Awards to Recognize Individuals Who Have Made Major Contributions to Instrumental Mu- Sic Education
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A W A RDS Each year, The Midwest Clinic presents awards to recognize individuals who have made major contributions to instrumental mu- sic education. The Medal of Honor was introduced in 1962 as a way to honor conductors, educators, composers, and others whose unique service to music education and continuing influence on the development and improvement of bands and orchestras deserve special recognition. Over its fifty-one year history, the Medal of Honor has been presented to ninety-four individuals. The Music Industry Award honors persons for outstanding support of music education through their work in the music industry. This award was introduced in 1991 and has been presented twenty-seven times. In 1992, the International Award was introduced to honor individu- als who contribute to music education from around the globe, reflecting the growth of the Midwest Clinic from an event of national stature to one of international notoriety. The Midwest Clinic is pleased to honor the 2013 recipients of the Medal of Honor, the Music Industry Award and the International Award. MUSIC INDUSTRY AWARD Lamond has dedicated himself to the cause education. Speaking at conferences, in of music education as a fundamental right front of government leaders and JOE LAMOND for all children and led NAMM’s efforts to education policy experts, Lamond has Presentation Ceremony increase funding and support for music made a strong case for the proven Tuesday, December 17 – 6:00PM education including the creation of the benefits of music making throughout the Meeting Room CC10 Support Music Coalition, funding of music lifespan and for increasing attention on brain research and lobbying for education the power of music and the arts as tools reform. He has also been a staunch of creativity and innovation, health and supporter of the role of the community wellness and cultural diplomacy to music store, the backbone of NAMM’s resolve conflict and bring people and membership. With the rapid transformation countries closer together. of retail through advances in technology, the Internet and social networking, Initially a Forestry major, Lamond is a Lamond has directed NAMM University’s graduate of the State University of New efforts to strengthen the role of the local York, Morrisville, with an AAS degree in community music store as a vital resource Business Administration. He has since for consumers when buying and learning been awarded two Honorary Doctorates, one in 2009 from the State University of Since 2001, Joe Lamond has been to play a musical instrument. New York, Potsdam, and the other in president and CEO of the National Under Lamond’s leadership, NAMM 2012 from VanderCook College of Association of Music Merchants created NAMM International, LLC Music. Lamond has also been inducted (NAMM), the global not-for-profit to better serve its growing global into the National Boys and Girls Club 501(c)(6) trade association representing membership; partnering on the Music Alumni’s and Conn-Selmer Institute’s 9,000 manufacturers and retailers of China trade show in Shanghai and Halls of Fame. Under his leadership, musical instruments and sound products. collaborating with Messe Frankfurt to NAMM has received the Americans for NAMM’s mission is to strengthen the launch the NAMM Musikmesse Russia the Arts Corporate Citizen Award, was music products industry and promote trade show in Moscow. Lamond directed honored by VH-1 Save the Music the pleasures and benefits of making the formation of an International Foundation on their 10th anniversary music. Lamond has led the team of Coalition, which now includes and has shared numerous television dedicated NAMM employees towards representatives from 20 of the world’s awards with Sesame Workshop for accomplishing its mission by producing largest markets to share industry best partnering on the creation of the Sesame trade shows including its annual practices and support global music Street Music Works program, designed to ‘NAMM Show,’ the world’s largest education for all children. He also led promote the fun and benefits of playing trade-only event for the music products NAMM to create the NAMM Foundation, music to preschoolers and their parents. industry; and then reinvesting the a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to proceeds into grants, scholarships, serve as the philanthropic arm of the Prior to joining NAMM as director of industry promotions, public and association and to raise funds to support market development in 1998, Lamond government relations programs designed NAMM’s mission. Over the past 10 years, worked for NAMM member retailers in to increase active music making and NAMM and the NAMM Foundation have Sacramento for 16 years including 10 strengthen music education in our reinvested nearly $80 million dollars in years with the award-winning Skip’s schools. These efforts have increased support of its mission and to promote Music. Lamond is a member of the San consumer demand for NAMM Member music making for people of all ages. Diego chapter of YPO, Young Presidents products and services, positively Lamond has traveled extensively Organization and ASAE, the Center for impacted industry sales and ultimately throughout the United States and to more Association Leadership. Lamond is married grown the size and popularity of the than 40 countries promoting NAMM’s and has two teenage children. He is an NAMM Show. mission and the importance of music active outdoorsman and drummer. 45 A W A RDS MEDAL OF HONOR director of the Eastern String Educators for Youth, Connecticut Dance School Workshop at Villanova University, and the Jenny Lind Event (Barnum DOROTHY STRAUB awards from national, state and local Festival. She was assistant music director Presentation Ceremony organizations, and president of MENC, of the Greater Bridgeport Youth Wednesday, December 18 – 8:00AM the National Association for Music Orchestras from 1961 to 2010. Her Skyline Ballroom W375AB Education (1992-94). Awards were teaching was enriched by continually received from the American String performing as a violist in regional Teachers Association, National School symphony orchestras. She holds degrees Orchestra Association, MENC, in music education and performance Connecticut Music Educators Association, from Indiana University and the Westport (CN) Arts Council, New Professional Diploma in Administration Haven Symphony, and Minute Man from Fairfield University. Newspapers. National stature led to membership on the Midwest Clinic Straub’s publications include two Board of Directors, and she was elected compositions for string orchestra vice president. MENC service included (Boosey & Hawkes), editor of the coordinating publications on strings and Melody Book for Strings and Dorothy Straub is a quintessential orchestras, and leadership in developing Masterworks for Strings (Carl Fischer), music educator. Her life’s work centers national standards for music education— and author of chapters for Teaching on teaching strings and orchestra in a great step forward for the profession. Music Through Performance in elementary and secondary schools. Orchestra (GIA). Success as a teacher and music A promoter of progress, Straub founded coordinator in Fairfield, Connecticut, the Fairfield County String Teachers Dorothy and her husband Bob led to national influence, including Association and she serves on boards of Genualdo, a bassist, music educator, appearances as clinician, lecturer and the Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestras, conductor and school principal, live in guest conductor across America, Fairfield County Children’s Choir, Music Bridgeport, Connecticut. INTERNATIONAL AWARD by having him serve as editor of the Anatoly Dudin is professor of wind Russian band journal Orchestra, and as he orchestras and ensembles and head of NATOLY UDIN A D is involved in organizing festivals, the international music department at Presentation Ceremony conferences, competitions and other the Moscow State University for Wednesday, December 18 – 6:00PM events throughout vast expanses reaching Culture and the Arts. A native of Skyline Ballroom W375AB eastward to the Republic of Tuva, a Magnitogorsk in the Ural Mountain member state of the Russian Federation region, he graduated from the State north of Manchuria, and westward to Conservatory in Ekaterinbourg; Hungary. Activities in the World subsequently, as a faculty member there Association of Symphonic Bands and he conducted the wind orchestra, which Ensembles, the Internationalen received honors in national and Gesellschaft Zur Erforschung und international performances. Forderung der Blasmusik, the Historic In Russian culture, the local band is an Brass Association, and the International integral element of community life. Tuba and Euphonium Association extend While bands bring European/American his influence. Dudin’s international popular and symphonic pieces to their interests have created an atmosphere in Anatoly Dudin is a leader in fostering communities, central focus of the which many leading band conductors of repertoire is local ethnic and other high standards for wind bands in the United States, England, Norway, music of the people. Some regional Russia and neighboring countries, and Latvia, Hungary and other countries governments employ professional wind in promoting interaction between band conduct and present clinics in various bands. Americans would do well to musicians of those countries and the parts of the Russian Federation. He has emulate the ways that Russian band West. Colleagues recognize