2012 Awards Recipients

MTNA Achievement Award

  • Menahem Pressler
    Bloomington, Indiana

MTNA Teacher of the Year

  • Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield, NCTM
    Princeton, New Jersey

MTNA Distinguished Service Award

  • Linda Stump, NCTM
    Colorado Springs, Colorado

Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

  • The Perfect Wrong Note
    William Westney, author
    Lubbock, Texas

Distinguished Composer of the Year

  • M. Shawn Hundley
    Daytona Beach, Florida
    A New American Ballad
    Commissioned by the Florida State MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

  • Andrew List
    Boston, Massachusetts
    Fantasy for Alto Saxophone and Piano
    Commissioned by Massachusetts MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

  • Peter Lieuwen
    College Station, Texas
    Overland Dream
    Commissioned by Texas MTA

State Affiliate of the Year

  • Florida Music Teachers Association
    Adrienne LeBlanc, NCTM, president

Local Association of the Year

  • Fox Valley (Wisconsin) Music Teachers Association
    Arlyss Troge, president

Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year

  • University of Michigan
    Jovanni Rey de Pedro, president
    John Ellis, advisor

American Music Teacher Article of the Year

  • Courtney Crappell
    San Antonio, Texas
    "Preparing Students For Vibrant Classical Sonatina Performances Using Rote Exercises "
    Published October/November 2011

Studio Teacher Fellowship Award

  • Christie Sowby
    Highland, Utah

Piano Technicians Guild Scholarships

  • Jill Hanrahan, NCTM
    Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Katherine Chipman, NCTM
    Farmington, Utah

50-Year Members

  • Barbara Attebery, NCTM, Caldwell, Idaho
  • Jean M. Barr, NCTM, Rochester, New York
  • Laura Jean Bearden, NCTM, Lubbock, Texas
  • Darlene Boley, Great Bend, Kansas
  • Ellenore Bonebrake, NCTM, Northbrook, Illinois
  • Martha Bordelon, Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Marie Burnette, NCTM, High Point, North Carolina
  • Henry C. Campbell, Bozeman, Montana
  • Marie Brown Curea, Pacific Palisades, California
  • Reginald R. Gerig, Carol Stream, Illinois
  • Patricia Gronback, Wethersfield, Connecticut
  • Sue Halpain, NCTM, Bethany, Oklahoma
  • Jo Ann Hoffman, NCTM, Cuero, Texas
  • John E. Huber, Hays, Kansas
  • Lois H. Jacobson, Mercer Island, Washington
  • Grace Jones, Muskogee, Oklahoma
  • Merrie Kendrick, NCTM, Toledo, Ohio
  • Joanne M. LaRue, McComb, Ohio
  • Carolyn L. Laufenburger, Redwood Falls, Minnesota
  • Billie Leach, NCTM, Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Barbara Ann Locke, Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Grace Mealey, Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • Grace Moe, Puyallup, Washington
  • Gwendolyn Perun, NCTM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Cherry Harvey Potts, NCTM, Richardson, Texas
  • Werner George Rose, College Station, Texas
  • Betty L. Sherman, Grand Junction, Colorado
  • Milton Stern, Altadena, California
  • Lucille TeSelle, Bozeman, Montana
  • Cornelia Vertenstein, NCTM, Denver, Colorado
  • Janet Walworth, Grand Blanc, Michigan
  • Marjorie White, NCTM, Findlay, Ohio

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