2016 Awards Recipients
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- Emanuel Ax, New York, New York
- Fay S. Adams, NCTM, Knoxville, Tennessee
- MarySue Harris, NCTM, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Frank J. Hackinson, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award
- Professional Piano Teaching by Jeanine Jacobson, Olympia, Washington
Distinguished Composer of the Year
- David von Kampen, Seward, Nebraska
Under the Silver and Home Again; Commissioned by Nebraska MTA
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
- Takuma Itoh, Honolulu, Hawaii
Iridescence; Commissioned by Hawaii MTA
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
- Pierre Jalbert, Stafford, Texas
Preludes for Piano; Commissioned by Vermont MTA
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
- Jerry Owen, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sonatina; Commissioned by Iowa MTA
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
- Adam Silverman, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Over a windcloaked nightsoaked starpoked sea; Commissioned by Pennsylvania MTA
- Oregon MTA
Cindy Peterson-Peart, NCTM, president
- Michibago MTA (Wisconsin)
Drea E. Wagner, NCTM, president
Collegiate Chapter of the Year
- University of Montana Keyboard Society (Montana)
Heidi Brower, president; Christopher Hahn, NCTM, advisor
American Music Teacher Article of the Year
- Steven Brundage, Greenville, South Carolina
“The Art of Possibility”; Published April/May and June/July 2015
MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year
- Paola Savvidou, NCTM; Brad Willis; Mengyuan Li and Marjorie Skubic, Columbia, Missouri
“Assessing Injury Risk In Pianists: Using Objective Measures To Promote Self-Awareness”; Published November 2015
MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award
- Marjorie Fint, Norman, Oklahoma
Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
- Spring Seals, NCTM, Fort Worth, Texas
Piano Technicians Guild Foundation Scholarship
- Davis Dorrough, NCTM, Edmond, Oklahoma
50-Year Members
- Lucille Arthur, Klamath Falls, Oregon
- Sue Adams Barnes, NCTM, Powder Springs, Georgia
- Evonne Beattie, NCTM, Phoenix, Arizona
- Roger Bushell, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Sandra L. Carnes, NCTM, East Sparta, Ohio
- Letitia W. Colglazier, Athens, Georgia
- Roberta S. Gober, Lexington, Texas
- Mildred T. Halbert, NCTM, League City, Texas
- Lillian U. Harder, Clemson, South Carolina
- LaVonne M. Harris, Chelsea, Michigan
- Shirley J. Howard, Ogden, Utah
- Elizabeth W. Hughston, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Winifred P. Hyson, NCTM, Bethesda, Maryland
- Judith F. Jolly, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Olga L. Kuehl-White, NCTM, Tampa, Florida
- Dorothy Leyden, University Place, Washington
- Mary M. Maddox, NCTM, Kankakee, Illinois
- Edna Mae McCoy, Columbus, Mississippi
- Carol Nakaganeku, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Kathleen M. Philipp, NCTM, Shakopee, Minnesota
- Richard Reber, Lawrence, Kasnas
- Katherine Reese, NCTM, Mannington, West Virginia
- Shirley A. Sonk, NCTM, Clackamas, Oregon
- Carol Strizich, NCTM, Anaconda, Montana
- Margaret S. Strong, NCTM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Geraldine C. Wagoner, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Leon Duane Whitesell, Edmond, Oklahoma
- Eulalie Wilson, Evansville, Indiana
- Margaret U. Wright, NCTM, Rockville, Maryland
Leadership Service Recognitions
- Jane Magrath, NCTM, Conference Planning Committee Chair
- Laura Swenson, NCTM, Certification Commission Chair, East Central Division
- Krista Wallace-Boaz, NCTM, Certification Commissioner, Southern Division
- Wendy Yamashita, NCTM, Certification Commissioner, Southwest Division