A total of 25 music teachers from 25 cities across 15 states have been announced as semifinalists for the Music Educator Award™ presented by The Recording Academy® and the GRAMMY Foundation®. In total, more than 4,500 initial nominations were submitted from all 50 states. Nominations for the 2017 Music Educator Award are now open at www.grammymusicteacher.com.
The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools. A joint partnership and presentation of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation, this award will be presented at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony & Nominees Reception (also honoring recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY® Award) during GRAMMY Week 2016. The inaugural Music Educator Award was announced at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® in 2013 by President/CEO of The Recording Academy and GRAMMY Foundation Neil Portnow, TV and radio host/producer and GRAMMY Foundation Honorary Board Chair Ryan Seacrest and nine-time GRAMMY winner Justin Timberlake. The award is open to current U.S. music teachers, and anyone can nominate a teacher - students, parents, friends, colleagues, community members, school deans, and administrators. Teachers are also able to nominate themselves, and nominated teachers are notified and invited to fill out an application.A complete list of semifinalists is below. The finalists will be announced in December. For more information, please visit www.grammymusicteacher.com.
Name | School Name | City | State | ||||
Bonnie | Anderson | Coronado Village Elementary School | Universal City | Texas | |||
Ben | Case | Northwood High School | Irvine | Calif. | |||
Caleb | Chapman | Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts | American Fork | Utah | |||
Joyce | Click | North Central High School | Indianapolis | Ind. | |||
James Russell | Cooper | Henry County High School | New Castle | Ky. | |||
Mike | Dana | Fresno City College | Fresno | Calif. | |||
Krista | Fanning | Caddo Middle Magnet | Shreveport | La. | |||
Anne | Fennell | Mission Vista High School | Oceanside | Calif. | |||
Doreen | Fryling | South Side High School | Rockville Centre | N.Y. | |||
Frank | Gawle | Wilton High School | Wilton | Conn. | |||
Alan | Guckian | Eastside Memorial High School | Austin | Texas | |||
Keith | Hancock | Tesoro High School | Rancho Santa Margarita | Calif. | |||
Peter | Holsberg | The Berkeley Carroll School | Brooklyn | N.Y. | |||
Kathryn | Ingerson | Thousand Islands High/Middle School | Clayton | N.Y. | |||
Darren | McCoy | Oak Harbor High School | Oak Harbor | Wash. | |||
Richard | McCready | River Hill High School | Clarksville | Md. | |||
DiAnne | Mott | Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Central District | St. Johnsville | N.Y. | |||
Timothy | Powell | Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School | Augusta | Ga. | |||
Penelope | Quesada | Lincoln Elementary School | Louisville | Ky. | |||
Ulli | Reiner | Poway Unified School District | San Diego | Calif. | |||
Phillip | Riggs | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics | Durham | N.C. | |||
Bill | Swick | Las Vegas Academy of the Arts | Las Vegas | Nev. | |||
Brayer | Teague | Downers Grove North High School | Downers Grove | Ill. | |||
Linda | Versprille | Cane Bay High School | Summerville | S.C. | |||
Lois | Wiggins | Edythe J. Hayes Middle School | Lexington | Ky. | |||
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