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PURPOSE:
To encourage students to take their music out into the community.
ELIGIBILITY:
Students of any age or level of music study, studying with a B. C. Registered Music Teacher.
BENEFITS TO THE STUDENT AND THE COMMUNITY:
1. To give students recognition for sharing their music and encouraging a practical use for their musical education.
2. To take students out of the private music studio and their home and into the musical community.
3. To give students a greater awareness of how their music can be used throughout their lives.
4. To give a student a goal to strive for regardless of musical capabilities.
VOLUNTEERING SUGGESTIONS:
Musical volunteering ideas are not to be judged and might include:
1. Playing music at care homes, hospitals, or to shut-ins.
2. Taking a senior citizen to a concert.
3. Helping with musical programs in churches.
4. Helping with extracurricular music programs at schools.
5. Assisting a music therapist.
6. As a piano accompanist for singer (s) or instrumentalists.
7. Helping with various tasks at music festivals.
8. Volunteering at concerts with such activities as helping with programs, staging, lighting, etc.
9. Providing music at a senior citizen luncheon.
AWARD LEVELS:
BRONZE CERTIFICATE: requires 10 hours
SILVER CERTIFICATE: 10 hours from Bronze Certificate plus 25 hours =35 hours
GOLD CERTIFICATE: 35 hours from Silver Certificate plus 25 hours = 60 hours
A special thank you to the Victoria Branch for presenting this submission to the Provincial Council.
Individual teachers will be responsible for circulating the Record Sheets to students and forwarding the completed forms to the address below.
Click HERE for the Music Community Service Award PDF and the form will load up in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format. You may print the form from this page and mail to:
BCRMTA Registrar,
P.O. Box 45537 Sunnyside RPO
Surrey, B. C. V4A 9N3
Certificates are issued twice a year following the BC Council meeting. Deadlines for submission are: OCT 1 and MAY 1
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