The Missouri Music Teachers Association was organized in 1895 at the MTNA annual conference in St. Louis. In the following year, after MMTA had become affiliated with MTNA, a state conference was held in Sedalia. State conferences in the early years included performances by teachers and their pupils, a number of papers read and discussed, and concerts of American music. In 1962 MMTA established a program of commissioning works by Missouri composers.
See also the list of
MMTA Commissioned Composers.
MMTA Conferences:
|
YEAR |
CITY |
PRESIDENT |
|
1895 |
St. Louis |
Nellie Stevenson |
|
1896 |
Sedalia |
Nellie Stevenson |
|
1897 |
Pertle Springs |
E. R. Kroeger |
|
1898 |
Kansas City |
E. R. Kroeger |
|
1899 |
Joplin |
H. E. Schultze |
|
1900 |
Columbia |
W. H. Pommer |
|
1901 |
Columbia |
W. L. Calhoun |
|
1902 |
Springfield |
Mrs. W. D. Stelle |
|
1903 |
Jefferson City |
Mrs. W. D. Stelle |
|
1904 |
St. Louis World's Fair |
* |
|
1905 |
Carthage |
Nathan Sacks |
|
1906 |
Moberly |
* |
|
1907 |
Macon |
O. H. Hawley |
|
1908 |
St. Louis |
F. W. Mueller |
|
1909 |
St. Joseph |
F. W. Mueller |
|
1910 |
Columbia |
P. O. Landon |
|
1911 |
St. Louis |
P. O Landon |
|
1912 |
Kansas City |
James T. Quarles |
|
1913 |
Joplin |
James T. Quarles |
|
1914 |
St. Louis |
Wort S. Morse |
|
1915 |
St Joseph |
Wort S. Morse |
|
1916 |
Carthage |
N. Louise Wright |
|
1917 |
Springfield |
Herbert Krumme |
|
1918 |
St Louis |
Herbert Krumme |
|
1919 |
Columbia |
William John Hall |
|
1920 |
St Joseph |
William John Hall |
|
1921 |
Joplin |
William John Hall |
|
1922 |
Chillicothe |
Geneve Lichtenwalter |
|
1935 |
St. Louis |
Leo C. Miller |
|
1938 |
Springfield |
T. Stanley Skinner |
|
1940 |
Columbia |
Roger Whitmore |
|
1941 |
St. Louis |
R. E. Stuart |
|
1942 |
Kansas City |
R. E. Stuart |
|
1946 |
Joplin |
Oliver Sovereign |
|
1948 |
Kansas City (Joint meeting with Kansas M.T.A) |
Franklin B. Launder |
|
1949 |
St. Louis |
Robert D. Adams |
|
1952 |
Jefferson City |
Richard Kauffman |
|
1955 |
Kirksville |
Hardin Van Deursen |
|
1956 |
Joplin |
Maybelle H. Echols |
|
1957 |
Postponed to |
Maybelle H. Echols |
|
1958 |
Joplin |
Maybelle H. Echols |
|
1959 |
Kansas City |
Merrill Ellis |
|
1960 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Merrill Ellis |
|
1963 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Mary Helen Harutun |
|
1964 |
Jefferson City (Lincoln) |
Mary Helen Harutun |
|
1965 |
Kansas City (UMKC) |
Wesley O. True |
|
1966 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Wesley O. True |
|
1967 |
Springfield (Drury) |
Sidney R. Vise |
|
1968 |
Jefferson City (Lincoln U) |
Sidney R. Vise |
|
1969 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Carleton Spotts |
|
1970 |
Warrensburg (CMSU) |
Carlton Spotts |
|
1971 |
Springfield (SMSU) |
Patricia Pierce |
|
1972 |
St. Louis (UMSL) |
Patricia Pierce |
|
1973 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Richard Morris |
|
1974 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Richard Morris |
|
1975 |
Warrensburg (CMSU) |
Richard Morris |
|
1976 |
St. Joseph (MO Western) |
Dolores Zupan |
|
1977 |
Kansas City (UMKC) |
Dolores Zupan |
|
1978 |
Pt. Lookout (School of the Ozarks) |
Dolores Zupan |
|
1979 |
St. Louis (UMSL) |
Thomas Collins |
|
1980 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Thomas Collins |
|
1981 |
Springfield (SMSU) |
Shirley Bartzen |
|
1982 |
Warensburg (CMSU) |
Shirley Bartzen |
|
1983 |
Cape Girardeau(SEMU) |
Marilyn True |
|
1984 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Marilyn True |
|
1985 |
Springfield (SMSU) |
Frances Duggan |
|
1986 |
Warrensburg (CMSU) |
Frances Duggan |
|
1987 |
Columbia (UMC) |
Betty Preston |
|
1988 |
Springfield (SMSU) |
Betty Preston |
|
1989 |
Kirksville (NEMS) |
Jan Houser |
|
1990 |
Kansas City (UMKC) |
Jan Houser |
|
1991 |
Warrensburg (CMSU) |
William McCandless |
|
1992 |
Columbia (UMC) |
William McCandless |
|
1993 |
Springfield (SMSU) |
Karen Bartman |
|
1994 |
Kansas City (UMKC) |
Karen Bartman |
|
1995 |
Bolivar (SBU) |
Mary Davis |
|
1996 |
St. Louis (UMSL) |
Mary Davis |
|
1997 |
Warrensburg (CMSU) |
Marilyn Lowe |
|
1998 |
Springfield (SMSU) |
Marilyn Lowe |
|
1999 |
Bolivar (SBU) |
Bill Brown |
|
2000 |
St. Joseph (MWSC) |
Bill Brown |
|
2001 |
Springfield (SMSU) |
Steven Houser |
|
2002 |
Kirksville (Truman State) |
Steven Houser |
|
2003 |
Kansas City, Tri-State Conference with Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas (Johnson County Community College) |
Millie Mehnert |
|
2004 |
St. Joseph (Missouri Western State University) |
Millie Mehnert |
|
2005 |
Columbia (University of Missouri - Columbia) |
Cameron Dibble |
|
2006 |
Liberty (William Jewell College) |
Cameron Dibble |
|
2007 |
Springfield (Missouri State University) |
David Bennett |
*Information missing or conflicting
