2013 Awards Recipients

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MTNA Achievement Award

• Morty and Iris Manus
  Beverly Hills, California

MTNA Teacher of the Year

• Tamás Ungár
  Fort Worth, Texas

MTNA Distinguished Service Award

• Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM
  Aberbeen, Washington

Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

• Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction
  Robert Duke, author
  Austin, Texas

Distinguished Composer of the Year

• Thomas Osborne
  Honolulu, Hawaii
  Overheated
  Commissioned by the Hawaii MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

• Phillip Parker
  Russellville, Arkansas
  Alliterations

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

• Alejandro Rutty
  Greensboro, North Carolina
  Cantabile Hop

State Affiliate of the Year

• Michigan MTA
  Garik Pedersen, president

Local Association of the Year

• Northwest Suburban MTA (Illinois)
  Maureen Flood, president

Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year

• Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Texas)
  Heidi Borden, president
  Amanda Lee Hing, advisor

American Music Teacher Article of the Year

• Pamela D. Pike, NCTM
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  "Sight-Reading Strategies For The Beginning And Intermediate Piano Student: A Fresh Look At A Familiar Topic"
  Published February/March 2012

Studio Teacher Fellowship Award

• Jennifer Stadler, NCTM
  Bexley, Ohio

Piano Technicians Guild Scholarships

• Bob Pajer, NCTM
  Snoqualmie, Washington
  
  
• Ann Marie DuHamel, NCTM
  Morris, Minnesota

50-Year Members

• Lois A. Bitler, Hamilton, New Jersey
• Mary E. Chartier, Gladwin, Michigan
• Raymond A. Cramer, NCTM, Dalton, Pennsylvania
• Kenneth O. Drake, Baileyville, Illinois
• Georgann Gasaway, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Olga V. Guinee, NCTM, San Antonio, Texas
• Elizabeth Holsinger, NCTM, Boise, Idaho
• Philelle E. McBrayer, NCTM, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Wanda Meador, Lubbock, Texas
• Dorothea Nahm, Washington, D.C.
• Beverly M. Naismith, NCTM, Portland, Texas
• Helen L. Pegg, Olympia, Washington
• Vivian Pintacura, Prospect Heights, Illinois
• Hazel Roberts Ramsbotham, NCTM, Aurora, Colorado
• Verna Dean Roberts, NCTM, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
• Fred Sahlmann, NCTM, Lake Charles, Louisiana
• Louise P. Savage, NCTM, Sacramento, California
• Nancy E. Schmidt, NCTM, Hamden, Connecticut
• Dorothy A. Smith, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Robin C. Stewart, Centennial, Colorado
• Auda Marie Thomas, NCTM, Harrah, Oklahoma
• Madelyn P. Trible, NCTM, Lafayette, Louisiana
• Marie E. Ward, NCTM, Kokomo, Indiana
• Sharon Wells, NCTM, Pullman, Washington
• Mary Ann Zook, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania