2023 Awards Recipients
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Melvin Stecher, NCTM and Norman Horowitz, NCTM
Janice Larson Razaq, NCTM
Beth Gigante Klingenstein
A Seat at the Piano
Annie Jeng, founder
Joshua Wright
South Carolina Music Teachers Association
Lannia Bronola-Dickert, president
Main Line (Pennsylvania) Music Teachers Association
Jennifer Campbell, president
Raleigh (North Carolina) Piano Teachers Association
Renee McKee, president
University of South Carolina Collegiate Chapter
Fanarelia Guerrero, president
Scott Price, NCTM, advisor
Utah State University Collegiate Chapter
Audry Ricks, president
Kevin Olson and Cahill Smith, advisor
Charles N. Mason
Bridging the Gap
Commissioned by the Florida State Music Teachers Association
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
Mathew Fuerst
Violin Sonata #4: Commissioned by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association
“Listening With Your Brain: An Aural-Cognitive Approach to Teaching Musical Understanding and Artistry”
by Chan Kiat Lim, NCTM and Siok Lian Tan, NCTM
October/November 2022 Issue
“Reaching Out to the Yourth: The Guia Práctico, Álbuns Para Piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos”
by Verena Abufaiad
February 2022 Issue
Paul Cotton
Lauren Koszyk
Elizabeth Smith
50-Year Members
Carolyn Adams, Dallas, Texas
Sandra J. Allen, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Judy Baker, NCTM, Everett, Washington
Connie Bauer, NCTM, Provo, Utah
La Wanda J. Blakeney, NCTM, Shreveport, Louisiana
Judy A. Blauer, Hutchinson, Kansas
Kathleen M. Buehler, Des Plaines, Illinois
Constance K. Carroll, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Linda P. Carter, Marietta, Georgia
Cyndie J. Caruth, NCTM, Ankeny, Iowa
Ellen Tryba Chen, Saratoga, California
Katherine Collins, NCTM, Cedar Hill, Texas
Ellen M. Croy, NCTM, Cartwright, North Dakota
Wendy Dengler, Laurel, Maryland
Katherine M. Faricy, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Edward Gates, NCTM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Katherine George, NCTM, West Linn, Oregon
Raeanna Gislason, Wayzata, Minnesota
Carleen Graff, NCTM, Plymouth, New Hampshire
Douglas M. Guiles, Columbia, Maryland
Jean H. Harris, NCTM, Grand Island, Nebraska
Charlotte Mae Heermann, NCTM, Portland, Oregon
Phyllis A. Hill, NCTM, Chicago, Illinois
Norman Horowitz, NCTM, New York, New York
Jan Houser, NCTM, Jefferson City, Missouri
Marilyn Graves Huff, NCTM, Taylorsville, Mississippi
Anne M. James, NCTM, Richmond, Virginia
Barbara Le Lievre Kemp, Belfast, Maine
Priscilla A. Keogh, NCTM, Dickinson, North Dakota
Joy A. Kimball, Chico, California
Beth Gigante Klingenstein, NCTM, Bismarck, North Dakota
Patricia Taylor Lee, NCTM, San Francisco, California
Nadine M. Lehr, Nekoosa, Wisconsin
Annie Chang Leong, NCTM, Portage, Michigan
Merla Little, NCTM, Sandy, Utah
Peggy Lupton, Wilmington, North Carolina
Susan McDuffie, Macon, Georgia
Shirley Evelyn McMeeking, Littleton, Colorado
Ellan Muyskens, Wichita, Kansas
Mary Owens, NCTM, Douglasville, Georgia
Lanetta Sue Paul, NCTM, La Grande, Oregon
Marsha A. Perkins, San Antonio, Texas
Joanne W. Peterson, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Sandra Peterson, Glenwood, Iowa
Daniel Pollack, NCTM, Los Angeles, California
Ronald D. Richardson, Henderson, Nevada
Carole A. Riley, NCTM, Charleston, West Virginia
Coila P. Robinson, Bountiful, Utah
Connie A. Roth, Topeka, Kansas
Nancy Ellen Ruocco, NCTM, Northbrook, Illinois
Mary M. Schoenfeld, NCTM, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kaye E. Shields, Edmond, Oklahoma
Elizabeth McGinnis Sjolund, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Carol Ann Smalley, NCTM, Charleston, South Carolina
Deidre L. Smith, Reno, Nevada
Tina Sinclair Smith, Columbia, Maryland
Barry L. Snyder, Orlando, Florida
Elizabeth Rex Spiers, NCTM, Henrico, Virginia
Melvin Stecher, NCTM, New York, New York
Paul B. Stewart, NCTM, Greensboro, North Carolina
Sylvia Taylor, NCTM, Dallas, Texas
Sidney Thompson, Ft Collins, Colorado
Eric D. Van De Vort, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Eileen Varnadore, NCTM, Palmetto, Florida
Sharon K. Wesbrook, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Marcia L. Wiebers, NCTM, Lincoln, Nebraska
Jacqueline Willertz, Bay City, Michigan
Tawni Wright, Spokane, Washington
David Yeomans, NCTM, Fort Worth, Texas