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LMEA is proud to announce the newest members to the LMEA Board.
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JESSICA FAIN has been appointed to fill the position of District Director for District IV.
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KEITH JAMES has been appointed to fill the position of Elementary Division Chair.
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RANDY WEAVER was recently elected to the position of District Director for District VI.
(Term begins - May Board meeting.)
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NEWS RELEASE - Music Teachers National Association Achievement Award Winner
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Myrtle David and the DeBose Competition-Festival and Foundation Named 2021 MTNA Achievement Award Winner
Cincinnati, OH (March 23, 2021)—Myrtle David and the DeBose Competition-Festival and Foundation have been selected by the MTNA Board of Directors as the recipient of the 2021 MTNA Achievement Award. This award is MTNA’s highest honor, only bestowed upon individuals and entities that have made significant and lasting contributions to the music teaching profession. The DeBose Competition-Festival and Foundation is only the fifth organization to win this coveted award.
Myrtle David, Southern University professor emeritus of music, holds a bachelor of arts degree in music, cum laude, from Dillard University and a master of music degree and doctoral study at Boston University and Boston Conservatory of Music, studying with Leon Tumarkin and Bela Boszormenyi-Nagy. Prior to joining Southern University, she was at Grambling State. Cultivating music talent, drive, and creative initiative, piano studies began with support and encouragement from parents Jesse D. David, Jr. and Naomi S. David.
Myrtle has guided the DeBose Fine Arts Series & Competition as executive director from its initial position as a departmental program of the Southern University Music Department, to its current position as a major arts festival in Louisiana. Established as a commemoration to the life and career of Professor Tourgee DeBose, chair of the piano department at Southern University, it was established in 1974.
The mission of the DeBose Fine Arts Series & Competition is to provide community collaboration through arts enrichment and achievement experiences in the literary, visual and performing arts. Annual programming is implemented through independent artist and educational partnerships with many Baton Rouge-area schools, multidisciplinary collaboration, and community arts agencies. Provisions include professional and non-professional performance and exhibition opportunities through competitive and non-competitive events; honors recognitions; intergenerational programs; cultural mentoring and artist residencies. The multi-disciplinary programming has featured: artists-in-residence/recitals and master class; jazz and blues piano; music marketing; music technology; collaborative piano (duet & duo); and chamber music, to name just a few topics. For more information visit https://www.debosefineartsseries-competition.com/.
MTNA is a nonprofit organization independent and collegiate music teachers committed to furthering the art of music through teaching, performance, composition and scholarly research. Founded in 1876, MTNA is the oldest professional music teachers’ association in the United States.
For additional information about MTNA, please contact MTNA national headquarters at (888) 512-5278, mtnanet@mtna.org or visit the website at www.mtna.org.
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