2008 MTNA National Awards
Presented at the Annual Conference
Denver, Colorado
Achievement Award
Jean Barr, NCTM
Rochester, New York
Distinguished Service Award
Martha Hilley, NCTM
Austin, Texas
Teacher of the Year
Amanda Ward Penick, NCTM
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
State Affiliate of the Year
Utah MTA
Lynda Broadbent, president
Local Association of the Year
Tidewater Music Teachers Forum (Virginia)
Josephine Jones, NCTM, president
Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year
Weber State University (Utah)
Rosann Owen, president
Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter Advisor of the Year
Yu-Jane Yang, NCTM (Weber State University)
Ralph Van Der Beek (Weber State University)
Distinguished Composer of the Year
John McDonald
Medford, Massachusetts
Stäudlin as Vogl: Preamble to a Winter Journey
Commissioned by the Massachusetts MTA
Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention
Murray Gross
St. Johns, Michigan
Irrational Exuberance
Commissioned by Michigan MTA
Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention
José Lezcano
Keene, New Hampshire
Viola Concerto
Commissioned by New Hampshire MTA
American Music Teacher Article of the Year
Alison S. Barr, NCTM
Hanover, Massachusetts
"Reversing the Pyramid: Keeping High School Students in the Independent Studio"
August/September 2007 AMT
StAR/Studio Teacher Fellowship Award
Edward Moy
Indianapolis, Indiana
Frances Clark Pedagogy Award
Piano Pedagogy Forum
Scott Price, editor-in-chief
Columbia, South Carolina
MTNA-Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
Recreational Music Making Workshop
Tanya Rodriguez Brooks, NCTM
Panama City, Florida
MTNA-Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
Teacher Continuing Education and/or Performance Study
Autumn Zander, NCTM
Janesville, Minnesota