Dr. Andrea McAlister is Professor of Piano Pedagogy at Oberlin College where she coordinates the piano pedagogy, group piano, and secondary piano studies programs.
McAlister's research on neural development, motivation, language, group teaching, and technology has been featured at national and international conferences. Her work has been published in American Music Teacher, the MTNA e-Journal, the NCKP Proceedings, Clavier Companion, Keyboard Companion, and Piano Magazine.
McAlister is currently MTNA Division Director for the East Central Division and member of the executive committee for the Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum. In addition, McAlister is Director of Digital Programming for the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, where she is also Senior Editor for Piano Magazine.
She is an inaugural member of the Yamaha Master Educator Collective in Keyboard Pedagogy.
OhioMTA supports MTNA's Fellow Program by promoting donations in the name of individuals who have contributed significantly to the work of MTNA and/or OhioMTA. Individuals are selected yearly by the Executive Committee. The following is a list of individuals who have been honored in this manner.
2023 - Suzanne Newcomb
2022 - Sonya Szabo-Reynolds
2021 - Brent Schloneger
2020- Michelle Conda
2019 - Sheila Vail
2018 - Judy Bede
2017 - Richard Van Dyke
2016 - Lynn Singleton
2015 - Janice Cook, Kate Young
2014 - Christine Steiner, Eileen Weber, Rachel Kramer
2013 - Amy Immerman
2012 - Virginia Marks
2011 - Nancy Bachus
2010 - Brian Shepard, Seymour Fink
2009 - Rebecca Grooms Johnson
2008 - Robert Vandall
2007 - Gail Berenson, James Somerville
2006 - Sandra Carnes, Richard Morris
2005 - Atarah Jablonsky
2004 - Barbara Wasson
2003 - Marge Bengel
2002 - Gary Ingle
2001 - Helen Ramsdell
Learn more about MTNA's Legacy Society.
Eight members were honored for 25 years of service at the 2023 OhioMTA State Conference held in October. Each was presented with a plaque. We congratulate the following for their years of service, dedication to their students, and the art of teaching music.
Laura Atkins
Liz Carey
Susan Holtzscher
Jennifer Kristoff
Suzanne Newcomb
Sergei Polusmiak
Darlene Suggs
Richard Van Dyke
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