National officer candidates for the 2005-2007 biennium

American Music Teacher, August-Sept, 2004

A specialist in performance and pedagogy, she has been a workshop presenter in more than twenty states, and her writings have been published in Clavier, American Music Teacher, Piano Quarterly and Keyboard Companion. Rountree is featured on a CD of American Music for Flute and Piano and is the editor of two keyboard anthologies published by Warner. She has served as MTNA vice president, national conference chair and currently is chair of the American Music Teacher Editorial Committee.

Kathleen has been both an independent music teacher and a college faculty member, having served as keyboard faculty at Louisiana State University, Moorhead State University (Minnesota) and Appalachian State University (North Carolina). In administration, she served as dean of performing and visual arts at the University of Northern Colorado, associate dean at Louisiana State University and currently is associate provost at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Rountree has managed budgets ranging from $1-$6 million and has been an active fundraiser for scholarships and arts events.

"Music is the single force that has shaped the direction of my life. Through music, I discovered that hard work and daily practice could expand my horizons beyond the world of my family's small farm in Virginia. Through music, I have been privileged to perform in distant lands, to teach a five-year-old to make music for the first time and to speak at conventions of musicians, educators and administrators. I believe fervently in the power of the arts to enhance and empower students, and to enrich the cultural fabric of our society. Music has been generous to me; I am honored to dedicate my energies to education, the arts and to MTNA," she says.

In accordance with Article VI, Sec 2. of the MTNA Bylaws, this slate of two candidates per office was prepared by the MTNA Nominating Committee, consisting of R. Wayne Gibson, NCTM, Atlanta, Georgia, chair; Carleen Graff, NCTM, Plymouth, New Hampshire; Scott McBride Smith, NCTM, Irvine, California; Julianne Miranda, NCTM, Greencastle, Indiana; Debra Ronning, NCTM, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania; Jody Graves, Cheney, Washington; Celinda Hallbauer, NCTM, Belton, Texas; Roy Wylie, NCTM, Auburn, Alabama; Cheryl Pachak-Brooks, NCTM, Portales, New Mexico; and Janice Wenger, NCTM, Columbia, Missouri.

Members also may submit nominations: MTNA Bylaws, Article VI., Section 3.: "Nominations for National ... offices, other than those presented by the Nominating Committee, may be added to the election ballot by petition signed by one hundred Active Members and received at the business offices of the Association no later than three (3) months prior to the scheduled date of the election."

The February/March 2005 issue of American Music Teacher will contain a ballot and voting instructions. Online voting also will be available at www.mtna.org at that time.