Music Educators Hall of Fame
Charles Aiken (1986); Thomas Jefferson Anderson (2008); Barbara Andress (2002); Frank A. Beach (1992); John W. Beattie (1986); Leonard Bernstein (1996); William Billings (1986); Edward Bailey Birge (1986); Clarence C. Birchard (1986); Eunice Boardman (2004); Allen Perdue Britton (1986); Clifford V. Buttelman (1986); Robert A. Choate (1986); Frances Elliott Clark (1986); Satis N(arrona Barton) Coleman (2010); Richard J. Colwell (1998); Julia Ettie Crane (1986); Walter Damrosch (1986); Hollis Dann (1986); William Levi Dawson (1992); Howard Doolin (1996); Peter W. Dykema (1986); Will Earhart (1986); William P. Foster (2000); Charles L. Gary (1994); E. Thayer Gaston (1986); Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1986); Thaddeus P. Giddings (1986); Mabelle Glenn (1986); Edgar B. Gordon (2010); Edwin E. Gordon (1996); Howard Hanson (1986); Austin Harding (1988); Philip C. Hayden (1986); Charles R. Hoffer (2006); Mary E. Hoffman (1998); Hosea E. Holt (1988); Marguerite V. Hood (1986); Wiley L. Housewright (1994); Merle J. Isaac (1996); Benjamin Jepson (2014); Robert Klotman (2004); Jacob Kwalwasser (2006); Vanett Lawler (1986); Warner Lawson (2006); Paul R. Lehman (2000); Charles Leonhard (1994); Carolynn A. Lindeman (2014); Joseph E. Maddy (1986); Clifford K. Madsen (2002); Michael L. Mark (2004); Lowell Mason (1986); Luther Whiting Mason (1986); Osborne McConathy (1986); W. Otto Miessner (1986); Hazel Nohavec Morgan (1998); Russell V. Morgan (1996); James L. Mursell (1986); Robert L. Pace (2008); John P. Paynter (2014); Lilla Belle Pitts (1986); Bennett Reimer (2002); William D. Revelli (1992); Mary Helen Richards (2008); George Frederick Root (1986); Abraham Schwadron (2000); Carl E. Seashore (1986); Eleanor Smith (1986); Gladys Tipton (1996); Paul Van Bodegraven (1988); Louis G. Wersen (1986); Bruce D. Wilson (2010); Harry Robert Wilson (1996)
Lowell Mason Fellows
Lowell Mason was born on January 8, 1792, in Medfield, Massachusetts. In 1833, he co-founded the Boston Academy of Music, and in 1837 he taught music on a volunteer basis. This eventually led to the inclusion of music as part of the regular curriculum of the Boston public schools in 1838. The Lowell Mason Fellow distinction is considered by NAfME to be an important honor, designed for music educators, music education advocates, political leaders, industry professionals, and others who have contributed to music education in their unique way. For information about designating a prospective Lowell Mason Fellow, please contact Kim Henry at kimh@nafme.org or 571-323-5893.
2024: Lance Nielsen; 2023: Alice Hammel; 2022: Ron Meers, John Stroube; 2020: Kathleen Ohlman; 2019: Raymond Doughty; 2017: Frederick Burrack; Roger Hall; Kelly A. Parkes; 2016: Jane Mell Balek; Edwin E. Gordon; Michele Holt; David Waggoner; Christopher B. Woodside; 2015: Henry Leck; Marlynn Likens; Mary Luehrsen; James Mason; Glenn Nierman; Steve Schopp; Cecil Wilder; 2014: Judy Bowers; Natalie Ozeas; Kenneth Raessler; Richard Wells; 2013: Daniel Deutsch; Marvelene Moore; Scott C. Shuler; 2011: Weston Noble; Daniel Steele; Joseph R. Sugar; 2010: Lynn Brinckmeyer; Florence Henderson; L. Scott McCormick; George N. Parks; 2009: Michael Bates; Jere Fridy; Douglas W. Herbert; Fred Irby, III; Randolph Kummer; 2008: Dan Acheson; Tom Batiuk; Joel Biggs; Larry Blocher; Sandra Dackow; Nancy Ditmer; Michael G. George; Sam Hope; Henry Juszkiewicz; Barbara Payne McLain; 2007: Charles H. Benner; David Circle; William S. Marsden; Edgar Rooker; John Stoner, Jr; Steven G. Trull; Davey Yarborough; 2006: Greg Bimm; Leon Burton; Luis Haza; John Larrieu; David Marmel; James Moore; Bert Nelson; Fran Page; Frank Tracz; David Wells; 2005: Arthur C. Bartner; Bob Bergin; Laura Bergin; Michael Blakeslee; Barbara Geer; Wynne J. Harrell; Ruth Ann Knapp; Charles T. Menghini; David Steinmeyer; Rich Taylor; 2004: David Baker; Col. John R. Bourgeois; Robert Earle Buckner; Nora G. Burridge; Michael Davis; Sharon Dunn; Dennis W. Granlie; Paul Heid; Earl Hurrey; Robert H. Klotman; Col. Gary F. Lamb; Joe Lamond; Colleen B. Ramshur; Carroll A. Rinehart; Fred Rogers; Renee Westlake; Larry Williams; 2003: Donald Corbett; Ray Cramer; Deborah Craven; Betty Ellis; John Feierabend; Willie L. Hill, Jr.; June Hinckley; Bill Larson; Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser; Carolynn Lindeman; John Mahlmann; Dorothy A. Straub; 2002: John Benham; Arnold Broido; Mel Clayton; Roy Edward Ernst; Louis Joseph “L.J.” Hancock; Wiley Housewright; Paul Lehman; Bob McGrath; Clifford Madsen; Don Robinson; Will Schmid; Himie Voxman
NAfME Senior Researcher Award
Every two years, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) awards the Senior Researcher Award to recognize a researcher for outstanding, significant, and long-standing contributions to music education research. This award is a premier acknowledgement of excellence in research and scholarly contributions to the field.
- 2024 Christopher Johnson, University of Kansas: Acceptance address and video, press release
- 2022 Marie McCarthy, University of Michigan: Acceptance address, press release
- 2020 Estelle Jorgensen, Indiana University: Acceptance address, video, press release
- 2018 Harry Price, Kennesaw State University: Acceptance address – JRME 66(3)
- 2016 Wendy Sims, University of Missouri: Acceptance address – JRME 64(3)
- 2014 Peter Webster, Northwestern University: Acceptance address – JRME 62(3)
- 2012 Patricia Flowers, Ohio State University: Acceptance address – JRME 60(3)
- 2010 Robert Duke, University of Texas at Austin: Acceptance address – JRME 58(3)
- 2008 Bennett Reimer, Northwestern University: Acceptance address – JRME 56(3)
- 2006 Jere Humphreys, Arizona State University: Acceptance address – JRME 54(3)
- 2004 Judith Jellison, University of Texas at Austin: Acceptance address – JRME 52(3)
- 2002 Patricia Shehan Campbell, University of Washington: Acceptance address – JRME 50(3)
- 2000 John Geringer, University of Texas at Austin: Acceptance address – JRME 48(3)
- 1998 Rudolf Radocy, University of Kansas: Acceptance address – JRME 46(3)
- 1996 Cornelia Yarbrough, Louisiana State University: Acceptance address – JRME 44(3)
- 1994 James Carlsen, University of Washington: Acceptance address – JRME 42(3)
- 1992 Albert LeBlanc, Michigan State University: Acceptance address – JRME 40(3)
- 1990 Allen Britton, University of Michigan: No record of acceptance address
- 1988 Clifford Madsen, Florida State University: Acceptance address – JRME 36(3)
George N. Parks Leadership in Music Education Award
Developed by the National Association for Music Education and Music for All, the George N. Parks Leadership in Music Education Award is named for the late George Parks, director of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band. Considered a national authority on drum majoring, Mr. Parks led the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy, including at the Music for All Summer Symposium. This award honors an exemplary band director who embodies the characteristics and leadership that Mr. Parks showed his students every day.
2024: Cheryl Lee; 2023: Alison Miles; 2022: Dr. Lawrence Stoffel; 2021: no award; 2020: Jennifer Collins; 2019: Edward F. Protzman; 2018: David LaMorte; 2017: Marisa Weinstein; 2016: Thom Hannum; 2015: Patrick M. Erwin; 2014: Cynthia Napierkowski; 2013: Dr. Barry Shepherd; 2012: Daniel Kirk; 2011: Dr. Peter Boonshaft