Baton Rouge Piano Teachers association was founded in 1950 by Naomi Kennard Singleton who, along with other piano teachers in the area, felt a need to try to raise the standards of piano teaching and to find a way for piano teachers to exchange ideas. Therefore a small group of teachers gathered at Mrs. Singletons home for the very first meeting of the BRPTA.

On March 8, 1995 Baton Rouge Piano Teachers Association voted to change its name to Baton Rouge Music Teachers Association. It is the hope of the organization to include teachers with expertise in other areas of music without sacrificing the original goals of the small group of twenty-two teachers in 1950.