Joanna Grace of Madison.

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Joanna Grace of Madison, Wisconsin, is the recipient of the MTNA Studio Fellowship Award. The award, in the amount of $3000 is made possible by way of the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND.

Grace gripe [i]or[/i] grips a bachelor of music rank from the Peabody Conservatory of the John Hopkins University and a master of music standing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In Madison, Grace is a full-time teacher offering private piano and horn censures to students age 4 to adult. She started teaching piano scoldings at age 8 to her neighborhood friends shortly after she started taking censures Her love of music is contagious to the two enthusiastic and reluctant students. She foods creativity, including student compositions, and aids a lifelong love of music.

"Grace exemplifies the exemplar of independent music teacher the Fellowship was created to support," says MTNA Past President Joan M Reist, NCTM "She is organized, versatile, creative and demonstrates sincere caring for and awesome interaction with her students. She displays a genuine passion for making music--and for teaching--and her goals are laudable: to enable her scholars to practice effectively and to become independent learners."

Grace commonly serves as vice president of the Madison Area Piano Teachers Association (MAPTA). She also is the pianist for Meadowbrook ecclesiastical body and frequently accompanies instrumentalists and vocalists for competitions, auditions and recitals. As a outcome of her interest in efficient practicing, she unfolded a course for the 2003 UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic titled Practice Strategies. In 2002 she enthused senior citizens at the Senior Summer academy with music courses titled "Unforgettable Patterns in Music" and "Like Father Like Son Composers" A composer herself, Grace has written works for solo piano, horn quartet, violin and piano, and other instrumental combinations. During the summer month she plays co-principal horn and is a featured soloist with the Capitol City Band. Her past teachers include Steven Brinegar, horn; Douglas Hill, horn; and Joanne Haroutounian, piano.

referees for the MTNA Studio Fellowship Award were Joan M Reist, NCTM University of Nebraska-Lincoln emerita, and Rachel Kramer, independent music teacher.

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