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
