B.C. Provincial and Canadian National Regulations

N.B.: The Electronic Music category is National only. Regulations and the entry form are in the CFMTA Canada Music Week Magazine; send entries directly to the National CMW Coordinator.

 1. Each entry must be composed by the named entrant, and written out or computer-generated by the entrant, except that Division A entries may be copied out by others if needed. Entries must be neat and legible in ink, computer print or photocopy (faxes or e-mails are not acceptable). Please keep a copy of each entered work.

2. The entrant must be of stated age as of June 1, 2007 and be a student of a BCRMTA member in good standing.

3. The entrants name must appear on each entry or its title page. The measure number starting each line, tempo and dynamic markings, and other appropriate details should be included.

4. Entrants may submit one or more works, and enter both sections of Division A or B if desired, but must keep to a single age division. Entrants moving after April 1 must notify the Composition Coordinator in writing.

5. Entries must be received by April 1, 2008. A completed entry form and the correct provincial fee must accompany each piece entered. (Teachers with multiple student entries may contact 250-427-2159 or cmw@cyberlink.bc.ca regarding a streamlined entry system.) or Cindy Taylor 250-923-3731 dctaylor@oberon.ark.com

 6. Each entry will receive a written adjudication. Entries will not be returned, but will be placed in BCRMTA archives. BCRMTA will forward First Place-winning works to the National Finals and pay the entry fees.

7. In each division (and section of Divisions A and B), provincial First, Second, and/or Honourable Mention(s) may be given. National awards are First Place only. All decisions are final.

Award cheques must be cashed within thirty days of receipt.

8. BCRMTA and CFMTA reserve the right to use a winning work for publicity.

Entry Form (PDF format)-Click here 

Heather Godden Laliberte holds an ARCT Diploma in piano Performance                Heather Godden Laliberte
from The Royal Conservatory of Music and a Licentiate from the Trinity                              Adjudicator
College of Music, London, England.  Her teachers include Lyell Gustin,
Norma Mead, Gertrude Greaves, Walter Thiessen and Lorne Watson.  She
has attended masterclasses with Robert Silverman and Marek Jablonski,
and in March of 2001 won the Ontario Registered Music Teachers’
Association’s (ORMTA) Special Teacher’s Award.  Ms. Laliberte is a senior
piano & theory examiner with RCME and was a member of the RCM
Examinations, Council of Examiners, for theoretical subjects from 2002-2004. 
Ms. Laliberte has maintained her own private music studio since 1969 and
has been a member of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’
Association(CFMTA) since 1978.  She teaches piano, trombone, theory and
piano pedagogy, specializing in intermediate and senior levels and prepares
studentsfor a variety of advanced examinations.   She has composed a number
of works for piano, including works for her CD entitled “The Piano Music of
Heather Laliberte”, as well as vocal and choral works.  Ms. Laliberte has also
 adjudicated for numerous festivals and competitions across Canada and has
 led workshops on the Art of Practicing, the Published Compositions of
Heather Laliberte, Examination Preparation and numerous theory topics. 
Ms. Laliberte has performed as an accompanist for a wide variety of events,
and has held a number of church organist/music director positions.  She was
one of the founding performers of the trombone quartet, ‘Simply Bones, and
while trombonist with the Hamilton Concert Band, performed as piano soloist
in 2003, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.  She currently plays trombone
with the Saskatoon Community Band and teaches at her private music studio
in Warman, Sk

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