The Thomas Binkley Award
This award is named for the legendary lutenist and educator Thomas Binkley, who taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, made ground-breaking recordings with the Studio der Frühen Musik, and served as founding director of the Early Music Institute at Indiana University. The award, which is given at the June annual meeting and carries a $1,000 cash prize, recognizes outstanding achievement in both performance and scholarship by the director of a university or college collegium musicum. Nominations, including self-nominations, for the Binkley Award are accepted through January 1, 2011.
2010 Recipient: William Mahrt, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
2009 Recipient: Steven Plank, Oberlin College (Cleveland, OH)
2008 Recipient: Hank Knox, McGill University (Montréal, QC)
2007 Recipient: Sarah Mead, Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)
2006 Recipient: James Tyler, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
2005 Recipient: Ross Duffin, Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
2004 Recipient: Robert Mealy, Harvard University and Yale University (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT)
2003 Recipient: Jeffery T. Kite-Powell, Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
2002 Recipient: Gerald Hoekstra, St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
2001 Recipient: Mark Cudek, Peabody Conservatory, Interlochen Arts Camp (Baltimore, MD)
2000 Recipient: Lyle Nordstrom, University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
1999 Recipient: Jack Ashworth, University of Louisville (Louisville, KY)
1998 Recipient: Daniel M. Johnson, University of Texas (Austin,TX)
The Howard Mayer Brown Award
This award is named in memory of the renowned and beloved musicologist from the University of Chicago, Howard Mayer Brown, and recognizes lifetime achievement in the field of early music.
2010 Recipient: Benjamin Bagby, Université de Paris, Sorbonne (Paris, France)
Link to YouTube video of Benjamin Bagby's acceptance speech.
2009 Recipient: Stanley Ritchie, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
2008 Recipient: Robert Cole, Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA)
2007 Recipient: Mary Springfels, Newberry Consort (Chicago, IL)
2006 Recipient: Alejandro Enrique Planchart, UCSB (Santa Barbara, CA)
2005 Recipient: Friedrich and Ingeborg von Huene, Von Huene Workshop (Boston, MA)
2004 Recipient: Laurette Goldberg, Music Sources (Berkeley, CA)
2003 Recipient: Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata, et al. (Boston, MA)
2002 Recipient: Philip Brett, UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
2001 Recipient: Timothy McGee, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
2000 Recipients: Michael & Kay Jaffee, The Waverly Consort (Patterson, NY)
1999 Recipient: George Houle, Stanford University (Stanford, CA); Santa Ynez Press
1998 Recipient: George Hunter, University of Illinois (Urbana, IL); Northwood Music
The Laurette Goldberg Award
The Laurette Goldberg Award is named for Laurette Goldberg, a teacher, performer, author and founder of musical enterprises in the San Francsico Bay area. The award, which is given at the June annual meeting and carries a $1,000 cash prize, recognizes outstanding achievement in outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults.
Early Music Outreach Award (2007-2010)
The Early Music Outreach Award recognized and promoted excellence in outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults by ensembles and individual artists.
2010 Recipient: Phillip Serna (Chicago, IL)
2010 Recipient (Lifetime Early Music Outreach Award): Judith Davidoff (New York, NY)
2009 Recipient: Jerry Fuller (Chicago, IL)
2009 Recipient (Special Early Music Outreach Award): Grace Feldman (New Haven, CT)
2008 Recipient: Arcadia Players (Amherst, MA)
2008 Recipient (Special Early Music Outreach Award): Tina Chancey (Washington, DC)
2007 Recipient: Sarasa Ensemble (Boston, MA)