Washington State Music Teachers Association
Founded in 1914, Cornish College of the Arts is the oldest music conservatory on the west coast. Today it's nationally recognized as a premier college for the visual and performing arts, and one of only a handful of fully accredited, private colleges in the nation dedicated to educating both performing and visual artists in music, dance, theater, design, and visual art. The Cornish music department offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Music degree in voice, instrumental performance, and composition with emphases in both classical and jazz performance traditions.
Dan Skelley has been a Registered Piano Technician since 1980 and was trained at the Steinway factory in New York. In addition to specializing in custom action rebuilds, Skelley Piano is a dealer representing the Ritmuller and Pearl River Pianos.
Pianos carrying the Fandrich & Sons name are the musical equal of most of the world's fine pianos. Fandrich is able to offer pianos at moderate prices because it purchases, from Asian manufacturers, models selected for excellence of tonal design. Fandrich upgrades these pianos by replacing the essential musical parts with the best parts available (action parts and hammers from Germany, strings from USA). An essential part of the upgrade is Fandrich & Sons' own proprietary method of micro-balancing the keys. Last, Fandrich thoroughly tunes, voices and regulates each instrument to concert-performance ready condition.
Henry Bischofberger, third generation violin maker, learned his craft at the Swiss School of Violin Making in Brienz, Switzerland. He continued his studies in San Francisco before returning to Seattle where he ran the family violin business on Capitol Hill for 12 years. He brings over 35 years of experience to his new shop on the Eastside of Lake Washington.
Washington Music Educators Association serves school music teachers from elementary school through higher education. WMEA provides in-service opportunities, publications, advocacy and an annual conference for its membership. WMEA has long partnered with WSMTA to ensure that our state's students have the greatest possible opportunities for both group and individual instruction so that their music education is enhanced to the highest degree.
