2018 Awards Recipients

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MTNA Achievement Award

The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, Kingston, New Jersey


Distinguished Service Award

Ann Gipson, NCTM, Aledo, Texas


Teacher of the Year

Edward Francis (posthumously), Thousand Oaks, California


MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

Piano Adventures by Nancy and Randall Faber, Ann Arbor, Michigan


State Affiliate of the Year

Louisiana Music Teachers Association
Pamela D. Pike, NCTM, president


Local Association of the Year

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