2024 Awards Recipients

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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

State Affiliate of the Year

Colorado State Music Teachers Association
Andrew Cooperstock, president

Local Association of the Year

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