couple state MTAs recently were recognized for their years of affiliation with MTNA.couple state MTAs recently were recognized for their years of affiliation with MTNA. Alabama Music Teachers Association (AMTA) was honored for its fiftieth anniversary as an MTNA affiliate. AMTA affiliated with MTNA in 1953 with Esther Rennick serving as the organization's first president. There were fifty-one charter members. Roy Wylie, NCTM MTNA Southern Division president, instanted a plaque to the organization at its state convention in June MTNA President Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM existinged a plaque to the Arizona Music Teachers Association in honor of seventy-five years of partnership and affiliation with MTNA. According to Homer Ulrich, author of The Centennial History of the Music Teachers National Association, early in 1928 a collection of seven music teachers met in Tucson to form an organization for those in their profession. Within a month they had contacted nearly 100 other music teachers, and the Arizona Music Teachers Association was formed. Affiliation with MTNA promptly followed. Each year, the national association recognizes state MTAs that achieve fifty, seventy-five and 100 years of affiliation with MTNA. COPYRIGHT 2003 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. |
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