2006 Friends of Canadian Music Call for Nominations

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The following is excerpted from the Call for Nominations for the 2006 Friends of Canadian Music Award:

Performers, orchestras, administrators, broadcasters, journalists, teachers, composers or others who have demonstrated an outstanding and exceptional dedication to Canadian composers’ and their music are eligible, however an individual’s compositional or educational activity in itself are not eligible.

An individual or group may submit nominations, however self-nomination is not eligible. Also, current staff and members of both the CMC and CLC Board of Directors are not eligible for the award.

Nominators must create a separate entry for each nominee, if they are nominating more than one candidate. The following items must be provided:

• a statement or letter of up to two pages describing what the nominee has achieved and done to support Canadian composers and their music and why the nominee is deserving of the Friends of Canadian Music Award.
• a current one-page biography of the nominee;
• no more than three letters of support

Please forward all materials to:

Steven W. Foster, Development & Communications Administrator
Canadian Music Centre
20 St. Joseph Street,
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1J9

Applications must be postmarked by September 28, 2006.