You’ve recently moved to beautiful Richmond, British Columbia, and are looking for music lessons. Perhaps your child is ready for piano lessons, or violin lessons, voice lessons, or even flute lessons. You might want to contact the BC Registered Music Teachers’ Association for some guidance. An experienced and qualified teacher offers a solid grounding in basics, which can affect the future of a student. Many students choose to learn music, and set milestones by examinations, recitals and performances. It also helps to know that by Level 6, 7 and Level 8, music students can use their music studies for Fine Arts credit in high school for Grade 10, 11 and 12. How do you find a qualified teacher in your area? The Richmond Branch has many registered members, each one of them qualified to teach your child. Just contact the BC Registered Music Teachers Association – Richmond Branch, namely us, and we can put you well on your way with a fully qualified experienced teacher.In British Columbia, a Registered Music Teacher (RMT) has a music teachers’ diploma or music degree, as well as recognized teaching experience. That means that a BC Registered Music Teacher is fully qualified and experienced to give your child music lessons.
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| May 1, 2019 | 9:30AM – General Meeting, 10:15AM – Guest Speaker: Roham Behmanesh – Art of Piano Tuning at Salvation Army (Richmond Community Church), 8280 Gilbert Road (map). |
| May 5, 2019 | Scholarship Recital – Presentation of Richmond Branch Scholarships, Winifred Proud Piano Scholarships, Richmond Branch Community Service Scholarships, Pre-Grade, General Recitals & Advanced Student Evening Recital at South Arm United Church, 11051 No. 3 Road (map) |
| May 18, 2019 | Rotary Hospice House (map) at 1:30pm |
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| May 10, 2019 |
CONGRATULATIONS to William Lin who got Honourable Mention in the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s 14th Biennial Young Composers’ Competition College/University Division. His piece “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” was performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir on May 10, 2019 at the Shaughnessy Heights United Church.
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| Sept 22, 2018 |
Congratulations to Qiyang Hong who represented the Richmond Branch at the BCRMTA Provincial
Piano Competition on September 22, 2018 in White Rock. Ms. Hong was awarded the Adjudicator’s
choice award for her excellent performance at the competition.
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| May 27, 2018 |
Congratulations to Chris Chu who won the Gold Medal in Division III of the 2018 Steinway Piano Competition.
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| May & Aug, 2018 |
Congratulations to William Lin who received First Place in the BCRMTA–CFMTA 2018 Student Composer Competition Division C for his piano piece titled “Prelude in E minor”. He also received Honourable Mention in the CFMTA Student Composer Competition (National level).
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| Aug 2017 |
Congratulations to William Lin who won High School Level 1st Place ($500) in the National CFMTA Essay Competition. You can read his essay “Integrating Music with STEM Education” here: http://www.cfmta.org/archive/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Integrating-Music-With-STEM-Education.pdf |
| July 18, 2017 |
Congratulations to our member, Jonathan Li, who has been accepted into the Bachelor of Music Program at the University of Victoria! He begins his studies this September 2017.
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| June 8, 2017 |
Congratulations to Chris Chu who won the Vancouver 2017 Kiwanis national group and also won the provincial second national piano competition among six areas.The pieces he played were Chopin Sonata No. 2 and Tchaikovsky b flat minor concerto, first movement. He will go to national final in August.
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| May 5, 2017 |
Congratulations to William Lin who got Honourable Mention & Best of BC prize ($100) in the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s 13th Biennial Young Composers’ Competition College/University Division. His piece “Erable rouge” was performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir on May 5, 2017 at the Ryerson United Church.
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| Jan 18, 2017 |
CONGRATS to WEN WANG
The recipient of the RCM National Gold Medal for Piano, Advanced Pedagogy, WEN WANG, has recently received another prestigious award from RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music). He was awarded the Gordon Hallett Memorial Scholarship of $1500 for receiving the “highest aggregate mark” (for a 2 year period) in Canada in the written and practical ARCT Teacher’s examinations.
Wen has also received the Richmond Branch scholarship for the ARCT in Pedagogy, and also the Provincial BCRMTA award for the highest aggregate mark in BC for the same exam. Part of this award was a membership in the RMT; Wen now belongs to the Richmond Branch of the BCRMTA.
(The Advanced Pedagogy level consists of 3 exams: Viva Voce, written, and a “practical” exam with pieces, technique, sight and ear. Aggregate is the combined mark of these exams.)
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| Nov 6, 2016 |
RCM 2016 Vancouver Convocation & Gold Medals Ceremony (Sunday 1pm at the Chan Shun Concert Hall at The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC) CONGRATS to the following students on achieving the highest level of excellence in the musical studies:
– 2016 Regional Gold Medallists:
a) Raymond Tian (Level 1 Guitar)
b) Maxwell Han-Fei Gao (Level 5 Piano)
c) Ning Yuan (Jenny) Jia (Level 6 Piano)
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| Sept 23, 2016 |
Congratulations to Angeni Wang, Richmond Branch’s representative in the BC Piano Competition held September 23 in Vancouver. Angeni was honoured to receive the Adjudicator’s Choice Award from competition adjudicator Dr. Peter Mack. |
| June 18 – 25, 2016 |
Member Matthew Chan recently was one of 8 participants in the Princeton (NJ) Festival Conducting Workshop under Dr. Jan Harrington. |
| May 4, 2016 |
Congratulations to our new member, Xuan Wen Wang, who received the BCRMTA Associate Teacher Award. |
| April & Sept 2016 |
Congratulations to Mina Stefanovic who received 1st Place in the BCRMTA-CFMTA 2016 Student Composer Competition Preparatory A (Provincial level). Her piece is “Teddy Bear’s Playground”. She also received 1st Place in the CFMTA Student Composer Competition (National level).
Congratulations to Matthieu Foresi who received 1st & 2nd Place in the BCRMTA-CFMTA 2016 Student Composer Competition Division A (Provincial level). His pieces are “The Island of Doom” & “Suite for Flute and Piano”. He also received 2nd Place in his piece “The Island of Doom” in the CFMTA Student Composer Competition (National level). |
| Nov 1, 2015 |
RCM 2015 Vancouver Convocation & Gold Medals Ceremony (Sunday 1pm at the Chan Shun Concert Hall at The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC) CONGRATS to the following students on achieving the highest level of excellence in the musical studies:
– NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL – Xuan Wen Wang (Piano – Advanced Pedagogy). He received the highest marks in Canada.
– 2015 Regional Gold Medallists:
a) Serena Ippel (Level 4 Flute)
b) Son Mi De (Level 8 Flute)
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| July 10, 2015 |
2015 National Piano Competition Final Round Results – 3rd Prize Winner: Linda Ruan – British Columbia. She also won the Marek Jablonski Prize for best performance of a Chopin Composition. |
| April 2015 |
Congratulations to William Lin who received First Place in the BCRMTA-CFMTA 2015 Student Composer Competition Division C. His piano piece titled “Pacific Rain”. |
| Sept 27, 2014 |
Congratulations to our BC Piano Competition Winner – Linda Ruan http://bcrmta.bc.ca/bc-piano-competition/ She’ll represent BCRMTA & compete in the CFMTA/FCAPM National Piano Competition (July 8-11, 2015) in Richmond, B.C. http://cfmtavancouver2015.com/competition/ |
| Aug 20, 2014 |
Fairchild TV Leisure talk – introducing BCRMTA: http://youtu.be/Uyx76jZgTa8?list=UUaOZ9pPCnZJDwrTHz_2hUww |
| Feb 1, 2013 |
News regarding our 1st Class Honours Recital Published on Richmond Review: http://www.richmondreview.com/entertainment/189290951.html |
