The Canadian University Music Society is pleased to announce that Anika-France Forget is the recipient of the 2025 Student Composer Prize for her composition entitled Songs for Dark Winter: Two Songs for Cello and Piano.
Franco-Ontarian mezzo-soprano and composer Anika-France Forget has been noted for her passionate scores, lush harmonies, emotional questioning, and deeply felt synergy. Most recently, she completed an Intensive Profile Master’s in Composition with a full Arts Merit Scholarship from the University of Ottawa, under the tutelage of Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy.
Anika-France’s compositions have been performed throughout Canada, the United States, and the UK. In October 2024, she was invited as featured composer in the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Generation Composer’s Program. During this mentorship project, she worked alongside conductor Ron Royer and mentor Daniel Mehdizadeh. Her composition will be released on an SPO commercial album in the fall of 2025.