericton provided by our students. Congratulations to all who participated.
We hope to see the numbers continue to increase in future competitions. The next competition will take place in February 2014. The location will be determined soon. Hope to see you and your students there!
Submitted byLynn JohnsonCompetetion Convenor
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New Brunswick Registered Music Teachers’ Association Student Composer Competition Regulations
DEADLINE: Friday, April 13, 2012
1. A student may enter more than one composition and more than one class but only one prize will be awarded to any individual. The composition must be a new composition, not previously entered in the NBRMTA Student Composer Competition.
2. The contestant must be eligible in his/her chosen age group as of June 1, 2012.
3. Each entry is assumed to be the original work of the individual whose name appears on the entry form attached to the
manuscript. Any infraction of this regulation could result in the disqualification of the entry.
4. Winning compositions will not be returned to the contestants after judging.
5. All rights to his/her original work will be retained by the contestant, but winning compositions may be published, recorded and available to be downloaded for public use from the NBRMTA web-site or employed by the NBRMTA for publicity purposes after consultation with and agreement of the contestant.
6. First place winning manuscripts at the Provincial level will be forwarded by the Canada Music Week® coordinator to the CMFTA Student Composer Competition before June 1, 2012 for inclusion in the Canada-wide judging. NBRMTA will pay the CFMTA entry fees for these compositions.
7. The contestant must be a student of a current member of the New Brunswick Registered Music Teacher’s Association.
8. Manuscripts printed by computers are encouraged. Handwritten manuscripts should be neat and legibly written in black ink, in regulation manuscript size, including all necessary details of dynamics, editing and tempo, with every 10th bar numbered. Please retain the original copy of your submitted work.
9. Only entries with complete contact information: (name, telephone number, email and mailing address) clearly printed will
be accepted. The teacher’s name must not appear on the composition.
10. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into after final judging.
11. NEW: Please include a short 100 word biography with each entry.
12. An entry fee must accompany each composition submitted for Canada-wide judging. PREPARATORY - $5 CATEGORY B - $10 CATEGORY A - $10 CATEGORY C & D - $15
13. Prizes will not be awarded if the adjudicator feels the standard has not been achieved.
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NBRMTA Community Volunteer Award Certifi cate
In today’s world volunteering is becoming a lost art. NBRMTA has adopted a recognition program developed by BCRMTA to encourage students to share their music in the wider community.
We expect that our NBRMTA Community Volunteer Award will be a valuable commodity. Students will be able to use this award certifi cate of volunteerism on applications for jobs and applications for university entrance. ________________________________________________________________________________________
Purpose: to encourage students to take their music out into the community
Students who are any age, any level and who are studying with a NB Registered Music Teacher can apply for this award.
Benefi ts:
• to give students recognition for sharing their music and to encourage a practical use of their musical education
• to give students a greater awareness of how their music can be used throughout their lives
• to give students a goal to strive for regardless of their musical capabilities
Volunteering Suggestions:
• play music at care homes, hospitals, or to shut–ins
• taking a senior citizen to a concert
• helping with musical programs in churches
• assisting a music therapist
• accompany a singer or instrumentalist
• help with various tasks at music festivals
• volunteering at concerts with programs, staging, lighting etc.
• provide music at a luncheon event
Recognition:
Bronze Level = 10 Hours
Silver Level - Bronze 10 + 25 = 35 Hours
Gold Level - Bronze & Silver 35 +25 = 60 Hours
Deadline:
May 1 and October 1 of each year
Please send all info to: Barbara Long, 11119 Route 130, Somerville, NB E7P 2S4 [email protected]
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NBRMTA Hall of FameNBRTMA Teachers
Tracy Anderson, B. Mus, is pleased to announce her upcoming showcase at the East Coast Music Awards in Moncton, NB. It will take place at the Tide & Boar Gastro Pub on April 14th @ 5pm on the MusicNB Stage.
Tracy released her debut album, Squirrel on a Wire, in July 2011 and will be spending the summer of 2012 promoting its release around the Maritimes. Joining her onstage is her fun-loving bandmates, Jesse Clair (bass) Amy Anderson (piano & accordion) and Jeremy Ouellette (drums). Tracy was recently reviewed on Bob Mersereauʼs East Coast Music Blog via CBC and is currently in the planning stages of releasing her fi rst music video, Oliveʼs Ghost, which will be fi lmed in the rural area of Debec, NB.
She is also an active music educator in Carleton County and teaches at Woodstockʼs Centre for Culture and Creativity which she runs with her sister, Amy. For more information and updates, please visit Tracyʼs offi cial website: www.tracyandthehurtinhearts.com
Tracy Anderson, Woodstock
Grand Falls music and theatre school Broadway Productions celebrates their 10th year anniversary of music, fun and laughter. In December of 2001 owners Scott and Irma Mulherin presented their fi rst benefi t concert, entitled "One Voice", with all proceed going to the local food bank. It's a tradition that hasn't stopped with over $35,000 in monetary and food donations having been given over the past 10 years.
The company, all within 1 year of that fi rst concert, grew to include a summer theatre camp for children, a dinner theatre which now tours over 5 locations each November, and a private music studio specializing in voice and piano. Over the past few years Broadway Productions has been expanded to boast the Music For Young Children program, and three outstanding choirs, all under the direction of Irma Mulherin.
Most unique to the company are the original dinner theatre scripts which have won them acclaim as far away as Banff and Fort McMurray Alberta. Scott and Irma are frequently asked to produce and perform throughout the Maritimes and away and enjoy the travelling Broadway Productions has allowed them.
Irma's music students are frequent medal winners for the MTA Local Examination Centre, and represent the Victoria County Music Festival at the provincial festival each year.
Irma Mulherin, Grand Falls
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From Terri-Lynn Russell
All4Music had an exciting 2011 with some new and exciting performance opportunities for the students, in particular our "Pop Goes The Song" concert at the end of May where students aged 12 years and older could sing a pop song with a live band! It was a big hit with all those who participated and attended and we are excitedly planning "Pop Goes The Song 2" for this coming May 26th! On top of that concert, our students were encouraged to take part in the Saint John Music Teacher's concert in April, the end of term recitals in June and December as well as RCM exams in voice, piano and theory.
Along with the previously noted performance opportunities, we had students who participated in the 75th Anniversary year of the New Brunswick Competitive Music Festival. We congratulate all of the participants from the studio as well as all the students who decided to compete! Competition is never easy and everyone performed to the best of their abilities! Highlights for All4Music with the 2011 NBCFM was Monet Comeau being recommended to the Provincial Music Festival in the musical theatre category and Rachael Gay winning the "Most Outstanding Junior Vocalist"! Rachael had a big 2011 as she also won the Gold Medal for Grade 6 voice from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Terri-Lynn joined Rachael and her family in Halifax for the convocation ceremony at the end of November as she received her Gold medal, defi nitely a high point at that time in my life!
On a personal note, I would like to thank all of my parents and students for their understanding and patience with my absence at the end of 2011 due to the health of my husband Van. I also want to thank my fellow teachers in the NBRMTA, the music community and local community as a whole for the unconditional love that has been shown to us both the past few months. We are forever grateful and thankful for all physical, emotional and spiritual support that has been given and I am looking forward to paying it all forward in kind! I am so happy to say that 15 weeks later, Van is fi nally free of the last tubes and machines and that the transplanted organs are still working! He is still healing, but working on building back strength he hasn't had an many years. We are thankful and so very blessed for the gift of life from a family in their time of grief and look forward to the next stage of the recovery process!
From Jennifer Muir: Jenna Lloyd, student of Jennifer Muir, received the 2011 RCM Gold Medal Award for receiving the highest mark in the Atlantic provinces for her grade and discipline (grade 5 voice).
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From Lynn Johnson and David Rogosin - On March 3, 2012, pianists Amy Dalziel, Rebecca Steeves, Jordan Fisher and Colin Frotten presented a recital of piano duo works. The recital was in partial fulfi llment of a chamber music course at Mount Allison University. Amy and Rebecca are under direction of Lynn Johnson; Jordan and Colin are with David Rogosin. The program included one piano duet and fi nished with the four pianists performing an eight-hand piece. The recital was very polished and professional – a really entertaining afternoon!
From Martin Kutnowski - Debut Atlantic is pleased to announce that 17 year-old pianist Hyunmin Lee is the winner of the 2012 Debut Atlantic Award for Musical Excellence. Lee, who is a grade 12 student at Fredericton High School in New Brunswick, was chosen from a wide range of applicants from across the Atlantic Region.
“The Debut Atlantic Award for Musical Excellence speaks not only to the exceptional musicianship Hyunmin Lee has achieved, but her hard work and commitment over many years.” says Bertis Sutton, Chair of the Board of Debut Atlantic. “We salute the character and discipline that underpins this great achievement, and wish Hyunmin the best with her studies.”
The Debut Atlantic Award for Musical Excellence consists of a $1,000 cash prize and an opportunity for the recipient to perform as a special guest at a Debut Atlantic concert. Hyunmin Lee will receive her award and be featured in concert with Bax & Chung, (Alessio Bax and Debut Alumni, Lucille Chung) piano duo at Westfi eld United Church in Grand Bay-Westfi eld on Saturday, April 28th at 7:30pm. This Debut Atlantic concert is being presented by Grand Bay Home Hardware and Westfi eld United Church.
17 year old Hyunmin Lee immigrated to Canada in 2006. Drawing her musical infl uence from two of her aunts who are both professional pianists in South-Korea, she began piano lessons at the age of 6.
A former student of Jennifer Mok, Lee currently studies with Dr. Martin Kutnowski. She has participated in the Fredericton Music Festival for the past three years with outstanding results and received the Excellence in Senior Piano Performance Award in 2011.
Having performed her fi rst piano concerto with the Fredericton Chamber Orchestra in 2011, Hyunmin also received the Outstanding Performer Award at the Interlochen Summer Camp which she attended that same year.
An active member of many musical clubs in her high school and the recipient of many music department awards, Ms. Lee is set to graduate in June of 2012 and plans to pursue her musical education at the undergraduate level.
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Music Inspires - ConventionCanadian Federation of
Music Teachers’ AssociationsJuly 3rd to 6th, 2013 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Featuring: Isabel Bayrakdarian Katherine Chi Mary Lou Fallis, Janina Fialkowska André Laplante Richard Margison
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Child Arts Tax Credit
Parents of music students will now be able to claim a tax credit on their 2011 income taxes. The following information was taken from the Canada Revenue Agency website regarding the new Arts Tax Credit for 2011. (It is summarized. View the site for full details.) It is directed to the parent. Music teachers will be asked to provide receipts for eligible expenses (lesson fees). There is some question as to whether books are included. More information is to come as the rules are clarifi ed.
For 2011 and subsequent years, the budget proposes a new non-refundable tax credit based on eligible expenses paid for the cost of registration or membership of your or your spouse's or common-law partner's child in a prescribed program of artistic, cultural, recreational or developmental activity (eligible program).
The CATC will let you claim eligible expenses of up to $500 per year for each of your children who are:
• under 16 years of age at the beginning of the year in which the expenses are paid;
The CATC is calculated by multiplying the lowest personal income tax rate (15% in 2011) by the eligible amount for each child.
Eligible expenses are fees paid for the cost of registration or membership, which includes the costs of administration, instruction, and the rental of facilities or equipment.
A receipt should contain the following information:
• organization's (Teacher’s) name and address;
• name of the eligible program;(piano, voice, fl ute lessons etc)
• amount received, date received, amount that is eligible for the CATC;
• full name of the payer;
• full name of the child, and the child's year of birth; and
• authorized signature.
Note: An authorized signature is not required for electronically generated receipts.
The CRA is committed to providing taxpayers with up-to-date information. The CRA encourages taxpayers to check its Web pages often. All new forms, policies, and guidelines will be posted as they become avai lable.www.cra-arc.gc.ca
Editor’s Note: Thank you to Doris Sabean for submitting this summary.
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What’s new at Conservatory Canada?
Conservatory Canada calms the practice monster
Conservatory Canada’s director of outreach is on a mission to make practice time more enjoyable for students, teachers, and parents.
Paul Coates has already brought the Calming the Practice Monster workshop to Stratford, Newmarket, and Niagara Falls ON, and Victoria and Vancouver BC. His goal is to share this relaxed and joyful approach to music-making with groups right across Canada.
“This workshop is about reconnecting the musical team: the parent, the student, and the teacher,” Coates explains. “It’s about bringing them all together and making music fun. As a by-product, the student will get more organized with their time.”
To bring the Calming the Practice Monster workshop to your community, contact Victoria Warwick at [email protected] To learn more, visit the Conservatory Canada blog at http://conservatorycanada.ca/category/news/blog.
Creative Composer’s Competition 2012Piano students from across Canada are invited to sharpen their pencils for Conservatory Canada’s second annual Creative Composer’s Competition.
Entries may be composed in any musical style and for any instrumentation, but must be written in music software. Like last year, voting will be open to the public once the top 12 fi nalists have been selected by our judges.
Top prize is a $500 gift card from Long & McQuade, with the second and third place winners receiving gift cards for $300 and $200. The next 9 fi nalists each win $100 gift cards, and all top 12 compositions will be published in a repertoire book by Mayfair Music Publications Inc.
Last year, Hearst Ontario’s Venessa Lachance beat out 80 other entrants to take home fi rst place. “It’s not every day that a young composer has the opportunity to present what they can do to a larger public,” said Lachance, who dreams of becoming a movie music composer.
Deadline for submission is June 30. Visit www.conservatorycanada.ca and follow the prompts to submit your entry!
Submitted by Nicole Laidler
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Why teach music? Music is a science
Music is mathema cal
Music is a foreign language
Most of all, music is art
It is exact, speci c; it demands exact acous cs. A conductor’s full score is a chart, a graph which indicates frequencies, intensi es, volume changes, melody and harmony all at once and with the most exact control of me.
It is rhythmically based on the subdivision of me into frac ons which must be done instantaneously, not worked out on paper.
It requires fantas c coordina on of ngers, hands, arms, lip, cheek, and facial muscles. In addi on to extraordinary control of the diaphragma c,, back, stomach and chest muscles, which respond instantly to the sound the ear hears
Music is physical educa on
Most of the terms are in Italian, German, or French; and the nota on is certainly not English—but a highly developed kind of shorthand that uses symbols to represent ideas. The seman cs of music is the most complete and universal language. Also, many song s we study are from other cultures.
It allows a human being to take all these dry, technically boring but di cult techniques and use them to create emo on. That is one thing science cannot. Author Unknown
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NBRMTA Yearly Deadline Calendar
NewsletterSubmission deadlines Publication dates October 15 November 1 January 15 February 1 March 15 April 1 June 15 July 1
Website update DeadlinesNovember 1February 1May 1July 1
Community Volunteer Award for studentsDates to send in accumulated points for certifi cates: May 1 and October 1 of each year
Memorial ScholarshipFredericton 2001 2005 2012 Moncton 2002 2006 2013Sackville 2003 2007Saint John 2004 2008Victoria County 2009Carleton County 2010Festival of Musical Arts 2011
The CFMTA/FCAPM Documentation of Professional Achievements formJanuary 1, 2012 for points accrued from January 1, 2011
CF Magazine submissionsWinter Edition: Submission deadline – December 1 Publication – January Topic: Canada Music Week Report Submitted by: Canada Music Week Coordinator
Spring Edition Submission deadline – April 1 Publication – May Topic: Provincial Report Submitted by: Provincial president (or 1st delegate)
Canada Music Week Edition:Submission deadline – August 15 Publication – September Topic: Composer profi les Submitted by: 1st Delegate
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CF Piano Competitions (biennial)
Toronto (CF/MTNA Collaborative conference) March 2007Sackville July 2009 Regina July 2011Halifax July 2013
Young Artist Competitions – Concerts (biennial)
Sackville 2006 Sackville 2012Dieppe 2008Sackville 2010
NB Teacher’s Competition (biennial)
Dieppe 2008Woodstock 2010Fredericton 2012
Annual General Meeting and Convention
June 16, 2012 in Sackville
The difference between a practiced musician and a passionate musician is that the latter is usually both.
Irma Mulherin
Membership Dues $90 due July 1 Please submit to: Megan Woodworth 100 Charing Crescent Fredericton NB E3B 4R2 Also payable at the AGM June 16th!
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NEW BRUNSWICK REGISTERED MUSIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL2011-2012
PAST PRESIDENT AND SECOND DELEGATE TO CFMTA - Kilby Hume, 4 Wendy Court, Rothesay, NB E2E 3J3 506.847.3277 [email protected]
PRESIDENT, FIRST DELEGATE TO CMFTA AND QUARTER NOTE MAGAZINE EDITOR - Barbara Long, 11119 Route 130, Somerville, NB E7P 2S4 506.375.6752. [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT AND AYA CO-CONVENOR Lynn Johnson, PO Box 25164, Moncton, NB E1C 9M9 506.756.2140 [email protected]
SECRETARY - Doris Sabean, 34 Llangollen Rd., Moncton, NB E1E 3W5 506.852.4980 [email protected]
TREASURER AND REGISTRAR - Megan Woodworth, 100 Charing Crescent, Fredericton, NB E3B 4R3 506.472.8707 [email protected]
ARCHIVIST -
WEBMASTER - Greg Marks, 40 Coburg St., Suite 103, Saint John, NB E2L 3J5 506.693.9279 [email protected]
Sharon Dyer, 9115 Main St., Florenceville-Bristol, NB E7L 2A5 506.392.5333 [email protected]
Catherine Fitch Bartlett, 46 Larsen Lane, Salisbury, NB E4J 3N6 cfi [email protected]
Rita Raymond-Millett, 1 Earle’s Court, Quispamsis, NB E2E 1C3 506.849.3917 [email protected]
Terri-Lynn Russell, 52 Pugsley Ave., Saint John, NB E2K 2X2 506.674.1951 [email protected]
Ross Simonds, 65 Regiment Creek Avenue, Fredericton NB E3A 9W1 506.474.2905 [email protected]
NON-COUNCIL CONVENORS
AYA CO-CONVENOR - Stephen Runge, Dept. Of Music, Mt. Allison U. 134 Main St., Sackville, NB E4L 1A6 506.364.2173 (work) [email protected]
CANADA MUSIC WEEK CONVENOR - Irma Mulherin, 46 Rue St. Onge, Grand Sault, NB E3Z 1G2 506.473.6119 [email protected]
