#NewYorkNotes @RecordingAcad 215 Quarterfinalists Announced For 2025 Music Educator Award Presented By The Recording Academy And GRAMMY Museum
RECIPIENT, FINALISTS AND SEMI-FINALISTS TO RECEIVE CASH HONORARIUMS WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT AND RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE CHUCK LORRE FAMILY FOUNDATION
WHAT:
Music Educator Award™ was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college and 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 GRAMMY Museum®, the recipient will be recognized during GRAMMY® Week 2025.
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.
Each year, one recipient is selected from 10 finalists and recognized for their remarkable impact on students' lives. The 11th annual honoree will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards® and a range of GRAMMY Week events. The nine additional finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium, and the schools of all 10 finalists will receive matching grants.
Fifteen semi-finalists will receive a $500 honorarium with matching school grants. The Music Educator Award program, including honorariums, is made possible by the generosity and support of The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation. Special thanks to the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, NAMM Foundation, and National Education Association for their support of this program through outreach to their constituencies.
WHO:
A total of 215 music teachers from 202 cities have been announced as quarterfinalists for the Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum. In total, over 2,400 initial nominations were submitted. In addition to our quarterfinalists, 159 legacy applicants from 2024 will also be eligible to win the award this year.
QUARTERFINALISTS
Name School City State
Bryant Adler Alcoa Elementary School Alcoa Tennessee
Patrick Aguayo Rolling Hills Middle School Los Gatos California
Chrsitopher Alberts School Without Walls Washington Washington, D.C.
Bobi-Jean Alexander Seneca Valley Senior High School Harmony Pennsylvania
Erin Althen Westhill High School Syracuse New York
Kathleen Amabile Elk Lake Junior-Senior High School Springville Pennsylvania
Michael Antmann Freedom High School Orlando Florida
Amanda Babcock Merrimack Valley Middle School Penacook New Hampshire
Eric Bable Crestview High School Columbiana Ohio
Natalie Baker Missoula International School Missoula Montana
Jean-Paul Balmat Mission Bay High School San Diego California
Russell Balusek Edna High School Edna Texas
Lee Anne Barnes Thomas Street Elementary School Tupelo Mississippi
Makynzie Barton Elkton High School Elkton Maryland
Andrew Beasley Pearl High School Pearl Mississippi
Daniel Beilman Oak Park School Sarasota Florida
Andrew Bennett Fredonia High School Fredonia New York
David Billingsley DeLaSalle High School Minneapolis Minnesota
Stephen Blanco Las Vegas High School Las Vegas Nevada
Mike Bogle Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus Dallas Texas
Sarah Boline Johns Hill Magnet School Decatur Illinois
Cherie Bowe Pascagoula High School Pascagoula Mississippi
Nathan Bowman Southeast Middle School Salisbury North Carolina
Tamiko Bridges Laurel High School Laurel Mississippi
Justin Britt Kingston Public Schools Kingston Oklahoma
Korey Bruno Westfield High School Westfield Massachusetts
Richard Butler Jack Britt High School Fayetteville North Carolina
Jason Canfield Prescott High School Prescott Wisconsin
Clayton Capello Pettus ISD Pettus Texas
Dr. John Carlisle Hannan JSHS Ashton West Virginia
Taylor Cash Albertville High School Albertville Alabama
Barry Chesky Dulaney High School Timonium Maryland
Ethan Chessin Camas High School Camas Washington
Ernesta Chicklowski Roosevelt Elementary School Tampa Florida
Donna Clark Miguel Juarez Middle School Waukegan Illinois
Jeremy Cole Southern Middle School Somerset Kentucky
James Cooney Mayville High School Mayville, WI Wisconsin
Paul Corn Susan E. Wagner High School Staten Island New York
Kevin Croxton Oliver Springs Elementary School Van Buren Arkansas
Brandon Czubachowski Spring Valley Hall High School Spring Valley Illinois
Mike D'Errico Albright College Reading Pennsylvania
Nicole Davidson Susan E. Wiley Elementary School Copiague New York
Andy Davis Reavis High School Burbank Illinois
Kelly DeHaan Mountain Ridge High School Herriman Utah
David Dehnet Oral Roberts University Tulsa Oklahoma
Joe DeLisi Chisago Lakes High School Lindstrom Minnesota
Jesse Dooley Millbury Jr./Sr. High School Millbury Massachusetts
Lawrence Dubill Hamburg High School Hamburg New York
Bridget Duffy-Ulrich Oshkosh North High School Oshkosh Wisconsin
Jared Duncan DeKalb School of the Arts Avondale Estates Georgia
Nicole Durkin Argo Community High School Summit Illinois
Kaley Eaton Cornish College of the Arts Seattle Washington
Cindy Ellis Miami Arts Studio 6-12 at Zelda Glazer Miami Florida
Clerida Eltime WHIN Music Community Charter School New York New York
Grady Emmert Lake Buena Vista High School Orlando Florida
Gerardo Escobar Riverside Middle School El Paso Texas
Regan Eudy Central Elementary School Albemarle North Carolina
Kevin Fallon C.W. Worthington Middle School Haslet Texas
Jason Falvo Waynesburg Central Elementary Waynesburg Pennsylvania
Mike Fedyszyn Riverview Middle School Plymouth Wisconsin
Daniel Ferreira Klein Intermediate School Houston Texas
Jill Fetty Clear Falls High School League City Texas
Joe Finnegan DC Everest Senior High School Weston Wisconsin
Joseph Flores Mesa Middle School Roswell New Mexico
Jasmine Fripp KIPP Nashville Collegiate High School Nashville Tennessee
Sarah Fulton Kings Mountain High School Kings Mountain North Carolina
Stefanie Gardner Glendale Community College Glendale Arizona
Ryan Geary Sanford High School Sanford Maine
Emily Golden East Burke High School Connelly Springs North Carolina
Rob Goldman Westwood High School Westwood Massachusetts
Alex Grimm F.J. Reitz High School Evansville Indiana
Melanie Gunn Whitman Middle School Seattle Washington
Daniel Gutierrez Nixa High School Nixa Missouri
Holly Haffner Grissom Middle School Sterling Heights Michigan
Michael Hamann West Ottawa High School Holland Michigan
Tony Aaron Hambrick Jessye Norman School of the Arts Augusta Georgia
Cordara Harper Grambling State University Grambling Louisiana
Vernon Harris Pulaski Heights Middle School Little Rock Arkansas
Sarah Hart Islander Middle School Mercer Island Washington
Kellie Harvey Fruitland Primary School Fruitland Maryland
Toby Harwell Wiseburn Middle School Hawthorne California
Rachael Heffner Brookhaven Innovation Academy Norcross Georgia
Bobby Helms Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson Mississippi
Bernie Hendricks, Jr. Ocoee High School Ocoee Florida
Christopher Henke Kittatinny Regional High School Newton New Jersey
Brian Henson Walnut Grove High School Prosper Texas
Samuel Hjort Mission High School Mission Texas
Matt Howe Cathedral City High School Cathedral City California
Cole Hunt Burchfield Elementary School Oneida Tennessee
Andria Hyden Bedichek Middle School Austin Texas
Brandi Jason Liberty High School Eldersburg Maryland
Sonja Jewell Loudoun Country Day School Leesburg Virginia
Jennifer Jimenez South Miami Sr. High School Miami Florida
John Johnson Boyd County High School Ashland Kentucky
Amir Jones Thomas W. Harvey High School Painesville Ohio
Brian Joyce South Jones High School Ellisville Mississippi
Wimberly Kennedy Red Bank High School Chattanooga Tennessee
Larry Kennon Troy Christian Junior High/High School Troy Ohio
Joshua Krohn Brent Elementary School Washington Washington, D.C.
Erin Kronzek Unity School Delray Beach Florida
Sarah Labrie Lexington High School Lexington Massachusetts
J Alan Landers Lakenheath High School Apo Armed Forces
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Eric Laprade The College of New Jersey Ewing New Jersey
Samantha Leali Shenango Junior/Senior High School New Castle Pennsylvania
Richelle Lenoir Global Leadership Academy High School Jacksonville Florida
Lindsay Linderman Murray LaSaine Montessori School Charleston South Carolina
Katanna Linn Highlands Ranch High School Highlands Ranch Colorado
Candace Love August Boeger Middle School San Jose California
Christopher Lubken Robert Service High School Anchorage Alaska
Ryan Mack P.S. 10 Magnet School of Math, Science, and Design Technology Brooklyn New York
Rebecca MacLeod University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Champaign Illinois
Adrian Maclin Cordova High School Memphis Tennessee
Cyndi Mancini Montour High School McKees Rocks Pennsylvania
Kate Margrave Pine Creek High School Colorado Springs Colorado
Matt Martindale Shelby County High School Columbiana Alabama
Abigail Martinez Erie Middle School Erie Colorado
Kathleen McCarthy Attleboro High School Attleboro Massachusetts
Leigh Ann McClain Griffin Middle School The Colony Texas
Erin McConnell Camillus Middle School Camillus New York
Lawrence McCrobie Valley High School Louisville Kentucky
Jay McCulley Sunset Middle School Brentwood Tennessee
Angela McKenna Classen School of Advanced Studies at Northeast High School Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Jonathan R.P. McTier III Alief Hastings High School Houston Texas
Kimberly Meader Green Bay Preble High School Green Bay Wisconsin
Jessie Mersinger New Brunswick High School New Brunswick New Jersey
Adam Mewhorter Southmoore High School Moore Oklahoma
James Minnix Central Connecticut State University New Britian Connecticut
Jake Mitchell Hebron Middle School Shepherdsville Kentucky
William J. Molineaux The Osceola County School for the Arts Kissimmee Florida
Darren Motamedy Walter Johnson International Academy Las Vegas Nevada
Jonathan Mracko Postlethwait Middle School Camden Wyoming Delaware
Curtis Mulvenon Shawnee Mission West High School Overland Park Kansas
Elizabeth Nardone EM Stanton School Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Michelle Nielsen Diamond Canyon School Anthem Arizona
Kelly Nieman Alden Intermediate School Alden New York
Mallory Norton Weddington High School Matthews North Carolina
Heather Orr Montgomery High School Montgomery Texas
Augustine Ortiz Edgar Allen Poe Middle School San Antonio Texas
Jeremy Overbeck Century High School Bismarck North Dakota
Andrew Pahos John Sevier Middle School Kingsport Tennessee
Lindsey Parker Laguna Beach High School Laguna Beach California
Andrew Pease Hartwick College Oneonta New York
TJ Pelanek Underwood Public School Underwood Minnesota
Justin Peterson Middle School 67Q Louis Pasteur Little Neck New York
Anthony Pickard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School Lithonia Georgia
Preston Pierce Plano West Senior High School Plano Texas
Thomas Pierre Rosa L. Parks ES Hyattsville Maryland
Chris Pierson Chaparral High School Las Vegas Nevada
Jonathan Powell West End High School Walnut Grove Alabama
Courtney Powers Hoboken Charter School Hoboken New Jersey
Briony Price Gramercy Arts High School New York City New York
Neal Raskin Big Foot Union High School Walworth Wisconsin
Marc Ratner Mineola High School Garden City Park New York
Tess Remy-Schumacher University of Central Oklahoma Edmond Oklahoma
Stephen Rew Raymore-Peculiar High School Peculiar Missouri
Cindy Reynolds Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School Shawnee Kansas
Lou Ribar Lenape Elementary Ford City Pennsylvania
Dianna Richardson Cleveland School of the Arts Cleveland Ohio
Michael Richardson Perry Meridian High School Indianapolis Indiana
Leslie Riedel Capital High School Charleston West Virginia
Adam Robinson Norwood High School Norwood Ohio
James Robinson Elkin High School Elkin North Carolina
Nathan Rodahl Port Angeles High School Port Angeles Washington
Darren Rodgers St. Augustine High School New Orleans Louisiana
Lenae Rose Morgan County High School Madison Georgia
Stewart Rosen Walter Reed Middle School North Hollywood California
David Roth Lakeside High School Ashtabula Ohio
Seth Rowoldt Annunciation Orthodox School Houston Texas
Stefanie Sagaro Academy for Innovative Education Charter School Miami Springs Florida
Maura Saint Blackhawk High School Beaver Falls Pennsylvania
Mike Scott Columbia Basin College Pasco Washington
Kelly Seymour Ballston Spa Middle/High School Ballston Spa New York
Natalie Sheeler Sturgis Charter Public School Hyannis Massachusetts
Matthew Shephard Meridian Early College High School Sanford Michigan
Aleshia Shouse Christian Academy of Indiana New Albany Indiana
Alex Sieira Harrison High School Harrison New Jersey
Adria Smith Marblehead Community Charter Public School Marblehead Massachusetts
Anthony Spano Culver City High School Culver City California
William Steadman General McLane High School Edinboro Pennsylvania
Mike Steep Parkway Northeast Middle School Creve Coeur Missouri
Katie Stephens Charles D. Owen High School Black Mountain North Carolina
Evelyn Stohlman Bishop Shanahan High School Downingtown Pennsylvania
Kokoe Tanaka-Suwan Parsons Memorial & Purchase Elementary Schools Harrison New York
Jameelah Taylor Trevor Day School New York City New York
Brian Teed Wakeland High School Frisco Texas
Josh Tharp West Fairmont Middle School and Rivesville Elementary/Middle School Fairmont West Virginia
Jennifer Theisen-Gray William M. Colmer Middle School Pascagoula Mississippi
Mark Thomas Upper Perkiomen Pennsburg Pennsylvania
Zachary Thomas Ledyard High School Ledyard Connecticut
Alex Underwood Hays High School Hays Kansas
Craig Uppercue Volusia County Schools Daytona Beach Florida
Lindsay Vasko Walnut Grove High School Prosper Texas
Allen Venezio East River High School Orlando Florida
Felicia Villa Point Pleasant Borough High School Point Pleasant New Jersey
James Villegas Grossmont High School El Cajon California
Rachel Waddell Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado
Meghan Wagner Auburn Riverside High School Auburn Washington
Bryan Waites Clements High School Sugar Land Texas
Donald Walter Northwest Guilford High School and Northwest Guilford Middle School Greensboro North Carolina
Victoria Warnet Columbus State University Columbus Georgia
Christopher Weddel Fremont High School Fremont Nebraska
Elliot Weeks Seattle Preparatory School Seattle Washington
Kayla Werlin Longmeadow High School Longmeadow Massachusetts
Bryce Werntz Oak Hill High School Oak Hill Ohio
Robert West Clark High School Las Vegas Nevada
Aria Westbrook Hawfields Middle School Mebane North Carolina
Kimberly Whitehead Sikeston High School Sikeston Missouri
Jeremy Williams Marrero Middle School Marrero Louisiana
Doretha Williams GEO Next Generation High School Baton Rouge Louisiana
Kelly Winovich Northgate Middle/Senior High School Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Kate Wisbey Charlottesville Catholic School Charlottesville Virginia
Elise Witt Global Village Project Decatur Georgia
Scott Woodard West Virginia State University Institute West Virginia
Amber Yates Thompson Middle School Alabaster Alabama
Christopher-Rey Yraola Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts Los Angeles California
LEGACY APPLICANTS
Name School City State
Bruce Adams Sam Houston High School San Antonio Texas
Casie Adams Martinsburg High School Martinsburg West Virginia
Miguel Aguiar Southwest High School San Antonio Texas
Dawn Amthor Wallkill Senior High School Wallkill New York
Christopher Andrews Hephzibah High School Hephzibah Georgia
Jeanne Andrews Petway Elementary School Vineland New Jersey
Justin Antos Dwight D. Eisenhower High School Blue Island Illinois
Javier Arau New York Jazz Academy New York New York
Timothy Arnold Orono High School Long Lake Minnesota
Elizabeth Baker Mary Martin Elementary Weatherford Texas
Andre Barnes Science Park High School Newark New Jersey
Jeremy Bartunek Greenbriar School Northbrook Illinois
Adem Birson New York University New York New York
Benjamin Blasko Lipscomb University Nashville Tennessee
Amanda Blevins Tri-Valley High School Dresden Ohio
Susan Boddie Valdosta State University Valdosta Georgia
Adrian Bonner Lancaster High School Lancaster Texas
Steve Browne Nashville Community High School Nashville Illinois
Ryan Bulgarelli Williamsport Area High School Williamsport Pennsylvania
Cathryn Burt East Newton High School Granby Missouri
James Byrn, Jr. Maconaquah High School Bunker Hill Indiana
Mary Catherine Campbell Seven Pines Elementary School Sandston Virginia
Helen Capehart Bridgeport High School Bridgeport Texas
Marcos Carreras Conservatory of the Arts Springfield Massachusetts
Roger Chagnon Westfield Academy and Central School Westfield New York
Kristopher Chandler Gautier High School Gautier Mississippi
Jeff Chang Decatur High School Federal Way Washington
Travis Coakley William Carey University Hattiesburg Mississippi
Vanessa Cobb Montgomery Central High School Cunningham Tennessee
Trish Conover Community Middle School Plainsboro New Jersey
John Contreras Pueblo High School Tucson Arizona
Daniel Cook Ithaca College Ithaca New York
Kyle Cook Western Branch Middle School Chesapeake Virginia
Travis Cook Plymouth Christian Academy Canton Michigan
Andrew Cote Merrimack College North Andover Massachusetts
Drew Cowell Belleville East High School Belleville Illinois
Cory Joy Craig Benton Intermediate School Benton Louisiana
Matthew Cunningham Brockton High School Brockton Massachusetts
Isaac Daniel III Stax Music Academy Memphis Tennessee
Jackie Deen Pottsboro High School Pottsboro Texas
Matthew Denman Classen School of Advanced Studies Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Ryan Diefenderfer Paradise Valley High School Phoenix Arizona
Jennifer DiVasto Pennridge School District Perkasie Pennsylvania
Antoine Dolberry P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez School Bronx New York
George Dragoo Stevens High School Rapid City South Dakota
Marisa Drake Patuxent High School Lusby Maryland
Kathleen Dudley Andrew Cooke Magnet School Waikegan Illinois
Jonathan Eising James Hubert Blake High School Silver Spring Maryland
Jonathan Eldridge Weston Public Schools Weston Massachusetts
Carol Evans Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley Pennsylvania
Anthony Ferreira Suffield High School West Suffield Connecticut
Tamara Frazier North Valleys High School Reno Nevada
J.D. Frizzell Briarcrest Christian School Eads Tennessee
Chesteron Frye St. Helena College & Career Academy Denham Springs Louisiana
Matt Gerry Salina South Middle School Salina Kansas
Anna Girling Sebastopol Attendance Center Sebastopol Mississippi
Serena Gorham Weare Middle School Weare New Hampshire
Kylie Griffin Dozier Elementary Erath Louisiana
Jessica Gronberg Hawkes Bluff Elementary Davie Florida
Nathaniel Gunter Greer High School Greer South Carolina
Amy Hannequin Bethel Middle School Bethel Connecticut
Crystal Harding Ypsilanti Community High School Ypsilanti Michigan
Diane Harrigan Bloom High School Chicago Heights Illinois
Toye Harris Miami High School Miami Oklahoma
Chris Hayslette Bridgeport Middle School Bridgeport West Virginia
Colette Hebert Yonkers Public Schools Yonkers New York
Martha Heise Seventh Street School Oil City Pennsylvania
Jonathan Helmick Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock Pennsylvania
Joel Hill Velma Jackson High School & Shirley
D. Simmons Middle School Camden Mississippi
Elaine Holmes Comsewogue High School Port Jefferson Station New York
Victor Iapalucci Phillip Barbour High School Philippi West Virginia
Devin James Salem High School Conyers Georgia
Heidi Jaye Daniel Webster Elementary School New Rochelle New York
Jamie Jones Manzano Day School Albuquerque New Mexico
Daniel Joosten Edgerton High School Edgerton Wisconsin
Brett Keith Northern Bedford County Middle/High
School Loysburg Pennsylvania
Deonte Kennedy Craigmont High School Memphis Tennessee
Lou Kitchner Bedford Middle School Westport Connecticut
Michael Kiyoi San Marcos High School Santa Barbara California
Kate Klotz Monarch High School Louisville Colorado
Heidi Kohler Ypsilanti Community High School East Amherst New York
Michael Lapomardo Shrewsbury High School Shrewsbury Massachusetts
Morgan Lentino Otter Creek Elementary Elgin Illinois
Lisa Linde Newton South High School Newton Massachusetts
Cole Lundquist Gloucester High School Gloucester Massachusetts
Marci Malone DeAmbrose Lincoln Southwest High School Lincoln Nebraska
Bob Mamminga St. Francis High School Wheaton Illinois
Jayson Martinez Arts High School Newark New Jersey
Kevin McDonald Wellesley High School Wellesley Massachusetts
Larrian Menifee Ball High School Galveston Texas
Kim Mettert East Noble Middle School Kendallville Indiana
Natalie Moore Sullivan High School Sullivan Missouri
Coty Raven Morris Portland State University Portland Oregon
Brian Nabors Shelby High School Shelby Ohio
Jenny Neff University of the Arts Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Cassandra Nelson Mountaineer Middle School Morgantown West Virginia
Trevor Nicholas Nicholas Senn High School Chicago Illinois
Sam Noyce Thomas Jefferson Jr. High School Kearns Utah
Tim O’Donnell Ephrata High School Ephrata Washington
Shakia Paylor City Neighbors High School Baltimore Maryland
Kathy Perconti Wayne Central High School Ontario Center New York
Catherine Plichta Theatre Arts Production Company School Bronx New York
Felix Ponce Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School Chicago Illinois
David Pope Baldwin Wallace University Berea Ohio
Brian Querry Charles A. Huston Middle School Lower Burrell Pennsylvania
Lance Rauh Patriot Oaks Academy St. Johns Florida
Hoza Redditt MSA East Academy Saint Gabriel Louisiana
Heather Rentz St. Mark School (Westpark) Cleveland Ohio
Sarah Riechers Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Manassas Virginia
Stephanie Robertson Ponchatoula High School Ponchatoula Louisiana
Bethany Robinson Noblesville High School Noblesville Indiana
Keith Robinson Jefferson Avenue Elementary Seguin Texas
Alberto Rodriguez Mount Vernon High School Alexandria Virginia
Shawn Royer Marian University Indianapolis Indiana
Dayshawn Russell North Iberville Elementary and High School Rosedale Louisiana
Hannah Ryan University of Virginia’s College at Wise Wise Virginia
Kyle Ryan Turkey Hill School Orange Connecticut
Ashley Sands Kennedy Secondary School Fergus Falls Minnesota
Mark Santos Santa Ana High School Santa Ana California
Danni Schmitt Roland Park Elementary/Middle School Baltimore Maryland
Kevin Schoenbach Oswego High School Oswego Illinois
Eric Schultz Coastal Carolina University Conway South Carolina
Josh Settlemyre R.J. Reynolds High School Winston-Salem North Carolina
Jason Shiuan Saratoga High School Saratoga California
Katie Silcott Olentangy Shanahan Middle School Lewis Center Ohio
Thomas Slater Sumter School District Sumter South Carolina
Joani Slawson Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Melbourne Florida
Timothy Sloan Albright Middle School Houston Texas
Andrew Smith Charlotte Central School Charlotte Vermont
Cathryn Smith Coleman High School Coleman Texas
Jessie Smith Yes Prep Public Schools Houston Texas
Patrick Smith Cooperative Arts High School New Haven Connecticut
Tony Spano Culver City High School Culver City California
Wes Sparkes Eagleview Middle School Colorado Springs Colorado
Julian Spires Meade Middle School Fort Meade Maryland
Shannon Stem University Academy Panama City Florida
Harold Stephan Stuyvesant High School New York New York
Cassandra Sulbarán Braintree High School Braintree Massachusetts
Lynn Sweet Mount Anthony Union High School Bennington Vermont
Jessica Torres Elmont Memorial Jr/Sr High School Elmont New York
Michelle Trinidad Sacred Heart School Bronx New York
Alice Tsui New Bridges Elementary Brooklyn New York
Martin Urbach Harvest Collegiate High School New York New York
Johny Vargas Pueblo High School Tucson Arizona
Amy Villanova Canyon Crest Academy San Diego California
Valerie Vinnard Webster Elementary Long Beach California
Kenneth Walker Ralls ISD Ralls Texas
Jennifer Walter University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro North Carolina
John Ware Stovall Middle School Houston Texas
Brandon Weeks North Polk High School Alleman Iowa
Lisa Werner St. Bruno Parish School Dousman Wisconsin
Elizabeth White Holcomb RIII Holcomb Missouri
Tyler Wigglesworth West Covina High School West Covina California
Paula Williams The Ron Clark Academy Atlanta Georgia
Sandi Wilson Franklin School of Innovation Asheville North Carolina
Damion Womack The Montgomery Academy Montgomery Alabama
Tammy Yi Chapman University and LA Phil YOLA Program Orange County California
Jason Younts Samuel V. Champion High School Boerne Texas
DeAnna Zecchin Indian River High School Dagsboro Delaware
WHEN:
The semi-finalists will be announced in September. For more information, please visit grammymusicteacher.com. For a full list of past Music Educator Award recipients, visit here.
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