MTNA Awards
MTNA annually presents multiple awards which recognize excellence in music teaching, research and other significant contributions to music education.
| MTNA Awards Recipients from Texas | |
| 2022 MTNA AMT Article of the Year | Jessica Welsh, NCTM |
| 2022 MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award | Adam Salas, NCTM |
| 2022 MTNA Collegiate Chapter of the Year | UT-Rio Grande |
| 2022 Local MTNA Association of the Year | Austin District MTA |
| 2020 Distinguished Service Award | Brenda Dillon |
| 2019 MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award | Jessica Welsh, NCTM |
| 2019 Distinguished Service Award | Ann Rivers Witherspoon |
| 2017 MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship Award | Karen Liem, NCTM |
| 2016 Piano Technicians Guild Scholarship | Spring Seals, NCTM |
| 2016 MTNA Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention | Pierre Jalbert |
| 2015 MTNA Teacher of the Year | Samuel Holland, NCTM |
| 2015 MTNA Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention | Paul English |
| 2014 MTNA Teacher of the Year | Martha Hilley, NCTM |
| 2014 MTNA State Association of the Year | Texas Music Teachers Association |
| 2014 MTNA Distinguished Service Award | Ruth Pitts, NCTM |
| 2014 MTNA Distinguished Composer of the Year Honorable Mention | Kris Becker |
| 2013 MTNA Teacher of the Year | Tamas Ungar |
| 2013 MTNA Francis Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award | Robert Duke |
| 2013 Benjamin Whitten Collegiate Chapter of the Year | Southwestern Assemblies of God University |
| 2012 MTNA AMT Article of the Year | Courtney Crappell, NCTM |
| 2012 Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award | William Westney |
| 2012 Distinguished Composer Honorable Mention | Peter Liewen |
| 2011 MTNA AMT Article of the Year | Lesley Sisterhen McAllister |
| 2005 MTNA Teacher of the Year | Ruth Pitts, NCTM |
| 2003 MTNA State Association of the Year | Texas Music Teachers Association |
| 2002 Local MTNA Association of the Year | Abilene |
| MTNA 50-Year Members | MTNA 50-Year Members | ||
| 2022 | Carolyn Bain, NCTM | 2022 | Heather Rathnau, NCTM |
| 2022 | Maureda Travis | 2022 | Mary Loy |
| 2022 | Rilla Altman | 2022 | Teresa Crawford, NCTM |
| 2022 | Shirley Anderson, NCTM | 2021 | Courtney Crappell, NCTM |
| 2021 | Claire Bittner | 2021 | Fredrica Phillips |
| 2021 | Linda Anthony, NCTM | 2020 | Rebecca Landreth, NCTM |
| 2021 | Myrna Orr | 2020 | Rick Valentine |
| 2021 | Susan Matthews | 2019 | Carolyn True, NCTM |
| 2021 | Sylvia Strong | 2019 | Susan Paradis |
| 2021 | Virginia Nance | 2018 | Doris Lum-Meyer, NCTM |
| 2020 | Karen Vandivere | 2018 | Elizabeth Gutierrez, NCTM |
| 2020 | Priscilla Stovall Long | 2018 | Karen Wallace |
| 2020 | Sherry Frush, NCTM | 2017 | *Joe Ince |
| 2020 | Thelma Cooper | 2017 | Andrea Warren, NCTM |
| 2019 | Anne Maynard Bowman | 2016 | Lydia Bratcher, NCTM |
| 2019 | Doris Meyer, NCTM | 2016 | Peggy Swaizey |
| 2019 | Harriet A. Motter | 2016 | Roy Wylie, NCTM |
| 2019 | Lyndol R Taylor, NCTM | 2015 | Ann Witherspoon |
| 2019 | Paula Stephenson | 2015 | Sharon Callahan |
| 2018 | Darlene Pate | 2014 | *Glenda Lanier, NCTM |
| 2018 | Gloria Ribbeck | 2014 | *Robert Steinbauer, NCTM |
| 2018 | Mae Merritt, NCTM | 2014 | Debra Hadfield, NCTM |
| 2018 | Margaret Miller, NCTM | 2014 | Diane Morrow, NCTM |
| 2017 | Linda Shirley | 2014 | Susan Conner, NCTM |
| 2017 | Manuella Shull, NCTM | 2013 | Celinda Hallbauer, NCTM |
| 2017 | Ruth Jane Holmes, NCTM | 2013 | Sherry Frush, NCTM |
| 2016 | *Roberta Gober | 2012 | Janelle Schlaudt, NCTM |
| 2016 | Mildred Halbert, NCTM | 2011 | Joy Finley, NCTM |
| 2015 | Bettye Irene Newman | 2010 | Ruth Pitts, NCTM |
| 2015 | Geraldine Sharpley, NCTM | 2010 | William Westney |
| 2015 | Ruth Ann Hoffman | 2009 | Ann Milliman Gipson, NCTM |
| 2015 | Sandra Fulmer Davidson, NCTM | 2009 | Carolyn Adams |
| 2014 | Helen Elbert | 2009 | Ronald Bennett, NCTM |
| 2014 | Lorene Springer, NCTM | 2008 | *Edwin Key, NCTM |
| 2013 | Beverly M Naismith, NCTM | 2008 | *Francis Key, NCTM |
| 2013 | Olga V. Guinee, NCTM | 2007 | Laurel Ince, NCTM |
| 2013 | Wanda Meador | 2007 | Priscilla Heard, NCTM |
| 2012 | Cherry Harvey Potts, NCTM | 2006 | *Betty Hood, NCTM |
| 2012 | Jo Ann Hoffman, NCTM | 2006 | *Irene Waters, NCTM |
| 2012 | Laura Jean Bearden, NCTM | 2005 | *June Leondar, NCTM |
| 2012 | Werner George Rose | 2004 | *Ella Louise Burba, NCTM |
| 2011 | Joy Finley, NCTM | 2004 | *Patricia Powers, NCTM |
| 2011 | Kathryn Mishell | 2002 | Martha Hilley, NCTM |
| 2011 | Mildred Bennight, NCTM | ||
| 2011 | Wanda Miller, NCTM | ||
| 2010 | *Jean Muelschen, NCTM | ||
| 2010 | *Martha Janie Throop, NCTM | ||
| 2010 | Mary Davis, NCTM | ||
| 2010 | Mary Lou Stockdale | ||
| 2010 | Mary Skaro | ||
| 2009 | *Marie King, NCTM | ||
| 2009 | Colleen Brashear | ||
| 2009 | Narlin Beaty | ||
| 2009 | Ronald Bennett, NCTM | ||
| 2008 | *Robert Steinbauer, NCTM | ||
| 2008 | Gerry Schliep | ||
| 2008 | Lois Emery Nielson | ||
| 2007 | *June Leondar, NCTM | ||
| 2007 | Mildred Veillon | ||
| 2007 | Paralee P. Curry | ||
| 2006 | *Pat Powers | ||
| 2006 | Mary Reba Wilcox, NCTM | ||
| 2006 | Norma H. Auchter, NCTM | ||
| 2006 | William H. Chaisson | ||
| 2005 | *Edwin Key, NCTM | ||
| 2005 | *Ella Louise Burba, NCTM | ||
| 2005 | *Frances Key, NCTM | ||
| 2005 | *Jeanne Elliott | ||
| 2005 | *U'nita Sweatmon | ||
| 2005 | Ann R Hallmark | ||
| 2004 | Jeannine Greene, NCTM | ||
| 2004 | Peggy Abraham, NCTM | ||
| 2003 | Donna Edwards | ||
| 2003 | Joy Moutos, NCTM | ||
| 2003 | Mary Ruth McCulley | ||
| 2002 | Jack J Hardy | ||
| 2002 | Julia Woodrum | ||
| 2001 | *Wilma Dorsey | ||
| 2001 | Mary Elizabeth Wilson | ||
| 2000 | *Betty A Hood, NCTM | ||
| 2000 | *Mary Lou Wade, NCTM | ||
| 2000 | Frances D Stuart, NCTM | ||
| 2000 | Jane Sugars | ||
| 2000 | Mildred M Busch, NCTM | ||
| 1997 | *Susan H. Allen Carlisle | ||
| 1997 | William A Murphy | ||
| 1996 | *Irene H Waters, NCTM | ||
| 1996 | Imogene W Harris, NCTM | ||
| 1992 | *Ruth Graydon Dean | ||
| 1992 | Mary Evelyn Hess, NCTM | ||
| *Deceased |
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