2021 Awards Recipients
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- Myrtle David, Founder and Executive Director
The DeBose Competition-Festival and Foundation
- Benjamin D. Caton III, NCTM
- Jeanne B. Grealish, NCTM
MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award
- eNovativePiano
Susanna P. Garcia, NCTM and Chan Kiat Lim, NCTM
- Georgia Music Teachers Association
Jan E. Adams, NCTM, president
- Las Vegas Music Teachers Association
Amy Homer-Smith, president
Collegiate Chapter of the Year
- Ohio University
Lydia Sander, president
Christopher Fisher, NCTM, advisor
Distinguished Composer of the Year
- Peter Van Zandt Lane
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Commissioned by the Georgia Music Teachers Association
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
- George Halsell
Three Movements for Horn Quartet: Commissioned by the Idaho MTA
- Bryan Stanley
Three Concert Etudes: Commissioned by the Nebraska MTA
- Bruce Stark
Sonata for Piano: Commissioned by the Washington State MTA
American Music Teacher Article of the Year
- “The Victory Vertical Project: A Historical Case Study in Recreational Music Making” by Garik Pedersen
October/November 2020 Issue
MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year
- “The Inclusive Studio: Teaching Students with Disabilities in the Private Piano and String Lesson Settings”
by Diana Dumlavwalla, NCTM, and Katarzyna Bugaj
February 2020 Issue
MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award
- Desireé González-Miller, NCTM
Piano Technicians Guild Foundation Scholarship
- Roxanne Kar, NCTM
50-Year Members
- Betty E. Allen, NCTM, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Linda Anthony, NCTM, Houston, Texas
- Kay Benefield, NCTM, Guntersville, Alabama
- Claire S. Bittner, Irving, Texas
- Alice Bowen, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Lenora Ford Brown, NCTM, North Salt Lake, Utah
- Jerry Alan Bush, NCTM, Mobile, Alabama
- Jeannette Chun, NCTM, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Vienna P. Cocuzzi, NCTM, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Barbara J. Collins, NCTM, Port Huron, Michigan
- Lyra N. Crapps, NCTM, Troy, Alabama
- Marilee Crawley-Mertins, NCTM, Ames, Iowa
- Lois Finlay, NCTM, Clarkesville, Georgia
- Edwina R. Garten, NCTM, Littleton, Colorado
- Judy Woods Gorton, NCTM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Nancy Ruth Hallsted, NCTM, Bethesda, Maryland
- Jane Carter Hays, Tallahassee, Florida
- Jane Hergo, NCTM, Dayton, Ohio
- Joan Hines, Hobbs, New Mexico
- David W. Holmes, Columbia, Maryland
- Nancy Daggett Jensen, NCTM, Los Altos, California
- Lois J. Jones, Chevy Chase, Maryland
- Sharon B. Kaplan, NCTM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jeanette Keyser, Clackamas, Oregon
- Linda C. King, NCTM, Surprise, Arizona
- Joy Miller Kiszely, NCTM, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
- Vivian Kleinhuizen, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Kay M. Koehnen, NCTM, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
- Emanuel L. Lancaster, NCTM, Calabasas, California
- Melissa W. Marrion, NCTM, Richmond, Virginia
- Susan W. Matthews, Sherman, Texas
- Michael Mauldin, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Jean McKitrick, Yakima, Washington
- Christine Mirabella, Eugene, Oregon
- Karen Rae Mord, Savage, Minnesota
- Ruby Norris Morgan, Greenville, South Carolina
- Virginia G. Nance, Pearland, Texas
- Patricia Nortwen, NCTM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Myrna Orr, Pampa, Texas
- Eugene Pridonoff, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Sarah A. Pritchard, Augusta, Georgia
- Kristin Sample, NCTM, Nampa, Idaho
- Roland Schneller, Nashville, Tennessee
- Carmen E. Shaw, NCTM, Oshkosh, Wisoconsin
- Judith M. Sherman, NCTM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Lois Sollenberger, NCTM, Denver, Colorado
- Sylvia Strong, Houston, Texas
- Mary James Swanson, Corvallis, Oregon
- Keiko Thon, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
- Nita Twyman, NCTM, Oklahoma City, Okalahoma
- Kathleen Van Doeren, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- L. Rexford Whiddon, Columbus, Georgia
- Pat Ziegelmeier, NCTM, Gem, Kansas.