2010 Awards Recipients
MTNA Achievement Award
Alan Walker
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
Teachers of the Year
Bill and Mary Ann Knight
Rome, Georgia
Distinguished Service Award
Brian Chung
Los Alamitos, California
Frances Clark Pedagogy Award
Home Concert Xtreme
Produced by TimeWarp Technologies
George Litterst, owner
Distinguished Composer of the Year
Pierre Jalbert
Houston, Texas
Sonata for Piano
Commissioned by the Texas MTA
Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention
Cynthia Folio
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Z3
Commissioned by Pennsylvania MTA
Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention
Narong Prangcharoen
Kansas City, Missouri
Between Heaven and Earth
Commissioned by Missouri MTA
State Affiliate of the Year
Louisiana Music Teachers Association
Donna Toney, NCTM, president
Local Association of the Year
Okanogan County Music Teachers Association (Washington)
Roz Nau, president
Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year
University of Montana Keyboard Society
Elaine Bennion, president
Christopher Hahn, NCTM, advisor
American Music Teacher Article of the Year
Rhonda Ringering, NCTM
Forest Grove, Ore
"Keeping the Beat: How to Teach Classical Piano Students to Play With a Jazz Band"
April/May 2009 AMT
StAR/Studio Teacher Fellowship Award
Jennifer Mansour
Edmond, Oklahoma
MTNA-Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
Recreational Music Making Workshop
Kate Young, NCTM
Cincinnati, Ohio
MTNA-Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship
Teacher Continuing Education and/or Performance Study
Carol Ann Barry, NCTM
Springfield, Virginia