Maurice Hinson Endowment Fund

American Music Teacher, June-July, 2004

MTNA is pleased to announce the establishment of the Maurice Hinson Endowment Fund. Initiated by the members of the Kentucky MTA, many colleagues, friends and students contributed to the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND to recognize the achievements of Hinson throughout his long career in the music profession. This perpetual endowment fund will support MTNA programs and awards, including Teacher Enrichment Grants.

Maurice Hinson is one of America's most respected authorities on piano literature and the teaching of music to students at all levels. Among his outstanding achievements are the MTNA Lifetime Achievement Award, the outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Florida and the Citation of Merit Award from the University of Michigan School of Music Alumni Society. As an active member of the American Liszt Society, he was awarded its Medal of Excellence for identifying the lost Liszt Concerto in the Hungarian Style. He also was the recipient of the Liszt Commemorative Medal by the Hungarian Government and the Liszt Medal of the Hungarian Liszt Society.

Hailed as a specialist in American piano music, Hinson has authored articles for The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, American Music Teacher. Piano Quarterly, Clavier, the English Liszt Society and Quarterly Music Magazine of New South Wales, Australia. Among the books he has authored are The Pianist's Dictionary, Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, The Pianist's Bookshelf, An Annotated Guide to Music for Piano and orchestra. The Pianists' Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements and Paraphrases, An Annotated Guide to Music For More than one Piano and An Annotated Guide to the Piano in Chamber Ensemble.

Hinson received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Florida and master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees from the University of Michigan. He also studied at The Sherwood Music School, The Juilliard School and the Conservatoire National at the University of Nancy in France. He has presented recitals, lectures and master classes on five continents and across the United States.

As senior professor of piano in the School of Church Music at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, Hinson teaches piano, piano literature and piano chamber music. He is a member of the Greater Louisville MTA and the Kentucky MTA. He is a past president of the MTNA Southern Division and served as editor of articles and reviews for American Music Teacher.

MTNA FOUNDATION FUND Contributors

This list includes individuals, associations, organizations and corporations who contributed to the

MTNA FOUNDATION FUND during the period from January 1-March 31, 2004.

Baldwin Piano Company

Warner Bros. Publications

Yamaha Corporation of America

Dickinson State University, North Dakota

Arizona Study Program

Austin District MTA

Central Arkansas MTA

Gwinnett County MTA

Illinois State MTA

Kansas MTA

Lafayette Piano Teachers Association

Main Line MTA

Maine MTA

Missouri MTA

New Orleans MTA

oregon MTA

Pikes Peak MTA

Reading MTA

San Angelo MTA

Texas MTA

Thursday Morning Music Club

Utah MTA

Melody Allen

Holly B. Altenderfer

Mark Baron

Bernard H. Baskin

Jane S. Bastien

Mary Louise Beckstrand

Rita Bee

Diana J. Belka

Digby Bell

Marge Bengel

Ronald Bennett

Dorinne Bilger

Lezlee Bishop

Jan Bordeleau

Paul Bordeleau

Marguerite Bowden

Joan W. Brinton

Jan J. Bryner

Rett Burge

Kathie Burtenshaw

Barbara Buttrey

Sharon T. Callahan

Geri A. Cheney

Selina Chu

Patricia Clark

Sylvia Coats

Susan Conner

Ann K. Conrad

Phyllis A. Conrad

Raymond A. Cramer

Beverly Cranshaw

Janet M. Davidson

Carol W. Dennes

Elizabeth M. DeStefano

Laura Dickey

Barbara B. Dixon

Barbara Atherton DuFresne

Millie G. Eben

Sherry Emata

Carolee G. Eriksson

Barbara E. Esau

Krissy Feldkamp

Julia E. Ferguson

Ann Fernandez

Beverly Ann Fitch

Virginia J. Folsom

Anna Harriette Foshee

Eileen Fox

Rose N. Fox

Edward A. Francis

Julia M. Frantz

Phyllis Freeman

Denise B. Frost

Sherry Frush

Louise Yvonne Frye

Paula S. Gardiner

Sue B. Garnhart

Joan B. Gathercoal

R. Wayne Gibson

Dorothea V. Gilleran

Roberta Gober

Laura H. Goldner

Joyce C. Grantham

Harriet Green

Jane Griffith

Carolyn Gurley

Celinda Hallbauer

James Morris Hamby

Joy Han

Mary Kay Harper

Jeffry Harris

Marie A. Harris

Cynthia J. Hartley

Jane B. Heintzelman

Krystal G. Hennessey

Kathleen A. Herber

Gail A. Heywood

Starla D. Hibler

Carolyn I. Hickson

Sally Hitchcock

Jim Hoffmann

Ingrid E. Holliday

Lydia H. Holsten

Mary W. Hood

Martha R. House

Robert Hudgins

Kathryn B. Hull

Craig Hultgren

Laurel and Joe Ince

Gary L. Ingle

Beverly S. Jensen

Kathleen R. Johnson

Patricia F. Kaplan

Priscilla A. Keogh

Louis C. Kiklis

Sheryl Jeanne Kjelland

Grace Nah Kwak

Sheila M. Lambert

Jay Lee

Elaine Leggat

Freda K. Leifson

Ronald E. Lewis

Margaret S. Lorince

Emily Rhodes Lorraine

Elizabeth H. Lund

Jean MacDonald

Mary M. Maddox

Randy Maddox

Solveig Lunde Madsen