Officers and Committee Chairs
2022-2023
OFFICERS
President: Jessica Witt
Vice President/ Program Chair:
Secretary: Shirley Johnson, NCTM
Treasurer/Membership Chair: Betsy Vaughn
Website/ Historian: Jennifer Walschap, NCTM
Past President/Advisor: Dr. Sylvia Ryan, NCTM
Vice President/ Program Chair:
Secretary: Shirley Johnson, NCTM
Treasurer/Membership Chair: Betsy Vaughn
Website/ Historian: Jennifer Walschap, NCTM
Past President/Advisor: Dr. Sylvia Ryan, NCTM
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Book Club Chair:
Care Chair: Ursula Purcell
Composition Festival Chair: Jessica Witt
Fall Festival Chair: Jessica Witt
Honors Recital Chair/ Scholarship Auditions: Dr. Sylvia Ryan, NCTM
Hospitality Chair:
Lending Library Chair:
Mall Marathon Chair:
Referral Chair: Cindy Pullin
OU Collegiate Chapter Contact:
Care Chair: Ursula Purcell
Composition Festival Chair: Jessica Witt
Fall Festival Chair: Jessica Witt
Honors Recital Chair/ Scholarship Auditions: Dr. Sylvia Ryan, NCTM
Hospitality Chair:
Lending Library Chair:
Mall Marathon Chair:
Referral Chair: Cindy Pullin
OU Collegiate Chapter Contact:
Brief History of NAMTA
- Norman Area Music Teachers Association (NAMTA) was formerly Norman Independent Piano Teachers Association (NIPTA).
- NIPTA was formed in 1989 by three area independent piano teachers- Laurie McCullough, Judy Reeves and Sylvia Ryan.
- NIPTA had an eleven-year history in Norman as a non-profit professional and service organization for independent piano teachers; some members were students or faculty at the University of Oklahoma School of Music.
- Prior to the NAMTA Fall Festival, NIPTA sponsored a yearly multi-piano "Monster Concert" in which teachers performed.
- NIPTA also sponsored a student Honors Recital, Mall Marathon, and Music Camp Scholarship Audition; these programs continue today through NAMTA.
- NIPTA affiliated with MTNA in 2000 under the leadership of President Steve Sewell, thereby opening its membership to teachers of all musical instruments and disciplines.
- During its first year of existence, NAMTA hosted the annual OMTA State Conference in Norman in June 2000 at OU.
- NAMTA again hosted the OMTA State Conference in June 2006 at OU and in June 2013 at OU.
NIPTA Presidents
Judy Reeves (1988-90)
Sylvia Ryan (1990-92)
Judy Reeves (1992-93)
Claudia Busse (1993-96)
Sylvia Ryan (1996-98)
Judy Reeves (1998-99)
Steve Sewell (1999-00)
NAMTA Presidents
Steve Sewell (2000-03)
Cindy Jarboe (2003-04)
Sylvia Ryan (2004-06)
Cindy Jarboe (2006-08)
Steve Sewell (2008-10)
Mary Sallee (2010-12)
Janet Romanishin (2012-16)
Jennifer Walschap (2017-18)
Cindy Pullin (2018-21)
Jessica Witt (2021)