Student Affiliate Registration Instructions

SA Chair Information

Chair: Norman Schack

Email: njschack@gmail.com

Here is some very important information that you need to know about Student Affiliate. Please read all the material below. It details important information about enrolling your student, events, and awards.

Description and Purpose

To be part of an informed body of students gaining a wider musical experience than is usually afforded in private music study, with recognition for achievement in various phases of musical education and activity.

Eligibility

Any student studying with a current member of MTNA and TMTA, including students residing outside the state.

Registration Deadline and Info

  • Fall registration deadlines:
    • ONLINE payments – Wednesday, September 30.
    • CHECK payments – postmarked by Thursday, October 1. Mail to the treasurer:

Sergei Savitski
5707 McKnight St
Houston, TX 77035

  • Winter registration deadline:
    • ONLINE and CHECK payments – Tuesday, December 1, 2026.

A student needs to be registered only once to be cleared for any TMTA-sponsored event for the entire academic year. A Fall deadline is set primarily for teachers who intend to put students in the Fall Theory Test. Once registered, their students are also privy to all other SA events. The second deadline is for teachers who wish to enter students in any SA event after the Fall Theory Test.

See below for fee information.

STEP 1: SA Registration Instructions for Teachers

  1. Be sure you have paid your MTNA and TMTA dues for the 2026-27 school year.
  2. Sign in on www.tmta.org. A blue sign-in button is available on the upper right hand corner of the site.
  3. Once you sign in, the list of your students will appear.
  4. Click the Edit button next to the student’s name.
  5. Choose the current grade level for the student.
  6. Select “Student is Homeschooled,” if applicable.
  7. Students participating in TMTA events throughout the year (such as Ensemble, Composition, Publication, Performance, etc.) need to have parent name, email, address, and phone number information.
  8. Students who will participate only in the Theory or World of Music Test do not need further contact information.
  9. Teachers will be able to add new students who are not transfers in their teacher profile along with needed information such as address, parent’s name, etc. Click on Save Student when done editing or adding.
  10. Teachers must inform the Local SA chair of any students who have transferred from another TMTA teacher. DO NOT enter transfer students as new students. The Local SA Chair will transfer the student to the new teacher’s list. Type “transfer” in the notes section of the transfer student.
  11. Type in the notes section for each student the words “Student Affiliate” if you want your student enrolled in student affiliate.
  12. If the student is a transfer student, type in the words “transfer from…” and then the words “Student Affiliate.”
  13. If you want a student removed from your profile, type in the notes section “Remove from profile.”
  14. Add your new students to your profile by clicking on the “add” button.
  15. Students may remain in your profile and not be a student affiliate. Simply leave their notes section blank.

STEP 2: HMTA Registration Instruction for Teachers

IMPORTANT! Once you have updated your TMTA profile and your students’ info, please return here to complete your registration.

Fees

SA membership fees:

  • $21 per student / discounted rate of $20 per student when paying via Zelle or Check.

Teachers who register students for SA events but fail to register them for SA membership will be subject to a $50 penalty.

Click the button at the bottom of this page to fill out and submit registration form for SA (step 1), AND to pay registration fee (step 2). Please ensure that you do not close your window before finishing the checkout process, as your registration will remain incomplete.

Student Affiliate Events

Original Composition Contest*

Performance Contests*

Convention Ensembles (Multi-Piano)*

TMTA Chamber Music Ensemble*

Scholarship Auditions*

World of Music Test

Publication Contest

State Theory Test (not for Post-12 SA members)

* indicates State Theory Test must be passed with a 70% or above to participate

TMTA Student Affiliate Awards

SA State Participation Award

Twelve-year Plaque (State Theory Test)

TMTA Whitlock Memorial Scholarship Award

State Ensemble Award

McGaughey Award (World of Music)

Elizabeth Morris Ensemble Scholarship

Mansfield Award (State Theory Test)

Ella Louise Burba Award

Twelve-year Participation Certificate (State Theory Test)

Loving Gold Medal Theory Award (State Theory Test)

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