About CAMTA
CAMTA is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes:
a) to provide sholarships for talented students who deserve recognition, encouragement, and financial support;
b) to promote professional development of CAMTA members throught regular and special meetings devoted to workshops, panels, lectures, forums, recitals, and sponsorship of music-related activities;
c) to provide music-related opportunities for students of CAMTA members;
d) to act as the coordinator between the individual teacher and MMTA;
e) to promote the highest ideals of professional ethics.
History
The Capital Area Music Teachers Association was formed in 1987 when two organizations, the Lansing Piano Teachers Guild and the Greater Lansing Chapter of Michigan Music Teachers Association, joined forces.
The Piano Teachers Guild was an old and distinguished organization whose membership included the finest piano teachers in the Lansing area. The primary purpose was to mentor new teachers, and monthly recitals were a mainstay. The MMTA Greater Lansing Chapter was a newer group organized in the 1940′s around the ideas of Dr. Roy Underwood of Michigan State University. This group was open to all teachers of music but set high standards for members, including the requirement that teachers be MMTA-certified within five years.
In 1986, the presidents of these two institutions, Norma McDermid (Guild) and Eileen Keel (Greater Lansing) began discussing the consolidation of the two groups. After much discussion, presentations to each group, and the creation of new by-laws, this was accomplished in 1987. Each member of both organizations received a charter membership in CAMTA, given by the 1987 MTNA President Sigfred Matson and MMTA President Jill Christian.
CAMTA is affiliated with the Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA) and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).
a) to provide sholarships for talented students who deserve recognition, encouragement, and financial support;
b) to promote professional development of CAMTA members throught regular and special meetings devoted to workshops, panels, lectures, forums, recitals, and sponsorship of music-related activities;
c) to provide music-related opportunities for students of CAMTA members;
d) to act as the coordinator between the individual teacher and MMTA;
e) to promote the highest ideals of professional ethics.
History
The Capital Area Music Teachers Association was formed in 1987 when two organizations, the Lansing Piano Teachers Guild and the Greater Lansing Chapter of Michigan Music Teachers Association, joined forces.
The Piano Teachers Guild was an old and distinguished organization whose membership included the finest piano teachers in the Lansing area. The primary purpose was to mentor new teachers, and monthly recitals were a mainstay. The MMTA Greater Lansing Chapter was a newer group organized in the 1940′s around the ideas of Dr. Roy Underwood of Michigan State University. This group was open to all teachers of music but set high standards for members, including the requirement that teachers be MMTA-certified within five years.
In 1986, the presidents of these two institutions, Norma McDermid (Guild) and Eileen Keel (Greater Lansing) began discussing the consolidation of the two groups. After much discussion, presentations to each group, and the creation of new by-laws, this was accomplished in 1987. Each member of both organizations received a charter membership in CAMTA, given by the 1987 MTNA President Sigfred Matson and MMTA President Jill Christian.
CAMTA is affiliated with the Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA) and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).