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National Federation of Music Clubs activities are carried out by numerous committees made up of hundreds of individuals volunteering their support of NFMC's mission.

To see lists of Divisions and Committees, click on a category below.

American Music Division

Chairman Odee Maier
Regional Chairmen Virginia O'Brien, Northeastern
Kathy Wilson, North Central
Anita Blackmon, South Central
Eleanor Avant, Southeastern
Marie Ashton, Western
American Composers Display Gloria Thrasher
American Festival Chorus Dr. Dennis Price, Director
Helen Dill, Assistant to the Director
Norma, Alexander, Librarian
American Music in the Armed Forces Jerry Najarian
America Women Composers Eleanor Avant

 

Arts Division

Chairman Natlynn Hayes
Chamber Music Lorraine Long
Crusade for Strings Tom Wellin
Folk Music Carole Flatau
International Music Relations Elaine Knight, Chairman
Committee:  Ruth Ann McChesney
Music In Poetry Anne Braswell
Regional Chairmen:
Jan Stoffel, North Central
Linda Mauhoff, Northeastern
Aleeta May Riney ,South Central
Jeanne Veron, Southeastern
Linda King, Western
Music in Schools & Colleges Mary Ella Clark, Chairmen
Regional Chairmen:
Dr. Stephen Yarbrough, North Central
Margaret Stephenson, Northeastern
Dortha Bennett, South Central
Judy Hicks, Southeastern
Gloria Lien, Western
Choral Music Mary Davis
Hymn of the Month Patsy Whitaker
Music Outreach Judy Sorrell
Sacred Music Sharon Wesbrook
National Music Week Mary Ellen Ulmer
Regional Chairmen:
Beverly Huckins, North Central
Linda Flick, Northeastern
Gloria Thrasher, South Central
Martha Sheets, South Central
Harriett Coker, Southeastern
Margaret Smith Southeastern
Madge Kelly, Western
National Music Week Essay Contest Cora Barr, North & South Central/Western
Lois Tamplin, Northeastern/Southeastern
Opera Nannette Hanslowe
Alpha Corinne Mayfield Opera Award Margaret Ulmer
Regional Chairmen:
Louise Pinkerton North Central
Paula Evans, Northeastern
Betty Hall, South Central
Margaret Beth Williamson, Southeastern
Barbara Slater, Western

 

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Competitions & Awards Division

Chairman George Keck
Competitions Board:  
American Music In Armed Forces Composition Competition Jerry Najarian
Anne Gannett Award for Veterans Sophie Albrecht
Lucille Parrish Ward Veterans Award Eva Johnston
Emil & Ruth Beyer Composition Award Carolyn Poe
Glad Robinson Youse Adult Composers Contest Ronald Bennett
Alpha Corrine Mayfield Opera Award Margaret Ulmer
NFMC Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists Award Francis Christmann, Chairman
Rheba King, Vice Chairman
Gretchen Van Roy, Promotions Chairman
Dicksie Cribb, Auditions Chairman
Thelma A. Robinson Award in Conducting R. Kevin Paul
Ruth Morse Wilson Handbell Choir Award Carole Langley
Vivian Menees Nelson Music Award for the Disabled and Visually Impaired Caroline French
Young Artist Delores Blaser
Category Chairmen:
Woman's Voice - Peg Bryan
Man's Voice - Justine Macurdy
Piano - Elizabeth Lee
Strings - Mary Davis
Christmann Debut Francis Christmann
Young Artist Presentation Terry Blair
Ouida Keck Award Laurel Ince
Centennial Chamber Music Award Nettie Loflin

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Finance Division

Chairman Dr. Ouida Keck
Committee: Francis Christmann, Michael Edwards, Barbara Hildebrand, Dr. George Keck, Linda King, Carolyn Nelson
Budget: Carolyn Nelson, Chairman
Committee: Barbara Hildebrand, Dr. Ouida Keck, Duane Langley, Toni Winter
Development Committee: Linda King Chairman
Founders Day Chairman Gay Dill
Fund for the Advancement of Musical Arts  Sophie Albrecht, Chairman
Peggy Bryan, Vice Chairman
Committee:  Barbara Hildebrand, Ouida Keck, Barbara Slater 
Fund for Awards Honoring Past National Presidents Dr. Mabry Miller Barr, Chairman
 
Insignia Carolyn Gregory
Investments Committee: Gordon Maier, Chairman
Committee:   Lana M. Bailey, Robert Carroll, Barbara Hildebrand, Ouida Keck, Gordon Maier
Memorial and Recognition Fund Norma Disinger
Past Presidents Assembly Agnes Downie
Rose Fay Thomas Fellows Mary Prudie Brown, Chairman
Edith Kirkpatrick, Vice Chairman
Tax Exemption Duane Langley

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Summer Music Centers Awards

Chairman Melanie Perez
Representatives of Scholarships to Summer Music Centers:
Aspen School of Music Barbara Laybourn
Brevard Music Center Sara Helen Moore
Brevard Music Center - Lucille Parrish Ward Award Elizabeth Paris
Chautauqua Music School Lois M. Tamplin
Chautauqua Music School - Eleanor Pascoe Award in Voice Lois M. Tamplin
Eastern Music Festival Carolyn Summerlin
Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp - Eastern Kentucky University Amy Jett
Gladys Comstock Award Mary Ann Price
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony Lee Meyer
IPFAC, Mary Prudie Brown Music Education Award Betty Hall
Interlochen Arts Camp Hazel Lawrence
International Music Camp Lana Simons
Junior Composer Institute Gordon Maier
Kniesel Hall Ellen Werner
Marrowstone Music Festival Amy Chen
Meadowmount School Owen Carman
Music Academy of the West Summer Music School & Festival Elizabeth Mosher
Ravinia Festival Steans Institute for Young Artist Shirley Carroll
Rocky Ridge Music Center Mary Marks
Santa Fe Opera Angelica Plass
Sewanee Music Center Elizabeth Reed
Simpson Collage Orpheus Festival Patti Abild
The Walden School Esther Landau

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Membership Division

Chairman Mary Angela Strasser
Individual Members Norma Alexander
Junior Groups Jeanne Kish
Student Groups Shirley Carroll
Senior Members Mary Angela Strasser
Committee:  
Education Department & Senior Course of Study, Program Planning, Yearbook Elaine Knight
National Affiliates Gretchen Van Roy
Senior Club Reporting & Evaluation Patricia Boots
Senior Orientation & Leadership Training Helen Dingus

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Public Relations Division

Chairman Annette Dwight
Committee  
Citations Rose Suggs
Audio Visual Activities L'Rees Morris, Radio Eastern Representative, N/S
Carolann Martin, Radio Western Representative, C/W
Photography Frances Nelson
Television Kathryn Hickson
Publications Marilyn Caldwell, Chairman
Annette Dwight, Vice Chairman
Committee:  Michael Edwards
Printing Anne Adams
Magazine & Literature Promotion Edith Kirkpatrick
Editorial Board Cynthia Elmore, Chairman
Committee:  Helen Dingus, Jodie Jensen, Karl Morris, Gloria Thrasher
Advertising Anne Adams, Chairman
Circulation Jennifer Keller
Junior Keynotes Magazine Jean Moffatt
Music Clubs Magazine Sandra Anderson

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Student/Collegiate Division

Chairman Shirley Carroll
Committee  
Student/Collegiate Auditions Shelia Shusterich
Music for the Blind Composition Awards (Fowler) Sharon Booker, Chairman
Regional Chairmen:
Cheryl Schmidt, North Central
, South Central
Marilyn Hastings, Northeastern
Becky Swindell, Southeastern
Denise Ryan, Western
Hinda Honigman Award for the Blind Gina Einig
Victor Herbert ASCAP Young Composers Awards and Devora Nadworney Award Gloria Lien
Lynn Freeman Olson Composition Award James Schnars
Marion Richter American Music Award Gloria Lien
Myrtle Mehan/Hazel Morgan Music Education Scholarship Lee Meyer
Herman and Mary Neuman Award Dr. Richard David Green
Lynn Freeman Olson Award in Piano Pedagogy James Schnars
Gretchen E. Van Roy Scholarship for Music Education Rose Suggs
Elizabeth Greiger Wiegand Award Justine McCurdy
Music Therapy Award — Ruth B. Robertson Award & Dorothy Dann Bullock Award Louise Steele
Oscar Valentin Award in Violin Bob Hicks
Virginia Allison Award in Accompanying Margaret Smith
Ernest Bluhm Flute Award Nancy Harrison

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Junior Division

Junior Counselor Jeanne Kish
Club Rating & Achievement Records Joan Stanisha
Junior Festivals Bulletin Linda Lind, Editor
Festivals Sandra Preysz, Chairman
Regional Chairmen:
Marilyn Caldwell, South Central
Margaret Hunt, Southeastern
Ingrid Maire, Northeastern
Jeanne Leuders, North Central
Debbie Wiser, Western
Festival Cup Award Dawn Lawrence
Improvisation Anita Blackmon
Theory Test Virginia Kleeberg
Junior Composers Contest Jan Hill, Chairman
Regional Chairmen
Karen Bourne, North Central
Lora Lynn Christensen, South Central
Priscilla Day, Northeastern
Rachel Cadenhead, Southeastern
Jill Foster, Western
Lynn Freeman Olson Composition Award James Schnars
Evelyn Sampson Award Gordon Maier
Mary Alice Cox Award Angie Greer
Dance Department Diane Remy
Thelma A. Robinson Award in Ballet Vickie Nign, Chairman
Edward Villella, Consultant
Regional Chairman
Jeanne Leuders, North Central
Nancy Hatz, Northeastern
Mary Lou Connelly, South Central
Vera Owens, Southeastern
Mary Ann Paullin, Western
Wendell Irish Viola Award Dr. George Keck, Chairman
Regional Chairmen
Gay French, Central
Christina Gant, Northeastern
Ida Read, Southeastern
Mary Marks, Western
Angie Greer Junior Music in Poetry Award Melody Stroth
Stillman Kelley Awards & Thelma Byrum Award Sue Breuer
 
Claire Ullrich-Whitehurst Piano Award Claire-Frances Whitehurst
Music for the Blind Composition Award (Fowler) & Benzinger Award Sharon Book, Chairman
Regional Chairmen
Tenney Miller, Northeastern
Margaret Ulmer, Southeastern
Cheryl Schmidt, North Central
Helen Hammond, South Central
Thom Booker, Western
Joyce Walsh Junior Disability Award Joyce Walsh

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Administrative Division

Chairman Lana M. Bailey
Bylaws and Rules Betty Meyer, Chairman
Committee:  Mary Prudie Brown, Marjorie Gloyd
Arts Advocacy Sarah Twedt, Chairman
Policy Resolutions Carolyn Nelson, Chairman
Committee:  Dee Blaser, Marilyn Caldwell, Michael Edwards, Carole Flatau, Faith Gutierrez, Linda King, Francis Nelson, Naomi Sanchez, Stephen Varney, Sharon Wesbrook, Stephanie Westerfield 
National Headquarters Building Laurel Ince, Chairman
Dr. Ouida Keck, Vice Chairman
Committee:  Mary Prudie Brown, Francis Christmann, Faith Gossett, Dr. Ouida Keck, Stephanie Westerfield, Carolyn Nelson
Protocol Committee Rheba King, Chairman
Committee:  Marcia Chaplin, Pat Howle, Ruth Smith, Elma Swain
Sergeants-At-Arms Charles Blaser, Chairman
Robert Westerfield
, Vice Chairman
Chaplain Susan P. Tury
Corresponding Secretary Karen Greenhalgh
Directory Dr. Zuill Bailey
Historian Eva Johnston
Office Chairman Francis Christmann, Chairman
Committee:  Kay Hawthorne, Barbara Hildebrand, Laurel Ince, Dr. Ouida Keck, Beth McAuley, Carolyn Nelson
Parliamentarian Dr. Eugene Bierbaum
Representatives for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Lana M. Bailey, Chairman
Mary Prudie Brown, Dr. Ouida Keck, Elizabeth Paris
Representative to the United Nations, NGO A. Robert Johnson
Deputy Representative to the United Nations, NGO Gail Kruvand
 
Coordinator of Departmental Activities Kay Hawthorne

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National Affiliate Organizations

Chairman Gretchen Van Roy
American Harp Society William Lovelace, President
5206 Trumpet Vine Lane
Knoxville, TN 37918-8131
American College of Musicians/National Guild of Piano Teachers Richard Allison
P.O. Box 1807
Austin, TX 78767
Debussy Trio Music Foundation Marcia Dickstein, Artistic Director
Dianna Steiner, Contact
223 South Bundy Drive, Ste. 201
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity Dr. Jonny H. Ramsey, President
514 Mack Drive
Denton, TX 76209
Mu Phi Epsilon Dr. Frances Irwin, President
6464 Rhodes Ave
St. Louis, MO 63109
Music Teachers National Association Gary Ingle, Executive Director
441 Vine Street, Ste 505
Cincinnati, OH 45202
National Association of Music Merchants
Joe Lamond, President/CEO
5790 Armada Dr.
Carlsbad, CA 92008-4391
National Music Arts Patricia M. Gray, Artistic Director
P. O. Box 39162
Washington D.C. 20016
Sigma Alpha Iota Virginia Johnson
4421 Scotia Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46814
Barbershop Harmony Society (SPEBSQSA, Inc.) Julia Siepler, Media Relations Manager
7930 Sheridan Road
Kenosha, WI 53143

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Rose Fay Thomas Fellows
Mrs. Jack C. Ward, Chairman and Founder

1. Mrs. Jack C. Ward (Lucile)*
2. Mrs. E. P. Nelson (Vivian Menees)*
3. Mrs. Wilmot W. Irish (Barbara)*
4. Mrs. Hal H. McHaney (Beulah Hale)*
5. Mrs. Dallas Goss (Rowena)
6. Mrs. Joseph H. Albrecht (Sophie)
7. Mrs. Norman A Johnson, Jr. (Mary Grace)
8. Dr. Ruth Halle Rowen
9. Mrs. Charles W. Rasmussen (Ruth)*
10. Mrs. William B. Millard (Lucy)
11. Mrs. Bruce Howar (Florence Esmay)
12. Mrs. Claude Kirkpatrick (Edith)
13. Mrs. Harry Gillig (Ann)
14.  Mrs. D. E. Christmann (Francis)
15. Mrs. Leroy W. Kranert (Veda) *
16. Mrs. Rex Brown (Bernice) *
17. Mrs. Norman H. Hanson (Lydia) *
18. Miss Gretchen E. Van Roy
19. Mrs. Robert A. Dean (Floride) *
20. Mrs. Glenn L. Brown (Mary Prudie)
21. Mrs. George Deen (Frances) *
22. Miss Ann McClure*
23. Mr. Kenneth Self *
24. Mrs. Eleanor Lieber Ray *
25.  Mrs. Lamoine M. Hall, Jr. (Betty)
26. Mrs. Clifton Bond (Marjorie)
27. Mrs. Robert E. L. Freeman (Cornelia)
28. Mrs. William B. Wilson (Irma)*
29. Mrs. Charles J. Davis (Edith *
30. Mrs. Glen M. Weakley (Emeline) *
31. Mrs. Dwight D. Robinson (Thelma) *
32. Mrs. Wayne D. Williams (Marion)*
33. Mrs. Sylvio Russo (Madeleine)
34. Dr. Bruce Howar *
35. Mrs. Ralph Reed (Margurette) *
36. Mrs. Fred C. Boyce (Elizabeth)
37. Mrs. H. E. Miller (Mabry)
38. Mrs. Arthur E. Reynolds (Ruby)*
39. Mrs. J. H. Kerns (Hazel)*
40. Mrs. Margaret E. Holan*
41. Mrs. Lynn Turner (Vera) *
42. Dr. Isabella Laude (Mrs. Walter)
43. Mrs. Harold Walters (Dolores)
44. Mrs. Ralph Kinsman (Viola) *
45. Mrs. John H. Rhoades (Evelyn)*
46. Mrs. Doyle P. Smith (Ruth)
47. Dr. Joseph Albrecht (Joe)*
48. Dr. Edward P. Nelson (Ed)*
49. Mr. Stillman Kelly
50. Mrs. Lee Rinker (Dolores)
51. Mrs. Clayton B. Smith (Jenene)
52. Miss Marilyn Hardy
53. Judge Clifton Bond
54. Mrs. Ben K. Wright (Nelly)
55. Mrs. D. Clifford Allison (Virginia) *
56. Mrs. Frank H. Walker (Jo)
57. Mrs. Rose Zygmanski
58. Mrs. Benjamin M. Thompson (Mildred)
59. Mrs. Franklin D. Moore (Eleanor)*
60. Mrs. R. Keith Newton (Myrleann)
61. Mrs. W. Burke Neville (Marjorie)*
62. Mrs. Gilbert Stephenson (Margaret)
63. Mrs. Kenneth Cribb (Dicksie)
64. Mrs. Rose Thomas Smith (given posthumously)*
65. Maestro Theodore Thomas (given posthumously)*
66. Dr. Katherine H. Mahan*
67. Mrs. M. Gordon Howle (Pat)
68. Onamae Ratcliff*
69. Mrs. Violet M. Clark*
70. Mrs. Mark Paul (Doris)
71. Mrs. Stephen L. Johnston (Eva)
72. Mr. William B. Paullin (Bill)*
73. Mrs. Gerald M. Rowan (Anne)*
74. Dr. Jean Little
75. Mrs. Emil Beyer (Ruth) *
76. Mrs. Ernest Grilk (Gloria)
77. Mrs. George A. Heimrich (Lucille)*
78. Mrs. George Ecklund (Shirley T.)
79. Mrs. James W. Milne, Sr. (Nancy)*
80. Mrs. Ralph G. Suggs (Rose)
81. Dr. Mary Helen Rowen
82. Mrs. Phillip Johnson (Carla Jean)
83. Mrs. Jeff W. Fitzgerald (Kathleen)
84. Mrs. James A. Cannon (Sara)
85. Dr. Marie Dunne
86. Lilian G. Grauberg-Bein
87. Mrs. R. Ligon King, Jr. (Rheba T.)
88. Mrs. Marin E. Grothe (Ruth)*
89. Miss Mary Ann Paullin
90. Mrs. Nathan H. Wooden (Helen)
91. Mrs. Joan Adams King
92. Mr. Kenneth Morgan King, Jr.
93. Dr. Ruth DeCesare *
94. Mrs. Wauneta Gordon Howle *
95. Mrs. C. C. Joyner (Frances)*
96. Mrs. C. J. Pflieger (Patricia)
97. Dr. Marion Morrey Richter *
98. Mrs. Bob Jones, Jr. (Fannie May)*
99. Mr. Jack C. Ward *
100. Mrs. George P. Gregoire (Pam)
101. Mrs. Donald A. Morton (Joan F.)
102. Claire Frances Whitehurst
103. Mrs. Opal Dutro
104. Mrs. Dellon Burngardner (Nelda)
105. Ms. Jeanne C. Giese
106. Mr. Wilmot W. Irish
107. Mrs. Robert Henderson (Louise)*
108. Miss Margaret Ulmer
109. Miss Mae Ruth Abbott (Red)
110. Mr. Frank Brasington
111. Mrs. Josephine F. Shuler
112. Mrs. Leo H. Whinery
113. Mrs. Kenneth R. Moore (Sara Helen)
114. Mrs. Charles H. Hudson (Johnnie)
115. Dr. Ouida Keck
116. Mrs. Odell Owens, Jr. (Vera Y.)
117. Mr. Vetal Flores*
118. Maxine Gruoner *
119. Stephen Z. Gruoner
120. Mrs. Mell Miller (Vivian)
121. Mrs. Jane Abbott*
122. Mrs. Ray K. Wunder (Mary Anne)
123. Mrs. Ernest G. Fritsche (Neva)
124. Mrs. Doyle Dingus (Helen H.)
125. Mrs. Billy R. McKelvey (Martha)
126. Mrs. J. R. Cleveland (Sara)*
127. Mrs. John H. Collins (Marie)*
128. Mrs. Patricia C. Wolsey
129. Mrs. Charles Clark (Mary Ella)
130. Mrs. Gordon R. Maier (Odee)
131. Mrs. Theobell Campbell
132. Mrs. Zovak Najarian (Betty)
133. Heidi Olson Hong (Mrs. Peter Olson)
134. Dr. Marilyn Cash
135. Mrs. Richard McCauley (Mary Jo)
136. Mrs. Malcolm D. McAuley (Beth)
137. Mrs. Louise Rochester (Lois)
138. Mrs. Kay T. Hawthorne
139. Mrs. Elizabeth Paris
140. Mrs. Kenneth Burkhard (Maxine)
141. Dr. George Keck
142. Mrs. Barbara Hildebrand
143. Mrs. Charles Greer III (Angie)
144. Mrs. Carolyn Nelson
145. Marjorie Garrett (Mrs. Louis W.)
146. Mrs. J. Vernon Hinely (Bonnie)
147. Mrs. Russell C. Hatz (Nancy)
148. Mrs. William L. Duncan (Evelyn)
149. Miss Margaret Beth Williamson
150. Ms. Mary Helen Bowers
151. Ms. Sara Flanagan
152. Mrs. A. L. Johnson (Nancy)
153. Mrs. Robert Earl Hicks (Judith Anne)
154. Mrs. Gilbert C. Fite (June)
155. Virginia Queen
156. Mrs. J. Zuill Bailey (Lana)
157. Dr. Kenneth Burkhard
158. Carol S. Langley (Mrs. Duane)
159. Mary Angela Strasser (Mrs. Walter)
160. Linda C. King
161. Ms. Elizabeth Grieger Wiegand
162. Mrs. F. Marion Dwight (Annetta)
163. Mrs. Finnis J. Caldwell, Jr. (Marilyn)
164. Mrs. Alvin C. Hill (Jan)
165. Mrs. Leonard McKibben (Martha)*
166. Mrs. James C. Nelson (Frances)
167. Rebecka Bryan Driscoll*
168. Jeanne Kish
169. Mrs. H. F. Tweedy (Sara)
170. Mrs. Lionel Lawson (Alia)*
171. Adele W. Crosett
172. Mrs. Robert J. Andrews (Mary Leila)
173. June R. Knox (Mrs. Joe)
174. Mrs. Robert M. Westerfield (Stephanie)
175. Connie Tuttle-Lill
176. Jean Moffatt
177. Eleanor Duke Avant
178. Mrs. Paul Whitaker (Patricia)
179. Mrs. Paul Jett (Amy)
180. Mr. Gordon Maier
181. Mrs. Ronald Bennett (Dortha)
182. Mr. Ernest Walter Grilk
183. Mrs. Mary Heininger Moon*
184. Dr. Doyle Dingus
185. Eugenia Schoch
186. Mrs. S. N. Cooper (Betty)
187. Gloria Galey
188. Barbara O. Nester
189. Elizabeth Lee
190. Theresa H. Scholz
191. Anne Braswell
192. Anita Schmitt
193. Loretta Hake
194. Madeline Kelly
195. Mrs. Billy Smith (Margaret)
196. Linda Lind
197. Sandra Anderson
198. Dawn Lawrence
199. Mrs. William French (Caroline)
200. Leo H. Whinery
201. Marie Yeastes Ashton
202. Elaine Knight

Members 1 through 42 are Charter Fellows
* Deceased

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