2011 Awards Recipients

MTNA Achievement Award

Warren Jones
New York, New York

MTNA Distinguished Service Award

Philelle McBrayer, NCTM
Tulsa, Oklahoma

MTNA Teacher of the Year

Sue Ann Steck-Turner, NCTM
Lafayette, Louisiana

State Affiliate of the Year

Minnesota Music Teachers Association
Sue Kresbsbach, NCTM, president

Local Association of the Year

Salt Creek (Illinois) Music Teachers Association
Emi Murata, NCTM, president

Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Amanda Horn, president
Jessica Johnson, NCTM, advisor

Distinguished Composer of the Year

Seth Custer
Greenville, South Carolina
Touch & Go
Commissioned by the South Carolina MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

Kent Holliday
Blacksburg, Virginia
Toccata Diabolica
Commissioned by Virginia MTA

Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention

Christopher Stark
Missoula, Montana
Geologies
Commissioned by Montana State MTA

American Music Teacher Article of the Year

Lesley Sisterhen McAllister
Crawford, Texas
"Should Music Lessons Be Fun?"
Published February/March 2010

StAR Studio Teacher Fellowship Award

Miroslava Mintcheva
Fort Collins, Colorado

Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award

3-D Piano: The Three-Dimensional Pianist
Richard Breyer, Fred Karpoff, producers
New York, New York

Piano Technicians Guild Scholarships

Donna Baddeley, NCTM
Lincoln, Nebraska

Nan Baker Richerson, NCTM
Lexington, Kentucky

50-Year Members

Gwendolyn Perun, NCTM; Saint Paul, Minnesota
Mildred Bennight, NCTM; Houston, Texas
Ila Mae Binding, NCTM; Tempe, Arizona
Despina Chatis Clark, NCTM; Dover, New Hampshire
Elaine Chapman Clark, NCTM; Worthington, Ohio
Morris Collier, NCTM; Lincoln, Nebraska
Aleta Collier, Lincoln, Nebraska
Eugene Evans, NCTM; Sterling, Colorado
Joy S. Finley, NCTM; Midland, Texas
Joan B. Gathercoal, NCTM; Corvallis, Oregon
Jane Ellen Gay, Norman, Oklahoma
Rosemary Hayes, Roseville, Minnesota
Louise Jones, NCTM; Conyers, Georgia
Patty Daniel Kirkley, Hueytown, Alabama
Barbara Korzan, NCTM; Columbus, Georgia
Jerre Jean McDaniel, NCTM; Coopersville, Michigan
Wanda C. Miller, NCTM; Conroe, Texas
Kathryn Mishell, Austin, Texas
Billie Fay Netterwald, Kalamazoo, Michigan
John Perry, NCTM; Pasadena, California
Pearl Peveler, NCTM; Moore, Oklahoma
Janet R. Robinson, NCTM; Valdosta, Georgia
Ludwig Sheffield, NCTM; Croton On Hudson, New York
Paul Q. Topper, Greenville, North Carolina
Harry A Wells, NCTM; Pullman, Washington