2018 Awards Recipients
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- The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, Kingston, New Jersey
- Ann Gipson, NCTM, Aledo, Texas
- Edward Francis (posthumously), Thousand Oaks, California
MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award
- Piano Adventures by Nancy and Randall Faber, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Louisiana Music Teachers Association
Pamela D. Pike, NCTM, president
- Laramie Music Teachers Association (Wyoming)
Cheryl Hemphill, president
Collegiate Chapter of the Year
- University of Colorado Boulder
Sarah Rushing, president; Jennifer Hayghe, advisor
Distinguished Composer of the Year
- Philip Schuessler, Covington, Louisiana
Sunburst Carousel: Commissioned by the Louisiana MTA
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
- Cody Criswell
Phantom Limbs: Commissioned by the Oklahoma MTA
- Hunter Ewen
Homme Ohm Om: Commissioned by the Colorado State MTA
- Andrew Nishikawa
Beats and Variations: Commissioned by the Texas MTA
American Music Teacher Article of the Year
- Amanda Gunderson, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
“The Well-Crafted Question: Inspiring Students to Connect, Create and Think Critically”: Published April/May 2017
MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year
- Diana Dumlavwalla, Tallahassee, Florida
“Transitioning From Traditional To Online Piano Lessons: Perceptions Of Students, Parents and Teacher”: Published February 2017
MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award
- Katherine Acone, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Piano Technicians Guild Foundation Scholarship
- Kirstin Ihde, NCTM, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
- Brandon Bascom, NCTM, Clovis, California
50-Year Members
- Glenda Bates, NCTM, Ringgold, Louisiana
- Jane H. Bell, New Concord, Ohio
- Gail J. Berenson, NCTM, University Park, Florida
- Faye H. Bonner, Potomac, Maryland
- Joyce M. Bridgman, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Richard Capp, Boulder, Colorado
- Ruth J. Carder, NCTM, Belpre, Ohio
- Charlene Cox-Clifton, NCTM, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Mary Ann Craige, NCTM, Durant, Oklahoma
- Theresa V. Dautreuil, Brentwood, Tennessee
- John W. Dupaquier, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Pauline Eidemiller, NCTM, Portland, Oregon
- Herbert E. Heffner, NCTM, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Sondra Wieland Howe, NCTM, Wayzata, Minnesota
- Jean Hoyle, Everett, Washington
- Betty Lockhart, NCTM, Sterling, Colorado
- Karen Leslie McClellan, NCTM, Olathe, Kansas
- Mae Merritt, NCTM, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Margaret Miller, NCTM, Georgetown, Texas
- LaNelle Hill Nash, NCTM, Roswell, Georgia
- Walter Noona, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Carol Noona, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Darlene Pate, Houston, Texas
- Sandra A. Peterson, NCTM, South Jordan, Utah
- Jeanette Praetorius, Littleton, Colorado
- Gloria Ribbeck, Temple, Texas
- Carole H. Roach, NCTM, Cartersville, Georgia
- Joyce Roper, Annapolis, Maryland
- Dorothy S. Sahlmann, NCTM, Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Sharron Smith, Eugene, Oregon
- Patricia Stodden, Bremerton, Washington
- Carole L. Thomas, NCTM, Coralville, Iowa
- Jacquelyn Sullivan Thornell, NCTM, Jackson, Mississippi
- Mary Kathryn Traver, Hyattsville, Maryland
- Carol Walgren-Georgas, NCTM, Long Grove, Illinois
- Sharon Weaver-Knowles, NCTM, Missoula, Montana
- Joan Wellman, NCTM, Saint Francis, Kansas
- Nancy E. Whitman, NCTM, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Wanda Wiranis, Plantation, Florida
Leadership Service Recognitions
- Peter J. Jutras, NCTM, Conference Planning Committee Chair
- Tracy Cowden, NCTM, Certification Commissioner, Southern Division
- Darlene Vlasek, NCTM, Certification Commissioner, Southwest Division
- Adrienne Wiley, NCTM, Certification Commissioner, East Central Division