Welcome!
The Nebraska Music Teachers Association is an organization of several hundred musicians dedicated to a practical role of artistic service in today’s society. NMTA provides cultural leadership through a wide variety of activities for teachers, students, and professional musicians. It promotes high professional standards in music and fulfills its responsibility to artistic and educational leadership in the state.
NMTA was founded in 1916. NMTA is affiliated with Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), which has a membership of over 24,000 musicians nationwide.
Please look through our website to learn more about us or to find a music teacher.
Latest NMTA News
FTC Antitrust Compliance Guide
Please click here for the MTNA Antitrust Compliance Guide.
Congratulations MTNA Nebraska Winners
MTNA Junior Performance Piano: Winner Sarah Fernades (Garcia), Alternate Olivia Yu (Jiang), Honorable mention Marty Si (Madison)
MTNA Junior Performance Strings: Winner Albert Gwon (Cho), Alternate Bryan Qiao (Meints)
MTNA Senior Performance Piano: Winner Sophie Yu (Jiang), Alternate Kingston Cao (Barnes), Honorable mention Solar Manley (Barnes), Hong-An Vu (Barnes), Evan Sun (Ono), Zisheng Qian (Kalashnikova)
MTNA Senior Performance Strings: Winner Lucas Li (Meints), Alternate Auspy Li (Kalashnikova)
MTNA Young Artist Performance Piano: Winner William Carnahan (Fabrikant), Alternate Bennett Lambelet (Taylor), Natalie McNamara (Taylor), Harmon Moss (Taylor)
2026-2027 State Conference Sponsors
NMTA is grateful for our 2026-27 State Conference sponsors: Chadron State College, Gabe Freeman-Mutual of Omaha, Hastings College, Lincoln Music Teachers Association, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Omaha Music Teachers Association, University of Nebraska-Kearney, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Vesper Concerts, and Wayne State College. Thanks to Kyu Butler, NMTA Public Relations Chair, for soliciting and handling their sponsorships!
Coffee Chats
Plan ahead to join fellow teachers for a 30-40 minute 'coffee break' via Zoom most months during the school year! Each morning chat session will be hosted by a volunteer member who will decide on the date, time, and choice of either a topic or unstructured social time. Interested members will email the host requesting a link for that month. This should be a fun way to see our members across the state! Updated details for each coming month will be shared here on the Homepage, as well as via email in our "NEWS & NOTES."
NMTA October Minutes Posted
The Minutes from both of our recent meetings, Board and Annual Business, have been posted. Thanks to our Secretary, Yulia Kalashnikova, and appointed members of both Minutes Approval Committees for expediting the approval process!
NMTA Awards Recipients
Congratulations to our two honorees who received their awards at our recent Awards Luncheon at Concordia University in Seward! Our 2027 Foundation Fellow is Angela Miller-Niles. The NMTA 2026 Teacher of the Year is Marcia Wiebers. Both awards were well-deserved!
MTNA Nebraska Composition Winners
Congratulations to the following students and their teachers!
Elementary: Representative: Cameron Herman ( Nancy Schoen, teacher)
Junior: Winner: Laura Luebbe (Nancy Schoen) Honorable mention: Xaedan Siddique (Tarah Schoell)
Senior: Representative: Braydon Fujan (Nancy Schoen)
Young Artist: Representative: Winston Schneider (Richard Lavenda)
Winning and representative compositions automatically advance to the division competiton. The results of that competition will be announced mid-December.
January Coffee Chat withl MTNA President
You don't want to miss the opportunity to "meet" our MTNA President, Kevin Chance. Clear your calendar on Friday, January 22, at 11:30 AM for a 30-40 miniute Zoom chat. Linda Dahlstrom will host. Additional details will be shared at a later time.
NMTA Nebraska Performance Winners
Congratulations to these students and their teachers!
Junior Piano: Winner Daniel Alexandrov (Fabrikant); 2nd Place Zade Habash (Dowling); Honorable Mention Talia Kovalev (Fabrikant), Sophie Cai (Jiang), and Henry Posch (Madison)
Senior Piano: Winner Adwaith Namasivayam (Ono); 2nd Place Abigail Brooks (Jiang); Honorable Mention Anton Alexandrov (Fabrikant) and Elizabeth Brooks (Jiang)
Junior Strings: Winner Bryan Qiao--viola (Meints); 2nd Place Valerio Forgione--cello (Sands)
Senior Strings: Winner Josephine Abuhl (Meints); 2nd Place Ananya Neelakanta (Meints)
Collegiate Piano: Honorable Mention: Ravel Gunardi (Whipple)