The new Rules of Association (2019) of the Victorian Music Teachers' Association allow for up to 6 Member Elected Board Directors and 2 Board Appointed Directors.
Member Elected Directors must be current financial members of the VMTA. Board Appointed Directors may be VMTA members or external consultants who have specialist skills and expertise of value to the association. Terms are staggered and are held for up to 3 years.
Board Directors may also nominate for the position of President, Vice-President and Treasurer in addition to serving as a regular Board Director. Through the Executive and various working groups, Board Directors support the planning and running of the VMTA in an honorary capacity and in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer.
Board Directors & Management 2019
Born and raised in Melbourne's West, Lyn pursued her love of music, and the desire to share it with the next generation, through tertiary studies at the Melba Conservatorium of Music where she studied Clarinet under Paul Champion (Principal Clarinetist, Orchestra Victoria).
David Harris is composer, broadcaster and lecturer in composition. As a composer he has been prolific and varied, ranging stylistically from ‘hardcore minimalism’ to expressive post-romanticism and many experimental shades in between. He currently lectures in Music Composition at Monash University and teaches from his private studio.