The BCMEA is proud of the longstanding tradition of excellence demonstrated by so many music educators in BC’s public schools. As such, we honour those educators who exemplify the high standard of achievement and professionalism, along with committed industry and administrative supporters, with our annual awards program.
Interested in making a nomination? Please fill out and submit our Nomination Form before September 1st.
+ These were awarded prior to the distinction of elementary, middle, or secondary and are listed in the category with which the educator is most commonly associated.
* = deceased
Honourary Life Members*Undated - Ivor Parfitt*, Alf Hewson*, Gar McKinley*, John Leonard*, Sherwood Robson*.
1960 - Lloyd Slind* 1976 - Carle Hodson*, Jan Chernaivski* 1977 - Fred Turner* 1980 - Teo Repel* 1981 - Pete Kinvig* 1982 - Grant Lapthorne*, Howard Denike* 1983 - Frank Gamble* 1985 - Ray Thompson* 1987 - Ollie Whitcutt* 1988 - Dr. Dennis Tupman 1989 - Rae Fetherstonhaugh 1990 - Peter Stigings 1991 - Dave Dunnet 1992 - John White 1993 - Kerry Turner 1994 - Lorna Griffiths 2002 - Dick Dickens* 2004 - Allan Anderson* 2008 - Earl Hobson* 2009 - Cam Trowsdale 2012 - Dr. Gerald N. King 2014 - Darlene Ngo* |
Past Presidents1957-58 - Sherwood Robson*
1958-59 - Lloyd Slind* 1959-60 - Walter Karen* 1960-61 - Evan Davies 1961-63 - Mark Rose* 1963-64 - Dr. Allen Clingman* 1964-65 - Pete Kinvig* 1965-66 - Gar McKinley* 1966-68 - Grant Lapthorne* 1968-70 - Rae Featherstonhaugh 1971-73 - Ollie Whitcutt* 1973-74 - V. Haslin 1975-77 - Dr. Dennis Tupman 1977-80 - John White 1980-84 - Peter Stigings 1984 - Dayle Piller 1985 - Fred Turner* 1985-87 - Doug Dodington* 1988-89 - Heather Gascoigne 1989-94 - Leanne Roy 1995-96 - Betty Otke 1996-98 - Mark Steffens 1998-99 - Inez St. Dennis 1999-2001 - Allan Anderson* 2001-04 - Kathy Fester 2004-06 - David Ennis 2006-08 - Mitch Howard* 2008-2010 - Kathryn Saul-Fowler 2010-12 - Mark Reid 2012-14 - Jeffery Weaver 2014-16 - Cindy Romphf 2016 - Jamie Davis 2016-17 - Cindy Romphf |
Outstanding Educator - Elementary1990 - Donna Otto+
1993 - Joe Berarducci 1994 - Sandra Meister 1995 - Doug Colpitts 1996 - Una Fester 1997 - Leanne Roy 1998 - Elizabeth Miller 1999 - Bonita Smith 2000 - Elaine McGauley 2001 - Rose Loewen 2002 - Alice Deroche, Margaret Inglis 2003 - Roxie Giles 2004 - Sharon Schermbrucker, Virginia Barteluk 2005 - Tisia Minichiello 2006 - Norma Westrom 2007 - Bonnie Ishii 2008 - Bruce Whitelaw 2009 - Linda Eterman 2010 - Lorraine Jarvis 2011 - Peter Findlay 2012 - Teresa Fiero, Sandy Murray 2013 - Catherine Bayley 2014 - Pam Hetrick 2015 - Maureen Garry 2016 - Gail Evans, Janet Nordstrand 2017 - Judy Carruth 2018 - Kristen Rezansoff 2019 - Stephen Horning Special Distinguished Service1990 - Dr. Allen Clingman*
1991 - Sandra Davies 1992 - Frank Churchley 1993 - J.J. Johannesen* 1994 - John Stark 1995 - Dr. Noel Gantley* 1997 - Brian Disterheft, Marian Owens 1998 - Spencer Cotton, Bill Stonier* 1999 - Alex McLeod*, Susan Jaffe 2000 - Morrie Backun 2001 - Marilyn Kerr 2002 - Mavis Weston 2003 - Don Clark 2005 - Norman Mould 2006 - Bob Mullett 2007 - Dr. John Churchley 2008 - Dr. Donna Faye Madosingh 2011 - Fred Turner*, Jerry Prussin, Ken Surges 2013 - Douglas MacAulay 2015 - David Ennis 2017 - Sarah Rhude 2019 - Charlotte Diamond |
Outstanding Educator - Secondary1991 - Bob Rebagliati+
1992 - Earl Hobson*+ 1993 - John Trepp* 1994 - Janet Warren 1995 - Dave Proznick 1996 - Barry Miller 1997 - Bryan Stovell 1998 - Dick Dickens*, Eileen Cooper 2000 - Barry Eggan 2001 - Kerry Querns 2002 - Peter Rohloff* 2003 - Marty Summers 2004 - Gordon Waters 2005 - Peter Taylor 2006 - David Fryer* 2007 - Mike Angell 2008 - Tom Koven, Chris Robinson 2009 - Jim Sparks 2010 - Greg Falls, Sarah Falls 2011 - Dave Stewart 2012 - Mike Doogan-Smith, Geoff Parr 2013 - Jill Sparrow-Ng 2014 - Rob Goddard, Janine Webster 2015 - Colin Campbell*, Denis O'Brien 2016 - Marcia Carmichael 2017 - Ronald Davis 2018 - Nancy Cox, Dale Hallier 2019 - Tina Horwood Outstanding Administrator1998 - Bob Calder
1999 - Tarrance Grieve 2000 - Deborah Kerr 2001 - Clyde Woolman 2002 - Peter Bayley Hartley 2003 - Curt Jantzen 2004 - Helene McGall 2005 - John Gaiptman 2007 - Dick Dickens* 2015 - Gerald Shong 2016 - Brian Cullinane 2017 - Ray Miller |
