Victoria Fischer Faw, professor of music at Elon, has been named president-elect of the N.C. Music Teachers Association.
Victoria Fischer Faw, professor of music at Elon University, has been named president-elect of the N.C. Music Teachers Association.
In her role as president-elect, she is coordinating the annual NCMTA conference, which will take place at Wake Forest University on Oct. 20-23. She will also represent NCMTA and Elon University at Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) divisional and national conferences.
A pianist and teacher, Fischer received her musical training at Centenary College of Louisiana, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Texas at Austin and the Vienna Conservatory in Austria. She is the recipient of many distinctions, including first place in the International Bartók-Kabalevsky Piano Competition, the Phi Kappa Phi Southeast Regional Distinguished Artist Award; Rotary Foundation International, Fulbright, and IREX grants; and visiting professorships at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, and the University of Belize. She is in her 27th year at Elon, where she coordinates the keyboard program and teachers piano, piano pedagogy and music research.
NCMTA’s mission is to advance musical knowledge and education through discussion, investigation, performance, publication and the promotion of the general welfare of music teachers in the state of North Carolina. It is the state affiliate of the national umbrella organization, MTNA.
In 1876, Theodore Presser and 62 of his colleagues founded the Music Teachers National Association with the purpose of advancing the value of music study and music-making to society while supporting the careers and professionalism of teachers of music.
Today, MTNA has cemented its role as an organization essential not only to the professional and individual well-being of music-teaching professionals, but also a vital partner in their growth and development. It provides both a collective voice for teachers worldwide and a powerful alliance with a highly prestigious and influential group.
With nearly 22,000 members in 50 states—and more than 500 local affiliates—MTNA is the preeminent source for where members embody like-minded values and commitment to their students, colleagues and society as a whole, while reaping the rewards of collaboration, continuity and connection throughout the lifetime of their careers.