About the Award
Entry Deadline: November 1 & May 1
PURPOSE:
To encourage students to take their music out into the community.ELIGIBILITY:
Students of any age or level of music study, who is studying with a Saskatchewan Registered Music Teacher.
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SRMTA Community Music Award
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Before applying...
If the volunteer hours exceed the number of hours required for this level, begin another form for the next level.
Recipient can be an individual, institution, or organization. Hours should be shown to the nearest quarter of an hour.
The CMA Record Sheet can be used by students to keep track of volunteer hours. Verification is to be a signature by someone representing the recipient. The hours will still have to be entered into the online application form.
Certificates are issued twice yearly. Deadlines: May 1 and Nov 1
Certificates will be mailed to the SRMTA Member for distribution to the student.
Send completed form WITH A $5 PROCESSING FEE (make cheque payable to “Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association”):
SRMTA Community Music Award
c/o Box 2329
Martensville, SK S0K 2T0
Benefits to the Student & Community
- To give students recognition for sharing their music and encouraging a practical use for musical education.
- To take students out of the private music studio and their homes and into the musical community.
- To give students a greater awareness of how their music can be used throughout their lives.
- 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:
- Playing music at care homes, hospitals, or shut-ins.
- Taking a senior citizen to a concert.
- Helping with musical programs in churches.
- Helping with extracurricular music programs at schools.
- Assisting a music therapist.
- As a piano accompanist for voice or instrumental or ensembles.
- Helping with various tasks at music festivals.
- Volunteering at concerts with such activities as helping with programs, staging, lighting, etc.
- Providing music at a senior citizen luncheon.
A special thank you to the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers for sharing these ideas with us.
Individual teachers will be responsible for circulating the Record Sheets to students and forwarding the completed forms to SRMTA.
Past Winners
- 2025 Gold Award
Taylor Singer – (West Central) - Silver Award
Dausha Ilyasov (West Central) - 2024 Gold Award
Lily Penner – (South East) - Bronze Award
Jaxon Leschinski - 2023 Gold Award
Goeoyuan Thomas Cheng - Bronze Award
Kera Savostianik - 2022 Gold Award
Kolby Zagoruy - 2021 Gold Award
Alice Li - 2020 Gold Award
Kolby Zagoruy - 2019 Gold Awards
Ekaterina Ilyasov, Kolby Zagoruy
Bronze Award
Marjorie Moldon - 2017 Gold Awards
Luke Shevkenek, Will Shevkenek, Kolby Zagoruy - 2016 Gold Award
Emily Goring (Biggar)
Bronze Award
Kolby Zagoruy (Biggar) - 2012 Silver Award
Ben Cloutier, Swift Current
Bronze Awards
Marissa van Staveren, Kayla Gallinger, Nicole Wagner (North Battleford), Destiny Hammel (West Central) - 2011 Gold Awards
Katja Meszaros (West Central), Kathryn Sarauer (East Central), Joshua Amendt-Moylan (East Central)
Silver Awards
Kelsey Hammond (West Central), Jessica Carruthers (West Central)
Bronze Award
Ben Cloutier (Swift Current)
