PURPOSE: To encourage students to take their music out into the community.
ELIGIBILITY: Students of any age or level of music study, who is studying with a Saskatchewan Registered Music Teacher.

BENEFITS TO THE STUDENT AND THE COMMUNITY:

1. To give students recognition for sharing their music and encouraging a practical use for the musical education.
2. To take students out of the private music studio and their home and into the musical community.
3. To give students a greater awareness of how their music can be used throughout their lives.
4. To give a student a goal to strive for, regardless of musical capabilities.

VOLUNTEERING SUGGESTIONS: Musical volunteering ideas are not to be judged and might include:

1. Playing music at care homes, hospitals, or to shut-ins.
2. Taking a senior citizen to a concert.
3. Helping with musical programs in churches.
4. Helping with extracurricular music programs at schools.
5. Assisting a music therapist.
6. As a piano accompanist for singer(s) or instrumentalists.
7. Helping with various tasks at music festivals.
8. Volunteering at concerts with such activities as helping with programs, staging, lighting, etc.
9. Providing music at a senior citizen luncheon.

AWARD LEVELS:

     GOLD CERTIFICATE: 35 hours from Silver Certificate plus 25 hours = 60 hours
     SILVER CERTIFICATE:  10 hours from Bronze Certificate plus 25 hours = 35 hours
     BRONZE CERTIFICATE:  requires 10 hours


A special thank you to the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers for sharing this idea with us.

Individual teachers will be responsible for circulating the Record Sheets to students and forwarding the completed forms to SRMTA.

Certificates are issued twice a year.  Deadlines for submission are May 1 and Nov 1. Please include a $2.00 processing fee with submissions.

For more information please contact:
Sarah Clark Gregory
Box 1124
Watrous, SK   S0K 4T0
(306) 946-2160
sclarkgreg@yahoo.ca

May 2011
Gold Awards:
    Katja Meszaros, West Central
    Kathryn Sarauer, East Central
    Joshua Amendt-Moylan, East Central

Silver Awards:
    Kelsey Hammond, West Central
    Jessica Carruthers, West Central
 
Bronze Awards:
    Ben Cloutier, Swift Current