Music for Young Children’s 30th International Composition Festival had 6,217 MYC students taking part in Canada, the U.S., Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. Compositions are judged within their level in four different regions – Western Canada (BC, AB, SK, MB), Eastern Canada (ON, PQ, NS, NB, PEI, NF), United States, Asia & New Zealand (South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam). The eight first place (eight different age levels) International winners each receive $250.
According to Frances Balodis,
MYC Composition Chairperson and founder of
Music for Young Children, “Compositions don’t have to be long! Four measures can make a great composition. It’s the motive and how it is creatively handled that makes it. Some interest in the left hand, some variety in the rhythms, some notation about the dynamics and some guidance about the tempo – these are all important.”
Roxanne McGahey, Coordinator for central and eastern United States and guest judge “What was amazing was the caliber of all of the compositions – especially when you keep in mind that many of these children just began lessons in September”.
Approximately 1,000 students sent in their artwork for the Composition Festival sticker and student Sachin Arun Murthy’s artwork was chosen. Sachin is in Sunbeams 2 and a student of Angela Ang in Singapore. Kanata artist Dorothy Hayter enjoys the job of choosing the art for the composition sticker every year.
Roland Canada sponsors the
Music for Young Children Composition Festival and provided five Roland pianos. Roland truly demonstrates a dedication to music education through their fine instruments and through their support of this composition festival.
In business for 37 years,
Music for Young Children is taught to 24,000 students annually across Canada, the United States, New Zealand, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia. For more information phone 800-561-1692 or visit
www.myc.com.
We greatly appreciate and recognize our sponsors
Roland Canada and Trico evolution.
Janice Reade, Public Relations in Ottawa 613-592-7565.
International Winners 2017
Sunshine 1
1. Olivia Hilscher
Rosie Bowsie ss1-rosie-bowsie rose-bowsie
2. Liam Schwenk
Flying in My Dreams ss1-flying-in-my-dreams flying-in-my-dreams
3. Dulaine Jayartne
Double Decker Bus ss1-double-decker-bus double-decker-bus
4. Emma Lee
My Little Rabbit ss1-my-little-rabbit my-little-rabbit
Sunshine 2
1. Caleb Ong
Lazy Sunday ss2-lazy-sunday lazy-sunday
2. Liam Hamilton
All About Ducks ss2-all-about-ducks all-about-ducks
3. Jayden Nazarali
Fast Cars ss2-fast-cars fast-cars
4. Cassandra Valdez
Butterfly Oh Butterfly ss2-butterfly-oh-butterfly butterfly
Sunbeams 1
1. Selah Rowan
Inked Spring Grass Passion sb1-inked-spring-grass-passion inked-spring-grass-passion
2. Saniyah Bhaloo
Sneaky Cat sb1-sneaky-cat sneaky-cat
3. Tan Yi Rou
My Happy Day sb1-my-happy-day my-happy-day
4. Bobbie Lathrop
My Stuffed Unicorn sb1-my-stuffed-unicorn my-stuffed-unicorn
Sunbeams 2
1. Weston Kruk
Return to Dreamland sb2-return-to-dreamland return-to-dreamland
2. Aevan Aadya Aron
Tweet Goodnight sb2-tweet-goodnight tweet-goodnight
3. Timothy James Lee
Shark sb2-shark shark
4. Brady Kao Summer Song sb2-summer-song summmer-song
Sunbeams 3
1. Tobias Loewen
Taming a Cobra sb3-taming-a-cobra taming-a-cobra
2. Erica Peters
Going to Hawaii sb3-going-to-hawaii going-to-hawaii
3. Huh Inseong
Vaulting (Artistic gymnastic) sb3-vaulting vaulting
4. Zaiden Bergen
Day at the Beach sb3-day-at-the-beach day-at-the-beach
Moonbeams 1
1. Andrei Duboy
Red Pandas Playing mb1-red-pandas-playing red-pandas-playing
2. Shahae Wiebe
My Bunny mb1-my-bunny my-bunny
3. Lyndsay Mehlin
Spring Camping mb1-spring-camping spring-camping
4. Suh Jinho
A Caterpillar that wants to be a Butterfly mb1-a-caterpillar-that-wants-to-be-a-butterfly a-caterpillar-that-wants-to-be-a-butterfly
Moonbeams 2
1. Liam Marshall
Star Destroyers mb2-star-destroyers star-destroyers
2. Hannah Bergman
Playful Puppy mb2-playful-puppy playful-puppy
3. Donovan Ng Kuok Phing
I am Lonely mb2-i-am-lonely i-am-lonely
4. Lyric Babcock
Pokemon Powers mb2-pokemon-powers pokemon-powers
Moonbeams 3
1. Charmaine Ong
Dance of the Pygamy Hippo mb3-dance-of-the-pygamy-hippo dace-of-the-pygamy-hippo
2. Cordelia Whitlow
Warriors Waltz mb3-warriors-waltz warriors-waltz
3. Charlotte Riddle
Jonah is Dancing mb3-jonah-is-dancing jonah-is-dancing
4. Grace Olineck
Grace's Song mb3-graces-song graces-song
