MTNA in the news.

MTNA President Paul Stewart, NCTM, was interviewed for the October 2005 issue of Real Simple magazine. In the article, Stewart offers suggestions to adults interested in taking piano lessons. The interview was part of a larger article about starting various activities, including buying artwork, starting a business and inventing a product. Real Simple has a circulation of more than 1.8 million readers.

MTNA Executive Director Gary Ingle was featured in the November 2005 issue of Associations Now in an interview about MTNA's Collegiate Chapters program. In the interview, Ingle discussed the importance of the chapters and the role they play in MTNA's strategic plans for the future. Associations Now is a new monthly flagship magazine for association leaders. It reaches more than 23,000 association professionals.

MTNA member Scott Price of South Carolina and his student Brittany Maier were featured on Dateline NBC. Price has been working with Maier, an autistic savant, for five years. When he first began working with Maier she did not have any prior formal training, yet she had already memorized numerous pieces. Maier is among an estimated 50 people in the world recognized as prodigious savants whose abilities are as remarkable as their limitations.

Another MTNA member, Joey Hokayem of Georgia, was one of the subjects of an article titled "Grand Ambition," in the summer 2005 issue of The Oxford American magazine. The article's author observed several students both in and out of the studio, and reported how Hokayem influenced their lives and how music and performing were important aspects in the education of young people.