The Outstanding Jazz Educator Award Formerly the Jess Cole Award, the MOAJE Outstanding Jazz Educator Award is presented annually at the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference as part of the All-State Jazz Ensemble concert. This award is presented to an individual for their outstanding contributions to jazz education by the Executive Board of the Missouri Association for Jazz Education. Past Recipients: Arch Martin, 1976 Don Vern Joseph, 1977 Jerry Hoover, 1978 Dennis McBride, 1979 Carrol Lewis, 1980 Roger Cody, 1982 Ron Stilwell, 1983 Frank Haspiel, 1985 John Brophy, 1986 Jim Widner, 1990 Craig Buck, 1991 Charlie Meneese, 1992 Mary Lightfoot, 1994 Gerry McCollum, 1995 Steve Lenhert, 1996 Terry Boone, 1998 Warren Durrett, 1999 Charles Loeber, 2000 Paul Smith, 2001 Bob Drummond, 2002 Leon Bradley, 2003 Bob Waggoner, 2004 Mike Parkinson, 2005 King Shollenberger, 2006 Bob Scott, 2007 Bob Boedges, 2008 Garry Anders, 2009 Ron Anson, 2010 David Aaberg, 2011 Gary Brandes, 2012 Larry Bennett, 2013 Robert "Bob" Meeks, 2014 Dan Schunks, 2015 Paul DeMarinis, 2016 Brenda Kueck, 2017 Jim Widner, 2018 Rob Babel, 2019 Danny Watring, 2020 |
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