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About us
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Welcome to BC Registered Music Teachers
South Fraser Branch website
Our website features information about who we are, student events, choosing a teacher, and music-related community organizations.
Who are we?
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The Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Association is a nation-wide organisation of music teachers from each province in Canada. The BC Registered Teachers' Association represents experienced music teachers who hold recognised diplomas or degrees in music. Members in good standing are entitled to use the designation RMT.
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The South Fraser branch of the BC Registered Music Teachers' Association is 138 members strong - 12 of whom are Student teachers. Our teachers attend workshops to improve their skills and to inspire themselves to become better music teachers.
- Teachers in our organisation provide music lessons to students of all ages and levels. We are committed to continued professional development through workshops and seminars to provide the highest quality music lessons. We also work towards benefits for students and parents, such as campaigning for tax deductible lessons.
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We offer quality music lessons for many instruments – cello, clarinet, flute, forte piano, french horn, guitar, harp, organ, piano, trumpet, voice, viola, violin, and all levels of music theory and music history.
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South Fraser RMT teachers provide private music lessons in every area of the region, right in your neighborhood: Aldergrove, Burnaby, Cloverdale, Delta, Fort Langley, Guildford, Langley, Newton, New Westminster, Surrey, South Surrey, Tsawwassen, West Vancouver and White Rock. A full list of teachers is available under TEACHERS BY AREA.
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We teach in well equipped studios with quality instruments, music lending libraries, and a full range of other resources such as CD’s and DVD’s.
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We teach a wide range of programs, from Music for Young Children and the Suzuki method to conservatory exam preparation for Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada Conservatory, BC Conservatory of Music, Victoria Conservatory of Music, London College of Music, Trinity College and Associated Board. We can choose the program and type of exam for individual students that best suits their needs.
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We are music professionals with a wide range of experience, from teaching and performing to adjudicating at festivals and examining across the country. We provide our students with many opportunities to perform in public, at such events as the Canada Music Week recital, Masterclasses, community events, competitions and festivals, and we volunteer to provide further educational experiences with nationally recognized adjudicators at our South Fraser Music Festival. This Festival is designed specifically to benefit students of all levels and abilities, while also encouraging excellence for those who choose to compete seriously.
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History
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BCRMTA South Fraser Branch
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The South Fraser Branch was officially formed in February 1963 as “Surrey District Branch”, after having operated for 4 years as a division of the Vancouver Branch. There were 9 members on the first roster.
In 1999, the name was changed to South Fraser Branch to reflect the areas where our teachers live and teach -- Surrey, North Delta, Langley, Fort Langley, White Rock, South Delta, New Westminster and Burnaby.
Our largest branch project for over the past 50 years has been our annual Music Festival which has grown from one afternoon of piano solos to its current 1300 entries in piano, strings, brass and woodwind. This festival, (only available to South Fraser members), held in the last two weeks of February, is organized and run totally by our volunteer members as we host top adjudicators from both BC and Alberta.
The South Fraser branch is the second-largest branch of Registered Music Teachers (RMT) in BC, a non-profit organization dedicated to volunteer activities for students and teacher enrichment programs and workshops. The BCRMTA represents British Columbia branches at the national level (Canadian Federation of Music Teacher Associations or CFMTA) with over 20,000 teachers across the country.
Our Branch meets 5 times a year at Newton Fellowship Church, 7328-144 Street, Surrey, with an average of 50 teachers attending. Most meetings include an informative workshop. These workshops are open to our Student Teachers for free and to music teachers who are non-members at a charge of $10.
Other events include senior master classes, Student Recitals and house concerts given by our performing teachers, and showcase Mall events to raise money for our Festival Scholarship fund.
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