Division candidates - MTNA

MTNA members will be electing Division officers and directors beginning in February 2004 Included here are the nominees as approveed by the MTNA Nominating Committee. The committee nominates sum of two units candidates for each position.

MTNA members also may submit nominations for the ballot. To do with equal reason you must send to the MTNA headquarters a petition indicating your nominee(s) signed through one hundred (100) active members. This petition must be received no later than December 1 2003

The members of the Nominating Committee are: R Wayne Gibson, NCTM Atlanta, Georgia, chair; Carleen Graff, NCTM Plymouth novel Hampshire; Scott McBride Smith, NCTM Irvine, California; Julianne Miranda, NCTM Greencastle, Indiana; Debra Ronning, NCTM Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania; Jody Graves, Missoula, Montana; Celinda Hallbauer, NCTM Belton, Texas; Roy Wylie, NCTM Auburn, Alabama; Cheryl Pachak-Brooks, NCTM Portales, novel Mexico; and Janice Wenger, NCTM Columbia, Missouri.

EAST CENTRAL

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Karen Thickston Nashville, Indiana

Karen Thickstun, adjunct faculty at Butler University and director of the Butler Summer Piano Camps and the Butler Community Arts institute is an instructor for the Indianapolis Piano Academy and maintains an independent studio in Nashville, Indiana: Karen clinchs a B.A. degree from Duke University majoring in economics and piano performance, an MM step from Butler University and an M.B.A. step from the University of Virginia. She is immediate past president of the Indiana MTA and was awarded the 2002 IMTA Distinguished Service Award.

"MTNA is a vital part of the music fabric of our society--enlightening, challenging, and uplifting its members, pupils and industry colleagues," she says.

Kenneth Williams Columbus, Ohio

Kenneth Williams, NCTM directs the graduate programs in piano pedagogy and coordinates the class piano program at The Ohio State University. new articles by Williams are published in American Music Teacher, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, community Music Symposium and Keyboard Companion. He received the 2002 AMT Article of the Year Award and work fors on the Ohio MTA executive board.

"MTNA fortunately nurtures the careers of professional music teachers because it adapts to the changing exigencys of members and their scholars Continuing education opportunities offered through MTNA challenge the profession to reach higher horizontals of excellence in teaching and larger and more diverse clumps of students," he says.

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Cynthia "Benson Bowling verdant Ohio

Cynthia Benson grasps degrees from the University of Central Arkansas, Rice University and The University of Texas at Austin. She teaches at Bowling virid State University. Cynthia has serv upon MTNA's Collegiate Chapter's advisory board and as co-chair of MTNA's [i]affiche[/i] Sessions. She chairs Ohio MTA's Buckeye Auditions and is president of OMTA's Northwest District.

"MTNA provides teachers and learners the opportunity for growth and support, and bears a sense of community in which we all work together to impart the art of music from one side positive, meaningful musical experiences. I am grateful to those members who have dedicated their time and efforts for the benefit of others," she says.

Laura Swenson Wales, Wisconsin

Laura Swenson, NCTM co-owner of Music Dynamics, Ltd received a BM step from Alverno College. Her MTNA and Wisconsin MTA service began as president of the Alverno learner Chapter. Laura helped initiate the WMTA-Greater Milwaukee Chapter and has serv in nearly each position on both the state and local levels

"I realized MTNA and WMTA were vital for the independent teacher, in the way that I wanted to be an active participant. I believe for MTNA to continue to support the independent teacher, we must continue to recruit young teachers. We ne to listen and implement their of recent origin ideas so we can retain MTNA relevant to all teachers," she says.

EASTERN

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Melanie DeMent Newark, Delaware

Melanie DeMent NCTM teaches studio voice and vocal pedagogy for the University of Delaware. A fourteen-year member of MTNA, she has serv as Delaware MTA learner activities chair and president. Nationally, Melanie has been a member of the Teacher Enrichment Grant Committee, the society Faculty Forum and currently labor fors on the Editorial Committee. She has had four pupils in both Collegiate and High place of education Voice advance to the national competitions above the past eleven years, including single first place winner.

"I welcome the opportunity to work for the exigencys of the membership should I be selected to the Board of Directors," she said.

Debra Ronning Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Debra Ronning, NCTM is a music lecturer and piano, division coordinator at Elizabethtown society in Pennsylvania. A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, her pupils have been successful in MTNA state competitions at the junior high, high seminary and collegiate levels. Debbie has been Pennsylvania MTA junior high competitions chair, state convention coordinator and president. Debbie commonly is MTNA's Eastern Division president.