2010 Awards Recipients
MTNA Achievement Award
- Alan Walker
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Teachers of the Year
- Bill and Mary Ann Knight
Rome, Georgia
Distinguished Service Award
- Brian Chung
Los Alamitos, California
Frances Clark Pedagogy Award
- Home Concert Xtreme
Produced by TimeWarp Technologies
George Litterst, owner
Distinguished Composer of the Year
- Pierre Jalbert
Houston, Texas
Sonata for Piano
Commissioned by the Texas MTA
Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention
- Cynthia Folio
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Z3
Commissioned by Pennsylvania MTA
Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention
- Narong Prangcharoen
Kansas City, Missouri
Between Heaven and Earth
Commissioned by Missouri MTA
State Affiliate of the Year
- Louisiana Music Teachers Association
Donna Toney, NCTM, president
Local Association of the Year
- Okanogan County Music Teachers Association (Washington)
Roz Nau, president
Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year
- University of Montana Keyboard Society
Elaine Bennion, president
Christopher Hahn, NCTM, advisor
American Music Teacher Article of the Year
- Rhonda Ringering, NCTM
Forest Grove, Ore
"Keeping the Beat: How to Teach Classical Piano Students to Play With a Jazz Band"
April/May 2009 AMT
StAR/Studio Teacher Fellowship Award
- Jennifer Mansour
Edmond, Oklahoma
MTNA-Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
- Recreational Music Making Workshop
Kate Young, NCTM
Cincinnati, Ohio
MTNA-Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
- Teacher Continuing Education and/or Performance Study
Carol Ann Barry, NCTM
Springfield, Virginia