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Canadian Music Competitions

The Canadian Music Competitions is a national, non-profit organization which has helding annual competitions at the local, provincial, and national levels for close to forty years. The CMC is run by volunteers with a national office in Montreal. There are 21 chapters from St. John's, Newfoundland to Vancouver, BC. Approximately 700 young people (ages 7 - 28) , nationwide, compete each year in Piano, Voice, Guitar, Strings, Winds and Chamber Music. The highest level is the biannual International Stepping Stone (ages 16 - 31). More than 80% of International Stepping Stone grand prize winners are now pursuing active solo careers internationally and 60% of the first prize winners have gone on to win prizes in International competitions.

Features:

• Candidates are grouped according to age and instrument
• An annual syllabus
• Candidates progress through three levels - local, provincial and national - if they achieve the necessary average at each level.
• Adjudicators include Canadian and foreign specialists in their musical fields. The same jury travels across the country for two months to grade performances by all entrants
• National Finals are usually held in a different city each year.A different jury is selected for the National Finals

Additional Information from:

The Canadian Music Competitions Inc.

Ontario Web Site: http://www.culturenet.ca/cmcomp/

• Closing date: November 22, 2000.
• CMC competitions in Calgary area:
  Information: (403) 236-3322
• CMC competitions in Toronto area:
  Information: (416) 441-4072 or (416) 481-9229.
• CMC National Finals 2001 and the International Stepping Stone.
• Gala Concert.

Updated September 19, 2000