MENC Collegiate and Tri-M Member Music Students Receive $500 Grants from NABIM

RESTON, VA July 24, 2004 -- MENC: The National Association for Music Education announces the 2004 NABIM National Instrumental Teacher Grant Program winners for 2004. Grants are offered to MENC Collegiate members and Tri-M Music Honor SocietyŽ seniors with an interest in pursuing a career in instrumental music education by NABIM, the International Band and Orchestral Products Association.

The winners are:

    David Diaz, II, Wichita State University
    Robert Doersam, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    Stephen Fairbanks, Brigham Young University School of Music
    Matthew Friedli, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
    Theresa Janke, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
    Elizabeth Jones, Doane College
    Wallace Kellet, Meredith College
    Heather Kelly, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
    Katie Lorenzen, University of South Dakota
    Jacob Morris, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Steven Ortiz, Western Connecticut State University
    Calista Martin Parkinson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
    Jennifer Schmink, Western Illinois University
    Charity Vogt, Meredith College
    Abby Walter, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
    Elizabeth Wills, University of Kentucky

"Part of NABIM's mission is to serve the needs of music education (band and orchestra)," said Glenn Holtz, grant committee chairman and past president of NABIM. "We think this program can help to recruit and retain good music teachers for the future."

In the program's first year, NABIM distributed $22,000 in grants to MENC Collegiate members across the country. This program is in its second year and may become an annual program. A student is eligible for this grant every year of his or her college career as long as applications are filed and approved each year.

For more information, call 1-800-336-3768, or visit www.menc.org.

MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the world's largest arts education organization, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. Nearly 120,000 members represent all levels of teaching from preschool to graduate school. Since 1907, MENC has worked to ensure that every student has access to a well-balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality program of music instruction taught by qualified teachers. MENC's activities and resources have been largely responsible for the establishment of music education as a profession, for the promotion and guidance of music study as an integral part of the school curriculum, and for the development of the National Standards for Arts Education.





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