MTNA Foundation Fellow Award (Arkansas)
MTNA Foundation Fellow Nomination Form
Music Teachers National Association Foundation Fellows is a national program is designed to honor those outstanding individuals who have made a significant contribution to music and the music teaching profession, while supporting the programs of the MTNA Foundation.
Each Fellow is recognized in the MTNA magazine, American Music Teacher, and each name is placed on a plaque at the national headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition, each Fellow receives a free ticket to the MTNA Foundation Gala during the MTNA National Conference, where they are recognized with a framed certificate and a Fellow pin.
Past MTNA Fellows
2023 – Alline Fulton Phillips
2015 – Ouida Keck
2014 – Lauren Schack Clark
2013 – William and Patricia Medley
2012 – Sharon Sanford Ard
2011 – John Krebs
2010 – Ann Barnwell Rye
2008 – Peggy Lewis
2008 – J.D. Kelly
2004 – William Perryman
ASMTA Teacher of the Year Award (College)
2024 – Dr. Marika Kyriakos
2022 – Dr. Scott Carrell
2016 – Dr. Naoki Hakutani
2014 – Dr. May Tsao-Lim
2011 – Dr. Timothy Smith
2010 – Dr. Christopher Thompson
2008 – Dr. Lauren Schack Clark
2007 – Dr. Pamela Pike
2001 – Dr. Linda Holzer
2000 – Vicky Kiehl
1999 – Gertrude Kincaid
1998 – Dr. Dan Dykema
1997 – Dr. Ouida Keck
1996 – Dr. John E. Krebs
1994 – Dr. Ann Rye
1992 – Dr. David Crouse
1991 – Dr. J. D. Kelly
1990 – Dr. Bill Perryman
1989 – Dr. Ed Connelly
1983 – Dr. Sam Driggers
1982 – Dr. William Trantham
1981 – Dr. Carl Fosberg
1980 – Dr. Robert Campbell
1979 – Miss Virginia Queen
1978 – Dr. Hadley Yates
1977 – Mr. William Gant
ASTMA Teacher of the Year Award (Independent)
2024 – Beverly Kyriakos
2023 – Sabrina Shively
2021 – Janine Tiner & Carol Ann Bone
2020 – (no conference)
2019 – Lisa Miller
2018 – Linda Rogers
2017 – Naoma McCartney
2015 – Dannie Morrison
2012 – Dennis Hay
2009 – Mark Smidt
2006 – William & Pat Medley
2005 – Jeanne Hurst
2004 – Helen Vanlandingham
2003 – Carol Houston
2002 – Carolyn Setliff
2001 – Linda D. Kennedy
2000 – Peggy Lewis
1999 – Sue Robbins
1998 – Sharon Ard
1997 – Ginger Crippen
1996 – Lillie McKnight
1995 – (no conference)
1994 – Barbara Fogle
1992 – Marcia Long
1991 – Louise Murrah
1990 – Sherry Mashburn
1989 – Ben Selman
1988 – Mrs. Margaret Womack
1987 – Mrs. Marjorie Bond
1986 – Mrs. Betty Morgan
1985 – Mrs. Aleta Jessup
1984 – Roger Lawson
1983 – Martha Ann Edwards
1982 – Mrs. Violet Giller
1981 – Sister Mildred Dunn
1980 – Mrs. Lela Johnson
1979 – Mrs. Eunice Faulkner
1978 – Mrs. Esther Mills Wood
1977 – Ms. H. E. Tye