CAPMT Lifetime Achievement Award
CAPMT Lifetime Achievement Award for service in music recognizes an individual or a group residing in the same geographic area where the CAPMT State Conference will be held during the award year.
PURPOSE
• Recognition of deserving individuals and/or groups
• Increase public awareness for "classical music” in general
• Increased visibility of CAPMT
CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION
The individual or group nominated for an award should have demonstrated leadership and service in the music community of his or her geographical area over a significant period of time. This might include work as an administrator, donor, volunteer, teacher or performer. Private companies, government agencies and arts support groups are eligible.
METHOD OF SELECTION
A three-member committee composed of the VP Conferences, as Chairman, the President, and a Member at Large from the area presents a recommendation to the CAPMT Board of Directors at its fall meeting where a final decision is made. (Suggestions from CAPMT members may be submitted to the committee for consideration.) The award will be a plaque or a custom, artistically designed certificate, handsomely framed, citing accomplishments of the individual or group.
Current Lifetime Achievement Award Winner |
2024 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERBRIAN CHUNG |
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Brian Chung’s diverse career includes experience as a performer, composer, arranger, teacher, author, conference speaker and music industry executive. In the business world, he served over 31 years as senior vice president of Kawai America Corporation. As a musician, he is co-author of Improvisation at the Piano (with Dennis Thurmond), co-author of Recreational Music Making Handbook (with Brenda Dillon), author of Expressions of Faith: Eight Inventive Explorations of Classic Hymns and Expressions of Christmas (all published by Alfred Music) and recipient of a 2022 Composer’s Grant from the MTNA Collaborative Music Commissioning Project. As an active member of Music Teachers National Association, he served as chair of the MTNA Foundation Fund Development Committee for 20 years (1999-2019), chair of the 2022 National Conference Planning Committee – and is honored to be a 2004 MTNA Foundation Fellow, 2015 MTNA Endowment Fellow, and recipient of the 2010 MTNA Distinguished Service Award and 2019 MTNA Citation for Leadership. Mr. Chung has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, where he combined his musical and business interests. In addition to performing in the Michigan Marching Band (on alto horn) and the school's top jazz band (on piano), he spent summers as a pianist and musical director at Walt Disney World. After college, he traveled to London to study piano, conducting and improvisation at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a Rotary Foundation Scholar. Upon his return to the States, he was privileged to pursue jazz studies as the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. After years as a professional musician and independent piano teacher, he continued his business education by completing a Master of Management Degree at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. His business pursuits eventually led him to Kawai America Corporation, where he served in senior management from 1988 until his retirement in 2020. As an active retiree, he enjoys composing music, serving in church leadership, playing pickleball, and spending precious time with his wife of 45 years (Jo Anne), his three grown sons and seven energetic grandchildren.
Past Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
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