Oshkosh Area Music Teachers Association welcomes you! Please feel free to peruse our website to see what we have to offer. For questions regarding membership, please contact the OAMTA president. If you are looking for a teacher in your area, visit the members page. We hope you will join us at one of our many educational events for teachers and students!
OAMTA Member of the Year 2022: Madison McCarney
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Madison is a Nationally Certified Independent Piano Instructor that provides the Oshkosh, Wisconsin area with quality music instruction. She offers private piano lessons for ages 6 and up, beginning through advanced levels, in her home studio.
She loves music and has a special passion for teaching. Madison strives to provide her students with the best direction possible so that they can enjoy music in whatever capacity they desire. Whether they want to play for their own enjoyment or become a music teacher or performer, she gives them the musical tools they need to enjoy music for a lifetime. Madison has been the president of OAMTA through the difficult pandemic that has affected all of us and has had innovative ideas for presentations. |
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In Memoriam
Maryellen Pung April 15, 1934 – October 31, 2020 Maryellen Pung is remembered fondly within OAMTA as teacher, colleague, and friend. She became a founding member of the Oshkosh Area Keyboard Teachers Association (as it was previously named) soon after moving to Oshkosh from Milwaukee. Maryellen was a performing pianist, from a young age. She won 2 competitions in Grand Rapids, Michigan (the first at age 12) which resulted in her performing with the Grand Rapids Symphony. While in Milwaukee and raising 7 children with her husband Bob, she kept up her practicing and performing. She was a member of the MacDowell Club, which regularly presented recitals. She met with other pianists for classes and coaching with a master teacher in Milwaukee (doing much of her practicing after her children were in bed!). After moving to Oshkosh, Maryellen continued to practice, learning at least one major piano work every year, which she would perform for colleagues, friends, or in recital. In this, she was an inspiration, sharing the music and her serious dedication. For many years, Maryellen was accompanist for vocal and instrumental music students at UW-Oshkosh, playing countless recitals and end-of–term juries. She continued solo performing also, playing in various venues in the community. She was passionate about sharing the music. Maryellen was an enthusiastic, caring teacher of many students through the years. She and her students participated in many OAMTA-sponsored events – group recitals, Bach-a-thon, Making Music with Friends, Super Concerts, and more - as well as annual Wisconsin Music Teachers Association auditions. As an active OAMTA member, Maryellen served in various positions, including President and as Chair of the Helen Miller Scholarship program. One year, she was honored by Wisconsin Music Teachers Association (WMTA) as OAMTA’s Member of the Year. Maryellen will be missed - within OAMTA and beyond – as a dear colleague and friend. We are grateful for the time we shared with her. |