PAMTA is the local affiliate of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association. The objective of this group is to Encourage and exchange of ideas in the field; to Enrich the love and understanding of music; and to Elevate the standards of teaching music by recognizing the experience, training, and challenge necessary for professional growth.

Lending Library

Library

   
BOOK TITLE AUTHOR
Beautiful Music together: Creating a Private Music Studio for Teacher, Student, and Parent Carolyn Biller
Beethoven: The Universal Composer Morris
How to Play the Piano Despite Years of Lessons Cannel/Marx
(The) Lives of the Musicians Krull
(The) Joy of Music L. Bernstein
Making Music and Enriching Lives: A Guide for Music Teachers Blanchard
Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson Tunstall
Notes, Time, Terms: A Reference Book Green
(The) Perfect Wrong Note Westney
Piano Puzzlers: Thirty Popular Melodies and Folk Tunes in the Styles of Famous Composers Adolph
(A) Piano Teacher's Legacy, Selected Writings by Richard Chronister Darling
(A) Pianist's Landscape Montparker
Professional Piano Teaching Jocobson
They Shall Have Music, A Manual for the Instruction of Visually Handicapped Students in the Playing of Keyboard Instruments Dykema
With Your Own Two Hands, Self-Discovery Through Music L. Bernstein

CDs

Title Artist
The 5 Browns Browns
The 5 Browns: No Boundaries Browns
Piano Concerts 1987-2005 Campbell
Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin Montparker
Piano Tapestry Redekopp and Edwards

DVDs

Title Creator
A Passion for Teaching Bastien
2004 Monster Concert PAMTA
2006 Monster Concert PAMTA
2008 Monster Concert PAMTA
The Verbier Festival & Academy Piano Extravaganza  

VHS Tapes

Title Author
1994 Anniversary Meeting, August 29 PAMTA
Beethoven Lives Upstairs  
Carolyn Sisney for PAMTA  
Conversations with Frances Clark  
Her Life and Teachings, Frances Clark  
(The) History of the Pianoforte Badur-Skoda
Intermediate Repertoire Cathy Albergo
Integrating What We Teach Marvin Blickenstaff
Interactive Music Learning Made Easy Roland
Memorization and Effective Practice Neeley
My First Sonatina Marvin Blickenstaff
Nelita True: Portrait of a Pianist/Teacher  
Performance Practices Hinson
Practice! But How! Karen Zorn
Technical Routines Neeley
1989 Monster Concert PAMTA
1990 Monster Concert PAMTA
1991 Monster Concert PAMTA
1992 Monster Concert PAMTA
1994 Monster Concert PAMTA
1996 Monster Concert PAMTA
2004 Monster Concert PAMTA