MTNA Collegiate Chapters
Chairperson: Ingrid Clarfield
The New Jersey MTNA Collegiate Chapter is under the direction of Professor Ingrid Clarfield. As collegiate members, students have the opportunity to expand their professional careers in pedagogical and musical events with other great musicians from around the country.
This past year, the NJMTA Collegiate Chapter of Westminster Choir College successfully raised enough money for several members of the Collegiate Chapter to attend the MTNA National Conference in Milwaukee, WI, where they were able to attend many outstanding sessions, as well as assist in Professor Clarfield’s presentation. The Collegiate Chapter has also been active in community outreach programs in such locations such as The Pavilions at Forrestal Assisted Living Facility in Princeton, NJ, where they have given outreach recitals to the patients and faculty there.
Recent activities include preparation for the NJMTA Conference in fundraising endeavors. The Collegiate Chapter will be selling used music and maintaining a silent auction for Master Classes given by Westminster Choir College piano faculty members. All proceeds will go to the Collegiate Chapter to help finance their attendance at the MTNA National Conference in New York, NY in March 2012.
The Collegiate Chapter has a variety of new members, undergraduates and graduate students, who are very enthusiastic about how their experiences in NJMTA and MTNA with help them with their future. Each member is enthusiastic about the chapter and being a part of NJMTA and MTNA.
This year’s members of the NJMTA Collegiate Chapter of Westminster Choir College include Rose McCathran (Jr. Faculty Advisor), Candice Choi (President), Feifei Tang (Vice-President), JinKyoung Ha (Treasurer) and Ashley Grant (Secretary).
Collegiate Chapters
An MTNA collegiate chapter is the future music teacher’s connection with the larger community of committed music professionals-a community committed to inspiring and developing the utmost professionalism in all its members. MTNA collegiate chapters provide a way to fill gaps-to provide the information and experience necessary to complete an education as both a knowledgeable, inspiring music teacher and a successful entrepreneur.
Mission Statement
MTNA collegiate chapters provide educational, musical, social and professional experiences that augment the student’s formal course of study, acquaint students with professional opportunities and career options in the field of music, and develop professional leadership skills. Collegiate chapters also provide an important opportunity for MTNA college faculty members to increase their participation in MTNA activities by becoming a collegiate chapter advisor.
For more information please contact MTNA National Headquarters at 441 Vine St., Ste. 3100, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3004; (513) 421-1420; (888) 512-5278; Fax (513) 421-2503; E-mail: mtnanet@mtna.org.