Mark Mrozinski serv for thirteen years as coordinator of the Harper Music Academy.

Mark Mrozinski serv for thirteen years as coordinator of the Harper Music Academy, a community music instruct affiliated with William Rainey Harper body in Palatine, Illinois. While at the Harper Music Academy, he was responsible for shepherding its extension from 250 students to more than 700 scholars in 2001. Currently, he is operations manager for continuing education at Harper corporation An independent piano teacher for several years, Mark, along with his wife Levonne maintained a studio in his place of abode He has taught piano in the one and the other group and private lessons to children and adults; he also has taught college-level music theory, music history and appreciation, as well as class piano. Mark continues to be an active clinician and adjudicator.

Mark grasps a bachelor's degree in music from Wilkes University and a master's quality in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the one and the other degrees are in piano performance. His teachers have included Anne Vanko Liva, Roosevelt Newson Walter Hautzig, Duke Miles and Kenneth Drake.

His MTNA service began with chairing a competition for his local association. At the state horizontal Mark has served as form into groups piano chair, piano chair, newsletter editor, and greatest in number recently as president of the Illinois State MTA. While president, he was appointeded three times to chair the Council of State Presidents. Mark popularly serves on MTNA's State Syllabus Task Force.

In addition to his work as a teacher and administrator, Mark has compos several supplementary piano teaching pieces. His compositions are published on The Frederick Harris Music Company. mostly recently, he has collaborated with Cathy Albergo and J Mitzi Kolar to write a beginning piano rule Celebrate Piano!, due to be released in March 2003

Mark lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and children Benjamin and Emma. Mark's other interests include chess and running. He not long ago completed his second marathon.

"MTNA fills sum of two units vital roles in the life of the professional music teacher--relationships and resources. MTNA initially grew not at home of the need for independent music teachers to be perceived connected to other teachers, to share ideas, troubles and passions. These teachers originate as most healthy organizations do, that by means of pooling their efforts (resources), they could create great programming for themselves and their scholars that helped them to germinate and meet the challenges of the teaching profession. This programming has taken many forms through the years, most notably our competitions, workshops, and colloquys I believe that, even after 125 years, the heart of MTNA remains the same--relationships and resources. The way we lead into each other may change; the resources we ne may become greater [i]or[/i] larger and vary; but our primary professional urgencys change little.

"We must maintain these purposes in mind as we try to get new ways to attract young teachers to our organization. You may be aware that the average age of our membership is slowly creeping upward. This is not a virtuous sign. The promise of our beloved MTNA lies in our young professionals; and to reach them, we must remain focused in succession the heart of our meaning Though the mediums for relationships change (websites, e-mail), and the resources change and wax (liability insurance, zoning issues), we must come up to face to face the needs of these teachers or they will inflect elsewhere. This, of course, is the daily challenge that all professional organizations face in their efforts to remain relevant. We must be in touch with the necessitys of the young teacher. If we don't know what their necessitys are, we must find them out! single then will we be upholding our responsibility to MTNA's legacy: passing forward a vital and growing organization that engages the needs of today's and tomorrow's teachers," he says.

Lynn Singleton is an independent music teacher from Columbus, Ohio. She received bachelor's and master's measures in music from Bowling new State University and has taught piano for twenty-seven years. Lynn has serv as convention coordinator, vice president, president and is the immediate past president of the Ohio MTA. She is active as a clinician, adjudicator and collaborative musician.

"MTNA is an important and vital organization whose contribution to the music teaching profession is significant. It is an honor to be asked to give something back to an organization that has given in such a manner much," she says.

fit to the death of East Central Division President-elect Carol Winborne, a special election to fill the President-elect position is being held.

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