2021 Awards Recipients
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Myrtle David, Founder and Executive Director
The DeBose Competition-Festival and Foundation
Benjamin D. Caton III, NCTM
Jeanne B. Grealish, NCTM
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Susanna P. Garcia, NCTM and Chan Kiat Lim, NCTM
Georgia Music Teachers Association
Jan E. Adams, NCTM, president
Las Vegas Music Teachers Association
Amy Homer-Smith, president
Ohio University
Lydia Sander, president
Christopher Fisher, NCTM, advisor
Peter Van Zandt Lane
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Commissioned by the Georgia Music Teachers Association
Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention
George Halsell
Three Movements for Horn Quartet: Commissioned by the Idaho MTA
Bryan Stanley
Three Concert Etudes: Commissioned by the Nebraska MTA
Bruce Stark
Sonata for Piano: Commissioned by the Washington State MTA
“The Victory Vertical Project: A Historical Case Study in Recreational Music Making”
by Garik Pedersen
October/November 2020 Issue
“The Inclusive Studio: Teaching Students with Disabilities in the Private Piano and String Lesson Settings”
by Diana Dumlavwalla, NCTM, and Katarzyna Bugaj
February 2020 Issue
Desireé González-Miller, NCTM
Roxanne Kar, NCTM
50-Year Members
Betty E. Allen, NCTM, Greensboro, North Carolina
Linda Anthony, NCTM, Houston, Texas
Kay Benefield, NCTM, Guntersville, Alabama
Claire S. Bittner, Irving, Texas
Alice Bowen, Lincoln, Nebraska
Lenora Ford Brown, NCTM, North Salt Lake, Utah
Jerry Alan Bush, NCTM, Mobile, Alabama
Jeannette Chun, NCTM, Honolulu, Hawaii
Vienna P. Cocuzzi, NCTM, Erie, Pennsylvania
Barbara J. Collins, NCTM, Port Huron, Michigan
Lyra N. Crapps, NCTM, Troy, Alabama
Marilee Crawley-Mertins, NCTM, Ames, Iowa
Lois Finlay, NCTM, Clarkesville, Georgia
Edwina R. Garten, NCTM, Littleton, Colorado
Judy Woods Gorton, NCTM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Nancy Ruth Hallsted, NCTM, Bethesda, Maryland
Jane Carter Hays, Tallahassee, Florida
Jane Hergo, NCTM, Dayton, Ohio
Joan Hines, Hobbs, New Mexico
David W. Holmes, Columbia, Maryland
Nancy Daggett Jensen, NCTM, Los Altos, California
Lois J. Jones, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Sharon B. Kaplan, NCTM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jeanette Keyser, Clackamas, Oregon
Linda C. King, NCTM, Surprise, Arizona
Joy Miller Kiszely, NCTM, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Vivian Kleinhuizen, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kay M. Koehnen, NCTM, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Emanuel L. Lancaster, NCTM, Calabasas, California
Melissa W. Marrion, NCTM, Richmond, Virginia
Susan W. Matthews, Sherman, Texas
Michael Mauldin, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Jean McKitrick, Yakima, Washington
Christine Mirabella, Eugene, Oregon
Karen Rae Mord, Savage, Minnesota
Ruby Norris Morgan, Greenville, South Carolina
Virginia G. Nance, Pearland, Texas
Patricia Nortwen, NCTM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Myrna Orr, Pampa, Texas
Eugene Pridonoff, Scottsdale, Arizona
Sarah A. Pritchard, Augusta, Georgia
Kristin Sample, NCTM, Nampa, Idaho
Roland Schneller, Nashville, Tennessee
Carmen E. Shaw, NCTM, Oshkosh, Wisoconsin
Judith M. Sherman, NCTM, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Lois Sollenberger, NCTM, Denver, Colorado
Sylvia Strong, Houston, Texas
Mary James Swanson, Corvallis, Oregon
Keiko Thon, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
Nita Twyman, NCTM, Oklahoma City, Okalahoma
Kathleen Van Doeren, Minneapolis, Minnesota
L. Rexford Whiddon, Columbus, Georgia
Pat Ziegelmeier, NCTM, Gem, Kansas.