| Kentucky Music Teachers Association Affiliated with Music Teachers National Association KMTA is a nonprofit educational organization representing music teachers in studios, conservatories, music schools, public schools, private schools, colleges, and universities. The purpose of KMTA is to further music education in the state of Kentucky and to nurture growth and professional development by providing programs that encourage and support teaching, performance, composition, and research. TAKE A LOOK INSIDE! Take a few minutes to browse. Click on any of the tabs above to find out more about KMTA activities. Let us know if you have any questions, and thanks for visiting! |
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| Certification News Congratulations to Dr. Lenore Schmidt, our newest Kentucky Certified Teacher of Music (KCTM), who was awarded the KMTA Master Certificate in Piano in May 2011. Leonore Schmidt currently teaches piano at the Academy of Music at St. Francis in the Fields in Louisville. She holds degrees from Ithaca College, The University of Michigan, and Florida State University. Her teaching career includes faculty appointments at Ithaca College, The University of Virginia, Meredith College (Raleigh, NC), Rhodes College (Memphis, TN), the University of Memphis, and Washington State University, where she was Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Master in Teaching degree program before moving to Louisville in 2009. In 2007, she received the Washington State University Student Choice Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Schmidt has also served as Dean of Faculty and Students at the Westchester Conservatory of Music, White Plains, New York. She is currently president of the Greater Louisville Music Teachers Association and a member of the KMTA Executive Board. For more information on MTNA Certification, click here. For more information on KMTA Certification, click here. |
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| MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of the Kentucky Music Teachers Association is to advance the value of music study, music making, and music appreciation and enjoyment to Kentuckians and to support the professionalism of Kentucky music teachers. VISION STATEMENT: The Kentucky MTA believes music study is integral to the education, development, and enhancement of each Kentuckian, and the rich cultural history of the Commonwealth is ideal for the promotion of individual, collective, and diverse artistic expression. To lead our state in this vision, Kentucky MTA will: 1) improve the level of professionalism within the field of applied music teaching 2) help the public readily identify competent music teachers in their communities 3) support programs to financially assist music teachers and students with their educational pursuits 4) advocate for the support of music and music education 5) foster programs that provide diverse high quality musical experiences 6) support local associations and student chapters by providing incentive funding programs and grant information Approved Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Constitution |
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