About Us
Bea's Music Teaching Aids (BMTA) was founded in 1976 in Dallas, Texas by piano teacher, Beatrice Carney. Through her teaching experiences with children and adults in individual and group lessons, she discovered there was a need for materials that could inspire and elicit excitement in learning music. So, she developed a few wonderful products, including the very popular Bea's Keys, that have helped piano teachers and students all around the world.
Bea Carney passed her business on to her granddaughter, Laura Smyczek, in 2005. Laura is a piano teacher and mother of three in Wisconsin. Bea passed away in 2018,
at the age of 99. She will be remembered warmly by all who knew her.
Bea Carney passed her business on to her granddaughter, Laura Smyczek, in 2005. Laura is a piano teacher and mother of three in Wisconsin. Bea passed away in 2018,
at the age of 99. She will be remembered warmly by all who knew her.
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(above) Laura Smyczek teaching a piano lesson today
(left) Bea Carney on the right, using her Magnetic Grand Staff with a piano student, and her granddaughter, Laura Smyczek, at the piano in the 1970s |
