1995 |
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Joseph Edward Hodges, Crossville |
1996 |
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Freda Kenner, Bells |
1996 |
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Sue Blass, Jackson |
1997 |
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Elizabeth Rike, Knoxville |
1997 |
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Celia Bachelder, Kingsport |
1998 |
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James Charles Mills, Johnson City |
1998 |
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Gene Crain, Memphis |
1999 |
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Patricia Brown, Knoxville |
2000 |
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Robert Pletcher, Nashville |
2000 |
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Kathy Hawk, Kingsport |
2001 |
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Tommie Pardue, Memphis |
2001 |
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Tully Daniel, Memphis (awarded posthumously) |
2004 |
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Marilyn duBrisk, Greeneville |
2004 |
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Bobby Jean Frost, Nashville |
2005 |
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Nancy Boone-Allsbrook, Murfreesboro |
2005 |
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Sally Crain Jager, Cookeville |
2006 |
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Michael Combs, Knoxville |
2006 |
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Jean R. Thomas, Chattanooga |
2006 |
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Mitchell Van Metre, Knoxville |
2007 |
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David Logan, Johnson City |
2010
2011
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 |
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James R. Holcomb, Memphis
Flowerree W. (Galetovic) McDonough, Knoxville
Joe W. Giles, Nashville
Richard Mitchell, Knoxville
Carol Crittenden, Nashville
Fred Patterson, Knoxville
Gregg Coats, Memphis
Ted Rose, Lebanon
Margaret Campbelle-Holman, Nashville
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1994 |
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Cavit Cheshier, education executive |
1995 |
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Steven Cohen, state senator |
1996 |
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Nellie McNeil, teacher and advocate |
1997 |
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Tom L. Naylor, music educator and administrator |
1998 |
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T. Earl Hinton, music educator |
1999 |
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Jane Walters, educator and arts advocate |
2000 |
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Martha McCrory, music educator |
2001 |
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Solie Fott, music educator |
2008
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Jeanette Crosswhite, arts education administrator
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2013
2014 |
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Pat and Thane Smith, arts patrons and philanthropists
Cindy Freeman and Michael Meise, music educators and arts advocates
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1994 |
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Charles Strouse, Broadway composer |
1995 |
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Charles Fowler, arts educator, writer and advocate |
1996 |
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Jerome Lawrence, playwright |
1997 |
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Lorin Hollander, concert pianist and philosopher |
2000 |
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Scott Ellis, Broadway theatre director |
2000 |
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Mary Costa, opera singer |
2001 |
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Sheldon Harnick, Broadway lyricist |
2001 |
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Tina Packer, Shakespeare actor and director |
2003 |
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Bob McGrath, singer and host of Sesame Street |
2005 |
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John Simon, author and arts critic |
2005 |
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Dean Pitchford, songwriter, lyricist, screenwriter, and director |
2006 |
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Andre Thomas, choral conductor |
2007 |
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Joe DiPietro, Broadway playwright and lyricist |
2008
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2016
2016
2017
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Henry Krieger, Broadway composer
Marvin Hamlisch, composer and pianist
Richard Sherman, composer and lyricist
Marc Cherry, Hollywood writer and producer
Rupert Holmes, playwright, composer, and lyricist
Richard Maltby, Jr., Director, Lyricist, Producer, Writer
Audrey Flack, painter and sculptor
Andrew Lippa, composer, lyricist, performer, and writer
Doc Severinsen, musician and bandleader
Christopher Durang, Broadway playwright
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2000 |
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Wilma Dykeman, writer |
2001 |
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Jim Crabtree, theatre director and writer |
2002 |
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Alice Swanson, arts education administrator and advocate |
2003 |
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George Mabry, choral conductor |
2006 |
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Dolph Smith, visual artist |
2009 |
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George S. Clinton, Hollywood film composer |
2009 |
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Jackie Nichols, theatre administrator |
2009 |
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Michael Stern, symphony conductor |
2010
2015 |
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Cherry Jones, Broadway actress
Charles Brindley, visual artist |
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2008 |
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Steve Spiegel, president of Theatrical Rights Worldwide |
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2013
2015
2016
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E. Frank Bluestein, Germantown
Music Makes Us, Nashville
Belmont University, Nashville
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Lamar Alexander Founder's Award of Distinction
2013
2014
2017
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Senator Lamar Alexander, United States Senator
Douglas Henry, Tennessee State Senator
Bill Haslam, Tennessee Governor
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