Eligibility

Competitors must be:

• a student of an ARMTA member in good standing and must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. 

Deadlines and Application Procedures

• Entries must be neat and legible, handwritten in black ink, or computer-generated printouts. It is recommended that entries be submitted using the online application on the ARMTA website, but they may be submitted by regular mail. Please contact the ARMTA Student Composer Competition convenor for an application form. Faxed or e-mailed entries cannot be accepted.
• Each entry must be the work of the person named as entrant, or it will be disqualified. Manuscripts must be written out by the entrant or computer-generated, except that preparatory and category A entries may be copied out by others if needed.
• The entrant must be the correct age for the category entered as of June 1st of the current year, and be a student of an ARMTA member in good standing. Use the student’s age as of June 1st of the current year to determine the entry category.
• The entrant’s name and address must appear on each composition or its title page. Please write in the measure number at the start of each line. Tempo markings, dynamics, and other appropriate editing should be included.
• An entrant may submit one or more works, and enter both classes of category A or B if desired, but must keep to a single age category.
• Entrants moving after April 1st must notify the ARMTA Student Composer Competition convenor of their new address.
• Entries must be submitted online or received by April 1st of the current year. The online form and application fee must be submitted, or a fully completed form and the proper provincial fee must accompany each application entered by regular mail.
• In each category (and each class of category A and B), first, second, third and honourable mention standings may be awarded by the adjudicator.  Cash awards are given to first place winners. Award cheques must be cashed within thirty days of receipt. Each provincial entry will receive a written adjudication and certificate of participation, and if hard copy compositions were submitted by regular mail, they will be returned to the student. Provincial results will be determined by June 1st and students will receive their certificates and adjudications by regular mail after results have been processed by the convenor, usually before the end of June depending on the overall number of entries.
• Provincial first place winners in each category will be entered into the CFMTA National Student Composer Competition (deadline: June 1st of the current year). The ARMTA Student Composer Composition convenor will be responsible for entering winning provincial works in the national competition. ARMTA will pay the national entry fees. At the national level, only first place awards are given.  All decisions are final. The results of the CFMTA National Student Composer Competition are usually released near the end of August.
• ARMTA and CFMTA reserve the right to display or otherwise use a winning work for publicity purposes. All other rights remain with the entrant.

NOTE: Only winners of the Provincial Student Composer Competition can enter the CFMTA Competition.