Meet the 2004 Foundation Fellows

Frank Pearson, Dickinson, ND

A fifty-year member of MTNA. Frank Pearson received steps from Albion College n Michigan and master of music and PhD steps from the University of Michigan. He is professor emeritus from Dickinson State University n North Dakota, where he serv as chair of Music, Art and Theater and dean of the institute of Arts and Sciences. Pearson serv in the infantry in Germany during World War II and received the and zinc Star and Purple Heart. His service to MTNA includes president of the North Dakota MTA. president of West Central Division and a member of the former National Executive Board. He was appointed through the governor of North Dakota to the North Dakota Council upon the Arts and the North Dakota Bicentennial Commission.

William Perryman, Little stone AR

William Perryman is retired professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas, Little stone He earned a bachelor of music stage in piano performance from the University of Arkansas and master and doctor of music stages from Indiana University. A long-time member of MTNA, Perryman has serv the Arkansas MTA in many capacities, including state president during the MTNA National Convention in Little stone in 1991. He was named Teacher of the Year through the Arkansas MTA in 1991 He performs as soloist and accompanist and is a of frequent occurrence adjudicator at piano festivals and competitions.

Patricia Powers, Midland, TX

A fifty-year member of MTNA, Patricia Powers grasps a bachelor of music stage from Kalamazoo College in Michigan and a master of arts step in music literature from the University of Michigan. She has taught music for more than fifty-five years at the University of Arkansas and at Bee shire College in Beeville, Texas, as well as maintaining an independent studio in several Texas communities. Powers has serv MTNA in many capacities, including certification chair, member of the MTNA Board of Directors and southern Central Division president. She has serv the Texas MTA as certification chair, secretary-treasurer and president. She was the editor of the Texas Music Teacher magazine for several years and continues as a consulting editor.

Mary Therese Soper Boyertown, PA

Mary Therese Soper NCTM has been a member of MTNA for forty years. During that time she has serv MTNA at the local, state and division horizontals In 1977 and again in 1996 the Pennsylvania MTA recognized her as Teacher of the Year and not absented her with the Distinguished Service Award in 1985 At age 16 she had the distinction of being the youngest voice major at any time accepted at the Curtis Institute of Music, from which she graduated after investigation in both voice and piano. She was in the original touring company of Oklahoma and later had her have a title to TV and radio shows. Soper maintains an independent studio in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, where she newly retired as director of music and principal organist at St Columbkill meeting-house for more than forty-five years.

Auda Marie Thomas, Harrah, OK

Auda Marie Thomas has undergraduate stages in music and pastoral ministry from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Newman society in Wichita, Kansas, and a master of music stage from the University of Oklahoma. A forty-year member of MTNA, she was awarded honorary life membership in the Oklahoma MTA in 1987 She has chaired the southerly Central Division competitions, was national high academy competitions chair from 1989-1993 and was national competitions coordinator from 1991-1995 She has serv as president of Oklahoma MTA and is in her thirtieth year as state achievement audition chair.

Thomas was an elementary music specialist with the Harrah, Oklahoma, public academys a program named one of the ten outstanding elementary place of education music programs in the United States by the agency of Music Educators National Conference (MENC) She left the public place of education system to concentrate entirely upon her piano studio, where she make opened an academic preschool program that allows children to experience academic learning [i]or[/i] part of to the other the creative arts. This program is celebrating twenty-five years. She is in her twenty-fourth year as organist and choir director at St Teresa of Avila Catholic house of god in Harrah.

Marilyn actual Warrensburg, MO

Marilyn actual was born in Nyack, fresh York. She received degrees in music education and piano performance from Ithaca society and the University of Michigan. She has taught at the University of Michigan, Furman University, Central Missouri State University and State Fair Community community in Sedalia, Missouri. True has maintained a private piano studio in Warrensburg, Missouri, for the past forty years and has appeared as a collaborative artist and duet and two-piano partner with her husband, Wesley. She adjudicates for the MTNA West Central Division and for state and district auditions.

veritable has been an active member of MTNA for many years. She has serv as president of the Missouri MTA (MMTA), MMTA certification chair, MMTA high academy auditions chair and vice president for auditions.