Awards
Congratulations to our 2023 WVMTA Teacher of the Year, Robert Ellis!
Bob has been teaching for at least 50 years, has had many successful piano students over the years. This year, he also received a 50-year celebration at St. Peter/Fairmont Catholic. We are all very grateful for Bob’s abundant involvement in music education in the State of West Virginia!
Congratulations also to our 2022 Distinguished Leader of the Year,
Dr. Henning Vauth, NCTM!
Henning Vauth, Professor of Piano at Marshall University, holds a D.M.A. from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied piano with Nelita True and took secondary harpsichord lessons with William Porter. Further piano teachers include Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, Hannover, Germany) and Nelson Delle Vigne-Fabbri (École Normale de Musique, Paris, France). A native German and regular guest artist and faculty member at music festivals in Colombia, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, and the U.S., he supports the arts at home as active member of WVMTA, the Music Teachers National Association, and as founding co-director of Marshall University’s Center for Wellness in the Arts (CWA), a collaboration between the Colleges of Health Professions and Arts and Media that provides health and wellness services to Marshall’s performing arts students.
WVMTA Teacher of the Year
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Our WVMTA Teacher of the Year is someone who demonstrates innovative teaching and creative musicianship, and has held membership in WVMTA for at least five years.
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2022: Dr. Gerald Lee
2021: Ian Jessee
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2020: John Morrison
2019: Dr. Jacob Womack, NCTM
2018: Mary Wilson
2017: Dr. Henning Vauth
2016: Dr. James Miltenberger
2015: No award given
2014: Carol Kreiwaldt
2013: Dr. Christine Kefferstan, NCTM
2012: Dr. Hooi Yin Boey
2011: Mary Ellen Morrison, NCTM
2010: Jan Jemison Smith, NCTM
2009: Harriet Tucker, NCTM
2008: Vicki Cavendish
2007: Elaine Tutt
2006: Dr. Scott Beard, NCTM
2005: Mila Markun, NCTM
2004: Olive meyer, NCTM
2003: Dr. Lya Cartwright
2002: No award given
2001: Bonnie Miltenberger
2000: Catherine Crotty, NCTM
1999: Ruth Carder, NCTM
1998: Dr. Leslie Petteys, NCTM
1997: Dr. Ray Martin, NCTM
1996: Mary Wilson
1995: Lena Lim, NCTM
1994: Linda Seime, NCTM
1993: Carol Beall, NCTM
1992: Dr. Christine Kefferstan, NCTM
1991: Peggy Johnston, NCTM
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WVMTA Member of the Year/Distinguished Leader of the Year
Our WVMTA Member of the Year/Distinguished Leader of the Year award is based on leadership and service of ten or more years.
2022: John Morrison
2021: Dr. Jacob Womack, NCTM
2020: Vicki Cavendish
2019: Dr. Hooi Yin Boey
2018: No award given
2017: Dr. Gerald Lee, NCTM
2016: Laura Hamm, NTCM
2015: Mary Ellen Morrison, NCTM
2014: No award given
2013: Dr. Mary Lynn Bennett, NCTM
2012: Dr. Scott Beard, NCTM
2011: Janna Kisner, NCTM
2010: Gary Mullenax, NCTM
2009: Karen Taddie, NCTM
2008: Mary Wilson
2007: Carol Beall, NCTM
2006: Barbara Heckert
2005: No award given
2004: No award given
2003: Dr. James Miltenberger
2002: No award given
2001: No award given
2000: Olive meyer, NCTM
1999: Dr. Connie Strum, NCTM
1998: Jean Douglass, NCTM
1997: Marguerite Bostonia, NCTM
1996: Marija Sommer, NCTM
1995: Mila Markun, NCTM
1994: Jane Mangus, NCTM and Sandra Hastings, NCTM
1993: Judy Lambert, NCTM
1992: Dr. Bobby Loftis, NCTM
1991: Mary Shep Mann, NCTM
