President's Message

On behalf of our 750 members, welcome to MSMTA's fifth year on the web! The pages published here represent the heart of our association - a commitment to excellence through professional development and student participation in our many festivals and competitions.

Today's Maryland State Music Teachers Association embodies the rich tradition of more than forty years of service to our students and our communities. Moreover, we welcome the emerging communications technology as a tool for better interaction with colleagues within the association and throughout the United States.

As an educated consumer, browse through our website. Search our online data base via the Member Search to locate a teacher of your chosen instrument in your locality. Utilize the Student Activities link to find that perfect competition for your nine year-old cellist. Complete one of our newly designed Membership Information Form, and submit it to Mr. Richard Hartzell, rlhartzell at verizon.net for further information about joining us and our parent organization, Music Teachers National Association.

The Maryland State Music Teachers Association is as vital and diverse as our Western mountains and Eastern Shore. Discover who we are, what we do, and how we can make your musical life richer and more fulfilling.

.....Joselyn Makowski, Immediate Past President


Current Elected Officers

President Carol Wolfe-Ralph
Vice President Student Activities Richard Hartzell
Vice President Membership Marina Ovtcharenko
Vice President Publications Deborah White-Bondhus
Vice President Finance Claudette Horwitz
Vice President Certification Donna White
Recording Secretary Kathryn Stansbery
Corresponding Secretary Helen Smith Tarchalski
Historian Kathryn Stansbery
Member-at-Large Maxine Lewack
Immediate Past President Joselyn Makowski