MoASTA Award Winners

MoASTA proudly honors the best in our state.

Congratulations to the 2021 award winners:

Honorees from previous years

School Educator Award

Dan Holt – 1992
Jan Davis – 1993
Russ Berlin – 1994
Vicki Lottes – 1995
Charles Ferguson – 1996
Sharon Seaver – 1997
Kirt Mosier – 1998
Mary Eichenberger – 1999
Joan Gasaway – 2000
Sharry Willoughby – 2001
Agatha C.Gay French – 2002
Twinda Murry – 2004
Paul Morales – 2005

Elementary Educator Award

Rebecca Berlin – 2006
Sandra Baker – 2007
Loren Abramson – 2008
Marilyn Humiston – 2009
Susan Wallace – 2010
Deborah Ann Wasko – 2011
Linda Rekas – 2012
Ruth Panhorst – 2013
Jennifer Husky – 2014
Mary Lubaroff -2015
Laura Holzen-2016
Michelle Howard-2017
Sheri Cain-2018
Gail Rowland – 2020

Secondary Educator Award

James Nacy – 2006
Linda Lloyd – 2007
Steve Patton – 2008
Patrick Jackson – 2009
Mary Lou Jones – 2010
Valerie Bell – 2011
Winifred Crock – 2012
Julie Hoffman – 2013
Susan Rola’ – 2014
Ed Simon – 2015

Andy Johnston-2016

Esther Clifton-2017                                                                                    Elizabeth Johnston-2018

Fariga Drayton-Conway – 2019

John Mazar – 2020

Collegiate Educator Award

John McLeod – 2006
Edward Dolbashian – 2007
David Hays – 2008
Leslie Perna – 2009
Robert Quebbemann – 2010
John Rutland – 2011
John McGrosso – 2012
Tony Brandolino – 2013
Carter Enyeart – 2014
Larry Dissmore-2015

John Bell-2016

Non Awarded-2017

Dana Woolard-Hughlett-2018

John Rutland – 2019

Distinguished Service Award

Cy Drichta – 1992
Gene Bearden – 1993
George Alter – 1994
Lois Percival – 1995
Wingert-Jones Music Co. and Dr. Douglas Turpin – 1996
Shattinger Music Co – 1997
Marilyn Humiston – 1998
Russ and Dorothy Chambers – 1999
Annette Luyben of Luyben Music Co. – 2000
Pauline Mays – 2001
Charles L. Wentworth – 2002
Edith Hougland – 2003
Kenneth Beckham – 2003
Sharon Seaver – 2004
Geoffrey Seitz – 2005
The Arianna Quartet –  2006 (John McGrosso, David Gilham, Robert Meyer, Kurt Baldwin)
Jeff Mozingo/Mozingo Music Co – 2007
Mary Ann Gotto-Bingham -2008
Ann Geiler – 2008
Steve Larmore – 2009
Wynne Harrell – 2010
Kevin Lines – 2011
Julia and Robert Clemens – 2012
K.C./St. Louis Strings – 2013
Patti Fleer – 2014
Sean Scales/Music & Arts – 2015

Joseph Gutowski-2016

Allison Ross-2017

Wyatt Violin Shop-2017                                                                             Jacqueline Hoffman-2018

John Bourzikas-2018

Wanda Theriac-2018

Ann Geiler – 2019

Valerie Bell – 2020

Artist Teacher Award

Walter Halen – 1992
Henry Loew – 1993
Tiberius Klausner – 1994
Kent Perry – 1995
John McLeod – 1996
Sallie Coffman and Wendy Lea – 1997
Carleton Spotts – 1998
Samuel Minasian – 1999
Robert L. Stewart – 2000
Rosie Martin – 2001
James Richards – 2002
Kenneth Kulosa – 2003
Eva Szekely – 2004
Darry Dolezal – 2005
Sara Edgerton – 2006
Leslie Perna – 2007
Catherine Lehr – 2008
Hiroko Yoshida -2010
David Halen – 2011
Caroline White – 2012
Deberah Haferkamp – 2013
Joseph Kaminsky – 2014
Amy Appold – 2015

Linda Thomssen-2016

Julia Sakharova-2017

Manuel Ramos-2018

Trilla Ray Carter – 2019

Danyal Sallee – 2020

Studio Teacher Award

Jean Dexter – 1995
Joan Salts – 1996
Maria Maxwell – 1998
Sharon Nigro – 1999
Joe Kaminsky – 2000
Winifred Crock – 2001
Suzanne Harlamert – 2002
Sue Stubbs – 2003
JoEllen Lyons – 2004
Linda Rekas – 2005
Patricia Lockhart – 2006
Judy Lindquist – 2007
Sallie Coffman – 2008
Kristi Knecht – 2009
Mary White – 2011
Dee Sparks – 2012
Kent Perry – 2013
Sue Stubbs – 2014
Sarah Kim – 2015

Gary Lee-2016

Monty Carter-2017

Nancy Daby-2018

Siri Geenan – 2019

Criteria for Awards

Elementary Educator Award ­ A member of MoASTA with at least five years teaching experience in the state of Missouri who has taught at least a portion of their regular professional day at the elementary level and has exhibited exemplary work at this level.

Secondary Educator Award ­ A member of MoASTA with at least five years teaching experience in the state of Missouri who has taught at least a portion of their regular professional day at the secondary level and has exhibited exemplary work at this level.

Collegiate Educator Award ­ A member of MoASTA with at least five years teaching experience in the state of Missouri who has taught at least a portion of their professional day at the collegiate level and has exhibited exemplary work at this level.

Studio Teacher Award ­ A member of MoASTA with at least five years teaching experience in the state of Missouri who has made a significant contribution to the education of string students through their studio teaching.

Artist Teacher Award ­ A performing musician who has taught in addition to their career as a performer and has made a significant contribution to the education of string students in the state of Missouri.

Distinguished Service Award ­ An individual who has made outstanding contributions to the cause of string education in Missouri. This award may include retail music dealers, instrument repair persons, school administrators or supervisors, state music administrators, public school and college officials, composers, orchestra conductors, active or inactive music educators and others whose support of string education has been exemplary.