2022 Awards Recipients

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MTNA Achievement Award

George Theophilus Walker, Posthumous


Teacher of the Year

Victoria Fischer Faw, NCTM


Distinguished Service Award

Music Teachers National Association
National Headquarters Staff


MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora
William Chapman Nyaho, NCTM


Stecher & Horowitz Power of Innovation Award

Leah Claiborne


State Affiliate of the Year

Hawaii Music Teachers Association
Nicole Routman Ebisu, president


Local Association of the Year

Austin District Music Teachers Association
Elizabeth Currens, president


Collegiate Chapter of the Year

Florida State University Collegiate Chapter
Stephanie Archer, NCTM, president
Diana Dumlavwalla, NCTM, advisor

South Texas Collegiate Chapter
University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
Jacques Andoni Mendiola-Tagle, president
Brendan Kinsella, advisor


Distinguished Composer of the Year

Delvyn Case
Psalms of Ascent
Commissioned by the Maine Music Teachers Association

Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention

Stephen Mitton
Liminal Spaces: Commissioned by the Michigan MTA

Sean Neukom
19-20: Commissioned by the North Dakota MTA


American Music Teacher Article of the Year

“Strive For Ordinary: Where the Magic Happens” by Jessica Welsh, NCTM
 June/July 2021 Issue


MTNA e-Journal Article of the Year

“Breathe and Move: Effects of a 12-Week Yoga Curriculum on Pre-Collegiate And Collegiate Pianists”
by Elaina Burns, NCTM, Christopher Madden, NCTM, and Paola Savvidou, NCTM
April 2021 Issue


MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award

Hsin-Yi Huang

Maggie Johnston

Adam Salas, NCTM


50-Year Members

Janet B. Acker, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Sarah K. Albright, NCTM, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dennis Alexander, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Rilla Altman, Arlington, Texas
Shirley J. Anderson, NCTM, Abilene, Texas
Carolyn Bain, NCTM, Portland, Texas
Myrna E. Bietz, East Peoria, Illinois
Martha E. Brueggeman, NCTM, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Sandra Camp, Berrien Springs, Michigan
Charlene Campbell, Williamsburg, Virginia
Jerre Jean Conran, NCTM, Coopersville, Michigan
Susan Crawford, Savoy, Illinois
William David, Aurora, Colorado
Dorothy Edstrom, Pine Island, Minnesota
Spencer B. Fellows, Bethesda, Maryland
Virginia J. Folsom, Sandy, Utah
Bonita M. Frels, NCTM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Charles Fugo, Columbia, South Carolina
Jill M. Geil, Redmond, Oregon
Jeannie F. Goodwin, NCTM, Dover, New Hampshire
Peggy Jo Gregory, NCTM, Parker, Colorado
Lynda J. Gulley, NCTM, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Patricia A. Hannemann, NCTM, Summerville, South Carolina
Jeanne A. Hansen, NCTM, Kent, Ohio
Christine Geiser Hawk, NCTM, Belmont, North Carolina
Steven K. Hesla, NCTM, Missoula, Montana
Patricia Hoffman, Nokomis, Illinois
Carol Jilling, NCTM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pauline Johnson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Josephine A. Jones, NCTM, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Nancy A. Kaesler, NCTM, Wilsonville, Oregon
Bonnie Kellert, NCTM, Potomac, Maryland
Christine Lampos, Naples, Florida
Annette Warner Larsen, NCTM, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Noreen Marten, Bellevue, Washington
Joseph V. Matthews, Orange, California
Carolyn G. McMahon, Charlotte, North Carolina
Rhonda R. Morse, NCTM, Olympia, Washington
Sharon L. Parker, NCTM, Wilmington, Delaware
Patricia J. Petersen, NCTM, Bend, Oregon
William Phemister, Carol Stream, Illinois
Margaret Ann Randolph, Cleveland, Tennessee
Janice Larson Razaq, NCTM, Algonquin, Illinois
La Donna K. Reynolds, Bethany, Oklahoma
Marion Rick, Hutchinson, Minnesota
Penny Roberts Rose, Black Mountain, North Carolina
Patsy Simpson, NCTM, Madison, Mississippi
Guna Kalmite Skujina, NCTM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kathy Smith, Olathe, Kansas
Karen St John, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Linda S. Stump, NCTM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
June M. Torrison, NCTM, LeRoy, Minnesota
Maureda A. Travis, Ft Worth, Texas
Christine B. Ward, NCTM, Suffolk, Virginia
Joan Carolyn Weekes, NCTM, Spokane, Washington
Carol Wickham-Revier, NCTM, Lafayette, Colorado
Linda Wilson, Mt Vernon, Washington
Gail Vendetto Wysocki, NCTM, Fort Myers, Florida