2007 MTNA Foundation Fellows.(Foundation Fund)(Music Teachers National Association)

The MTNA FOUNDATION FUND Fellow Program honors deserving individuals who have made significant contributions to the music world and the music teaching profession. In its eighth year, this program supports the efforts of MTNA through donations to the MTNA FOUNDATION FUND in an individual's name.

David T. Piersel is professor emeritus of music at South Dakota State University, where he served as director of keyboard studies for 22 years before retiring in May 2000. He also served in a similar position at Black Hills State University for 11 years. Piersel holds a B.M.E. degree from Simpson College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Iowa. He has served as South Dakota MTA president and West Central Division president. In addition, Piersel has been a member of MTNA's National Certification Board and National Executive Board. He is currently national coordinator for the MTNA Young Artist competition.

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Karen Rogers was a professor at Southern Illinois University from 1978-2002 and is now emerita. While there, she was the head of class piano, studio piano, piano pedagogy and the keyboard development programs. Rogers wrote Achievement in Music: A Teacher's Guide to Piano and Theory, an important resource guide for implementing the Illinois State Music Teachers Association AIM program. In addition, she also has written articles in Clavier, American Music Teacher, Piano Guild Notes, The Music Educators Journal and Flute Talk. Rogers has also had many student competition winners in her 25 years of teaching.

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Mary Sallee, NCTM, is past president of the Oklahoma MTA. She instructs 30 students, the majority of which are adults, at her studio in Norman. For five years, she taught as an adjunct piano faculty member at Oklahoma Baptist University. Sallee earned bachelor's degrees in piano performance and vocal music education, and a master's degree in piano performance and pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma. In 1983, she was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and studied for a year at the Hochschule for Musik in Vienna, Austria. As a composer and arranger, Sallee writes piano and choral music for Willis, Alfred, FJH, Walton, Alliance and Carl Fischer.

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