A group of music teachers in the Bremerton area gathered at Brown’s Music Store in October of 1948 to discuss their mutual problems. As a result, they decided to meet regularly and to present their students in monthly recitals. Mrs. H. A. McNeill was elected president and Mrs. Aileen Stroberger, secretary. The following year they affiliated with Washington State Music Teachers. Since then, these presidents have served:
1948 – 1951 Beverly Sherman
1951 – 1953 Aileen Stroberger
1953 – 1954 Aida Lytle
1954 – 1955 Vern Brooks
1955 – 1956 Nadean Clarke
1956 – 1957 Anee Duensing
1957 – 1959 Dorothy Levin
1959 – 1960 Mrs. H. A. McNeill
1961 – 1962 Nadean Clarke
1962 – 1964 Myrtle Baxter
1964 – 1966 Wilma Richardson
1966 – 1968 Myrtle Siewert
1968 – 1970 Lorna Randall
1970 – 1971 Eileen Clee
1971 – 1973 Bertha Croes Mjelde
1973 – 1975 Faye Bichon
1975 – 1977 Hazel Tucker
1977 – 1979 Joan Brennan
1979 – 1981 Martha Stine Thatcher
1981 – 1983 Kathy Sprague
1983 – 1985 Jan Hyde-Batt
1985 – 1987 Pat Stodden
1987 – 1989 Debra Florian
1989 – 1990 Dr. Irene Bowling
1990 – 1991 Claire Marshall
1991 – 1993 Georgene Corey
1993 – 1995 Marilyn Karr
1995 – 1997 Dianne Johnston
1997 – 1999 Gwen Guidici
1999 – 2001 Laura Kornelis
2001 – 2003 Mary Foster Grant
2003 – 2005 Janice Parker Peterson
2005 – 2007 Krista Seely
2007 – 2009 Mary Elizabeth Reynolds
2009 – 2012 Patti Ray
2012 – 2014 Leslie Devine
2014 – 2016 Melanie Harris
2016 – 2018 Diane Layton
2018 – 2020 Jane Melin
2020 – 2022 Laura Meredith
2022 – 2024 Melanie Stroud