This site is a member-owned and operated resource created by music educators and community members across New Mexico. We share teaching guides, student opportunities, event calendars, and practical resources to support music education and strengthen connections within our community.
Browse this site for peer-to-peer resources, community events, and the collective wisdom of NM music teachers. Visit pmtnm.net for official calendars, donations, and presidential announcements.
We exist to give New Mexico's music teachers, students, and families a shared home — a place to trade what works, celebrate our students' progress, and make quality music education easier to find and sustain across our state. The best resources come from the people doing the work: teachers writing guides for other teachers, families sharing what helped their kids, and a community that keeps building this together, one guide and one connection at a time.
The Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico (PMTNM) was established as the New Mexico state affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). MTNA, founded in 1876 by Theodore Presser and 62 colleagues, is the oldest professional music teachers organization in the United States.
PMTNM membership is not a simple directory listing. Every teacher who joins has committed to the professional standards and code of ethics of MTNA — a national organization with a 150-year track record of advancing music teaching as a legitimate and rigorous profession.
We represent studio teachers, collegiate instructors, and private educators across Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, and communities throughout New Mexico.
Jacqueline Zanderwall is a mezzo-soprano, teacher, and artistic leader whose work has helped shape a collaborative musical community in New Mexico. As the Founding Artistic Director of the Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival, she has reached more than 1,500 students and awarded over $10,000 in annual scholarships.
Read Jacqueline's Story →President
Laura Spitzer, Las Cruces
Vice President
Sam Jacobs, Santa Fe
Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Jeanne Grealish, Albuquerque
State Competition Coordinator
Ronald F. Grinage, Santa Fe
Certification Chair
Linda C. King, Las Vegas
Interested in serving on the PMTNM board? Contact us →
PMTNM membership connects you to local colleagues, statewide programs, and the full resources of MTNA — the national professional organization that has defined music teaching standards since 1876.