2026 Adjudicators

Mary Ann Fratia earned her B.Mus.Ed. and B.Ed degrees from the University of Toronto and her Masters of Music Education from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Mary Ann has served as Head of Music and taught instrumental, choral, instrumental and vocal jazz courses for over 30 years, served as the Arts/Music Coordinator for the Peel DSB and has taught and authored many music education (K-12), assessment and integrated arts courses for pre-service educators as well as been their practicum coordinator
at York University, OISE/UT (Masters of Teaching program), Toronto Metropolitan University and Ontario Tech University over. She has worked as a TVO Kids Music Education Consultant and has taught numerous Music AQ/ABQ courses at York U, OISE/UT and more recently, at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Oscar Peterson School) where she also presently serves as the Teacher Education Coordinator. Mary Ann has been the recipient of numerous awards: Ontario Music Educators’ Honorary Life Membership Award, Outstanding Teaching/Conducting Awards (Ontario Band Association), Awards of Excellence (Peel DSB), Teacher Recognition Award (OSSTF), Outstanding Contribution to Jazz Education Award (IAJE) and has been twice-nominated for the Undergraduate Teaching Award (York U). She has conducted numerous award-winning instrumental, choral and jazz, rock combos and ensembles, served as an adjudicator at many music festivals across Ontario and Nova Scotia, as well as been a regular contributor to many provincial and national music education journals while also serving on many committees such as numerous OMEA Conference committees, Canadian Band Association: Time to Share and the Coalition for Music for Music Education in Canada.