Mission:
The New York State Music Teachers Association is dedicated to furthering the art of music and promoting the professional development of its members by providing programs that support teaching, performance, composition and research.
NYSMTA Profile:
Included in our membership are the independent music teachers who build the broad base of America's musical life, the faculty members of some of the finest music schools, and some of the concert artists of today and tomorrow. As a state affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association, NYSMTA members enjoy all of the benefits of MTNA, and may also enter students in auditions and competitions held annually at state, division, and national levels.
Our State Officers and Chairs, along with the Local District Chairs and members are dedicated to the NYSMTA mission -- to provide and promote the art of music, both in schools as well as professionally. Board members are selected based on professional experience in music and a commitment to serve their community of colleagues.
President
Jacob Ertl
President-Elect
Tomoko Uchino
Immediate Past-President
Hendry Wijaya, NCTM
Vice-President for Competitions
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Vice-President for Conferences
Mary Holzhauer
Deborah Martin
Vice-President for Membership
Stephanie Mercer
Vice-President for Professional Activities
Pej Reitz
Maura E Hall
Treasurer
Gary L Palmer
Secretary
Gary Fisher
- Past Presidents
2022 to 2024 – Jacob Ertl
2020 to 2022 – Hendry Wijaya, NCTM
2018 to 2020 – Beverly Smoker
2015 to 2018 – Ruthanne Schempf, NCTM
2014 to 2015 – Emily W. Boyce, NCTM
2012 to 2014 – Christine Johannsen
2010 to 2012 – Denise Michelle Ivanoff
2008 to 2010 – Richard R. Hihn
2006 to 2008 – Gary Fisher
2004 to 2006 – Diane L. Birr
2002 to 2004 – Zelma Bodzin
2000 to 2002 – Deborah S. Martin
1998 to 2000 – Neva S. Pilgrim
1996 to 1998 – Deirdre O’Donohue
1994 to 1996 – Elier Suarez
1992 to 1994 – Sr. Dorothy A. Flood
1990 to 1992 – Michael Merolla
1988 to 1990 – Bertha Lang
1986 to 1988 – Barbara Woods
1982 to 1986 – Wilma Machover
1978 to 1982 – Hadassah Sahr
1977 to 1978 – Ludwig Sheffield (acting)
1974 to 1977 – Robert G. Hobstetter
1970 to 1974 – Ludwig Sheffield
1967 to 1970 – T. Richard Patterson
1963 to 1967 – Ruth Burgess
1961 to 1963 – Fay Templeton Frish
Our State Officers and Chairs, along with the Local District Chairs and members are dedicated to the NYSMTA mission -- to provide and promote the art of music, both in schools as well as professionally. Board members are selected based on professional experience in music and a commitment to serve their community of colleagues.
DISTRICT 1
Manhattan-Bronx:
Amber Liao
DISTRICT 2
Brooklyn-Queens-Staten Island:
Cynthia Macias
DISTRICT 3
Nassau-Suffolk:
Alexander Peskanov
DISTRICT 4
Westchester-Rockland-Putnam:
Andrew Marino
DISTRICT 5
Hudson-Catskill:
Carolyn Topliff
DISTRICT 6
Capitol Region:
Akina Yura
DISTRICT 7
Southern Tier:
Deborah Martin
DISTRICT 9
Great Syracuse:
Bernadette Kessler
DISTRICT 10
Buffalo-Niagara:
Lily Li
DISTRICT 11
Northern Region:
Kathryn Sherman
DISTRICT 12
Greater Rochester:
Tasha George-Hinnant
Our State Officers and Chairs, along with the Local District Chairs and members are dedicated to the NYSMTA mission -- to provide and promote the art of music, both in schools as well as professionally. Board members are selected based on professional experience in music and a commitment to serve their community of colleagues.
Archivist
Gary Fisher
Certification
Laura Amoriello
Chapin Grant
Michael Merolla
Citations
Michael Merolla
Collegiate Faculty and Student Chapters
Jacob Ertl
Commissioned Composer
Christine Johannsen
Lecture Forum
Janice Nimetz
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MUSICLINK
NYSMTA has been a long term partner of the MusicLink Foundation. MusicLink began as a program of the Virginia MTA.MusicLink links students in financial need with professional music teachers who volunteer to teach on partial or full scholarships for as long as these students continue to be motivated to learn.