Sweet Adelines Music Educator Award
Send your nominations for the 2025 Sweet Adelines Music Educator Award!
Nominations are currently being accepted!
Sweet Adelines celebrates the achievements of music educators who have embodied our Guiding Principles of musical excellence, culture of belonging, diversity & inclusion, personal empowerment and leadership, and outreach by using their expertise to promote barbershop-style singing in their schools.
Submit Nominations to Sweet Adelines Education Department by May 6, 2025.
Watch Pamela Grubb receive the 2024 Sweet Adelines Music Educator Award from IBOD President Mary Rhea!
Past Music Educator Award Recipients
Since 1992, Sweet Adelines has empowered educators through awards made possible by the generosity of our donors.
| 2023 Lauren Fladland | 2012 Lori Lyford | 2001 Estelle Glarborg |
| 2022 Sarah Clay Lindvall | 2011 Natalie Allen | 2000 Janice Kueppers |
| 2021 Sarah Shapiro | 2010 Anne Kotchman | 1999 Jan Meyer |
| 2020 Melody Hine | 2009 Karen Wysocky | 1998 Beth Bruce |
| 2019 Susan Ives | 2008 Jennifer E. Edwards | 1997 Debbie Connelly |
| 2018 Jane Brown | 2007 Sheila Koplitz | 1996 Dede Nibler |
| 2017 Annette Lambrecht | 2006 Lauren Altiere | 1995 Sarah Boeka |
| 2016 Jana Gutenson | 2005 Kim Wonders | 1994 Lorraine Barrows |
| 2015 Amanda Sky Harris | 2004 Carol Grimmer | 1993 Sharon Vitkovsky |
| 2014 Patricia Danner | 2003 Melody Horgan | 1992 Lindi Bortney |
| 2013 Debbie Baker | 2002 Judie Sharp | |
| EMEA Award Recipients: | 2001 Alyson Alan and Glen Chaney | |
| CMEA Award Recipient: | 2016 Patti Thorpe | |
Questions?
Sweet Adelines International
Education Department
education@sweetadelines.com
