The Music Teachers National Association Foundation Fellow program offers a meaningful method for honoring deserving individuals while supporting the efforts of the MTNA Foundation Fund through a donation to the Foundation Fund in an individual’s name. This year’s MTNA Foundation Committee, and OMTA Board has selected J.P. Murphy for this honor in 2027. The $1,500.00 donated for each years’ fellow supports the MTNA Foundation, which assists teachers and students across the country in many ways.
Please use the form below to donate to J.P. Murphy’s MTNA Foundation Fellow. You may also send a check (payable to MTNA Foundation Fund) to our MTNA Foundation Fellow Chair, Benjamin Krumwiede: 2212 Cowan Pl, Moore, OK 73160. Questions? Contact benjamin.j.krumwiede@westernheights.k12.ok.us

J. P. Murphy is a piano faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, where he teaches graduate piano pedagogy and applied piano and co-advises the MTNA Collegiate Chapter. He currently serves as President of the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association (2024-2026), as a member of MTNA’s GP3 Executive Steering Committee, and as an editorial committee member of the MTNA e-Journal. His writing has appeared in Piano Magazine, Piano Magazine Kids, American Music Teacher, and the MTNA e-Journal. An active composer of educational music, his works are self-published and published by Alfred Music.
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