2025 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. She has studied trumpet with Stephen Chenette, Ronald Romm, Fred Mills of the Canadian Brass, and Mel Broiles, NY Metropolitan Opera as well as conducting with Dr. Harry Begian. Mary Ann has served as Head of Music and taught instrumental (concert band, strings, percussion, guitar), choral, instrumental and vocal jazz courses, served as the Arts/Music Coordinator for the Peel DSB and has taught and authored many music education (P/J, J/I and I/S) , assessment and integrated arts courses for pre-service educators as well as been their practicum coodinator at York University, OISE/UT (Masters of Teaching program), Toronto Metropolitan University and Ontario Tech University over the last 12 years. 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). She 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.