European Voice Teachers Association
EVTA is an umbrella organization. Its members are the national
associations of voice teachers of European countries exclusively. The member
associations of the EVTA unite professors and assistant professors of voice
from colleges of music, as well as voice teachers from music academies,
conservatories and schools of music, and private voice teachers.
The association pursues
exclusively charitable and non-profit aims. The purpose of the organization is
to promote the cultural, educational and scientific aspects
§ of vocal pedagogy regardless of style,
§ of continuing and further education of voice teachers, amateur and
professional singers, as well as pupils and students of voice,
§ of the general interest in the singing,
§ of the promotion of talented young singers,
§ of voice
research in Europe and particularly in its member countries.
§ of communication
between its members and between the EVTA and related disciplines worldwide.
In addition to promoting vocal pedagogy the association especially
pursues aims of national and international exchange, interdisciplinary
cooperation and the general promotion of the song as well as the promotion of
the young singers of the member associations. This is achieved through exchange
at congresses, special conferences, courses and international projects as well
as through publications, documentation, concerts, exhibitions and research on a
European and international level.
EVTA was originally founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands in January 1989
and dissolved in Hanover, Germany on October 3rd, 2004 in order to enable a
restructuring process. The organisation was then restructured and is now
registered in Germany. The founding organizations in Hanover were:
§ Austria: EVTA-Austria - Bund Österreichischer
Gesangspädagogen
§ Finland: FINATS –
Laulupedagogit/Finnish Association of Teachers of Singing
§ France: EVTA-France – AFPC
Association Française des Professeurs de Chant
§ Germany: BDG - Bundesverband Deutscher
Gesangspädagogen
§ Italy: AICI -
Associazione Insegnanti dei Canto Italiana
§ Netherlands: NVZ - Nederlandse
Vereiniging van Zangpegagogen/DATS – Dutch Association of Teachers of Singing
§ Norway: NFPC - Norwegian
Voice Teachers Association
§ Poland: PSPS Polskie
Stowarzyszenie Pedagogów Spiewu
§ Sweden: SSTPF – Svenska sång-och
talpedagogförbundet/VOTS – Voice Teachers of Sweden
§ Switzerland: EVTA.CH - Association des Professeurs de
Chants de Suisse
§ United Kingdom: AOTOS - Association of Teachers of Singing
Since then, organisations in Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Slovenia, and Spain have
become members as well.