2024 Awards Recipients
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- Gary L. Ingle
- Alison S. Barr, NCTM
- Ingrid J. Clarfield, NCTM
- Leon Bates
MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award
- Florence Price
MTNA Advocacy Award for Impact on the Music Teaching Profession
- Mark Boozer
Gary L. Ingle State Leadership Service Award
- Junko Takahashi
Stecher & Horowitz Power of Innovation Award
- Ráyo Furuta
Colorado State Music Teachers Association
- Andrew Cooperstock, president
Middle Georgia Music Teachers Association
- Chenny Gann, president
Collegiate Chapters of the Year
Fresno City College Collegiate Chapter
- Kevin Soto, president
- Brandon Bascom, NCTM, advisor
Collegiate Chapter at Indiana University
- Pei-Tsun Chiang, president
- Elizabeth Yaoh, advisor
Distinguished Composer of the Year
- Robert McClure
Celestial Miniatures
Commissioned by the Ohio Music Teachers Association
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mentions
- Travis Alford
Decadent Beckoning
Commissioned by the North Carolina Music Teachers Association - Marti Epstein
The Mingled, Mingling Threads of Life, Woven by Warp and Weft
Commissioned by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association - João Pedro Oliveira
3 Piano Études (Orion, Cygnus, Scorpio)
Commissioned by the Missouri Music Teachers Association
American Music Teacher Article of the Year
- “The Language of Awareness: How Cueing and Breath Work Impact the Music Lesson” by Lesley McAllister, NCTM
June/July 2023 Issue
MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year
- “Analysis of Practice by Novice Musicians in a Piano Class”
by Margaret L. Brown and Robert A. Duke
September 2023 Issue
MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award
- Liam Brown
- Alissa Freeman
- Timothy Ledger
50-Year Members
- Shirley Baldwin, NCTM, Beaverton, Oregon
- Karen Bartman, NCTM, Washington, D.C.
- Katheryn Batman, The Villages, Florida
- Marvin Blickenstaff, NCTM, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
- Myrna Jean Capp, NCTM, Seattle, Washington
- Patricia S. Carter-Zagorski, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Mary Jane Clarke, Olympia, Washington
- Felicity Coltman, Austin, Texas
- Lynd Corley, NCTM, Glenview, Illinois
- Janet M. Davidson, NCTM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Sharon K. Eckart, Overland Park, Kansas
- Joyce M. Edland, Rose Creek, Minnesota
- Judith Fear, NCTM, Wichita, Kansas
- Susan G. Freeman Dopp, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- David J. Genova, Aurora, Colorado
- Loretta F. Germer, NCTM, Clarkston, Washington
- Robyn L. Gibson, Blythewood, South Carolina
- Bradford P. Gowen, Washington, D.C.
- Mary Louise Hallauer, NCTM, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Mary Kay Harper, Orem, Utah
- Shelley Ann Hays, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Barbara L. Heckert, Ripley, West Virgina
- Sharon M. Hinckley, Vancouver, Washington
- Kathleen Hoff, Prior Lake, Minnesota
- Janette Hoover, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Sue Ann Hudson, NCTM, Des Moines, Iowa
- Helen L. Jones, NCTM, Bend, Oregon
- Dianne L. Kaldor, Conroe, Texas
- Linda Carol King, Lubbock, Texas
- Thayne S. Larsen, Aurora, Colorado
- Roger Lawson, NCTM, El Dorado, Arkansas
- Kathleen A. Legere, NCTM, Sun Valley, Nevada
- Dorothy Lewis-Griffith, Conover, North Carolina
- Marjorie Liss, Baltimore, Maryland
- Cecil Lotief, Dallas, Texas
- Wanda L. Mandigo, Lincoln, Nebraska
- George Mann, NCTM, Lithia Springs, Georgia
- Sherry Mashburn, NCTM, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Ann S. Matteson, NCTM, Silver Spring, Maryland
- Vicki McArthur, Tallahassee, Florida
- Mary Ann Medlin, NCTM, Chesapeake, Virginia
- Harriet Ann Morrow, Collinsville, Oklahoma
- Ida D. Mucciante, Novi, Michigan
- Gerri Murphy, NCTM, Social Circle, Georgia
- Rhoda Nelson, Clarkfield, Minnesota
- Hiroko Nelson, NCTM, Portland, Oregon
- Sally Nesheim, Tacoma, Washington
- Joyce J. Nickles, NCTM, Greenwood, South Carolina
- Loran Olsen, NCTM, Port Angeles, Washington
- Carol Ann Ostrom, Rockford, Illinois
- Jody Smith Parrish, NCTM, Atlanta, Georgia
- Therry Gay Phillips, Blanchard, Oklahoma
- Sherry Kay Phillips, Blanchard, Oklahoma
- Janice Puckett, Columbia, Maryland
- Mary Ann Ranney, NCTM, Ft Collins, Colorado
- Millie Rathberger, Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Marilyn Reischke, Salem, Oregon
- Virginia Richardson, NCTM, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Vivian Usher Ripley, NCTM, Columbus, Ohio
- Ferrell Roberts, NCTM, Clovis, New Mexico
- Karen Rogers, Fairfax, Virginia
- Nancy Jane Sandy, Cameron, Missouri
- Candace Sather, NCTM, Chaska, Minnesota
- Marilyn L. Scherer, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- Linda Schgier, Cullman, Alabama
- Virginia M. Shimota, Waite Park, Minnesota
- Marilyn J. Slenk, NCTM, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Sue Smith, Denton, Texas
- Linda Stansbury, Phoenix, Arizona
- Mary L. Taylor, Corapeake, North Carolina
- Ilene Tyler, Walla Walla, Washington
- Martha Watson Violett, NCTM, Gunnison, Colorado
- Judy Foister Warrington, NCTM, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- David Watkins, NCTM, Atlanta, Georgia
- Janell D. Whitby, NCTM, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Bernard Wickenheiser, York, Pennsylvania
- Patricia Loy Willet, Leavenworth, Washington
- Gretchen P. Wilson, Wabasha, Minnesota
- Jack Winerock, Lawrence, Kansas
- William Ronald YaDeau, Decatur, Illinois