2027 | MMEA Conference – Awards

  OBJECTIVE:  To honor any individual who has made a lasting or enduring impact on the stature
  and condition of music education in the state of Missouri.

  Qualifications:

1. This person may be:
   1. Alive or deceased
   2. Active or retired from service in the state of Missouri.
2. Residency at the time of selection is not a pre-requisite.
3. The candidate must have sustained ongoing membership in MMEA/NAfME.
4. The candidate must have demonstrated, over an extended period of time, the ability to positively impact the personal and/or musical development of Missouri’s youth.
5. The candidate must have demonstrated a continued commitment to their own professional and musical growth through active membership in professional organizations.

  Submission Instructions:

• All materials and letters of recommendation must be submitted online at www.mmea.net
• All applications and materials must be submitted by November 15.
• A nomination and a minimum of three letters of endorsement must be submitted online.
• The person initiating the nomination must be a member of NAfME and may not be one of the three endorsers. However, the nominator must provide a brief explanation of purpose for their nomination.
• The person initiating the nomination should gather all materials from recommenders and submit all materials online.
• A letter of receipt of submission will be sent to all nominators from the administrator of the award process, stating a timetable for notification of selection.
• The administrator of the award process shall notify the nominator of an incomplete submission. The committee chair is not obligated to accept late nomination materials.

Chris Becker
John Bell
Sister Gail Buckman
Joe Pappas
Jonean Ratliff

Paul A. Van Bodegraven
George C. Wilson
O. Anderson Fuller
Mabelle Glenn