2014 Provincial Competitions

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Fall 2014
2014 Provincial
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Contents
Calendar of Events
4
Privacy Policy
4
From the Editor
5
From the President
6
From the Branches
7
Minutes of 2014 AGM
12
New Provincial Council Members
14
My Years with Jacob Lateiner
16
OH! CANADA! Convention – Gallery
17
2014 Provincial Competitions
22
Contribution to Teaching Awards (part 2)
26
From the Registrar’s Desk
32
Sense
33
Provincial Executive and Zone Representatives 35
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Calendar of Events 2014-2015
October 25
Provincial Council Executive Meeting
October 26
Provincial Council Meeting
November 17-23
CANADA MUSIC WEEK
December 31
Deadline for Amendments to By-Laws
December 31
Branch concerns to Zone Representatives for presentation to Council Meeting
February 1, 2015
“NOTES” DEADLINE FOR SPRING ISSUE
February 6
Provincial Executive Electronic Meeting
February 7
Provincial Council Electronic Meeting
March 1
Deadline for changes of address and/or membership status to Provincial Registrar
March 15
Deadline for Music Writing Competition submissions to CMW Chairperson
March 15
Branch concerns to Zone Representative for presentation to Council Meeting
April 1
Deadline for OCTA submissions
April 18
April 19
Provincial Council Meeting
April 30
DEADLINE for ALL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT requests for 2015-2016
May 1
“NOTES” DEADLINE FOR SUMMER ISSUE
May 15
Nominations for Zone Representatives, to Provincial Secretary
May 15
Branch Delegate names re Annual Meeting, to Provincial Secretary
May 31
Deadline for Zone entries in the Provincial Student and Young Artist Competitions to Provincial Chairperson
July 1
Membership fees are due
July 1
Deadline for BRANCH EXECUTIVE LISTS for 2015-2016
July 1
Branch concerns to Zone Representative for presentation to Council Meeting
July 24
July 25 - 26
Provincial Council Meeting; Annual General Meeting, Awards Luncheon and Competitions
August 1
Requests for ONTARIO YOUNG ARTIST RECITALS to Chairperson
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NOTES Fall 2014
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Welcome to our Fall issue of NOTES.
It’s ‘thank you’ time...
Firstly, congratulations to new Provincial President,
Frank Horvat. I’m sure you will all join me in wishing
Frank much success in the year ahead.
The OH! CANADA! Convention was held in the
Westin Prince Hotel in Toronto on July 26 and 27.
Many thanks to the Convention committee and
to the individuals, branches, corporations and
sponsors for their generous and valued support and
for helping to make the event such a major success.
I would like to offer our sincere thanks to outgoing
President, Sue Jones, for the outstanding work she
has done during her own tenure as President.
For a trip down memory lane or if you weren’t able
to be there, please visit our convention photo
gallery at: www.ormta.org/convention
Some great performances were on display during
the 2014 Provincial Competitions, making it quite
a challenge to select the winners. You can find the
competition results on page 22.
Yours in music,
Patrick McCormick
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From the President
Greetings ORMTA Colleagues,
It’s a pleasure to connect with you via NOTES Magazine
for the first time as Provincial President. I look at the long
list of my distinguished predecessors and realize what an
honour it is to hold this position and what large shoes I
have to fill. Thankfully, I am just one piece that makes up
our fabulous Provincial Council team. We have many new
faces joining us with skills and ideas that will be a huge
asset to our organization.
By the time you receive this, we
will be well into the fall and our
3. I plan everything and sacrifice
anything.
years as President. In the coming
new school year. In preparing
4. I’m a people person.
months, you will be hearing more
this column, I am simultaneously
5. I give back.
about initiatives that will help
preparing for a presentation that
6. I’m creative and seek my own
our great organization be even
I will give to first year students at
path.
greater. We have a talented
the Faculty of Music, University
7. I deal with rejection.
bunch of individuals on Provincial
of Toronto (my alma mater). They
8. I take care of myself.
Council and amazing branches
have invited me to give a talk on
9. I promote anywhere and
and leaders across the province.
my musical career thus far…the
anytime.
successes and the roadblocks.
I look forward to working with
all of you to ensure our great
I have found the process of
I thought much of this list is
organization continues to
preparing the presentation
not only pertinent to being
prosper.
both reflective and horrific all at
a musician in general, but
the same time. How does one
specifically a music teacher. Do
In the meantime, I want to hear
summarize what they do and how
any of you disagree with my
from you! What are your ideas?
they function in order to maintain
points? Anything missing? Please
Let’s work together to continue
a career in music? As we are all in
share your thoughts on ORMTA’s
to help our colleagues, our
the same boat, I thought I would
Discussion Forum on ormta.org
studios and most importantly, our
share with you what I will share
or ORMTA’s various social media
students.
with the students…the 9 reasons
platforms.
Happy Music-Making and
why I survive as a professional
musician:
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some of this spirit to my two
For those of you who know me
Teaching!
personally, you can attest to the
– Frank.
1. I work hard.
fact that I tend to be energetic !
2. I’m versatile and flexible.
I like big ideas. I hope to bring
NOTES Fall 2014
From the Branches
BARRIE
Like a breath of fresh air, the
Barrie Branch wishes to welcome
our newest members:
Jennifer van Gennip, Penelope
Dale, and Affiliate Members Level
1-Piano Alison Bell and Tabitha
Johnson. Tabitha is a Prize
Winner from the CMC Finals in
Quebec this past summer and a
student of Cheryl Graham. With
renewed energy and optimism
our Branch is looking forward to
this year’s EVENTS.
Canada Music week will bring
a full day of patriotism as we
celebrate all things Canadian.
We have the privilege to
host Martha Hill Duncan from
Red Leaf Pianoworks (www.
redleafpianoworks.com) on Sat.
Nov. 22. An awards recital will
be followed by a Composition
Workshop, with the addition of a
Master Class for senior students.
We are making an effort to not
only “Branch Out” but to support
our future Canadian composers.
We are anticipating a truly
memorable event.
We also looking forward to
having Nancy Telfer return and
adjudicate our Scholarship
Evaluations 2015 on Sat. Feb. 28,
2015.
Plans are in the works for our
Barrie Branch Competition
as we are to host the North
Central Zone Competition on
Sat. May 23, 2015. We wish to
congratulate Pamela Cioroch, of
our Barrie Branch and student
of Cheryl Graham. Pamela was
the Winner of the North Central
Zone Competition held in
Owen Sound last May 25, 2014.
Pamela represented the North
Central Zone at the ORMTA
Provincial Student Instrumental
Competition on July 26, 2014
at The Westin Prince Hotel in
Toronto.
Please feel free to “LIKE” us
on our Barrie Branch ORMTA
Facebook page. This year
promises to be full of welcome
outlooks as we celebrate our art
of making music together.
– Sarah Lawton
CENTRAL TORONTO
The Central Toronto Branch
executive has been busy
preparing for the new teaching
year by updating our look,
growing our team and planning
lots of events. Prompted by the
call to display a banner for the
Provincial conference in July,
we have designed a brand new
logo which was inspired by our
equally new slogan: “Sharing the
JOY of music from the HEART of
the city”. We have also created
a brand new website (www.
ormtactb.com) which will be the
central hub for information for
all of our members. This new
website is easy to navigate for
anyone young or old as we will
constantly be striving to update
and make things simpler and
clearer. Instead of using snail
mail this year, we are putting all
of our registration forms online
to make it fast and easy to sign
up students for our auditions and
recital program.
Our executive team has grown
to include Avila Lotoski as Vice
President and Liz Craig as the
Auditions and Recitals Coordinator. With new perspectives
come change and we have
decided to embrace evolution
is many respects for the 2014/15
year. As we evolve though, we
are very proud of our traditions
and are happy to announce that
we will be continuing to offer
many events which are great
opportunities for our members
to get involved and to hear great
music.
We are proud to host this year’s
Young Artist Charissa Vandikas
at the Canadian Music Centre
on October 19th on her tour of
Ontario. We are also in the midst
of organizing a Children’s Recital
with a Halloween theme as well as
getting ready for the fall auditions
session. Detailed information
about each of these events, as
well as contact information can all
be found at www.ormtactb.com.
NOTES Fall 2014
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From the Branches
HAMILTON-HALTON
Our Branch 2014 AGM on May
30 - held in the Conference
Room at the beautiful Royal
Botanical Gardens, Burlington
- officially closed off the
Organization’s 2013-2014 fiscal
year. Each Member on the
Executive presented a Report
that highlighted tasks completed
pertaining to Branch operations
and programs. At the Luncheon
that followed, those present took
the opportunity to congratulate
our Branch Member, Sandra
“Sandy” Brewer, for having been
selected to received this year’s
ORMTA Contribution to Teaching
Award.
We were pleased to have had our
two Branch Executive Members,
Janice Beninger, President (Term
1), and Jacqueline HuffmanKrisza, Recording Secretary
(Term 1), as Delegates present
at the ORMTA OH! CANADA!
Convention 2014. I invite you to
visit our branch website - ormta.
org/hamilton-halton - and read
Jacqueline’s Report sharing her
experience and perspective.
On July 11th, the elected
Executive for the 2014-2015 term
held its first meeting at the home
of Janice Beninger. Much was
accomplished in the planning out
of the 2014 - 2015 Calendar of
Events pertaining to the dates,
locations, and confirming the
Members who will be organizing
Students Recitals, Branch and
Zone Competitions, Workshops.
Programming is
what keeps our Organization
invigorated through our
Members, Students and Parents’
engagements. In between these
programming dates are the
scheduled Executive and General
Meetings dates that are so vital
for the Executive to conduct in
order to measure the ongoing
“temperature and pulse” of the
Organization.
As Members take time out from
their busy schedule - dedicated
to teaching, family, adjudicating,
and other community activities
- to participate in their local
ORMTA, Hamilton Halton
Branch, it is a plus to have them
contribute to the vitality of this
organization.
Branch activities scheduled from
August 2014 - December 2014:
August 28th - 1st General
Meeting & President’s “Wine &
Cheese” Social
October 26th - Halloween Recital;
another “spooktacular” event
with the little ghosts, goblins,
vampires in performance.
November 3 - November 15,
2014 - Rotary Burlington Music
Festival Week; an annual joint
venture between our ORMTA,
Hamilton-Halton Branch and the
4 Burlington Rotary Clubs.
November 23rd - Canada Music
Week Recital; to celebrate
our imaginative and creative
Canadian Composers
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NOTES Fall 2014
From the Branches
The Newmarket & Area Branch
welcomes Maria Rost, Natalya
Tsoy, Susan Griesdale, and
Carol Smith to our ever growing
branch. We hope that you will
take advantage of the many
events and new opportunities
that are provided for both
yourself and your students. It
is always a pleasure to see new
faces at our general meetings!
December 10th - Christmas
Recital; with “Let it Snow ...”, on
the program?: Rewind Jan/ 2014
for a rethink perhaps?!
Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of
summer 2014 are over; fond and
lasting memories to reflect on:
Members well revived to take
on the new teaching semester in
September!
– Kamara Hennessey
HANOVER/WALKERTON
LEAR RECOGNIZED AT
CULTURAL AWARDS
On May 2nd 2014, Gail Lear of
Londesborough, Ont. received
the Community Contribution
award from the Huron Arts and
Heritage Network. This category
recognizes “an individual artist
…who through their work has
contributed to the reputation of
Huron County as a producer of
artistic excellence. While United
Church organist, choir director
and accompanist for husband
Harry, Gail earned her A. Mus.
Teachers, Piano and Theory
Certificate.
For over 50 years she taught
at home and in local schools,
her high standards producing
many of Huron County’s finest
musicians and teachers – Ron
Greidanus, Craig Fair, Josh
House, Andrea Grant and singer,
Lesley Pike to name a few.
Additional to her work with
ORMTA’s Hanover Walkerton
branch, Gail was a founding
member and archivist for The
Blyth Festival Singers. As Gail
winds down her teaching career,
her music legacy lives on in the
community.
NEWMARKET & AREA
The Newmarket & Area Branch
has geared up for its 2014-15
season!
This year, we are pleased to have
Betty Taylor, Sheila Vandikas,
Alessandra Matthews, Nancy
Hallford and Janis Mitchell as our
executive leaders.
I would like to take this
opportunity to acknowledge
two teachers who have recently
retired from ORMTA. For many
years, Mary Lou Stanton and
Mary Jane MacPherson have
shown great dedication to both
the North York and Newmarket
& Area Branches. Both teachers
served on executive council,
maintaining various positions,
and as well, were instrumental
in the formation of our relatively
new “Newmarket & Area”
Branch.
Mary Lou was also one of the
founders of VPAN: Visual and
Performing Arts Newmarket. Mary
Lou felt that Newmarket should
and could support live classical
music concert performances and
exhibitions of fine art. In 1989,
Three For The Show, a series of
three classical concerts, featuring
professional musicians was
established. The York Region
community has been enjoying
this concert series ever since!
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From the Branches
NORTH BAY
Our first meeting of the 20142015 season was hosted by new
member Catherine Trenker at
her residence on September 12.
After the summer break, this first
meeting of the season is always a
busy one.
Mary Lou and Mary Jane will be
missed by their ORMTA friends
and colleagues.
On September 19th, ORMTA
Newmarket & Area got an
early start to the celebration of
Canada Music Week by hosting
a wonderful workshop with Red
Leaf Composers Susan Griesdale
& Martha Hill Duncan. We
heard a variety of performances
from several new composer
collections, featuring both vocal
and piano Canadian composers
across Canada, not to mention
the music of Martha and Susan
as well. Our flute teacher in
attendance was also able to enjoy
audio performances for Flute.
The second part of this
workshop involved an engaging
presentation from Darlene Irwin,
writer of The Student Music
Organizer. We discovered that
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NOTES Fall 2014
Darlene’s “dictation” book is a
wealth of information, from
weekly assignment pages, goal
setting, and theory reference
guides, to a great history section,
featuring a breakdown of each of
the periods in music history. An
assortment of digital apps was
also presented.
We each left the workshop with
a little something extra to share
with our students!
The Newmarket and Area Branch
looks forward to the next series
of events that will be occurring
throughout the Fall season. For
more information on these events
and more, please visit us at www.
newmarketormta.org.
– Sheila McLean
Our schedule of fall recitals,
which begin in October with the
“Harvest Recital” followed quickly
by our “Honour Recital” then
several others, were important
agenda items as was our hosting
of Charissa Vandikas, pianist who
is this year’s winner of the “Young
Artist” competition. Her recital
will take place at the residence
of Beth Chartrand on Saturday
October 4, at 7:00 p.m.
Over the summer months we
have been investigating the
purchase of a used baby grand
piano that has come up for sale
locally. We have had the piano
evaluated by an independent
technician who gave us a cautious
appraisal. We have not yet made
the decision as to whether we will
proceed in that the instrument
will need several hundred dollars
worth of repairs to bring it up to a
good standard.
We are also considering setting
up a web site for our branch
which will be a vehicle through
which we can promote our
activities and events, including
individual teacher’s studio
From the Branches
offerings, branch recitals,
workshops, student achievements
etc.
members present that a 50 year
certificate would be taken
to Anne Graham.
We are very happy to welcome
new members, Catherine Trenker,
Cynthia Roveda and Deborah
Bandy to our branch.
We are very excited about the
upcoming Young Artist Recital on
26 October. It will be Ottawa’s
chance to experience this
charming and engaging pianist,
Charissa Vandikas, first-hand.
The recital will take place at
2 pm in the chapel of Tabaret
Hall, University of Ottawa (500
Cumberland St.) and we expect it
to be a huge artistic success.
On Sunday 23 November the
Branch will host its Canada Music
Week Recital at Orleans United
Church. This event is always very
popular and so this year we are
moving to a larger venue. More
on this and the Young Artist
Recital in the next issue.
– Brian McDowell
OTTAWA
Greetings from Ottawa. We
were thrilled to learn that local
students Haotian Yu won the
Zone Competition for piano
and Alden Chen was the first
runner up in the Young Artist
Competition last July. Both are
students of Dr. Chunson Park
and we congratulate them on
their achievements. We would
also like to congratulate Haotian
Yu and Anika-France Forget
(student of Colin Mack) who were
both winners in the CFMTA 2014
Student Composer Competition.
Our fall season began with the
General Meeting and Coffee
Morning on 8 September which
was chaired by the branch
president Tania Granata. The
meeting was well attended and
gave everyone a chance to catch
up after the summer. Council
announced its Calendar of Events
for the 2014-2015 season and it
was also the opportunity for us
to award former Special Teacher
Gloria Jean Nagy with her 25
year certificate, and to tell the
A busy fall will be followed by an
even busier 2015, beginning with
The First Class Honours
Recitals and The Variety Show in
February. Our Adult Students’
Workshops/Masterclasses and
Recital will take place in
March. Our Competition and
Competition Gala will round off
the teaching year at the end of
May. There will also be three
masterclasses (two in piano and
one in classical guitar) for our
students in the winter and a
professional development session
in February on taxes for the selfemployed for our teachers.
Sadly we lost two long-time
members over the summer:
former special teacher winner
Adela Contreras and Corrine
Baxter. They will be missed and
we send our condolences to their
families and friends.
’Til next time...
– Susan Blyth-Schofield
TIMMINS
The Timmins Branch is gearing
up for another active teaching
year. We are looking forward
to our students’ participation in
February 2015 in the Porcupine
Music Festival de Musique which
is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
We will once again present our
students in the annual “Celebrate
Mothers” concert in May 2015.
This concert features performers
of all ages and levels, along with
our Branch student scholarship
winners who achieved the highest
marks on the 2014 conservatory
examinations. After each student
performs, he/she presents a
carnation to their mother seated
in the audience – a nice touch for
Mother’s Day, which follows a few
days after our concert.
We hope to see our friends from
the North Bay ORMTA Branch
at the Zone Convention held in
North Bay in June 2015.
Happy teaching,
– Audrey Jean Wells
NOTES Fall 2014
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Saturday July 27, 2014 – MINUTES
Call to Order
The President called the meeting to order
at 12: 30 p.m. She welcomed all those
present.
A Treasurer’s Report was distributed to each
member attending the Annual General
Meeting.
Introduction of Council Members
The President introduced each of the
Council members.
Reading of the Minutes from the 2013
Annual Meeting
The Minutes of the July 20, 2013 Annual
General Meeting held in Mississauga,
Ontario were read by the SecretaryRegistrar.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MINUTES OF
THE 2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
BE ACCEPTED AS CIRCULATED.
MOVED BY LISELOTTE JONGEDIJK,
CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH AND
SECONDED BY CAROLYNNE DAVY
GODIN, NORTH YORK/YORK REGION
BRANCH. APPROVED/ 1 ABSTENTION.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
The President gave her report.
Good afternoon everyone:
The last year has been a whirlwind of activity on the part of your Provincial Council
as we got ready for this convention. As far as I know, Provincial Council itself has
never acted as a convention host and we certainly now have a greater understanding
and appreciation of all the work done by individual branches to put on previous
conventions.
In addition to their regular duties, Council members pulled together to produce what
I think has been a successful event. I would like to thank them all.
Thank you to ...
- my co-chair Past President Charline Farrell, who not only made the beautiful quilt
displayed at the Registration area, but with the able assistance of our Treasurer Nancy
Dale, was responsible for the silent auction, table decorations and door prizes.
- Frank Horvat, with Ian Green’s help, who has been completely indispensable
especially when it came to anything to do with the website, media announcements,
audio visual equipment and the very detailed convention schedule he prepared for
Council.
- Elizabeth Tithecott who organized the master classes
- Naomi Morrison who organized our Meet and Greet for hotel guests on Friday night.
- Ron Spadafore who did all the bookings with the hotel, which is a very complicated
procedure, and looked after all the little details from writing up contracts to making
our name tags.
- Kathy Schmidt, who contacted and arranged the Exhibitors,
- Tracy Lai and Ian Green who have been our photographers all weekend and everyone
else on Council who has so generously donated items for the silent auction or door
prizes and volunteered their time to help out at the various events.
Matters for Voting
The Secretary-Registrar introduced the
three scrutineers for this year, Gunars
Balodis, Don Barrett and David Home. The
Secretary-Registrar then read the casting of
votes.
I would like to also thank you, the members, for your generous donations and Ottawa
Region Branch member, Amy Boyes, who was responsible for our great programme.
Election of Zone Representatives
Nominations were received from the
following Zones:
North-East Zone
Ottawa Region Zone
Zone Representatives are still needed for:
Greater Toronto Area Zone
Central Zone
Southern Zone
The Secretary-Registrar asked if there were
any nominations from the floor.
Jacqueline Huffman-Krisza was nominated
for the Southern Zone and Irene Fong
Leung was nominated for the Greater
Toronto Area Zone.
Sheila McLean was nominated for
the Greater Toronto Area Zone but
unfortunately has to decline at this
time.
Charline, Frank and I attended the CFMTA meetings held in Toronto in early July. This
was Charline’s first meeting as CFMTA President, and she ran a tight ship. We got a lot
accomplished. A summary of the minutes will be in the next CMT magazine.
Unfortunately, we are saying good-bye to five of our Council Members: Doranne Minotti
(OCTAs), Naomi Morrison (Canada Music Week and Music Writing Competitions), Ann
Empey (Competitions), Audrey Wells (Young Artist Tour), and of course Charline Farrell
who is finished her term as Past President and will now be able to devote even more
time to her duties as CFMTA President.
As President, I feel it has been my job to encourage and facilitate discussion amongst
my Council colleagues as opposed to expressing my own opinion all the time (not that
I don’t express my opinion!) But, I’m going to express an opinion now. I love ORMTA
and everything it stands for. I have volunteered for this wonderful organization since
my very first general meeting in the Ottawa Region Branch in September 1995 as a new
pre-Diploma member. There has not been a day since where I have not volunteered for
ORMTA – first in my branch, then on Provincial Council. As a result, I have made some
very good friends and continually make new ones within the organization and always
(almost) know what’s going on. I feel very connected and supported as a teacher.
Therefore, I encourage you to volunteer for your branch. I encourage the branches
to make yourselves known within your communities – write articles for your local
newspaper about your activities – about ORMTA – about the benefits of studying with
an ORMTA teacher.
My message to you is: be involved! The more involved you are, the more benefits you
personally will receive.
Thank you very much.
Sue Jones
The President then introduced CFMTA President, Charline Farrell, who brought
greetings from CFMTA. Charline introduced the new CFMTA Secretary-Treasurer,
Natasha Frid Findlay. Charline also announced the name of the new CFMTA webmaster,
Patrick Brown. It was with great pride that Charline announced that Sue Jones was
elected as the new National Competitions Chair.
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OPEN FORUM
Liselotte Jongedijk - Central Toronto
Branch
Liselotte reported on an unfortunate and
difficult situation dealing with signing
authority at a local bank branch. Liselotte
asked if there was anything that Provincial
Council could do to assist?
The President stated that Provincial
Council would look into this problem.
Carolynne Davy Godin - North York/
York Region Branch.
Carolynne stated that the North York/
York Region Branch used the same two
signatories each year. This procedure
seemed to avoid any problems with the
banks.
Charline Farrell - Chatham-Kent Branch
Charline suggested that the Central
Toronto Branch should consider
changing banks.
Frances Balodis, North Bay Branch
Frances asked what would happen to
those listed on the Treasurer’s report who
were listed as unpaid?
The Treasurer stated that 50% had paid
since this report was printed. Also, some
members have passed away, or resigned.
Betty Taylor and Sheila McLean Newmarket and Area Branch
Betty and Sheila reported on the rising
costs of RCM examination fees. They
circulated a letter to all present asking
that this letter be brought back to each
Branch. It was hope that each Branch
could provide some feedback regarding
the information in this letter. Betty and
Sheila stated that if anyone present
required further information, they could
contact either of them.
The President stated that this initiative
was an individual member matter, and in
no way reflected the position of ORMTA
Provincial Council.
Carolynne Davy Godin - North York/
York Region Branch
Carolynne asked if those present would
receive a complete Treasurers report.
Gunars Balodis - North Bay Branch
Gunars asked if the members who
were late in the payment of their fees,
indicated that they were no longer a
member.
The Treasurer stated that payments
were still coming in. She also stated that
after two years of non-payment, the
membership would be archived.
Alice Dearden - Central Toronto
Alice requested clarification regarding
the CFMTA vote that was taken regarding
the allocation of Provincial Delegates.
The President stated that this motion was
defeated at the CFMTA meeting that
took place in July 2013. She also stated
that Ontario would continue to pursue
this matter.
Meg Freer - Kingston Branch
Meg requested clarification regarding the
process of determining the 25-50 year
membership.
The Secretary-Registrar stated that at the
present time, this process begins at the
Branch level. Names of potential 25-50
members are submitted to the SecretaryRegistrar for verification.
Jennifer Smele - Bolton. Brampton,
Caledon Branch
Jennifer stated that as an RCM examiner,
she would have difficulty signing the
letter distributed by the Newmarket and
area Branch.
She also asked why this letter could not
come from ORMTA?
Sheila McLean stated that individual
signatures would carry more weight.
The President stated that it is not the
mandate of ORMTA to tell organizations
what they can or cannot charge. She
also stated that any correspondence
regarding this matter must have a
disclaimer attached.
Carolynne Davy Godin suggested
that members could boycott the RCM
examinations.
It was reported that a full audited report
was published in the Spring issue of
NOTES.
Heather Faris Newmarket and Area
Branch
Heather stated that she disagreed with
the ORMTA stance on this matter.
Evelyn Nojd - Bolton, Brampton,
Caledon Branch
Evelyn was asked by The Personal for an
ORMTA membership number, which we
do not have. It was reported that we do
not have personal insurance numbers.
Doranne Minotti - Niagara Fall Branch
Doranne stated that she totally
understood Heather’s stance, however
ORMTA could not go to any organization
and complain about their pricing or
policies.
Gunars Balodis - North Bay Branch
Gunars pointed out that RCM has many
customers across Canada. ORMTA is
only one of RCM customers, therefore
individual teachers expressing concern
would carry much more weight.
Results of Voting as
Presented by Scrutineers
The Results of the Voting were
announced by the Secretary-Registrar. All
matters for Voting were approved.
The scrutineers were thanked for their
assistance this year.
MOVED BY BEVERLY BARRETT,
LONDON BRANCH, THAT THE
BALLOTS BE DESTROYED.
APPROVED.
Announcements
Virginia Taylor announced the 6th year
of Theory/Harmony workshop. Joe
Ringhofer will be the Clinician.
The workshop will take place August 5
- 7, 2014. For more information, contact
Virginia at
[email protected]
Jennifer Smele also announced a
workshop dealing with transfer students.
This workshop will take place
on August 11, 2014. For more information
please contact Jennifer at
[email protected]
At this point the Provincial Gavel was
passed from Sue Jones to Frank Horvat.
Congratulations Frank!
MOVED BY FRANCES BALODIS,
NORTH BAY BRANCH, THAT THE
MEETING BE ADJOURNED.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:36 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ron Spadafore
Provincial Secretary-Registrar
NOTES Fall 2014
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ORMTA Announces New Provincial Council Members
In the summer of 2014, many positions were filled at the Provincial Level of ORMTA.
ORMTA is a very busy organization that is dedicated to creating a good relationship
between teachers and the community from all areas of the province. To learn more
about the roles that ORMTA Provincial Council has in the life of ORMTA, as well as
to learn about the other provincial council members that make up this great team of
individuals, please visit the ORMTA website: http://ormta.org/about/provincial-council
Let’s take a moment to
welcome the newest
members to ORMTA
Provincial Council:
Tania Granata, Ottawa Region
Zone Representative
Irene Fong Leung, GTA Zone
Representative
Affiliate Teacher Liaison
Irene holds an Associate of Royal
Conservatory of Toronto (ARCT) Piano
Teacher Diploma and the Certificate of
Advanced Piano Pedagogy from Royal
Conservatory of Music, Toronto. She is
an active member of ORMTA, MTNA,
and Ontario College of Teachers. She is
currently the vice-president of the North
York/York Region Branch. She also has
other academic degrees: M. Sc. (U. of
Waterloo), B. Ed. (U of Toronto), B. Sc.
(U of California at Berkeley). She has
over 20 years of experience teaching.
Eric Shaw, GTA Zone
Representative
Membership Initiatives
A graduate of University of Toronto
(MMus) and McGill University (BMus),
tenor Eric Shaw has been teaching
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NOTES Fall 2014
voice in the Toronto area for the past
15 years. He currently has a busy
private studio along with teaching at
Rosedale Heights School of the Arts
and North Toronto Collegiate Institute
in their choral programmes. Eric also
runs workshops for community choirs.
Recently, he has begun directing opera
and musicals in the United States
and Canada. In addition to being the
President of the Central Toronto Branch
of ORMTA, Eric is thrilled to be a
member of Provincial Council this year
Susan Robinson, Central Zone
Representative
Young Artist Tour
Susan Robinson, of Kitchener-Waterloo
Branch, is a piano teacher, RCM
examiner and active adjudicator. She
is a University of Toronto graduate and
a former faculty member of the Royal
Conservatory of Music in Toronto,
Ontario.
OCTAs
Tania is currently the President of the
Ottawa Branch of ORMTA. She holds a
B. A. in Music and Modern Languages
from the University of Ottawa as well
as A.R.C.T. in Pedagogy from the Royal
Conservatory of Music. She has held
several positions on ORMTA Ottawa
Council including the CMW and FCH.
She is President of the Ottawa West
Junior Music Club as well as the Ottawa
Centre Coordinator for Contemporary
Showcase. She maintains a busy studio
of private students as well as teaching
the Music for Young Children program
Frances Balodis,
North East Zone Representative
Fundraising
Frances is a founder of Music for Young
Children and cofounder of CLU. As an
RMT, Frances received the Hugheen
Ferguson Distinguished Teacher award
in Regina, SK in July, 2011. A certified
Neurolinguistic Programmer (NLP)
and an Accredited DISC Training
provider, as well as a teacher
with over 50 years of experience,
Frances is a sought-after speaker
at conferences and is a welcome
workshop clinician, adjudicator, and
examiner. Frances also enjoys being
a Conservatory Canada examiner,
is organist at St. Thomas Anglican
Church in Ullster, Ontario and plays
handbells in the Bells Appealing bell
choir in Bracebridge, Ontario.
Jacqueline Huffman-Krisza,
Southern Zone Representative
Conservatory of Music of Toronto, B.
Mus (Honours History and Theory)
from McMaster University, a B. Ed
from the University of Toronto, and
a M. Ed from Brock University. She
also has accreditation in Dalacroze,
Kindermusik, , Musikgarten, and
Orff, and is currently the recording
secretary for the Hamilton-Halton
Branch of ORMTA. Retired from
Hillfield Strathallan College, where
she was the Early Music Education
Specialist for both the Montessori
and Junior Schools for 27 years, she
currently enjoys her family, her private
students, and being Artistic Director
for the Rotary Burlington Music
Festival.
Alice Dearden,
Greater Toronto Area Zone
Representative
College/University Liaison
Jacquie has an ARCT from the Royal
Canada Music Week/Music Writing
Competition
Alice began her studies at the age of
11 enjoying violin and vocal music. By
age 18, she realized that she wanted
to become a piano teacher. She
began teaching while she continued
her piano studies, leading to an
ARCT in Piano Teaching in 1986. As
well as teaching privately, since 1999
Alice has been teaching the Music
for Young Children program. Alice
is past-president and secretary of
ORMTA’s Central Toronto Branch
and is also the director of the Syme
Senior Centre Choir.
To learn more about the roles that
ORMTA Provincial Council has in the
life of ORMTA, as well as to learn
about the other provincial council
members that make up this great
team of individuals, please visit the
ORMTA website: http://ormta.org/
about/provincial-council
NOTES Fall 2014
15
“I’m Getting Old” My Years with Jacob Lateiner
duration, for I knew that by virtue of
his objectivity, Mr. Lateiner was not
commenting on what he felt was in
the music, but what I was literally
doing.
Jacob Lateiner was a wonderful
teacher. For the last three years of his
life I was his student, during which
time my idea of how music was
conceived, practiced, and performed
developed beyond what I could have
imagined. My idea of a piano lesson
was a relatively simple one, now that I
think back: entering a teacher’s
studio, playing a piece, leaving after
a series of opinionated comments
were offered. I had heard of
Mr. Lateiner before, as a noble and
traditional Beethoven interpreter who
studied with Schoenberg
and taught Lowell Liebermann, so I
knew when I arrived at his studio that
I was meeting a person who
had an encyclopedic knowledge of
music.
During my lessons, Jacob took notes,
literally involving a bar-by-bar close
reading of my performance which
he prepared as I played. One one
side of a page of my notebook, he
wrote bar numbers and the errors he
found in them, on the other, general
comments on my performing and
phrasing. No issue was left out:
from the smallest grace note being
missed to dynamics being incorrectly
played and tempos fluctuating “like
a drunkard trying to speak” he would
say - each and every detail was
examined. There were lessons that
felt downright awful for their entire
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For Jacob Lateiner, the score and
the composer’s intentions were
of paramount importance and
surmounted the student’s personal
interpretation. The artist, in his
estimation, was to tell the story the
composer was telling: the artist
simply does it in their own words.
Never did he allow or support an
interpretation that was inexplicable
in its departure from the composer’s
intentions. He was fascinated by
scholarship of each
composer and their letters, as well
as the writings and other criticisms
surrounding the composer’s lives (see
his article An Interpreter’s Approach
to Mozart in the Early Music
Journal in which he explains that he
considers artists as interpreters and
not performers, because the idea
of a ‘performer’ has a pejorative
connotation for him).
Every lesson for the first year baffled
me: these were lessons which
explored in vivid description my
incompetencies and insufficiencies
as an interpreter and pianist. I had
expected a teacher with high ideals
who would demand high standards, I
never expected to hear phrases like,
“Why do you never ask yourself the
reason for playing it that way?” He
had to slow me down, for I played
compulsively and without logic at all,
to see his process of how to execute
specific passages and translate the
musical details into what he called
“getting under the composer’s
skin,” a phrase he often used to
indicate actively becoming conscious
of the intentions of the music and
motivations behind the composer’s
writing of it. Every lesson was treated
as a concert performance, with the
repertoire being played from memory
without exception, during which time
Jacob was a discomfortingly astute
critic.
It was something I learned as an
underlying theme while studying
with him: a good teacher makes
their student aware of three different
scores all at once: a score that is
before them, and all of its detail;
followed by the score the student is
producing in reality, including all of
its shortcomings and potentials; and
finally, the score the student wants
to produce and feels instinctively
natural in playing. In this, Jacob was
unsparing: there were moments when
his perceptiveness was almost creepy.
“Today,” he said once, “You are
playing this way because you heard
my recording and want to impress
me. That is not something I find
impressive: your ability to copy me,
when I might not even play it the way
I did thirty years ago.”
“Why?” I asked him. He answered
wryly, “I’m getting old.” I asked
myself, does he want me to play it my
own way? I suppose, within reason:
Bach cannot sound like Chopin
entirely, and Schoenberg cannot be
Mozart. But the funny thing about
this is - as important as the composer
was to him, and as critical as he
was about every single note and
phrase being produced to maximum
sensitivity, Mr. Lateiner (I never
could call him Jacob, even when he
offered) pushed me so that I had no
choice but to interpret the music
according to an objective reality. It
was inspiring, it was daunting, and
always confronting, but it allowed
me to learn to do the one thing I was
so awe-inspired by in every lesson
because he did it so well: to see the
music itself.
Works Cited
Lateiner, Jacob. An Interpreter’s
Approach to Mozart. Early Music
(1992) XX (2): 245-253.
Jarred Dunn
Checking in at the registration desk with Ron and Nancy
Busy exhibit hall
Janet Lopinski speaking at the breakfast sponsored by the Royal
Conservatory of Music
John Burge entertained us with the many piano tricks
he’d learned over the years.
Our OH! CANADA! Convention was held
in the beautiful Westin Prince Hotel in
Toronto on July 26 and 27, 2014. This
was the first time we held our convention
solely on a weekend, starting Friday night
with a Meet and Greet for those staying in
the hotel. We were treated to a breakfast
on Saturday sponsored by the Royal
Conservatory of Music (with speaker Janet
Lopinski) and on Sunday sponsored by
Ultimate Music Theory (with speaker Glory
St. Germain).
There were workshops, the exhibit hall,
silent auction, pedagogy town hall,
Awards Luncheon (with guest speaker
Julie Nesrallah), Annual General Meeting,
Gala Banquet (with guest speaker Howard
Dyck), master classes, competitions, door
prizes, reception and closing ceremony
(where we had a draw for our beautiful
quilt). All in two days!
Bravo to the Convention committee,
which for the first time were the members
of Provincial Council: Nancy Dale, Ann
Empey, Ian Green, Judy Home, Frank
Horvat, Tracy Lai, Sandra Menard,
Doranne Minotti, Naomi Morrison, Kathy
Schmidt, Ron Spadafore, Elizabeth
Tithecott and Audrey Wells.
– Charline Farrell and Sue Jones
For a trip down memory lane or if you weren’t able to
be there, please visit our convention photo gallery.
www.ormta.org/convention
Awards Luncheon - Sandy Menard presented Brenda Huberts with the
ORMTA Pedagogy Award. Brenda also won the CFMTA Pedagogy Award.
NOTES Fall 2014
17
Awards Luncheon - OCTA recipient Ann Babin, Special
Guest Julie Nesrallah and Ottawa Region Branch members.
Pedagogy Town Hall: Panelists Janet Lopinski, Frances Balodis and Michael Faulkner
Awards Luncheon - Special Guest Julie Nesrallah
gave a heart-felt and moving speech of her
journey as a singer under the guidance of ORMTA
teacher the late Barbara Ross. Julie was presented
with an Honorary ORMTA Membership to honour
her contribution to music education. Julie’s
speech can be read in its entirety on our website.
Glory St. Germain speaking
at the breakfast sponsored
by Ultimate Music Theory.
Gala Banquet - Incoming President Frank Horvat and Past
President Charline Farrell
Gala Banquet - Special Guest Howard Dyck spoke of the
importance of music and music teachers in his life as a
pianist, conductor and broadcaster. He also spoke of the
time he has spent in China where he taught conducting at
the Yunnan Arts University and conducted the university choir
and orchestra. He was presented with an Honorary ORMTA
Membership to honour his contribution to music education.
Howard’s speech can be read in its entirety on our website.
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NOTES Fall 2014
Ann Empey is the proud winner of bluetooth
speakers donated by The Personal.
Vocal Master Class - Kevin McMillan and participants
Janet Fothergill workshop on
Celebrating Canadian Music
Liselotte Jongedijk in front of
Central Toronto Branch’s banner.
AGM - Sue Jones passing the President gavel to Frank Horvat
NOTES Fall 2014
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Piano Master Class - Midori Koga and participants
Judy and David Home at
the Young Artist Reception
Gala Banquet President Sue Jones
Competitions - during deliberations Christine Tithecott and
Trevor Chartrand entertained us with beautiful Canadian music.
Many thanks to Charline Farrell for donating her time and talents to
make another beautiful quilt. Winner, Frances Balodis was thrilled.
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NOTES Fall 2014
For a trip down memory lane or if you weren’t able to
be there, please visit our convention photo gallery.
www.ormta.org/convention
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2014
PROVINCIAL COMPETITIONS
The 2014 Provincial Competitions were held on July 26 and 27 in the South Prince
Ballroom at The Westin Prince Hotel in Toronto.
The performances were outstanding and our adjudicators Kevin McMillan, Dr. John
Burge and Dr. Midori Koga, found it quite a challenge to select the winners.
The results are as follows:
Young Artist Competition
1st place (Yamaha Canada Scholarship – $1,000):
Charissa Vandikas, piano
GTA Zone (Teacher, Michael Esch)
Runner-up (Provincial Council Members’ Alumni
Scholarship, ORMTA Scholarship – $750):
Alden Chen, piano
Ottawa Region Zone (Teacher, Dr. Chunson Park)
Provincial Student Vocal Competition
1st place (Court Stone Memorial Scholarship,
ORMTA Scholarship – $750):
Alexandra Delle Donne, soprano
Central Zone (Teacher, Marion Samuel-Stevens)
Runner-up (Music for Young Children Scholarship –
$500):
Abbigail Cryer, soprano
Central Zone (Teacher, Kathryn Cushing)
Provincial Student
Instrumental Competition
1st place (Hugheen Ferguson Scholarship) – $750):
Haotian Yu, piano
Ottawa Region Zone (Teacher, Dr. Chunson Park)
Runner-up (Piano Technician’s Guild, Toronto
Chapter Scholarship - $500):
Gregory Vandikas, piano
GTA Zone (Teacher, Sheila Vandikas)
THE ESTHER SU MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
The Esther Su Memorial Scholarship, kindly donated
by Sherman Su and Carrie Hagerman, is awarded to
a performer who demonstrates special potential.
This year the award was shared between Pianists
Poppy Kipfer and Tiger Yang both of the Western
Zone (teachers: Gwen Beamish - Sarnia Branch and
Dr. Philip Adamson – Windsor-Essex County Branch
respectively).
Congratulations to these fine, young
musicians and their teachers!
ORMTA is very grateful to our donors: Bridgman and Durkson, Craig Ferguson, Judy Home,
Music for Young Children, Piano Technicians’ Guild and ORMTA branches and individuals.
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NOTES Fall 2014
Provincial Instrumental winner,
Haotian Yu with adjudicators.
Provincial Vocal - Midori Koga, Kevin McMillan, Abbigail Cryer (runnerup), Alexandra Delle Donne (first place), John Burge
Young Artist winner, Charissa Vandikas
Young Artist runner-up, Alden Chen
Provincial instrumental runner-up, Gregory
Vandikas with Frances and Gunars Balodis
NOTES Fall 2014
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Flex eExams
ORMTA
Member
Happenings
Music without borders
CONSERVATORY CANADA™ has pushed the
frontiers of innovation and is employing a unique
technology that enables us to reach out to music
students all over Canada. Not only can we
connect with students across the country,
but we are willing to connect with them
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME!
Did you or your student receive a
prestigious award or scholarship? Have
you written a paper or article on some
pedagogical topic? Did you perform a
concert or release a CD? We want to hear
from you!
At CONSERVATORY CANADA™ we will enable
students to take exams whenever they are ready
with our new Flex eExams. To find out more,
contact our office.
You’re invited to submit interesting going’s
on in your musical life. Email NOTES Editor,
Patrick McCormick, your name, ORMTA
branch, text (20 words or less) and a picture
(optional). Your news could be included in
a future issue of NOTES Magazine.
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2013 FINAL e-exam + flex exam half page.indd 2
13/08/2013 10:42:38 AM
Dear Teaching Colleague
Do you need advice on
overcoming a tricky teaching
situation? Have you exhausted
all techniques in trying to
help that student and nothing
seems to work?
You’re invited to email your
story and question to NOTES
editor, Patrick McCormick, and
he’ll have a colleague provide
suggestions in a future issue
of NOTES Magazine.
You and your students names
will remain confidential.
NOTES Fall 2014
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Contribution to Teaching
Award Recipients
Biographies – Part 2
both in K-W and on the west coast.
DONNA MAK
Kitchener-Waterloo Branch
As a tot, Donna spent happy times
reading and singing along to a simply
toy plastic record player. But from
the moment she heard her mother
play the `Peek-a-Boo`song on an
acoustic piano, Donna was hooked,
and had to be taught how to play it
herself to relieve her mother of her
incessant encore requests. Only
until she refused to practise scales,
was she shipped off to her first piano
teacher, Claire Wilson, and later
Marjorie and Garth Beckett until
ARCT.
Quiet and shy by nature as a child (at
least in public), Donna remembers
feeling awkwardly dressed up in
concert attire and being so nervous
at her very first piano recital that
she had to `gambleòn which octave
range to begin her piece (luckily it
was the right one). Nevertheless,
Donna was immersed in a multitude
of local to provincial and national
competitions at a young age, and
remembers fondly her early piano
concerto experiences at the Centerin-the-Square and with orchestras
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NOTES Fall 2014
One of Donna`s most respected
influences as she continued her
musical education was Marietta
Orlov in Toronto. Donna was a fouryear scholarship award recipient for
both performance and academic
excellence at U of T in the Bachelor
of Music Performance programme.
Amongst her many performances,
competitions and masterclasses,
was the highlight of another piano
concerto performance with their
symphony orchestra. Donna
also developed her great love of
pedagogy and (particularly vocal)
accompanying, during these years.
An active member of K-W ORMTA for
numerous years, Donna is currently
executive Vice President of the
branch, and is always enthusiastic
about organizing fun and creative
recital events. Donna is busy as a
festival adjudicator, accompanist, and
examiner for RCM and has been the
recipient of the Gold and Platinum
awards for K-W music instructor for
the past two years- as voted on by
the community.
Donna enjoys creating edible cake
art and photography.
AUDREY MARSHALL
Kingston Branch
Donna later pursued studies in
New York, receiving her Mater of
Music Performance degree under
the tutelage of Arkady Aronov at
the Manhattan School of Music,
and an Artist Diploma with Luiz
de Moura Castro at the University
of Hartford, Connecticut. During
her time in the USA, Donna was a
performing member of the Liszt
Society; pianist in the Contemporary
Players ensemble which premièred
new works regularly; musician in a
ballet orchestra; accompanist for
the public school board; and held
various additional performance and
administrative posts. Donna also
taught piano at a private boys`school
in North York for several years.
Currently, Donna`s passion
and dedication to nurturing
young musicians results in an
exciting schedule of teaching
piano and theory at her home
studio in Kitchener. Her
studentsàccomplishments have
included many scholarships, RCM
medals and other prestigious awards.
A native of Scotland, Audrey Marshall
began piano lessons at the age of
seven, having been inspired by her
father, an amateur cellist and her
uncle, an international opera singer.
At the age of twelve, she won a
performance scholarship to study
at the Royal Academy of Music in
London, England,
but chose to study at the Royal
Academy in Glasgow, where she took
numerous Associated Board exams
in performance and theory. She
Contribution to Teaching Award Recipients
worked as an orthoptist in pediatric
ophthalmology, immigrated to
Canada with her husband John and
raised a family of four in Kingston,
Ontario.
Her obsession with the piano
resurfaced in Kingston, where
she studied with June Richards at
Queen’s University obtaining the
Performer’s ARCT.
She is an adjudicator and member
of the College of Examiners for
the Royal Conservatory of Music
in piano. Audrey frequently gives
masterclasses and presentations
in the Taubman techniques, one of
these being entitled “Head, Heart
and Hands”.
MARY MEXIS
Central Toronto Branch
Other Canadian teachers included
Hugheen Ferguson and Daryl Irvine
with whom she won the Cora Ahrens’
award.
With her diagnostic background
in ophthalmology, she became
interested in the technical aspects of
expressive piano playing. Studying
this led her to the work of renowned
pedagogue Dorothy Taubman.
Audrey has now been involved
in this important work for over 20
years which analyzes and retrains
injured and limited pianists, leading
them to virtuosity and freedom at
the piano. Having completed the
rigorous certification program of
the Golandsky Institute at Princeton
University (formerly the Taubman
Institute), Audrey has the honour of
being one of only two Golandsky
Associates living and working in
Canada. With this knowledge, Audrey
has been able to help change the
musical lives of many injured pianists
during her career. She has private
piano studios both in Kingston and
Toronto, Ontario where she shares
her expertise with students of all ages
and levels.
She continues to study with Mary
Moran in Albany, New York, a senior
Golandsky faculty member and
performs at the Performance Master
Class of the Royal Conservatory led
by Boyanna Toyich. She has also
held executive positions at both
the local and provincial levels of the
Ontario Registered Music Teachers.
Family legend has it that I first began
scratching out “recognizable” songs
on the radiator grills in the apartment
we lived in at the time. So, my
parents got me one of those toy
pianos – the wooden ones— not the
ones they sell now. I began lessons
at the age of 8 with the CMEA. These
were group lessons offered in the
school basement after school. After
more years than I should have stayed
there, a friend of mine recommended
her piano teacher, Mrs. Clegg.
Soon after, I studied with Anne
Scott Mumford who introduced
me to ORMTA. I became a PreDiploma member as soon as I started
preparing for my ARCT (more years
ago than I care to mention!)
Eventually, we became friends as well
as student and teacher.
When Anne retired, I studied with
Margaret Parsons Poole and Gordon
Hallett. I was fortunate enough to
do my theory co-requisites with
Molly Sclater, Joe Ringhofer, William
Andrews, Andrew Dawson and Joe
Macerollo.
I had my own studio for almost 25
years, specializing for the most part
in beginners, although I taught all
grades. I stopped piano teaching
shortly after I started teaching high
school with the TDSB. I miss it to
this day. And I’m not, alas, teaching
music!
I have been an ORMTA member for
over 25 years and have held almost
every executive position at the
branch level. I’ve been treasurer twice
(or thrice?) and was president while
having my two kids. I also published
the newsletter at the same time – no
newsletter committee then! For
at least 10 years, I have been the
“phone lady” and have responded
to inquiries from all over Canada and
as far away as Australia, England and
California. My passion has always
been to increase the visibility of
ORMTA.
Although I am not teaching privately
at this time (I probably would take
an upper level student – lol) I am
still involved in musical activities. In
every school where I teach, I offer
my services: I accompany the school
choir, accompany students for school
exams, coach students for university
auditions, play at commencements,
convocations, school shows wherever
those may happen to take place.
I thank everyone for the honour of
this award.
Lessons with Anne gave me a good
grounding as to how to conduct my
own lessons when the time came.
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27
PAULA MORRISON
She teaches a variety of musical styles
to everyone - Classical, Pop and
Music Theater. Her adult students
especially enjoy her fun, patient style
of teaching and she holds yearly
adult-only recitals where the students
experience performing in a casual
and enjoyable setting followed by
a glass of good wine and tasty hors
d’oeuvres!
Windsor-Essex County Branch
Paula Morrison was born and raised
in Windsor, Ontario. Her mother,
a pianist introduced her to music at
an early age and her grandfather, a
professional musician, was on hand
to enjoy and support his talented
grandchild. Paula began her piano
studies at an early age with the Grey
Sisters and continued her study
of music with lessons at St. Mary’s
Academy, a local private high school
dedicated to incorporating the arts
into the academic program. At
the Academy under the guidance
of Sister Mary Clare Kelly, Paula
blossomed musically as she moved
easily from grade to grade. She won
numerous awards when competing in
the Kiwanis Music Festival each year
and achieved high standards in the
graded examinations. The Academy
experience was valuable in providing
many opportunities for recital
participation and collaborative
music making. In the opinion of her
teacher, Paula was a joy to teach,
always receptive and enthusiastic as
she mastered the skills necessary to
become an accomplished musician.
In 1970 Paula began studies at the
University of Windsor and received
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music
studying piano under Professors
David Palmer and David Mulfinger.
She obtained an Associate of Music,
Pianoforte Performer’s Diploma and
an Associate of Music Pianoforte
Teacher’s Diploma, both from the
Western Ontario Conservatory
of Music, London, Ontario. She
continued to upgrade her teaching
skills taking private lessons with Dr.
Philip Adamson and Sister Claire
Durocher, attending master classes,
teacher workshops, ORMTA meetings
and conventions.
Paula’s interest in teaching began
in her early years at the Academy.
She embraced teaching Piano and
Rudiments as a profession full time
in 1974 and has been a contributing
member of ORMTA Windsor-Essex
County Branch since 1978 serving
two terms as President, 1980 – 1982
and 1997-2001.
Whether preparing adults or children
for RCM examinations or working
with them for upcoming recitals,
master classes or competitions,
Paula’s proven teaching methodology
produces successful results for all
of her students as they aspire to
perform at their highest level. Three
of her students have been awarded
conservatory silver medals while
others have received Honours and/
or First Class Honours routinely in
yearly examinations. In addition, the
Kiwanis Music Festival has always
figured greatly in Paula’s life, first
as a student and then as a teacher
preparing her own students for the
competition. Additionally, she was
the ORMTA representative and a
committee member on the Kiwanis
Music Festival Board for many
years and received an award for
outstanding service and dedication
to the festival in 1990.
Paula maintains a busy teaching
studio in her home where her
students range in age from 4 to adult.
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NOTES Fall 2014
Paula enjoys performing in early
music groups on harpsichord,
accompanying soloists and doing
recitals with her duet partner and
colleague, Michael Ethier. She takes
great pride in bringing the beauty
and spirit of music to the elderly in
nursing homes and delights in their
joy at recognizing a familiar tune.
In addition to her music teaching,
Paula always looks forward to the
time spent with her husband of
20 years, Nick, and their three
grandchildren, her game of golf,
her time spent at the gym and her
beloved little Shih tzu, Mysti. In
summary, we, the Windsor-Essex
County Branch are pleased and
proud to nominate Paula for the 2014
ORMTA Contribution to Teaching
Award.
SALLY WOLF
Peterborough Branch
Sally Wolf began her training on
the flute at age 11 and studied
for 8 years in Michigan. After one
year at Wayne State University, she
enrolled at the Royal Conservatory
of Music and Dance in The Hague,
The Netherlands. There she studied
flute, baroque flute and chamber
music, earning a diploma in flute
performance. Sally’s teachers were
among the world’s best flutists
including Ervin Monroe, Paul Verheij,
Frans Vester, scholar and late founder
of the great Danzi Quintet, and
Barthold Kuijken, famous baroque
flutist from Belgium.
enjoyment of playing music. “Her
diverse musical knowledge can
influence a six year old child
learning to play recorder and a
university flutist entering the world of
professional music.” Sally’s teaching
style combines thoughtful process
with a focus on musicality. Her
students have won Kiwanis Music
Festival scholarships and RCM Silver
Medals.
Her teaching career for flute, piccolo
and recorder began in Saskatoon
where she taught from 1982-88
before moving to Peterborough.
She established Sally Wolf Flute
and Recorder Studio, teaching
students from beginner to adult.
Sally has inspired many students to
pursue music studies at university
and in their professional life. Many
have gone on to successful artistic
careers. Ask students about Sally
and they cite her astounding ability
to empower them to discover the
Sally has always welcomed and
encouraged adult students, many
of whom participate in community
ensembles. Her adult students find
her to be “extremely patient and
encouraging. She has a wonderful
grasp of theory that she slips
into lessons.” Encouraging and
enthusiastic, Sally helps her students
find and follow their own interests.
She fosters a love of performing
and ensemble playing through
special recitals for adult students and
promoting adult music camps.
are a valuable asset to the youth
orchestra, community and school
bands. Notably, Sally established
and ran an Early Music Ensemble
for over a decade. Her contrabass
recorder spoke of Sally’s “depth
of understanding for early music
instruments and the nuances of early
music performance. It is a great joy
to play with and learn from such
a consummate musician.” Sally
continues to perform—in Two Flutes
& a Cello and The Stringwood Trio.
RMT member since 1983, Sally
has been a valuable asset to the
Peterborough branch promoting
activities that foster learning through
solo and ensemble performance.
LARISSA ZOUBAREVA
Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch
Her contribution to the musical
life of our community is evident
in so many ways. Sally’s students
It’s NEW. It’s FREE. dreammusictool.ca Development supported by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Canada Foundation for Innovation. Larissa Zoubareva was educated as a
piano performer and teacher in the
best traditions of the Russian Piano
School in Belarus, which was part
of the former Soviet Union. She has
completed a Licentiate diploma in
Piano Performance from the Minsk
State Musical College in 1984. She
received a Bachelor of Music degree
and a Master’s Music Degree as a
Piano major from the Belarus State
Academy of Music.
Even as an undergraduate student,
Larissa was eager to get as much
NOTES Fall 2014
29
professional experience as possible.
Since then, as a professional, her
motto is that, the sky is limitless and
so are our opportunities to improve
and grow.
Zoubareva has performed with the
Belarus State Philharmonic Orchestra
and the Orchestra of the Belarus
State Academy of Music. She also
regularly performed with numerous
chamber ensembles in Poland,
Belarus, and in Nursing Homes and
Public schools in Canada. As an
accompanist, she enjoys to work with
many talented performers.
Her teaching and performing
experiences as a pianist gave rise
to many questions on the influence
of music on people and inspired
her to do research. While preparing
doctorate theses and participating
in numerous conferences, she
produced an innovative concept of
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NOTES Fall 2014
the developing feelings of musicians
and their imaginative thinking.
Following the thesis research she
published a number of articles
and a book titled, “Experimental
Methods in the Development of
Musician’s Imaginative Thinking
and Feelings”. The research had
been highly appreciated by the
specialists in Music Didactics and the
Psychology of Music. Zoubareva had
been honored the Laureate award
by the Musical Literary Criticism
Association of Belarus for the Best
Research project in Musicology and
Art Criticism in 1998.
Zoubareva immigrated to Canada
and established her own private
piano studio in 2000. Larissa’s Studio
of Piano Music in Mississauga is the
result of more than a 20 year long
music career as a performer, teacher
and accompanist. Since then, it has
grown and gives regular annual and
semi-annual concerts.
The mission of Larissa’s Studio of
Piano Music is to develop a lifelong passion for music and provide
students with professional technical
mastery to express that passion. The
vision of the studio as a community of
like-minded people is proving to be
viable and productive. My students’
results and achievements are the best
confirmation to this fact.
In 2002, Zoubareva became an active
member as an executive in the
Etobicoke-Mississauga branch of the
Ontario Registered Music Teacher
Association (ORMTA).
Teaching in her studio and serving
as an executive in ORMTA are her
most enjoyable and priority driven
occupations.
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31
WELCOME
TO NEW MEMBERS ACCEPTED SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE OF NOTES
MELINDA DELORME - AJAX-PICKERING, PRIMARY BRANCH;
MARKHAM-STOUFFVILLE, ASSOCIATE BRANCH
JENNIFER CARTER - WELLAND - PORT COLBORNE BRANCH
MELODY LAW - MARKHAM-STOUFFVILLE BRANCH
JULIE LACROIX - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
NINA SOYFER - NORTH TORONTO BRANCH
CHEN-YI CHEYNE YU - NORTH TORONTO BRANCH
EUGENE ASTAPOV - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
AMANDA ROSE MOSCAR - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
LOUISE CHOCHLA - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
MAZIAR HEIDARI - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
MIDORI KOGA - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
NATALIA ZIELINSKI - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
DANA BAITZ - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
JEREMY FOSTER - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
CHRISTOPHER LENCKI - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
RUDIN LENGO - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
NINA MULLER - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
DAVID POTVIN - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
PAULA LIN - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
HONG SHEN - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
CHRISTINE ADMIRAL - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
JILLIAN BEACON - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
HEIDI STEPANEK - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
KATHERINE MURLEY - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
SOPHIA KIM - NORTH YORK/YORK REGION BRANCH
GRACE HO - NORTH YORK/YORK REGION BRANCH
LUISA CORNACCHIA - NORTH YORK/YORK REGION BRANCH
DIANA KAZUMYAN - NORTH YORK/YORK REGION
CHRISTINA PUHACZ - SCARBOROUGH BRANCH
CINDY SHUM - SCARBOROUGH BRANCH
AMANDA MORGAN PULLING - KINGSTON BRANCH
JACQUELINE MOKRZEWSKI - CENTRAL TORONTO BRANCH
DEVON HANSEN - CHATHAM-KENT PRIMARY BRANCH; WINDSOR
COUNTY ESSEX BRANCH (ASSOCIATE)
CAROL CHITOVAS - OWEN SOUND BRANCH
LEE E.L. WATSON - WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY BRANCH
SHEILA GRACE BRIDGMAN - OWEN SOUND BRANCH
JENNIFER VAN GENNIP - BARRIE BRANCH
JACQUELINE MCINTYRE - OSHAWA AND DISTRICT BRANCH
TABITHA JOHNSON - BARRIE BRANCH
MIRANDA CHIRCOP - OSHAWA AND DISTRICT BRANCH
NATALYA TSOY - NEWMARKET & AREA BRANCH
JASON HALES - HAMILTON - HALTON BRANCH
CAROL SMITH - NEWMARKET AND AREA BRANCH
DIANE MANOJLOVICH - HAMILTON - HALTON BRANCH
ANN MCGUIRK -
RENÉE BARABASH - HAMILTON - HALTON BRANCH
TIMOTHY MCGUIRK - KINGSTON BRANCH
ERIKA REIMAN - HAMILTON - HALTON BRANCH - PRIMARY BRANCH,
NIAGARA FALLS BRANCH, ASSOCIATE BRANCH
HEATHER CORBETT TUTTLE - BRANTFORD BRANCH
KATRYNA SACCO - NIAGARA FALLS BRANCH
RACHEL JANTZI - KITCHENER - WATERLOO BRANCH
MARTHA JORDAN - NIAGARA FALLS BRANCH
ELNARA BIKTIMIROVA - NIAGARA FALLS BRANCH
PENNY JOHNSON - ETOBICOKE - MISSISSAUGA BRANCH
ALINA KAZMIERCZAK - ETOBICOKE - MISSISSAUGA BRANCH
JENNIFER LI - ETOBICOKE - MISSISSAUGA BRANCH
JENNIFER CARTER - WELLAND - PORT COLBORNE BRANCH
32
MEG IWASKOW - OTTAWA REGION BRANCH
NOTES Fall 2014
KINGSTON BRANCH
ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND - KITCHENER - WATERLOO BRANCH
CYNTHIA KINNUNEN - KITCHENER - WATERLOO BRANCH
DEBORAH BANDY - NORTH BAY BRANCH
CECILIA ROSS - NON - BRANCH
DAVID GREENSLADE - LONDON BRANCH
Branch lists and cheques have been sent
to the Branch Treasurers and the follow-up
cheques will be issued in January 2015 to
include any membership fees received
after September 2014.
Thank you to the efficient Branch
Treasurers for confirmations, advice and
patience.
Insurance: Westland Insurance has
provided the following elaboration of the
ORMTA insurance policy:
“-The 3rd party General Liability
insurance ($5,000,000) covers those
members of ORMTA who are teaching or
sponsoring recitals, concerts, workshops,
either for one-on-one or a group, and
covers them if they were negligent in
some way that caused injury to those
attending or damage to the premises in
which they were operating.
-The Tenants Legal Liability additional
coverage ($500,000) is primarily for those
who rent premises for the purpose of
a business venture. The purpose is to
protect the tenant against a financial
hardship if they caused damages to
the property of others due to their
negligence. An example would be,
if the tenant had too many electrical
appliances plugged in and it overloaded
the electrical system, causing a short
which in turn caused a fire, damaging
both the location in which the tenant
was occupying as well as other parts
of the building. The Tenants Legal
Liability would repair the unit in which
was occupied by the tenant and the
Comprehensive General Liability would
repair any damage done to the other part
of the building. There are other examples,
however the main item to remember is
that it only covers damage to the teachers
rented space and only if they were proven
negligent.”
Branch levies included in the
membership fee invoice: Branch
treasurers have provided very positive
feedback.
18 branches accepted the courtesy
offer from the Province to collect the
branch levy on their behalf: AjaxPickering, Central Toronto, EtobicokeMississauga, Hamilton-Halton, Kingston,
Kitchener-Waterloo, Markham-Stouffville,
Newmarket, Niagara Falls, North
Toronto, North York-York Region, Ottawa
Region, Oshawa District, Oxford CountyWoodstock, Peterborough, Timmins,
Thunder Bay and Windsor-Essex County.
The Special Projects fee is a mandatory
fee. It is a small portion of the Provincial
fee designated annually for a specific
project or event. The chosen 2014-15
Special Project: ORMTA Promotions.
Thank you to the following individuals, branches and corporations for their sponsorship and
generous donations to the 2014 O!Canada! Provincial Convention. The support was stellar.
Ajax-Pickering Branch of ORMTA
Belleville Branch ORMTA
Brantford Branch ORMTA
Chatham-Kent Branch ORMTA
Etobicoke-Mississauga Branch ORMTA
Hamilton-Halton Branch ORMTA
Hanover-Walkerton Branch ORMTA
Kingston Branch ORMTA
Kitchener-Waterloo Branch ORMTA
London Branch ORMTA
Newmarket & Area Branch ORMTA
Niagara Falls Branch ORMTA
North Bay Branch ORMTA
North York-York Region Branch ORMTA
Oshawa & District Branch ORMTA
Ottawa Region Branch ORMTA
Owen Sound Branch ORMTA
Sarnia Branch ORMTA
Scarborough Branch ORMTA
Nancy Dale, Provincial Treasurer
Thunder Bay Branch ORMTA
Timmins Branch ORMTA
Jean Collins
Judy Home
Sandra Pisani
Court Stone Memorial scholarship
Craig Ferguson (Hugheen Ferguson
Scholarship)
June McBey Memorial Scholarship
Frederick Harris Co
MYC (Music for Young Children)
PCMA (Past Council Members’
Association)
PTG (Piano Technicians Guild-Toronto
Chapter)
RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music)
Ultimate Theory-Glory St Germain
Yamaha Canada
Bridgman & Durksen Accounting
PO Box 1639 Niagara-on-the-Lake ON L0S 1J0
Charline Farrell
Sue Jones
Tracy Lai
Sandra Menard
Jane Ripley
Alison Farrell Vince
Canadian Opera Company
Chris Hadfield
Heritage Canada
National Ballet of Canada
Nota Bene Baroque Players K-W
Shaw Festival
Stratford Festival
The Leading Note Inc
The Personal Insurance Co.
TIFF
Timmins Pianoforte Studio
Via Rail Canada
[email protected]
NOTES Fall 2014
33
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[email protected]
MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES
Don’t let unpaid fees impede
opportunities for your students!
Every year, ORMTA gives out many prizes to the
winners of our Music Writing competition and the
Provincial Student/Young Artist competitions.
We also give the ORMTA Pedagogy Award to the
student who has obtained the highest mark in the
written portion of the Associate Pedagogy exam.
Only students of ORMTA teachers who are members
in good standing (all dues paid in full) will be
considered for any awards that are given by ORMTA.
It is sad to say, but in the past students have missed
out on opportunities to win prizes because their
teachers’ dues have been in arrears. Please take
this into consideration when it is time to pay your
membership dues this coming spring.
34
NOTES Fall 2014
ORMTA Provincial Council 2014-2015
Executive
PRESIDENT
Frank Horvat - 24 Louisa St., Toronto, M8V 2K6; Phone: 416-354-2633
CFMTA Delegate
FIRST
VICE PRESIDENT
Elizabeth Tithecott – 34 Gladstone Ave., Chatham, N7L 2C1; Phone: 519-351-6387
Convention, Finance Chair
PAST PRESIDENT
Sue Jones - 259 Crocus Ave., Ottawa, K1H 6E7; Phone: 613-523-5317
Performance Competitions; CFMTA Delegate
TREASURER
Nancy Dale - Box 1639; (58 Shakespeare Ave.); Niagara – on – the - Lake; L0S 1J0
Phone: 905-468-5639
NOTES Advertising
SECRETARY-REGISTRAR
Ron Spadafore - Box 635 Timmins, P4N 7G2; Phone: 705-267-1224 Fax: 705-264-0978
Office Hours - Monday - Friday - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Zone Representatives
CENTRAL
(year 1) Susan Robinson - 147 Brookside Cr.; Kitchener, N2N 1H2 Phone: 519-742.4129
Young Artist Tour
EASTERN
(year 2) Judy Home - 4-110 Mary St. West; Whitby; L1N 8M5; Phone: 905-665-8484;
Cell: 905-903-8484; E Mail: [email protected]
Bylaws
GREATER TORONTO
(year 1) Alice Dearden - 2 Norval St., Toronto, M6N 3Z2; Phone: 416-763-0490
Canada Music Week/Music Writing Competition
(year 1) Irene Fong Leung - Box 23552 Dexter, 5899 Leslie St., Willowdale, M2H 1J0;
Phone: 416 496-9680; E Mail: [email protected]
Affiliate Teacher Liaison
(year 1) Eric Shaw - 172 Redpath Ave.; Toronto; M4P 2K6; Phone: 416-884-4846
Membership
NORTH CENTRAL
(year 3) Tracy Lai - 2754 Dempster Ave., Innisfil; L9S 1C1; Phone: 705-436-2236
Advertising
NORTH EAST
(year 1) Frances Balodis - 1204 Ed Briese Rd. (Ullswater) R. R. #1 Utterson; P0B 1M0;
Phone: 705-769-3449; E Mail: [email protected]
Fundraising
NORTH WEST
(year 2) Kathy Schmidt - 588 Riverview Dr.; Thunder Bay; P7C 1R7; Phone: 807-577-6999
Professional Development
OTTAWA REGION
(year 1) Tania Granata - 89 Switch Grass; Nepean; K2J 5Z3; Phone: 613-447-2618
ORMTA Contribution to Teaching Award
(year 3) Sandra Menard - 6023 Meadowglen Drive, Ottawa, K1C 5V4; Phone: 613-834-3052
ORMTA Pedagogy Award
SOUTHERN
(year 1) Jacqueline Huffman-Krisza - 1026 Earl Cres.; Burlington: L7T 3P9;
Phone: 905-333-3128; E Mail: [email protected]
College/University Liaison)
WESTERN
(year 6) Elizabeth Tithecott - 34 Gladstone Ave., Chatham, N7L 2C1; Phone: 519-351-6387
Convention, Finance Chair
MEMBER AT LARGE
(year 2) Ian Green - 214 Huxley Ave. South; Hamilton; L8K 2R3; Phone: 905-483-2776
Email: [email protected]
Communications
BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Nancy Hughes, Derek Oger, Third Member TBA
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