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Academy of Wind & Percussion Arts (AWAPA)<\/h2>\n
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Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts (AWAPA)<\/h2>\r\n

The National Band Association was founded on September 11, 1960. This new organization was the dream and brain child of Traugott Rohner, the editor and founder of The Instrumentalist<\/em> magazine. Rohner set up a meeting with two of the most capable leaders among America\u2019s band directors, Al G. Wright, who was at that time Director of Bands at Purdue University, and John Paynter, Director of Bands at Northwestern University, and these two very able leaders established a new, inclusive band organization which grew into the largest band organization in the world.<\/p>\r\n

Al Wright was the NBA\u2019s first president, and he soon became aware of a need to establish a special, high level award program to recognize excellence and exceptional service to bands. The result of this was the establishment of the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts (AWAPA)<\/strong>. This award was established for the purpose of recognizing those individuals who have made truly significant and outstanding contributions to furthering the excellence of bands and of band music, and it was not to be limited to band directors, but to anyone whose contributions were determined to be so outstanding that they deserved and warranted honor and recognition.<\/p>\r\n

The nine inch silver \u201cAWAPA\u201d figure is designed to be the \u201cOscar\u201d of the band world. Elections to the academy are made from time to time by the Board of Directors acting upon nominations from the AWAPA Commission. Presentations of AWAPA awards are made at band performances or meetings of national significance. The new recipients of the award are announced at the annual National Band Association Membership Meeting at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago each December, and the honorees from the previous year are invited to attend that meeting for a formal presentation of the award.<\/p>\r\n

If the recipient is not able to be present at that meeting, the award is presented at another prestigious band event where the recipient is properly honored and recognized.<\/p>\r\n

The award consists of a silver statuette, a silver medallion, and an engraved certificate. The Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts represents the highest honor which the National Band Association can confer on any individual.<\/p>\r\n

The NBA represents the best that there is in a great, proud profession. When we honor our very best, we bring honor on our organization and on our profession. A list of the past recipients of the AWAPA Award is literally a \u201cWho\u2019s Who\u201d list of some of the greatest leaders involved in the band movement during the past four decades. The list includes an international cross section of important individuals representing all aspects of the band world, who have rendered remarkable service to bands.<\/p>\r\n

AWAPA Recipients by Presentation Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
William D. Revelli
\nNovember 25, 1961<\/td>		Col. George S. Howard
\nDecember 16, 1976<\/td>		Norman Dello Joio
\nDecember 12, 1984<\/td>		Kenneth Bloomquist
\nDecember 18, 1996<\/td>		Ray E. Cramer
\nDecember 17, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karl L. King
\nNovember 10, 1962<\/td>		Mark Hindsley
\nMarch 2, 1978<\/td>		J. Clifton Williams
\nDecember 18, 1985<\/td>		H. Robert Reynolds
\nDecember 18, 1996<\/td>		James Croft
\nApril 11, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harold D. Bachman
\nJanuary 9, 1965<\/td>		Howard Hanson
\nDecember 13, 1978<\/td>		Frank W. Erickson
\nDecember 17, 1986<\/td>		Elizabeth Ludwig Fennell
\nDecember 17, 1997<\/td>		Paula Crider
\nDecember 15, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glenn Cliffe Bainum
\nFebruary 21, 1965<\/td>		James Neilson
\nDecember 13, 1978<\/td>		Neil A. Kjos
\nDecember 17, 1986<\/td>		Arthur Gurwitz
\nDecember 17, 1997<\/td>		Mark S. Kelly
\nDecember 15, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Al G. Wright
\nMarch 7, 1969<\/td>		Vaclav Nelhybel
\nDecember 13, 1978<\/td>		Merle Evans
\nDecember 20, 1986<\/td>		Russell Hammond
\nDecember 14, 1999<\/td>		Bobby Adams
\nDecember 19, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harry Guggenheim
\nAugust 18, 1969
\n<\/td>		Leonard Falcone
\nDecember 12, 1979<\/td>		Hugh E. McMillen
\nDecember 17, 1986
\n<\/td>		William F. Ludwig
\nDecember 14, 1999<\/td>		Richard Floyd
\nDecember 18, 2014
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Paul V. Yoder
\nDecember 18, 1969<\/td>		Alfred Reed
\nDecember 12, 1979<\/td>		Claude T. Smith
\nDecember 16, 1987
\n<\/td>		John M. Long
\nDecember 20, 2001
\n<\/td>		Edward S. Lisk
\nDecember 17, 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toshio Akiyama
\nDecember 13, 1970<\/td>		Col. Arnald Gabriel
\nDecember 16, 1980<\/td>		Warren Benson
\nDecember 14, 1988<\/td>		Raoul Camus
\nDecember 19, 2002<\/td>		Linda R. Moorhouse
\nDecember 15, 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Franko Goldman
\nJuly 23, 1971<\/td>		Nilo Hovey
\nDecember 16, 1980<\/td>		Col. John Bourgeois
\nDecember 14, 1988<\/td>		Paul Bierley
\nJune 14, 2003<\/td>		Thomas V. Fraschillo
\nDecember 21, 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Paynter
\nMarch 5, 1972
\n<\/td>		Trevor Ford
\nDecember 16, 1981<\/td>		Donald Hunsberger
\nDecember 19, 1990<\/td>		William J. Moody
\nDecember 18, 2003<\/td>		John Whitwell
\nDecember 20, 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard Nixon
\nJuly 12, 1972<\/td>		Vincent Persichetti
\nDecember 16, 1981<\/td>		Edgar Gangware
\nDecember 19, 1991
\n<\/td>		Earl Dunn
\nDecember 16, 2004<\/td>		Richard Crain
\nDecember 19, 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traugott Rohner
\nFebruary 11, 1973<\/td>		Morton Gould
\nDecember 15, 1982
\n<\/td>		W J Julian
\nDecember 16, 1992<\/td>		Victor Zajec
\nDecember 16, 2004<\/td>		Craig Kirchhoff
\nDecember 16, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sir Vivian Dunn
\nMarch 2, 1973
\n<\/td>		Clare Grundman
\nDecember 15, 1982<\/td>		Richard Strange
\nDecember 20, 1995
\n<\/td>		James T. Rohner
\nDecember 15, 2005<\/td>		Loras John Schissel
\nDecember 16, 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan Molenaar
\nJuly 11, 1974<\/td>		Karel Husa
\nDecember 15, 1982<\/td>		Geoffrey Brand
\nDecember 20, 1995<\/td>		Frank Battisti
\nDecember 21, 2006<\/td>		Bruce Leek
\nDecember 20, 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frederick Fennell
\nAugust 3, 1975<\/td>		Harry Begian
\nDecember 14, 1983<\/td>		Harvey Phillips
\nDecember 21, 1995<\/td>		David Whitwell
\nDecember 20, 2007<\/td>		Julie Giroux
\nDecember 21, 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harry Mortimer
\nMay 2, 1976<\/td>		Francis McBeth
\nDecember 12, 1984<\/td>		L. Howard Nicar, Jr.
\nOctober 16, 1996<\/td>		Frank B. Wickes
\nDecember 18, 2008<\/td>		Frank Ticheli
\nDecember 21, 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n\n<\/div>

Al & Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award<\/h2>\n
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Al and Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award<\/h2>\r\n

The National Band Association Al and Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award was established in 2020 and serves to recognize achievement in leadership, teaching, and\/or other professional experience, mentorship, and service to the band profession. \u00a0No more than two awards may be presented in any given year with the recipient(s) being announced at the NBA General Membership Meeting at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. \u00a0The actual presentation(s) of the award will take place at an appropriate venue with the recipient(s) in attendance.<\/p>\r\n

Nominations for the award are due to the selection committee by November 1st each year.<\/p>\r\n