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