One of Missouri Music Teachers Association’s goals is to create the musicians and audiences of the future. Competitions and auditions can play an important role in this process, helping to bring out the best in young musicians by giving them the chance to perform alongside the best young musicians from across the state. MMTA runs the Missouri state-level Music Teachers National Association competitions for students; winners from the state competitions proceed to the MTNA national conference. The state-level competitions/auditions are going on this week at Evangel University in Springfield, and the outgoing President of the Missouri Music Teachers Association, Meredith Taylor, stopped by our studio to talk about what's happening at Evangel this week. She says the competing students "who win at the state level, both pre-collegiate and collegiate, will go on to the Regionals, and then hopefully to the Nationals." The competition rounds are open to the public free of charge--they continue
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