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Larry W. Marta 
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Larry Marta joined the Tyler Junior College music faculty in 1982. He has been a member of the Texas Community College Teachers Association since 1982. Before joining the TJC faculty, Mr. Marta taught music in TISD. During this time, for several years, he was supervisor/liaison between TISD and U.T. Tyler for student teachers majoring in Music Education. In 1995 Mr. Marta received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the East Texas Baptist University Music Department. The E.T.B.U. Music Department recognized him as an exemplary alumnus who represents the quality and character of the university in his chosen vocation. He also served on the piano selection committee for East Texas Baptist University when the present music building was constructed. Mr. Marta is included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in 1996, 2002, 2004, and 2005 thanks to former Tyler Junior College students. Some of these former students have graduated from Tyler Junior College, completed bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees and are now college/university professors, musicians who now score music for films, public school music teachers, and worship leaders. In Fall 2008 Mr. Marta was selected by a committee of his colleagues as a runner-up for the Tyler Junior College Mattie Alice Scroggin Baker Excellence in Teaching Award. In the East Texas region, Mr. Marta has served as organist or organist/choir master for various churches. Also, in this area, he has played organ dedication recitals and has conducted church organ workshops. As an organ consultant, he has been involved in church committee planning for rebuilding pipe organs. He also tunes, repairs, and has added additions to several pipe organs in this area.
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