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More Than Half of the 2021 Music Educator AwardTM Quarterfinalists Are NAfME Members
The Music Educator Award Is Presented by
The Recording AcademyTM and the GRAMMY Museum®
The Recording Academy™ and GRAMMY Museum® has announced 216 quarterfinalists for the 2021 GRAMMY Music Educator Award™, and of that number, 118 are currently members of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME)*. In all, nearly 2,000 initial nominations of teachers from 199 cities were submitted. In addition to the quarterfinalists, 91 legacy applicants from 2020 will also be eligible to win the award this year. From elementary general music teachers to band directors, choral conductors, string teachers, and college professors, NAfME congratulates these exemplary, dedicated music educators.
The Music Educator Award was established to “recognize current educators from kindergarten through college in public or private schools, the Music Educator Award honors teachers who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools. Each year, a recipient is chosen from 10 finalists and recognized for their remarkable impact on students’ lives.” A joint partnership and presentation of The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum, the recipient will be recognized during GRAMMY® Week 2021.
The 2021 recipient will also be flown to Los Angeles to attend the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards® ceremony and other GRAMMY Week events. The nine additional finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and the schools of all 10 finalists will receive matching grants. Additionally, 15 semifinalists will receive a $500 honorarium with matching school grants, all made possible by the GRAMMY Museum’s Education Champion Ford Motor Company Fund. The matching grants provided to the schools are made possible by the generosity and support of the GRAMMY Museum’s Education Champion Ford Motor Company Fund. The National Association for Music Education supports this program through outreach to music education supporters.
Semi-finalists will be announced in September.
All seven of the previous GRAMMY Music Educator honorees, Kent Knappenberger, Jared Cassedy, Phillip Riggs, Keith Hancock, Melissa Salguero, Jeffery Redding, and Mickey Smith Jr. are NAfME members.
Learn more about the Music Educator AwardTM process.
Below is a list of NAfME members who have been named quarterfinalists for the 2021 Music Educator Award. Click here for the full list of 216 quarterfinalists.
Paul |
Litten |
Homewood Middle School |
Homewood |
AL |
Mike |
Guzman |
Tuscaloosa County High School |
Northport |
AL |
Levert |
Hedgemon Jr. |
Westlawn Middle School |
Tuscaloosa |
AL |
Deanna |
Bell |
Vestavia Hills Elementary East |
Vestavia Hills City Schools |
AL |
Andrew |
Glenn |
Estrella Foothills High School |
Goodyear |
AZ |
Alison |
Brightwell-Balot |
Cesar Chavez High School |
Laveen |
AZ |
Nathan |
Johnston |
Eastmark High School |
Mesa |
AZ |
John |
Denton |
Sunset Ridge School |
Phoenix |
AZ |
Caroline |
Kaupa |
Palo Verde Middle School |
Phoenix |
AZ |
Beverly |
Stearns |
Williams High School and Williams Elementary/Middle School |
Williams |
AZ |
Jim |
Daughters |
Arkansas Tech University |
Russellville |
AR |
Gerard Patrick |
Jones |
University High School |
Fresno |
CA |
David |
Dehner |
Monte Vista Christian School |
Watsonville |
CA |
Cory |
Goshorn |
Arvada High School |
Arvada |
CO |
Chris |
Maunu |
Arvada West High School |
Arvada |
CO |
Jeff |
Hodur |
Coronado High School |
Colorado Springs |
CO |
Shawna |
Mendez |
The Manning School of Academics and Arts |
Golden |
CO |
David |
Gleason |
Green Mountain High School |
Lakewood |
CO |
Heather |
Schenck |
Mountain Range High School |
Westminster |
CO |
Kurt |
Eckhardt |
Newtown High School |
Sandy Hook |
CT |
Amanda |
Hanzlik |
E.O. Smith High School |
Storrs |
CT |
Lou |
Kitchner |
Bedford Middle School |
Westport |
CT |
Brian |
Endlein |
Middletown High School |
Middletown |
DE |
John |
Gordon |
Louis L. Redding Middle School |
Middletown |
DE |
Marcos |
Rodriguez |
Avant Garde Academy Of Broward |
Broward |
FL |
Kristy |
Pagan |
Amelia Earhart |
Hialeah |
FL |
Paul |
Destito |
Jupiter Middle School |
Jupiter |
FL |
Teresa |
Cameron |
Eastside Elementary School |
Lake City |
FL |
Dean |
Marino |
West Port High School |
Ocala |
FL |
Michael |
Gabriel |
Charles W. Flanagan High School |
Pembroke Pines |
FL |
Lauren |
Martin |
Spruce Creek High School |
Port Orange |
FL |
Dr. Janet Duguay |
Kirsten |
South Miami K-8 Center |
South Miami |
FL |
Rob |
Pethel |
Sutton Middle School |
Atlanta |
GA |
Jessica |
Holzworth |
Fannin County School Systems |
Blue Ridge |
GA |
Eric |
Willoughby |
Woodland High School |
Cartersville |
GA |
Michelle |
Folta |
Columbus State University |
Columbus |
GA |
Trey |
Giddens |
New Manchester High School |
Douglasville |
GA |
Mindy |
Forehand |
Ola High School |
McDonough |
GA |
Alisha |
Bowden |
Richmond Hill Middle School |
Richmond Hill |
GA |
Laura |
Moates Stanley |
Brookwood High School |
Snellville |
GA |
Brittany |
Brings |
Centennial High School |
Boise |
ID |
Tyler |
Eriksen |
Eagle High School |
Eagle |
ID |
Michael |
Kasper |
Carpentersville Middle School |
Carpentersville |
IL |
Markeise |
Russell |
Nicholas Senn High School |
Chicago |
IL |
Arturo |
Fuerte |
Willard Elementary School |
Evanston |
IL |
Chris |
Cherry |
Hampshire High School |
Hampshire |
IL |
Zachary |
Hilligoss |
Metamora Township High School |
Metamora |
IL |
Anthony |
Marinello |
Illinois State University |
Normal |
IL |
Melissa |
Gustafson-Hinds |
O’Fallon Township High School |
O’Fallon |
IL |
Rachel |
Maxwell |
Traughber Junior High School |
Oswego |
IL |
Michelle |
Bade |
West View Elementary |
Muncie |
IN |
Cory |
Zilisch |
Westport Middle School |
Louisville |
KY |
Alyxis |
Mayeaux |
Brusly High School |
Brusly |
LA |
Krista |
Fanning |
Caddo Middle Magnet |
Shreveport |
LA |
David |
Matchim |
Centennial High School |
Ellicott City |
MD |
Angela |
Adams |
Old Mill High School |
Millersville |
MD |
Gary |
Bernice |
Springfield High School of Science and Technology |
Springfield |
MA |
Elizabeth |
Hering |
Churchill High School |
Livonia |
MI |
Mark |
D’Angelo |
Roosevelt High School |
Wyandotte |
MI |
Hannah Gadd |
Ardrey |
Lafayette High School |
Oxford |
MS |
Cherie |
Bowe |
William M. Colmer Middle School |
Pascagoula |
MS |
Elise |
Hepworth |
Missouri Western State University |
Saint Joseph |
MO |
Stephen |
Elford |
Hancock Place High School |
Saint Louis |
MO |
Deborah |
Fleischer |
Schofield Middle School |
Las Vegas |
NV |
Julianna |
LoBiondo |
Hillsborough High School |
Hillsborough |
NJ |
Mario |
Banks |
Science Park High School |
Newark |
NJ |
Patrick |
Beare |
Tony Hillerman Middle School |
Albuquerque |
NM |
Kelly |
Parra |
PS/IS 266 |
Bellerose |
NY |
Brad |
Drinkwater |
Connetquot High School |
Bohemia |
NY |
Lea |
Ivanovic |
One World Middle School |
Bronx |
NY |
Jaime |
Pitnell |
Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts |
Buffalo |
NY |
Amy |
Fetterly |
Clarence Senior High School |
Clarence |
NY |
Vernon |
Huff |
The State University of New York at Fredonia |
Fredonia |
NY |
Lawrence |
Dubill |
Hamburg High School |
Hamburg |
NY |
Jason |
Giachetti |
Huntington High School |
Huntington |
NY |
Christina |
Farrell |
Long Beach Middle School |
Long Beach |
NY |
Graham |
Johnson |
Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) |
New York |
NY |
Christina |
Custode |
Niagara Falls High School |
Niagara Falls |
NY |
Jordan |
Lee |
Western Guilford High School |
Greensboro |
NC |
Brian |
McMath |
Northwest Guilford High School |
Greensboro |
NC |
Jenny |
Lanier |
McDowell High School |
Marion |
NC |
Nathan |
Bowman |
West Rowan Middle School |
Salisbury |
NC |
Alisha |
Cardwell |
Riverside High School |
Williamston |
NC |
David |
Lewis |
Preble Shawnee Jr/Sr High School |
Camden |
OH |
Nikkole |
Kleba |
New Riegel |
New Riegel |
OH |
Rodney |
Miller |
Port Clinton City Schools |
Port Clinton |
OH |
Samuel |
Minge |
East Clinton High School |
Sabina |
OH |
Thomas |
Ruggieri |
Boardman High School |
Youngstown |
OH |
Tiffany |
McGrew |
Bixby Middle School |
Bixby |
OK |
Nathaniel |
Arnold |
Upper Dublin High School |
Fort Washington |
PA |
Brandon |
Bitner |
Central Dauphin High School |
Harrisburg |
PA |
Brian |
Buterbaugh |
Hershey High School |
Hershey |
PA |
Dr. Camilla |
Horne |
Lincoln University |
Lincoln University |
PA |
Sean |
Cohen |
Great Valley High School |
Malvern |
PA |
Richard |
Kane |
Mount Union Area Jr./Sr. High School |
Mount Union |
PA |
David |
Bachart |
New Hope-Solebury High School |
New Hope |
PA |
Suzanne |
Spencer |
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush |
Philadelphia |
PA |
Jason |
Phipps |
Ridgway Area School District |
Ridgway |
PA |
Matthew |
Komula |
Trinity High School |
Washington |
PA |
Lisa |
Bennett |
Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School |
West Chester |
PA |
Edward |
Luckey |
Wilson Southern Middle School |
West Lawn |
PA |
Kenneth |
Bedwell |
St. James High School |
Murrells Inlet |
SC |
Jay |
McCulley |
Sunset Middle School |
Brentwood |
TN |
Joshua |
Light |
Soddy-Daisy High School |
Soddy-Daisy |
TN |
Stephen |
Cox |
Eastland High School |
Eastland |
TX |
Jesse |
Espinosa |
S. P. Waltrip High School |
Houston |
TX |
Andrea |
Burke |
Binford Middle School |
Richmond |
VA |
Micah |
Haven |
Meeker Middle School |
Tacoma |
WA |
Tim |
Heichelheim |
Skyview High School/Alki Middle School |
Vancouver |
WA |
James |
Allder |
Greenbrier East High School |
Lewisburg |
WV |
Matthew |
Blom |
Eagle School Intermediate |
Martinsburg |
WV |
Matt |
Lamb |
Glenwood City High School |
Glenwood City |
WI |
Kati |
Seiter |
Whitnall Middle School |
Greenfield |
WI |
JD |
Cooney |
Mayville High School |
Mayville |
WI |
Douglas |
Brown |
Middleton High School |
Middleton |
WI |
Laurence |
Glenzer |
Nekoosa High School |
Nekoosa |
WI |
Chad |
Rose |
Worland High School/Worland Middle School |
Worland |
WY |
* This number reflects those whose memberships were current at the time of this announcement and is subject to change.
August 3, 2020. © National Association for Music Education (NAfME.org)
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August 3, 2020
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August 3, 2020. © National Association for Music Education (NAfME.org)