ABOUT US
The year was 1976 and after a week-long pedagogy clinic at UW-Fox Valley attended by piano teachers, Betty Hollinger proposed that teachers in the Fox Valley area continue to meet regularly to discuss professional issues. These forward-thinking music teachers gathered to exchange ideas – sowing the seed of a professional organization that took root and grew into a vibrant association now known as Fox Valley Music Teachers Association.
Through the years members of FVMTA (formerly (Fox Valley Keyboard Teachers, but now encompassing music teachers of any instrument and voice) have met on a regular basis to share teaching philosophies and business practices and to encourage students, young, and not-so-young, to make music on every level for themselves and their communities.
The following are a few highlights of these teacher’s accomplishments:
• FVMTA has produced several Monster Concerts, each involving hundreds of students from several teachers. These concerts showcased roughly a dozen pianos played simultaneously with a conductor at the helm.
• FVMTA established an annual Young Artist Festival in 2001. This event encompasses competitions, a clinic, and a performance opportunity.
• FVMTA organized and fund-raised the placement of a beautiful Yamaha grand piano in the Appleton Public Library for community use.
• FVMTA established a Scholarship and Grants Committee, raising as much as $10,000 in a year for students in need of financial help and for teachers continuing their education.
For over four decades following that first gathering, hundreds of music teachers have continued to advance the mission of those founding members - the mission of supporting the professionalism of area music teachers as well as advancing the value of music study and music-making in the community.
Through the years members of FVMTA (formerly (Fox Valley Keyboard Teachers, but now encompassing music teachers of any instrument and voice) have met on a regular basis to share teaching philosophies and business practices and to encourage students, young, and not-so-young, to make music on every level for themselves and their communities.
The following are a few highlights of these teacher’s accomplishments:
• FVMTA has produced several Monster Concerts, each involving hundreds of students from several teachers. These concerts showcased roughly a dozen pianos played simultaneously with a conductor at the helm.
• FVMTA established an annual Young Artist Festival in 2001. This event encompasses competitions, a clinic, and a performance opportunity.
• FVMTA organized and fund-raised the placement of a beautiful Yamaha grand piano in the Appleton Public Library for community use.
• FVMTA established a Scholarship and Grants Committee, raising as much as $10,000 in a year for students in need of financial help and for teachers continuing their education.
For over four decades following that first gathering, hundreds of music teachers have continued to advance the mission of those founding members - the mission of supporting the professionalism of area music teachers as well as advancing the value of music study and music-making in the community.
OUR SPONSORS
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Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra
920.730.3760 www.foxvalleysymphony.com Music Teachers get a FREE ticket to each of our concerts! Student tickets $15 night of show. Also ask about discounts for student groups. |