MMEA Honors Outstanding Educators
Each year, the Michigan Music Education Association recognizes exemplary achievements in music education by soliciting nominations and selecting recipients for awards. Tese awards are intended to acknowledge the myriad ways that teachers, administrators, and others advance music education in our state. We are proud to share the following brief sketches of the 2018 awardees, who make Michigan musical every day.
Amy Fenton, Music Educator of the Year
Based on her outstanding contributions to music educa- tion, Haslett teacher Amy Fenton was selected as “Music Educator of the Year.” To recognize outstanding merit in music teaching, MMEA grants this award annually to one individual who has served their students, communities and profession in an exemplary manner.
Karen Salvador
over her 23-year career as a music educator, she has touched the lives of thousands of children who made music with her at school.
Upon receiving notification of the award, Fenton wrote, “I am truly humbled and feel very honored to be recognized by this amazing organization… Tank you for your work on behalf of all Michigan music educators and their students.” We at MMEA are grateful for this opportunity to recognize Amy Fenton’s tremendous positive influence on music edu- cation in Michigan and around the country.
Amy Sierzega, Hilda E. Humphreys Service Award
Te Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award recognizes recog- nize early career teachers who have become involved in the work of the MMEA. Ann Arbor teacher Amy Sierzega (pictured with Principal Edward LaTour) has taught at Lakewood Elementary for all of her 5-year career as a music educator. She is an alumna of Michigan State University (MSU) and is currently enrolled in MSU’s summer master’s degree program.
A native of Arizona, Mrs. Fenton (pictured with her hus- band Todd Fenton, Ph.D.), began her career teaching elementary music in Tucson before she moved to Michi- gan. She taught one year in Stockbridge before relocating to Haslett Public Schools, where she has remained since 1999. Mrs. Fenton is a nationally recognized expert on Orff Schulwerk. In addition to presenting and teaching around the US, Mrs. Fenton has hosted professional development workshops for music educators through the Mid-Michigan Orff Schulwerk Association (MMOSA). She has served as president of MMOSA, treasurer for the American Orff Schulwerk Association, and on the MMEA Fall General Music Workshop committee. Perhaps most importantly,
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Ms. Sierzega serves MMEA on both the New Directions and General Music committees, and is current president of the Michigan chapter of the Gordon Institute for Music Learn- ing, which is a professional development organization for music educators. MMEA immediate past president Karen Salvador said, “Not only is Amy an amazing music educator, it is unusual to see someone who is already in these posi- tions of leadership and service so early in her career. Amy is an asset to our profession.”
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