HMTA Mission Statement

We are a professional organization of music teachers dedicated to the promotion of the art of music and the advancement of musical knowledge throughout the greater Houston area.

Current Presidents

Houston Music Teachers Association (HMTA) President: Jiena Gu

Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA) President: Richard Fountain

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) President: Peter Mack, NCTM

Board of Directors 2023-2024

Executive Council

Jiena Gu, President

Wilford Glenn, President-Elect

Tingting Li, Vice President (Membership)

Kao Taniguchi, Vice President (Student Affiliate)

Roy Wylie, Treasurer

Yvonne Chen, Secretary

Rebecca McDonald, Reserve Secretary

Lynn Anders, Member-at-Large

Norman Schack, Immediate Past President

Committee Chairs and Coordinators

Attendance Chair - Carolina Tong

HMTA Baroque Competition Chair - Sergei Savitski

Blanton-Kelly Chair (3 year Trustee) - Jiena Gu

Blanton-Kelly Trustees - Roy Wylie, Norman Schack, Rebecca McDonald

Bylaws Chair - Jane Perkyns

HMTA Chamber Music Chair - Kana Mimaki

HMTA Concerto Competition Chair - Richard Marshall

TMTA Convention Ensembles Chair -

Dorothy Kelly Scholarship Competition Chair - Roksana Savitski

Historian Chair - Sally Thai

HMTA Music Festival Chair - Olga Marek

HMTA Musicales Chair - Mei-En Chou

National Certification Chair - L. Elaine Charles

Nominations Chair - Leena Soo

HMTA/TMTA Original Composition Contest Chair - Anne Amador

HMTA Piano Contest Chair - Zhu Zhu

SA/TMTA Performance Contest Chair - Katarina Loudermilk

HMTA Teacher/Student Recognition Awards Chair -

HMTA Technology Chair - Yvonne Chen

SA/TMTA Theory Chair - Ada Wu

HMTA Website Chair - Rebecca McDonald

TMTA/SA World of Music Chair - TBA

Past HMTA Presidents

1941-1942 Helen Saft*

1942-1943 Leota Stilwell*

1943-1944 Joseph Henkel*

1944-1945 Dawn C. Crawford*

1945-1947 Jane Kearney*

1947-1949 Clara Radoff*

1949-1950 Mozart B. Hammond*

1950-1952 Edward Acton*

1952-1953 Jenny Seddon*

1953-1954 Rebecca Friedman Miller*

1954-1956 Frances Mahr*

1956-1958 Donald E. Johndon*

1960-1962 Floyd D. Funk*

1962-1964 Kathryn Boyd Sakowitz*

*deceased

1964-1966 Katherine Kucera*

1966-1967 Alberta Degarimore*

1967-1969 Mable Burr Owen*

1969-1971 Ronald L. Becker*

1971-1973 Kay Bjelland*

1973-1975 Thelma Hearn*

1975-1977 Philelle McBrayer*

1977-1979 Bonnie Journaey*

1979-1981 Niki Jelson*

1981-1982 Louise Christensen*

1982-1983 William Chaisson*

1983-1985 Jane Sugars

1985-1987 Ethel Tucker*

1987-1990 JoAnn Hoffman*

1990-1996 Paul Krystofiak*

1996-1998 Molly Hammond

1998-2000 Laurie Lindemulder

2000-2002 Dr. Ann Rivers Witherspoon

2002-2004 Norman J. Schack

2004-2006 John Ford

2006—2008 Dr. Paul Boyd

2008-2009 Dr. Jerico Vasquez

2009-2012 Wilford E. Glenn, Jr.

2012-2014 Rodolfo Morales

2014-2016 Emmeline Kramlich

2016-2018 Dr. Andre LeCour

2018-2020 Marina Agadjanova

2020-2022 Norman Schack