Welcome to the HMTA website.

HMTA News: 

The next HMTA program in conjuction with the Huntsville Music Study Club will be at 10:00 am, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025  in the UAH Choir room (Room 201).

Pianist, keyboardiest, composer, arranger, and vocalist, Choko Aiken will be presenting the program.

The meeting begins at 10:00 and the program will begin at 10:30.

We’re excited to get this year started and hope to see you soon!

Ingrid von Spakovsky Weaver

President, HMTA

AMTA District VIII Piano Auditions for 2026:

The district audition registration via https://amta.tenutoweb.com

District VIII Auditions: March 28, 2026, First Baptist Church, Governors Drive; Deadline to register is March 13th, 2026.

State AMTA Auditions: May 9th, 2026, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Deadline to register is April 22nd, 2026. 

State Concerto Auditions: March, 7th, 2025, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Deadline to register is February, 14th, 2025.

AMTA State Conference: TBD

Susan Hoop is the District Chair overseeing these auditions. For more information on this, please email Susan Hoop. Susan Hoop’s email address is susanhoop96@gmail.com

HMTA Honors Recital: TBD for 2026

HMTA will have an in person Honors Recital, Sunday, April 27th, at 2:00pm and 3:30pm, 2025.  The HMTA Honors Recital will be held @UAH Roberts Recital Hall. Free parking is located across from Roberts Hall for this event. The deadline to register your student for the HMTA Honors Recital is April 18th. To register your student to perform for the HMTA Honors Recital, please email Ingrid Weaver. Ingrid Weaver’s email address is weaveri@uah.edu  Thank you to Ingrid Weaver for hosting this year’s HMTA Honors Recital.  You must be a current member of HMTA to enter your student for the HMTA Honors Recital. Also:

1) The 2pm Honors Recital recital is for any student.
2) The 3:30pm Honors Recital is for high school seniors only. If not enough seniors are entered, we will combine the recitals into one recital. Each teacher may enter one student in each recital.
3) To register your student for the HMTA Honors Recital, please email the following to Ingrid Weaver: Teachers name, name & age of student performing, name of piece, composer’s name of piece being performed, & timing of piece.

You can email Ingrid Weaver at this email address: weaveri@uah.edu

This project was made possible by a grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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This project has been made possible by a 2016 Arts & Cultural Grant from The Arts Council funded by the City of Huntsville .

http://www.artshuntsville.org/our programs/arts-assembly-description-a-member-benefits/Huntsville-arts-a-cultural-grant-program

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The mission of the Huntsville Music Teachers Association (HMTA), an organization of independent and collegiate music teachers, is to further the art of music through teaching, performance, composition and scholarly research and to advance the value of music study and music-making to society while supporting the careers and professionalism of music teachers.

HMTA members  include teachers of composition, brass, strings, woodwinds, percussion, piano, organ guitar, voice and choral music.

HMTA is the local affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association (www.mtna.org), and the Alabama Music Teachers Association (www.almta.org). Membership in MTNA, AMTA, and HMTA is open to all music teachers actively engaged in any field of musical activity.

To join HMTA, visit the MTNA website at www.mtna.org and click on membership. Identify HMTA as your local affiliate and send in the HMTA membership dues* to MTNA along with the MTNA dues and the AMTA dues (both of which are indicated on the form on the MTNA website).

 *Membership Dues in the Huntsville Music Teachers Association are as follows:

General Membership/ Active or Retired Teachers = $20.00 per year
Patron Membership                                                             = $20.00 per year
Student Membership                                                           = $5.00 per year