2013 Awards Recipients

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MTNA Achievement Award

Morty and Iris Manus
Beverly Hills, California

MTNA Teacher of the Year

Tamás Ungár
Fort Worth, Texas

MTNA Distinguished Service Award

Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM
Aberbeen, Washington

Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction
Robert Duke, author
Austin, Texas

Distinguished Composer of the Year

Thomas Osborne
Honolulu, Hawaii
Overheated
Commissioned by the Hawaii MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

Phillip Parker
Russellville, Arkansas
Alliterations

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

Alejandro Rutty
Greensboro, North Carolina
Cantabile Hop

State Affiliate of the Year

Michigan MTA
Garik Pedersen, president

Local Association of the Year

Northwest Suburban MTA (Illinois)
Maureen Flood, president

Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year

Southwestern Assemblies of God University (Texas)
Heidi Borden, president
Amanda Lee Hing, advisor

American Music Teacher Article of the Year

Pamela D. Pike, NCTM
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Sight-Reading Strategies For The Beginning And Intermediate Piano Student: A Fresh Look At A Familiar Topic"
Published February/March 2012

Studio Teacher Fellowship Award

Jennifer Stadler, NCTM
Bexley, Ohio

Piano Technicians Guild Scholarships

Bob Pajer, NCTM
Snoqualmie, Washington

Ann Marie DuHamel, NCTM
Morris, Minnesota

50-Year Members

Lois A. Bitler, Hamilton, New Jersey
Mary E. Chartier, Gladwin, Michigan
Raymond A. Cramer, NCTM, Dalton, Pennsylvania
Kenneth O. Drake, Baileyville, Illinois
Georgann Gasaway, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Olga V. Guinee, NCTM, San Antonio, Texas
Elizabeth Holsinger, NCTM, Boise, Idaho
Philelle E. McBrayer, NCTM, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wanda Meador, Lubbock, Texas
Dorothea Nahm, Washington, D.C.
Beverly M. Naismith, NCTM, Portland, Texas
Helen L. Pegg, Olympia, Washington
Vivian Pintacura, Prospect Heights, Illinois
Hazel Roberts Ramsbotham, NCTM, Aurora, Colorado
Verna Dean Roberts, NCTM, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Fred Sahlmann, NCTM, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Louise P. Savage, NCTM, Sacramento, California
Nancy E. Schmidt, NCTM, Hamden, Connecticut
Dorothy A. Smith, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Robin C. Stewart, Centennial, Colorado
Auda Marie Thomas, NCTM, Harrah, Oklahoma
Madelyn P. Trible, NCTM, Lafayette, Louisiana
Marie E. Ward, NCTM, Kokomo, Indiana
Sharon Wells, NCTM, Pullman, Washington
Mary Ann Zook, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania