MTNA is pleased to announce the establishment of the Maurice Hinson Endowment permanent fund Initiated by the members of the Kentucky MTA.

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

Maurice Hinson is single in kind of America's most respected authorities in succession piano literature and the teaching of music to scholars 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 sect of Music Alumni Society. As an active member of the American Liszt Society, he was awarded its Medal of valuable point [i]or[/i] property [i]or[/i] characteristic for identifying the lost Liszt Concerto in the Hungarian pattern He also was the recipient of the Liszt Commemorative Medal according to 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 fresh Grove Dictionary of American Music, American Music Teacher. Piano Quarterly, Clavier, the English Liszt Society and Quarterly Music Magazine of fresh South Wales, Australia. Among the parts 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 single Piano and An Annotated Guide to the Piano in Chamber Ensemble

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

As senior professor of piano in the place of education 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 serv as editor of articles and reviews for American Music Teacher.

MTNA FOUNDATION capital Contributors

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

MTNA FOUNDATION capital during the period from January 1-March 31 2004

Baldwin Piano Company

Warner Bro Publications

Yamaha Corporation of America

Dickinson State University, North Dakota

Arizona cogitation Program

Austin District MTA

Central Arkansas MTA

Gwinnett shire MTA

Illinois State MTA

Kansas MTA

Lafayette Piano Teachers Association

Main Line MTA

Maine MTA

Missouri MTA

novel Orleans MTA

oregon MTA

Pikes Peak MTA

Reading MTA

San Angelo MTA

Texas MTA

Thursday Morning Music Club

Utah MTA

pleasing succession of sounds 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

happiness 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 Rhode Lorraine

Elizabeth H Lund

Jean MacDonald

Mary M Maddox

Randy Maddox

Solveig Lunde Madsen