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. It recognizes outstanding achievement in both performance and scholarship by the director of a university or college collegium musicum. The recipient also receives a free copy of Sibelius, an excellent notation program for early music. (Yearly recommendation deadline: January 15).
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.
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
Early Music Outreach Award
2007 Recipient: Sarasa Ensemble, (Boston, MA)
The Early Music Outreach Award recognizes and promotes excellence in outreach and/or educational projects for children or adults by ensembles and individual artists. The award is given at Early Music America’s annual meeting in June in the years in which the award is made. The winner receives a $1000 cash prize to support its endeavors.
Both self-nominations and nominations by others are welcome. A letter of intent stating the nominee’s qualifications must be received in the EMA office by January 1 of each year. A program description and supporting materials must be received by April 1. These materials can include CDs, videotapes/DVDs, concert programs and/or handouts, curriculum materials, photographs, letters of recommendation, or reports by first hand observers. Documentation of the impact of the program is necessary for consideration for the award.
Judging of nominees is done by members of EMA’s Board of Directors and Education Committee.