Music Teachers National Association, Inc.: consolidated statement of financial position: June 30, 2002: independent auditor's report - MTNA

American Music Teacher, Feb-March, 2003

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position of Music Teachers National Association, Inc. as of June 30, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of activities and cash flows for the year then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Association's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Music Teachers National Association, Inc. as of June 30, 2002, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying schedules are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic consolidated financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.

Assets:
   Cash and cash equivalents                  $423,166
   Investments at fair value                   542,647
   Accounts receivable                          22,837
   Inventory                                    10,371
   Prepaid expenses                              5,624
   Property and equipment, net                 148,816
   Deposits                                     20,420
     Total assets                           $1,173,881

Liabilities and net assets:
   Liabilities:
        Accounts payable                        52,127
        Due to state and local affiliates       51,978
        Accrued expenses                        30,670
        Deferred revenue                       766.055
        Total liabilities                      850,830

   Unrestricted net assets                     323,051

     Total liabilities and net assets       $1,173,881

Note 1--Summary of Significant Accounting

Policies: The following accounting principles and practices of Music Teachers National Association, Inc. (the "Association"), are set forth to facilitate the understanding of data presented in the consolidated financial statements.

Nature of operations: The Association promotes the professional growth and development of its members, furthering the art of music by providing programs that encourage and support teaching, performance, composition and scholarly research.

Principles of consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements present the consolidated financial position and changes in net assets of the Association and its former corporate entity that shares the same legal name. All inter-organizational accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of estimates: The presentation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Financial statement presentation: The Association is required to report information regarding its financial position and activities in three classes of net assets: unrestricted net assets which have no donor-imposed restrictions, temporarily restricted net assets which have donor-imposed restrictions that will expire in the future, and permanently restricted net assets which have donor-imposed restrictions which do not expire. The Association does not have any temporarily or permanently restricted net assets at June 30, 2002.

Income taxes: For Federal tax purposes, the Association is an exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code but is subject to tax on its unrelated business income.

In addition, the Association was formerly organized under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. All of the assets except 550,000 were transferred from the 501(c)(6) organization into the 501(c)(3) organization. The 501(c)(6) organization is used strictly for certification and its financial position and results of operations have been consolidated with the 501(c)(3) organization in these financial statements.