The donors of this scholarship were all Piano Teachers, and their wish was that the scholarship be given for Piano Pedagogy.

The applicant must have completed one of the following:

• Conservatory Canada Classical Piano Associate Teacher Diploma (ACCM): Applicant must have completed Practical exam Classical Piano Associate (Teacher), co-requisite theory (Theory 7A, Theory 7B, History 7), and Piano Pedagogy 7. The award will be based on the Piano Pedagogy exam and the section C viva voce of the practical exam.

• Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM): applicant must have completed all three parts (teaching piano course, interactive (viva voce) exam, and corequisite piano certificate or practical exam). The award will be based on the combined marks received for the “teaching piano course” and the “interactive (viva voce) exam”. Preference will be given to applicants with advanced piano pedagogy. Intermediate piano pedagogy will only qualify when there is no advanced candidate.

  • Advanced Piano Pedagogy including 1 Teaching Advanced Piano Course, 2 Advanced Piano pedagogy Interactive (Viva voce), and 3 Advanced Piano Pedagogy Practical

  • Intermediate Piano Pedagogy including 1Teaching Intermediate Piano Course, 2 Intermediate Piano pedagogy Interactive (Viva voce), and 3 Corequisite level 10 piano Comprehensive Certificate.

  • Piano pedagogy diploma from another recognized musical institution

Where there is more than one exam component required for the certificate or diploma, the last exam must have been completed within the current twelve-month application period.