2018 Awards Recipients
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The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy, Kingston, New Jersey
Ann Gipson, NCTM, Aledo, Texas
Edward Francis (posthumously), Thousand Oaks, California
Piano Adventures by Nancy and Randall Faber, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Louisiana Music Teachers Association
Pamela D. Pike, NCTM, president
Laramie Music Teachers Association (Wyoming)
Cheryl Hemphill, president
University of Colorado Boulder
Sarah Rushing, president; Jennifer Hayghe, advisor
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
Amanda Gunderson, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
“The Well-Crafted Question: Inspiring Students to Connect, Create and Think Critically”: Published April/May 2017
Diana Dumlavwalla, Tallahassee, Florida
“Transitioning From Traditional To Online Piano Lessons: Perceptions Of Students, Parents and Teacher”: Published February 2017
Katherine Acone, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kirstin Ihde, NCTM, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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