The Yale School of Music is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Distinguished Music Educator Awards.
The Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award is presented biennially by the Yale School of Music to participants in the Symposium on Music in Schools. These awards honor fifty music educators from across the country who are selected for their outstanding accomplishments teaching music in public schools.
This year, 330 educators from 45 U.S. states were nominated to received the award. A panel of music professionals selected fifty teachers, or 15% of all nominees. Three of those selected were nominated by members of the Yale College Class of 1957, which gave its 50th reunion class gift to the School of Music to improve the quality of public education in America.
As in previous years, the Distinguished Music Educators form a diverse group: they come from thirty different states; teach vocal as well as instrumental music across myriad genres; and work at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels in urban, rural, and suburban school districts. The selected educators will travel to New Haven, all expenses paid, to attend the 2011 Symposium on Music in Schools. They will be joined at the Symposium by the music teachers in the New Haven Public Schools.
This year’s Symposium will feature a keynote address by education journalist John Merrow. Participants will attend a performance by renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble and will be invited to a talk by Ma, presented in conjunction with the Silk Road Ensemble by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.
Congratulations to the 2011 Yale Distinguished Music Educators:
Suzana Basaric-Ilic Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD |
Gary Bernice Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, MA |
Michelle Berra Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL |
Carol Boehm Red Bank Borough Public Schools, Red Bank, NJ |
Jeanne Caldwell West Des Moines Community Schools, West Des Moines, IA |
Barbara Chusid Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison, WI |
Carmalyn Cook New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, CT |
Troy Davis San Mateo Union High School District, San Mateo, CA |
Helen Demong Saranac Lake Central School District, Saranac Lake, NY |
William Dyer Aberdeen School District No. 5, Aberdeen, WA |
Curt Ebersole Northern Valley Regional High Schools, Old Tappan, NJ |
Tom Elliott Lower Merion School District, Ardmore, PA |
Stephen Fairbanks Park City School District, Park City, UT |
Roxanne Fauque Belgrade Public Schools, Belgrade, MT |
Duane Foster Normandy School District, St. Louis, MO |
Donald Greene Richmond County Schools, Hamlet, NC |
Angela Griffin Simsbury Public Schools, Simsbury, CT |
James Hardwick Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia Beach, VA |
Edward Henderson SC Department of Juvenile Justice, Columbia, SC |
Roger Henderson Grinnell-Newburg Community Schools, Grinnell, IA |
Megan Hennessy Town of New Shoreham School District, Block Island, RI |
Shawn Hofmann Ridgway Area School District, Ridgway, PA |
Patrick Jackson Kirkwood School District, Kirkwood, MO |
Stefanie Janin Bend-La Pine Schools, Bend, OR |
David Kays Gladstone School District, Gladstone, OR |
Emilia Kister Valley Stream Union Free District 30, Valley Stream, NY |
Margret Krasin School District of River Falls, River Falls, WI |
Troy Kryzalka Montgomery County Schools, Troy, NC |
Virginia Lam School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA |
Peter Lemonds Gwinnett County Public Schools, Duluth, GA |
Dale Lhotka Kodiak Island Borough School District, Kodiak, AK |
Jami Lupold Pasadena Independent School District, Pasadena, TX |
Kathleen McMinn Plymouth Public Schools, Plymouth, MA |
Deborah Mosier Omaha Public Schools, Omaha, NE |
Regina Noland Tuscaloosa City Schools, Tuscaloosa, AL |
Desiree Overree Katy Independent School District, Katy, TX |
Cindy Puschak Cave Creek Unified School District, Scottsdale, AZ |
Bill Robinson Maryville City Schools, Maryville, TN |
Peter Sampson Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation, Whiteland, IN |
Diane Sanfillippo Schaumburg School District 54, Schaumburg, IL |
Thomas Scavone Canton Public Schools, Canton, CT |
Joani Slawson Brevard Public Schools, Viera, FL |
Lydia Smith-Lockwood Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Springfield, OH |
Holly Stumpf Lexington Public Schools, Lexington, MA |
Regina Talbot City School District of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY |
Mairi Thompson Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh, PA |
Mark Vadnais Barrington Public Schools, Barrington, RI |
James Verdone Northbridge Public Schools, Whitinsville, MA |
Jessica Wright Caddo Parish Public Schools, Shreveport, LA |
Karen Zuidema Wausau School District, Wausau, WI |
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