2011 Awards Recipients

MTNA Achievement Award

• Warren Jones
  New York, New York

MTNA Distinguished Service Award

• Philelle McBrayer, NCTM
  Tulsa, Oklahoma

MTNA Teacher of the Year

• Sue Ann Steck-Turner, NCTM
  Lafayette, Louisiana

State Affiliate of the Year

• Minnesota Music Teachers Association
  Sue Kresbsbach, NCTM, president

Local Association of the Year

• Salt Creek (Illinois) Music Teachers Association
  Emi Murata, NCTM, president

Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year

• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Amanda Horn, president
  Jessica Johnson, NCTM, advisor

Distinguished Composer of the Year

• Seth Custer
  Greenville, South Carolina
  Touch & Go
  Commissioned by the South Carolina MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

• Kent Holliday
  Blacksburg, Virginia
  Toccata Diabolica
  Commissioned by Virginia MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

• Christopher Stark
  Missoula, Montana
  Geologies
  Commissioned by Montana State MTA

American Music Teacher Article of the Year

• Lesley Sisterhen McAllister
  Crawford, Texas
  "Should Music Lessons Be Fun?"
  Published February/March 2010

StAR Studio Teacher Fellowship Award

• Miroslava Mintcheva
  Fort Collins, Colorado

Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

• 3-D Piano: The Three-Dimensional Pianist
  Richard Breyer, Fred Karpoff, producers
  New York, New York

Piano Technicians Guild Scholarships

• Donna Baddeley, NCTM
  Lincoln, Nebraska
  
  
• Nan Baker Richerson, NCTM
  Lexington, Kentucky

50-Year Members

• Gwendolyn Perun, NCTM; Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Mildred Bennight, NCTM; Houston, Texas
• Ila Mae Binding, NCTM; Tempe, Arizona
• Despina Chatis Clark, NCTM; Dover, New Hampshire
• Elaine Chapman Clark, NCTM; Worthington, Ohio
• Morris Collier, NCTM; Lincoln, Nebraska
• Aleta Collier, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Eugene Evans, NCTM; Sterling, Colorado
• Joy S. Finley, NCTM; Midland, Texas
• Joan B. Gathercoal, NCTM; Corvallis, Oregon
• Jane Ellen Gay, Norman, Oklahoma
• Rosemary Hayes, Roseville, Minnesota
• Louise Jones, NCTM; Conyers, Georgia
• Patty Daniel Kirkley, Hueytown, Alabama
• Barbara Korzan, NCTM; Columbus, Georgia
• Jerre Jean McDaniel, NCTM; Coopersville, Michigan
• Wanda C. Miller, NCTM; Conroe, Texas
• Kathryn Mishell, Austin, Texas
• Billie Fay Netterwald, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• John Perry, NCTM; Pasadena, California
• Pearl Peveler, NCTM; Moore, Oklahoma
• Janet R. Robinson, NCTM; Valdosta, Georgia
• Ludwig Sheffield, NCTM; Croton On Hudson, New York
• Paul Q. Topper, Greenville, North Carolina
• Harry A Wells, NCTM; Pullman, Washington