General Meetings

SMTA hosts General Meetings for members, either in-person or on Zoom.

Meeting Schedule

9:00 coffee/pastries

9:30 business

10:00 guest lecture

September 19 - In-person

SMTA Open House: come get a to know a little bit about all of the different programs SMTA has to offer.

WSMTA President, Kira Miller, will speak about higher level happenings.

October 17 - In-person

November 21 - Online

February 20 - Online

What Makes A Method Work?

Why are some methods more popular than others? Is it because the music is more interesting? Is the pedagogy cleaner? What is the purpose of even having a method in the first place? We will investigate these questions and more using the first two books of The Music Tree by Francis Clark; its advantages, its disadvantages, and what teachers can do to bridge that gap.

Michael Zutis is a pianist/composer in Kalamazoo, MI who works to emphasize the role of music in the greater community. He is the immediate past-president of the Kalamazoo Area Music Teacher’s Association, and represents them on Michigan’s state board as the Arts Advocacy and Awareness chair. Additionally, he is the keyboard area chair at the Suzuki Academy of Kalamazoo, Director of Music at St. Thomas More Catholic Student Parish, and co-founder and president of Arts In Action, an organization which raises money for various charitable causes through the performance of music and the auctioning of visual art pieces. Currently, he is working on his master’s degree in piano performance at Western Michigan University under Professor Lori Sims and Dr. Yu-Lien The.

May 15 - In-person

January 16 - Online

April 10 - In-person