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Federation of
Canadian Music
Festivals
La Fédération canadienne
des
festivals de musique
Sept 28,
2005 |
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UPDATE BULLETIN
NEW--YAHAMA
prize!
Once-in-a-lifetime
performance opportunities for a student who enters a
Canadian music festival in 2006!
The piano
competitor who gives the best performance of a piano concerto at the
National Music Festival competition at the 2006 National
Finals in Thunder Bay, will win the following
awards:
(1) In March 2007,
at the opening night of the 2007 Collaborative Conference to
be held in Toronto, the winner will play his/her concerto
with the RCM Orchestra. On the same program will be a
similar performance by the concerto winner from the USA.
(see below for details)
(2) At a
time to be arranged, the National Music Festival piano
concerto winner will be flown to Yamaha Artist Services Inc.
in New York City, all expenses paid, to give a public solo
recital and work with a top musician in a masterclass,
courtesy of YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC Ltd.
(3) Substantial
award money is also available to be won at the 2006
National Music Festival in Thunder Bay,
Ontario. |
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Please put notice of this
event in your 2006 Music Festival Syllabus
NOW.
Visit the FCMF website: www.fcmf.org
for
pdf files, suitable for program
printing
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In March 2007, Toronto
will host an international event of unprecedented
magnitude and scope for music educators of all
disciplines.
For the first time ever, the
Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations
(CFMTA), the U.S. Music Teachers National Association
(MTNA), and The Royal Conservatory of Music will unite
for a groundbreaking international pedagogical
conference.
To celebrate this collaboration of Canadian and
American colleagues in music education, and of
particular interest to music festivals across
Canada, one Canadian and one
American pianist at the amateur
level will be selected, each to perform
a concerto at the opening night concert with
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Orchestra.
As
well, courtesy of YAMAHA CANADA, the winner will be
flown to New York City, all expenses paid, to give a
public recital and enjoy a masterclass with a top
musician.
These once-in-a-lifetime
opportunities for a young Canadian pianist coming
through the Canadian festival system have been made
possible by CFMTA, RCM, YAMAHA CANADA and the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals
(FCMF), in cooperation with local and provincial
music festivals across
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The Canadian
candidate...
- will have
successfully competed at his/her local and
provincial music festival competitions, and will have
been recommended to compete at the National Music
Festival, according to the rules and regulations set
out by the respective festivals.
- will have
been deemed by the adjudicators to have given the
best performance of a concerto in the Piano
class at the 2006 National Music Festival
competition in Thunder Bay, Ontario,
organized by the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals
(FCMF).
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 This is a
unique opportunity for a young Canadian pianist to
perform his/her concerto with the renowned RCM
Orchestra before an international audience, and to share
the evening with a counterpart from the United
States. And now, thanks to YAMAHA CANADA, there is
the added bonus of a recital and masterclass opportunity
in New York City.
The Federation of Canadian
Music Festivals (FCMF), representing local and
music festivals across the country, is delighted to be a
part of this great event, and through our Festival
system, to provide the opportunity for a young and as
yet unnamed musician in Canada to take full
advantage of it.
The music festival movement in
Canada is unlike any other--competitions are
held across the country, and are open to students
of all ages and expertise, beginning at the local
level and continuing through provincial competitions to
the National stage. The competitions are
fair, demanding, and always
exciting! For competitors from each
province who advance to compete at the National
Music Festival competitions in Thunder Bay
in August, 2006, it will be an amazing
experience. And now, the extra rewards for the
competitor chosen to have given the best piano
concerto performance--it is the icing on the
cake!
Thank you to CFMTA and RCM for
allowing the Federation of Canadian Music Festivals
(FCMF), on behalf of local and provincial festivals
across the country, to partner in this great
undertaking. And "thank you" to YAMAHA CANADA
for now adding the extra prize of a recital and
masterclass opportunity in New York
City.
We appreciate the help of
anyone reading this e-letter in promoting this event,
and look forward to the Thunder Bay National
Music Festival in 2006!
Dianne Johnstone,
President,
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Please
spread the word through your
organizations, contacts, festival syllabi and programmes,
etc., and encourage senior piano students to enter
concerto classes in your local
festival.
Non-professional college and university
students are also welcome! This is a one-time opportunity that
likely will not be repeated.
Click HERE for a list of eligible music
festivals in your area.
And...just a
reminder...there is substantial award money to
be won at the National Music
Festival! |
This notice is a heads-up
for festivals who are in the process of preparing
and printing their syllabi for the upcoming 2006
year. Camera-ready .pdf files, in both colour and
black-and-white, are available for you to insert
into your syllabi, via the CONCERTO 2006 link
on the FCMF website: www.fcmf.org
This
great event will be also discussed in full detail at the
FCMF AGM at the 2005 National Festival, to be held August
7-9, 2005 in Kamloops BC.
For more information, please
contact:
Victoria Warwick
Past
President, Canadian Federation of Music Teachers'
Associations
victoria@conservatorycanada.ca
or
Dianne Johnstone
President,
Federation of Canadian Music Festivals
ddjohnst@telus.net
Thank You! |
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This is a first-of-its-kind Canadian/American
collaboration! |
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The Federation of Canadian Music
Festivals
La Fédération canadienne des festivals de
musique
www.fcmf.org |
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courtesy of www.3DFlags.com,
with thanks!
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