Missouri Classical Music News and Notes : Missouri Music Teachers Association

Cincinnati, OH (May 2008) — Jerry Anderson, of St. Joseph, Missouri, was recently honored by Music Teachers National Association as an MTNA Foundation Fellow at the 2008 MTNA National Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Anderson was director of keyboard studies at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, before retiring in May 2007. Since 1974 Anderson has been director of music at First Presbyterian Church in St. Joseph. Anderson is a founding member of the St. Joseph Area Music Teachers Association and has held many posts in the Missouri MTA, American Guild of Organists and MTNA. He has been Missouri Chair of University/College Faculty for the Missouri MTA for the past 11 years and was named the Missouri Music Teacher of the Year in 2004.

The MTNA Foundation Fellow program offers a meaningful method of recognition for individuals who have made outstanding contributions to music teaching. The award is bestowed when a peer or group of peers donates $1,000 to the MTNA Foundation Fund in an individual’s name.

For additional information about MTNA or the MTNA Foundation Fund please contact the MTNA national headquarters at (888) 512-5278, mtnanet@mtna.org or visit the website at www.mtna.org.

posted by Brent Hugh at 5/13/2008
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