Musical Theater Educators Alliance, formerly the IMTTS

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Member organizations
Individual members
Participating Institutions
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SHALL WE DANCE?
Our thirteenth annual winter conference focuses on Dance in Musical Theater. It will be held at NYU Steinhardt January 6-8, 2012, and director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell is our keynote speaker. Click here to register or get more details.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL:
It's time to renew your membership (or become a member) for the 2012 calendar year. CLICK HERE to go to our Membership Page!

The Musical Theater Educators' Alliance is a forum for discussion of all matters relating to the recruitment, training and placement of professionally- bound college and conservatory-affiliated music theater students. It was formed to serve the following purposes:

to facilitate the conversations among the diverse teaching population who are involved in the practical training of music theater students
to promote high standards
to share solutions
to broaden visibility
to strengthen credibility within the larger academic community and the profession
to exchange curricular, production and professional ideas and information

Member Organizations




	Elon University	Florida State University


		Penn State University School of Theatre
	Shenandoah Conservatory
		The University of the Arts
Univ of Miami Theatre Arts

Individual Members

Marcia Milgrom Dodge, AMDA, NYC
Jeremiah Downes, Philly Music Theater Works
Michael Ellison, Bowling Green State University
Stephen Kitsakos, SUNY New Paltz
Mary Jo Lodge, Lafayette College
Kathryn Lyles, San Diego State University
Korey Rothman, University of Maryland
Alan Shorter, Texas Christian University
Linda Starkey, Wichita State University

Participating Institutions

The MTEA has held a series of annual meetings starting in 2001. Schools who have participated in these meetings include:

Academy of Musical Theatre, Wales
Bayerische Theaterakademie (Munich, Germany)
Birmingham School of Speech and Drama (UK)
Carnegie-Mellon University
Central Michigan University
Danish Musical Academy (Denmark)
Elon University
Emerson College
Florida State University
Guildford School of Acting (UK)
Hartt School of Music (Univ. of Hartford)
Illinois Wesleyan University
Ithaca College
Johnson State College
NYU CAP 21
NYU Steinhardt School of Education
Otterbein College
Pennsylvania State University
Shenandoah University
Stage School Hamburg (Germany)
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Fredonia
Syracuse University
University of Alabama
University of Central Florida
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Cincinnati
University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
University of Michigan
University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer Dept. of Musical Theater
The University of the Arts
Wagner College
Wright State University

At its January 2010 meeting in New York City, the following officers were elected:

President: Cary Libkin, Pennsylvania State University
Vice President and Chair of Conference Committee: Meg Bussert, NYU Steinhardt
Regional Director, Northeast US: Jonathan Flom, Shenandoah University
Regional Director, Southeast US: Tom Ossowski, Florida State University
Regional Director, Midwest US: Scott Susong, Illinois Wesleyan Universirty
Regional Director, Western US: Paul Christman, University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer Dept. of Musical Theater
Regional Director, Europe and UK: Søren Moller, Danish Musical Theater Academy