Member Discounts

Your MTNA membership provides multiple discounts selected with the unique needs of music teachers in mind. Are you taking advantage of them? Many of your colleagues who do are finding that the discounts more than cover the cost of their annual membership. Click on the links below to go directly to a specific section. To use the quality discounts of your MTNA membership, members should sign-in and click here

 

Business

Elite One Media is an online media marketing company. Their web design, social media and search engine optimization services increase business visibility online. They are excited to partner with MTNA and provide current members a discounted rate for online marketing services. MTNA members enjoy $100 off the online marketing Essentials Package. The Essentials Package includes a professional mobile website, email hosting, online directory listing and customized social media presence. This hassle-free package is sure to increase your visibility as a music professional. Whether promoting your private studio, music school or your concert schedule, the Essentials Package will give you the tools you need to connect with students and professionals alike.

ODP

MTNA Office Depot/OfficeMax Discount Program

Members can save up to 80%
off over 93,000 products from ODP Business Solutions! Save on your printing, cleaning and furniture needs. Members must register an account through the MTNA signup page. Once enrolled, place your orders from www.odpbusiness.com for pickup at any Office Depot or OfficeMax, or FREE shipping on orders over $50. A smaller discount is available for in-store purchases through the Store Discount Program; to access download the ODP Business Solutions app and sign in to your account. From the app you will be able to access a digital QR Code to present at check-out in any Office Depot® or OfficeMax® store.

To use this discount, MTNA members should visit the members-only version of this page by clicking here (sign-in required).
 

Online Counseling & Therapy Services

MTNA has partnered with BetterHelp, the leading online therapy program with more than 20,000 therapists across the U.S., services in 50+ languages and support in more than 200 countries, to provide all MTNA members 1 month of free therapy (up to 4 live sessions per month + unlimited texting) with a therapist specifically assigned to your individual preferences. You can communicate with your therapist via phone, video and live chat, plus you can message your therapist whenever you’d like. After a member has used the free month, they are able to continue with BetterHelp for 15% off the retail price for as long as they stay with BetterHelp. The program is totally confidential. MTNA does not know who is receiving therapy and does not have any access to your therapy or other personal data.

To use this discount, MTNA members should visit the members-only version of this page by clicking here (sign-in required).

Prescription Savings

Save up to 80% on prescriptions with the US Pharmacy Card

MTNA members have access to the US Pharmacy Card, which offers the largest discounts and greatest overall savings of any discount card in the marketplace. The card is FREE and accepted at over 59,000 pharmacies nationwide across the United States—including all major chains.

Publications and Products

Better Practice is the leading music practice app, integrating studio management and practice engagement into one easy-to-use tool. Practice is crucial to a music student’s success, and we're helping thousands of students at studios and schools all over the world transform their practice habits. We have over 2M practices recorded and Better Practice gets smarter with every practice to help students improve more. The app uses proven learning techniques that work together to make practice engaging, motivating, and fun for students of all ages. Ultimately, it helps students enjoy practice and develop faster, so teachers retain students longer, as well as simplifying their day-to-day. MTNA members receive 30-day free usage and access to the music library!

Collabra is excited to exclusively offer current MTNA Members up to 10 FREE Student Accounts for a semester for K-12 and College students or 90 days for Private students. Collabra is the easiest way for instructors and their students to capture unlimited audio/video recordings of their lessons, practices, and assessments. Using our web and mobile applications, Collabra users can record, view, comment, and collaborate on all of their content safely and conveniently inside the Collabra platform. Collabra is free for instructors and priced between $3-10/month for students. To learn more about Collabra, check out www.CollabraMusic.com.

 

iClassical Academy is a leader in online advanced musical education and offers high quality, conservatory-level Masterclasses for Violin, Cello, Piano and Trumpet. We also give teachers the opportunity to share their online music courses in a unique program called musiMentor. Our lifetime access plans allow learning from the Best Master Teachers, accessible to professionals, advanced players, students, amateur musicians or music lovers. Online learning makes a difference! Join us and get full access to more than 200 tutorials. MTNA Members save 10%.

Informance publishes digital resources for musicians and teachers, including eBooks, video lessons, online courses and enhanced editions. Our flagship platform is the Practising the Piano Online Academy, a subscription website featuring a growing collection of 300+ articles and 500+ videos from renowned experts on topics such as improvisation, sight reading, learning pieces, healthy piano playing and teaching. We’re offering MTNA members 30% off annual subscriptions to the Online Academy which includes a collection of online modules created with the Piano Teachers’ Course UK and free eBooks and study editions worth over $90! MTNA members can also save 30% on all digital products in our store.

  Interlochen Arts Camp offers world-renowned summer arts programs that encourage emerging artists to transform their passion and potential into purpose. From across the nation and around the world, artistic students ages 8-18 convene at Interlochen to expand their capacity in music, theatre, dance, creative writing, visual arts, interdisciplinary arts, and film. Through daily classes, enriching electives, and frequent performances, Interlochen students explore the full breadth of the arts, pursue creative breakthroughs, and forge lifelong cross-cultural friendships. Immersed in a multidisciplinary artistic environment, young creatives find reflection, rejuvenation, and inspiration on Interlochen’s scenic 1,200-acre wooded campus. MTNA members receive a special code to waive the application fee for their students!

Members of MTNA are eligible to save up to 50% off the everyday public web price of the entire line of Lenovo products, including laptops, tablets, desktops, accessories and more. Members also receive free ground shipping on all web orders and can take advantage of monthly limited-time special offers. Experience the Lenovo difference!

 

MatchMySound is guided practice technology featuring automatic feedback for all instruments, including guitar, piano, and voice. Music teachers use the music matching technology to engage their learners when they practice at home so they can focus on productive in-person lessons. Features include:

  • Assignment Creator | Create & assign personalized lessons
  • Content Uploader | Upload original content or choose from our growing digital library
  • Automatic Feedback | See exactly where to improve upon rhythm, pitch & notes
  • LIVE Virtual Lessons | Make-up lessons are made easy using our music lesson video platform

MTNA members save 20% on MatchMySound

Musical America Worldwide has partnered with MTNA to provide our members with its annual Musical America Guide to Competitions, free of charge. The publication provides a listing of national and international competitions, including our very own MTNA National Student Competitions. The list includes deadlines, prizes, disciplines, dates, eligibility and much more.

Musicnotes has been transforming the way people purchase and play sheet music since 1998. With over 400,000 arrangements, Musicnotes provides an unparalleled catalogue of content for every instrument and skill level. MTNA members save 15%.

To use this discount, MTNA members should visit the members-only version of this page by clicking here (sign-in required).
One Eye Publications is pleased to announce a 15% discount for MTNA members on all purchases. Our catalogue features methods for young children with Pianokids®, Violinkids®, Guitarkids®. Our new Pianokids® Journey series is a method for teen and adult students. One Eye Publications also now publishes works by under-represented women composers with collections of various composers and individual works available. Because we are a Canadian company you benefit from a further discount with the currency exchange. We ship with USPS for quick delivery. Start shopping now: www.oneeyepublications.com/shop

MTNA and Oxford University Press are thrilled to announce the launch of the MTNA-OUP partnership webstore! The online store features hundreds of OUP Music Education and Performance titles at discounts exclusive to MTNA members. Visit the site regularly to take advantage of author spotlights and special offers on the latest books in music education, piano, voice, choir, technology, music history and more.

By trying to make music available to everyone, Pizzicato music software has met many aspects of music education and it pleases to teachers. Whether for music theory, music notation, music reading or creative music composition, Pizzicato has developed itself into a large field of experimentation, like a music laboratory which lets combine many features taken from a multi use toolbox. MTNA members are offered special pricing available for schools, independent teachers and all students for different products, plus a free basic program.

Those looking to buy a piano are often also looking for a piano teacher. PianoBuyer.com is the most trusted and best-known consumer guide for acoustic and digital pianos in America. Now MTNA members can advertise their services to PianoBuyer.com’s 25,000 monthly visitors for only $69 per year—a 27 percent discount off the regular price. They’ll even create an attractive color display ad for you at no additional charge. Your ad will be displayed only to viewers in your local market area.

RealTime Audio™ is the ultimate Zoom® replacement for music makers and music teachers. Aside from featuring radically enhanced video and audio quality, the app has music-related tools like instrument tuners, metronomes, a whiteboard for uploading and annotating sheet music together, uploading audio file libraries, voice pitch detectors, and scale and chord chart generators.

Our technology also has an ultra-low latency feature that, when used with any RealTime Audio-powered device (sold separately), allows musicians to perform together in real-time sessions over the internet, just like they were in the room together, even if a thousand miles apart.

MTNA members receive $10 off a prepaid annual basic subscription with a regular price of $60 for only $50. Collegiate Members receive 50% off a prepaid annual subsection with a regular price of $60 for only $30.

  Sheet Music Now provides the music industry's most extensive selection of fully licensed digital, printable sheet music available online. Easily buy and download sheet music for piano, guitar, bass, woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion! Sheet Music Now has downloads available for students of every level, from beginner through advanced, including a growing list of contest, solo and ensemble, and festival pieces on national and state contest lists including NFMC, UIL, and NYSSMA. MTNA members save 20% off all purchases.

To use this discount, MTNA members should visit the members-only version of this page by clicking here (sign-in required).
With more than 2 million titles across all styles, genres and instruments, Sheet Music Plus has everything you need for music lessons, music classrooms, school, community and church ensembles, and personal libraries. MTNA members save 10% off all purchases, plus save an additional 8% with Sheet Music Plus's EasyRebates program!

To use this discount, MTNA members should visit the members-only version of this page by clicking here (sign-in required).

Jazz Piano for the Rest of Us: Live online jazz piano classes with Bradley Sowash

MTNA Discount: MTNA members qualify for a $50 discount. To confirm your status, email a picture of your membership card to info@bradleysowash.com. When registering, pay the full amount. A $50 refund will be refunded to you within 24 hours. Learn more at: https://bradleysowash.com/

Teaching Healthy Expressive Technique—online course for piano teachers

Following on from the success of her award-winning book, The Complete Pianist, Penelope Roskell (MTNA member and Professor of Piano and Pedagogy at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London) has teamed up with Informance Publishing to produce a very comprehensive course for piano teachers, presented via nine hours of superbly presented videos. In this course, Penelope gives teachers, both new and experienced, an in-depth understanding of how to teach all aspects of technique to pianists of all levels. Click here for more information and a sample video: https://peneloperoskell.co.uk/roskell-academy/courses/ MTNA members receive a 20% discount.

The course is incorporated within the Trinity Laban Pedagogy course and group discounts are also available to other music schools and piano groups. For more information email contact@informance.biz.

Tomplay, the inventor of Interactive Sheet Music, has revolutionned music playing. Through its unique platform, It offers all musicians the possibility to play their instrument along with high quality recordings by professional musicians, including Deutsche Grammophon artists. Thanks to its unique technology, the interactive scores scroll automatically on-screen with the music. With features such as adjusting the tempo of the music, visualising instrument fingerings in real time, looping selected passages and self-recording, Tomplay makes learning music more effective, fun and immersive. Tomplay offers a catalogue of over 70,000 classical, pop/rock/electro, jazz and film music Interactive Sheet Music Titles for 28 instruments, and arranged in various difficulty levels. It is available in 9 languages and used by more than 1 million musicians worldwide. MTNA members receive a 30% discount.

Studio Management Services

Duet Partner, formerly Music Teacher’s Helper, is a music studio management software built by music teachers for music teachers. Its new platform involves a complete rebrand and redesign. Features include a marketplace for teachers to advertise lessons, a teacher community, and online teaching studio. Duet also has started a semimonthly podcast for teacher education. MTNA members can save 20% off any subscription level.

Fons is a studio management application with the goal to eliminate invoicing, streamline scheduling, automate payments, and provide an excellent client experience. Fons was founded by a third-generation music teacher. Its signature feature is stellar automation options that set scheduling and payments on autopilot. In fact, Fons claims that it reduces administrative time by over 80% and increase revenue by 15% or more. MTNA members can get Fons for 50% off for the first three months.

My Music Staff is studio management software made easy! Our web-based application helps you manage your students, schedule, billing, and much, much more – all in one place. Whether you’re a private teacher or a multi-teacher studio, My Music Staff will keep you organized and save you hours of admin time every month! My Music Staff is currently offering a 60-day free trial to MTNA members who are first-time users of My Music Staff.  

Travel

MTNA members always receive up to 25% off your rental plus enjoy additional offers like dollars off, a complimentary upgrade, or a free weekend day. With a complimentary membership in Avis Preferred®, you’ll travel better, save time and gain access to exclusive offers. Skip the counter and paperwork at many locations and go straight to your car.

Avis Car Rental operates one of the world's best-known car rental brands with approximately 5,450 locations in more than 165 countries. Avis has a long history of innovation in the car rental industry and is one of the world's top brands for customer loyalty.

MTNA members always save up to 25% off Budget base rates with plus get other great offers like dollars off, a complimentary upgrade, or a free weekend day. Plus with a complimentary membership in Budget Fastbreak, enjoy our fastest, easiest rental experience!

Budget Car Rental is one of the world's best-known car rental brands with approximately 3,350 locations in more than 120 countries. Budget is an industry leader in providing vehicle rental services to value-conscious travelers and also operates the second-largest truck rental business in the United States, through a network of approximately 1,650 locations.

MTNA members get a 10% discount at any of the 1,400+ locations. Motel 6 offers a clean, comfortable room and great service for the lowest price of any national chain. The 10% discount for MTNA members can be applied at any of the 1,400+ pet-friendly Motel 6 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

MTNA members save 20% on stays at all Red Roof locations! With more than 500 inns across the U.S., MTNA members can take advantage of pet-friendly accommodations and access free Wi-Fi, HBO, ESPN, CNN, and more at Red Roof Inns & Red Roof Plus. Find great rooms, comfy beds, budget-conscious rates, and friendly staff nationwide.



MTNA members can save up to 20 percent off the Best Available Rate at all participating properties. Choose from 15 different hotel brands and more than 7,000 hotels worldwide. So whether you are looking for an upscale hotel, an all-inclusive resort or something along the way, we have the right hotel for you… and at the right price. So start saving now. Call and reserve your room today at one of these numerous hotels available.

Receive up to 15 percent off your stay at Wyndham Extra Holiday locations! Excellent service and the finest comforts are standards you can always rely on. With more spacious floor plans than a regular hotel, you can enjoy a one-, two- or three-bedroom suite with separate living areas and partial or fully equipped kitchens.

Home


The TotalProtect® Enhanced Home Warranty helps protect MTNA Members from the high costs associated with home repair and replacement of their major appliances and key internal mechanical systems. It has been designed to increase homeowner peace of mind while significantly decreasing expenses when things go wrong with their systems and appliances.

TotalProtect® Enhanced covers many items that other home warranty companies don’t even think of covering. From unknown pre-existing conditions, rust and corrosion to plumbing stoppages, water heater sediment build-up and more. Members will have a true peace of mind, one-stop shopping, and expert service from a network of over 40,000 pre-screened service professionals, all while receiving MTNA Member exclusive discounts. Now that’s what Complete Coverage is all about!

Auto

YourMechanic delivers mobile car repair at your home or office. Save on average 30% compared to shops and dealers with our top-rated mechanics. Get a fast, free quote online 24/7 and book over 600 repair, maintenance, and diagnostic services. YourMechanic offers a 12-month, 12,000-mile warranty. Receive $10 off your service for car repair at your home or office with YourMechanic.

Protect Yourself And Your Investment

MTNA is pleased to offer members a variety of insurance packages through our trusted partners—Clarion Associates Incorporated and The Trust for Insuring Educators/Forrest T. Jones & Company. Whether you want personal coverage or coverage for your business, there are programs to fit your needs. Check out insurance packages for health, home, auto, life, general liability, instrument and more!   

Credit Card Processing With Elavon

MTNA has partnered with Elavon to make it easier for members to accept credit card payments in their studios. This optional program available to MTNA members, offers reduced application and nominal maintenance fees.

Debt Collection

Membership with MTNA is accompanied by invaluable privileges and advantages, including assistance with, and discounts on, debt collection.

Legal Resources

Do you have a legal concern and need professional advice? As an MTNA member, you have access to free legal resources drafted by the MTNA attorney.

Legal Resources in the following areas are available exclusively for members:

  • Zoning issues
  • Bill collection
  • Business formation (additional fees may be required for filing in your state)
  • Non-compete agreements
  • Buying and selling existing studios
  • Music purchases and resale to students
  • Copyright and ASCAP issues
  • Ethics issues
  • Liability issues

Music for Everyone

This popular program is really three programs in one!

The Music Achievement Award Program encourages ALL the students in the teacher's studio, especially the "everyday" students, to continue their music study and to strive to achieve goals that will not only help them become better musicians, but also will enhance their love and appreciation of music.

The MTNA Music Study Award motivates students by acknowledging their commitment to music lessons. As students progress through music lessons, this program offers certificates celebrating their accomplishments. These awards recognize years of music study.

The MTNA Studio Festival Program will allow students to soar musically in a nationally sponsored event, held in your own studio. This program is another way to showcase your students' musical talents in an exciting and meaningful performance opportunity. In addition to enjoying a stimulating performance experience, your students will receive a supportive critique from an experienced musician.

Publications

MTNA members have access to a number of publications—from Pedagogy Saturday Proceedings to a tax guide to the 100-year history of MTNA.