Membership Benefits

  • Also being a member of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations (CFMTA).

  • Group liability insurance for your teaching studio

  • Optional musical instrument insurance

  • Marketing opportunities, including a listing in our online directory

  • Professional Development opportunities including discounted rates to conventions and workshops and access to CFMTA workshop videos

  • Performance and scholarship opportunities for your students, including competitions at regional, provincial and national levels, auditions, recitals, and masterclasses

  • Scholarships and awards available to your students in performance, composition, and pedagogy

  • Resources for your studio, including policy cards and studio certificates

  • Networking with your teaching colleagues

  • Access to the Perkopolis Discount Program

ORTMA offers a number of membership types for music teachers, students and those interested in music education and supporting the purposes and objects of the Association.

By joining you become part of a professional association of music teachers who have attained substantiated educational credentials and teaching experience.

ORMTA Members Benefit from:

  • "It is important for me to be an ORMTA member. It keeps me in contact with my colleagues, sharing ideas. The enegy from other ORMTA members helps motivate me to try new ideas. Other ORMTA members encourage me to be the best I can be!"

    Frances Balodis
    MYC Founder
    ORMTA Past President

  • "Being a member of ORMTA has been an integral part of the establishment and growth of my private voice studio."

    Jenniah Armstrong
    ORMTA Niagara Falls Branch

  • "I benefit immensely from connecting in wonderful ways with my ORMTA colleagues. My students benefit from the many valuable performance opportunities."

    Dr. Joseph Ferretti
    Faculty Wilfred Laurier University
    ORMTA Central Toronto Branch

  • "Canada Music Week is always celebrated in my studio and I love that ORMTA makes this a big part of the first term of the academic year! ORMTA workshops, clinicians and conventions allow my teaching mind to be expanded on with a multitude of new concepts."

    Michael Faulkner
    ORMTA Kingston and Area Branch

  • "The ORMTA has been a wonderful resource for me as a music educator. From brief, logistical inquiries to lengthy, teaching philosophy discussions, my interaction with ORMTA colleagues is always educational and encouraging."

    Reanne Kruisselbrink
    ORMTA Owen Sound Branch

  • "I have been fortunate to belong to the association and have met and worked with many fine branch members over the years, including serving on the executive as president many years ago! The availability of branch awards for students and the ORMTA student composition competition has been rewarding for a number of people I have taught. I will always use the ORMTA branch as a referral for parents looking for teachers in our area."

    Philip Corke
    Retired ORMTA Member