2023 Awards Recipients

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MTNA Achievement Award

• Melvin Stecher, NCTM and Norman Horowitz, NCTM

Teacher of the Year

• Janice Larson Razaq, NCTM

Distinguished Service Award

• Beth Gigante Klingenstein

MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

• A Seat at the Piano
  Annie Jeng, founder

Stecher & Horowitz Power of Innovation Award

• Joshua Wright

State Affiliate of the Year

• South Carolina Music Teachers Association
  Lannia Bronola-Dickert, president

Local Associations of the Year

• Main Line (Pennsylvania) Music Teachers Association
  Jennifer Campbell, president

• Raleigh (North Carolina) Piano Teachers Association
  Renee McKee, president

Collegiate Chapters of the Year

• University of South Carolina Collegiate Chapter
  Fanarelia Guerrero, president
  Scott Price, NCTM, advisor

• Utah State University Collegiate Chapter
  Audry Ricks, president
  Kevin Olson and Cahill Smith, advisor

Distinguished Composer of the Year

• Charles N. Mason
  Bridging the Gap
  Commissioned by the Florida State Music Teachers Association

Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention

• Mathew Fuerst
  Violin Sonata #4: Commissioned by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association

American Music Teacher Article of the Year

• “Listening With Your Brain: An Aural-Cognitive Approach to Teaching Musical Understanding and Artistry” by Chan Kiat Lim, NCTM and Siok Lian Tan, NCTM
   October/November 2022 Issue

MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year

• “Reaching Out to the Yourth: The Guia Práctico, Álbuns Para Piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos”
  by Verena Abufaiad
  February 2022 Issue

MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award

• Paul Cotton
• Lauren Koszyk
• Elizabeth Smith

50-Year Members

• Carolyn Adams, Dallas, Texas
• Sandra J. Allen, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Judy Baker, NCTM, Everett, Washington
• Connie Bauer, NCTM, Provo, Utah
• La Wanda J. Blakeney, NCTM, Shreveport, Louisiana
• Judy A. Blauer, Hutchinson, Kansas
• Kathleen M. Buehler, Des Plaines, Illinois
• Constance K. Carroll, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Linda P. Carter, Marietta, Georgia
• Cyndie J. Caruth, NCTM, Ankeny, Iowa
• Ellen Tryba Chen, Saratoga, California
• Katherine Collins, NCTM, Cedar Hill, Texas
• Ellen M. Croy, NCTM, Cartwright, North Dakota
• Wendy Dengler, Laurel, Maryland
• Katherine M. Faricy, Minnetonka, Minnesota
• Edward Gates, NCTM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Katherine George, NCTM, West Linn, Oregon
• Raeanna Gislason, Wayzata, Minnesota
• Carleen Graff, NCTM, Plymouth, New Hampshire
• Douglas M. Guiles, Columbia, Maryland
• Jean H. Harris, NCTM, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Charlotte Mae Heermann, NCTM, Portland, Oregon
• Phyllis A. Hill, NCTM, Chicago, Illinois
• Norman Horowitz, NCTM, New York, New York
• Jan Houser, NCTM, Jefferson City, Missouri
• Marilyn Graves Huff, NCTM, Taylorsville, Mississippi
• Anne M. James, NCTM, Richmond, Virginia
• Barbara Le Lievre Kemp, Belfast, Maine
• Priscilla A. Keogh, NCTM, Dickinson, North Dakota
• Joy A. Kimball, Chico, California
• Beth Gigante Klingenstein, NCTM, Bismarck, North Dakota
• Patricia Taylor Lee, NCTM, San Francisco, California
• Nadine M. Lehr, Nekoosa, Wisconsin
• Annie Chang Leong, NCTM, Portage, Michigan
• Merla Little, NCTM, Sandy, Utah
• Peggy Lupton, Wilmington, North Carolina
• Susan McDuffie, Macon, Georgia
• Shirley Evelyn McMeeking, Littleton, Colorado
• Ellan Muyskens, Wichita, Kansas
• Mary Owens, NCTM, Douglasville, Georgia
• Lanetta Sue Paul, NCTM, La Grande, Oregon
• Marsha A. Perkins, San Antonio, Texas
• Joanne W. Peterson, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Sandra Peterson, Glenwood, Iowa
• Daniel Pollack, NCTM, Los Angeles, California
• Ronald D. Richardson, Henderson, Nevada
• Carole A. Riley, NCTM, Charleston, West Virginia
• Coila P. Robinson, Bountiful, Utah
• Connie A. Roth, Topeka, Kansas
• Nancy Ellen Ruocco, NCTM, Northbrook, Illinois
• Mary M. Schoenfeld, NCTM, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Kaye E. Shields, Edmond, Oklahoma
• Elizabeth McGinnis Sjolund, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Carol Ann Smalley, NCTM, Charleston, South Carolina
• Deidre L. Smith, Reno, Nevada
• Tina Sinclair Smith, Columbia, Maryland
• Barry L. Snyder, Orlando, Florida
• Elizabeth Rex Spiers, NCTM, Henrico, Virginia
• Melvin Stecher, NCTM, New York, New York
• Paul B. Stewart, NCTM, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Sylvia Taylor, NCTM, Dallas, Texas
• Sidney Thompson, Ft Collins, Colorado
• Eric D. Van De Vort, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Eileen Varnadore, NCTM, Palmetto, Florida
• Sharon K. Wesbrook, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
• Marcia L. Wiebers, NCTM, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Jacqueline Willertz, Bay City, Michigan
• Tawni Wright, Spokane, Washington
• David Yeomans, NCTM, Fort Worth, Texas