TMTA Conference
The 2025 Tennessee Music Teachers Association Conference will be held from June 2-3, 2025 in Martin, TN!
REGISTRATION - Online is now closed.
Still want to attend? Register at the conference beginning June 2nd!
All meal registrations must be submitted by May 26th 2025.
On-Site Registration opens 8:00am on Monday, June 2nd 2025 in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building at the University of Tennessee Martin.
Conference Details
Join us for two days of sessions and concerts at UT Martin. Sessions begin at 9:00am each day, with a special performance Monday evening by members of TMTA.
Featured Guest Artist & Clinician
Marvin Blickenstaff, Guest Clinician
Marvin Blickenstaff is known throughout North America for his years of workshops and webinars
for piano teachers. As a faculty member of the International Workshops he has also performed
and lectured in numerous European countries. The Registered Piano Teachers of New Zealand
have presented him in two workshop tours of that country.
Upon the death of Frances Clark, he was named to the Board of Trustees of the Frances Clark
Center for Keyboard Pedagogy and served for many years on the planning committee for the
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy where he frequently presented the keynote address.
Blickenstaff graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with both academic and
performance honors, having received the prestigious Hurlbutt award as the outstanding senior.
At Indiana University, where he earned his Masters of Music degree, he was honored with the
Performance Certificate. His teaching has been recognized as Teacher of the Year in the states
of Indiana and Pennsylvania and the Music Teachers National Association honored him with
their highest award, the Outstanding Achievement Award. In 2023, the Frances Clark Center
established the Marvin Blickenstaff Institute for Teaching Excellence in honor of his legacy as a
pedagogue. This division of The Frances Clark Center encompasses inclusive teaching programs,
teacher education, courses, performance, advocacy, publications, research, and resources that
support excellence in piano teaching and learning.
Blickenstaff served as chair of the piano faculty at the University of North Carolina / Chapel Hill and
at Goshen College (IN) before moving to the Philadelphia area where he teaches in his private
studio and also at the New School for Music Study in Princeton, NJ.
Music Pathways, a 36-book piano course of study, was co-authored by Blickenstaff with Louise
Bianchi and Lynn Freeman Olson. He has also published Inspired Piano Teaching, a compilation of
his workshop lectures.
Location
The TMTA Competitions and Conference will be held at the Fine Arts Building on the campus of the University of Tennessee Martin, 16 Mt. Pelia Road, Martin 38237.
Parking
Free parking is available in the parking lot by the Fine Arts Building.
Housing
The conference hotel is:
5575 Skyhawk Pkwy
Martin, TN 38237
To reserve at the guest block rate, please call the hotel directly at (731) 587-5800 and ask to book in the Tennessee Music Teachers Association block (please use the full name - TMTA may not be recognized). The guest block is only available until May 7th 2025, so book soon!
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Past Conferences
2025 Martin
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2022 Memphis