Recipient announced
NAfME is pleased to announce that the recipient of the inaugural GRAMMY Music Educator Award is Kent Knappenberger. Knappenberger teaches grades 6-12 at Westfield (New York) Academy and Central School. He was one of more than 30,000 music teachers from throughout the United States who had been nominated. He was chosen from a group of 10 finalists, all of whom are or have been members of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).
Knappenberger has been a music teacher and choir director at Westfield Academy and Central School for 25 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia and a master’s degree in music education, harp performance and literature from Eastman School of Music. You can read more about Kent and see a video of him at this link http://musiced.nafme.org/news/kent-knappenberger-new-york-music-teacher-and-nafme-member-named-the-first-grammy-music-educator/?utm_source=GRAMMY+educator+email&utm_campaign=grammy+educator+award&utm_medium=email and see him in action on this YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADzRzixsI2Y
You can learn how to nominate someone for 2014 at this link – the deadline is March 31 http://www.grammyintheschools.com/programs/grammy-music-educator-award/apply?utm_source=GRAMMY+educator+email&utm_campaign=grammy+educator+award&utm_medium=email
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