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The Lifetime Achievement Award is conferred upon a Tennessee teacher whose life work is widely acknowledged to have influenced positively the role of the arts in education, thereby benefiting the students of Tennessee’s schools.
The Lorin Hollander Award is given to a Tennessean whose influence has benefited arts education in general and/or the Tennessee Arts Academy in particular. This award is named in honor of internationally renowned concert pianist Lorin Hollander, a special friend of the Academy.
The Distinguished Service Award is presented to an American whose work stands as a monument to the importance of the arts in the lives of all people.
The Spirit of Tennessee Award recognizes an individual or group whose work exemplifies the highest standards of artistic endeavor and brings positive recognition to the place of the arts in the lives of Tennesseans.
The Partner in the Arts Award recognizes an individual or group whose work exemplifies the highest standards of artistic endeavor and brings positive recognition to the place of the arts in the lives of Tennesseans.
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| 2008 Academy Award Recipients |
Steve Spiegel
Partner in the Arts Award
Tuesday Afternoon Musings - July 15, 2008
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 Steve Spiegel is the founder of Theatrical Rights Worldwide, a new company representing musicals on behalf of their authors for presentation by theatre organizations throughout the world. Steve has worked for R&H Theatricals and was an agent at the William Morris Agency. From 1979 to 2002, Steve worked at Music Theatre International (MTI), serving in many executive capacities including President. Under Steve’s direction, the company became the leader in the field of worldwide musical licensing through innovative marketing and promotional enterprises, unmatched licensing strategies and development of innovative new products and services. Steve is an advocate for the arts and his pioneering efforts and expertise have nurtured educational, community and professional theatre throughout the world. In 1996, he received the Distinguished Merit Award from the American Association of Community Theatres for Outstanding Service to Community Theatre in America and in 2001 was honored again with their Business Partner Award. He has been recognized for his support of arts education by the Educational Theatre Association, the New York State Theatre Educators Association and the Florida Association For Theatre Education. In 2000, Steve received the Ohio Community Theatre President’s Award and the US Army, European Division’s Outstanding Support of Theatre award.
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Henry Krieger
Lifetime Achievement Award
Wednesday Evening Banquet - July 16, 2008
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 Henry Krieger is the Grammy Award winning and Tony/Oscar nominated New York based composer of the Broadway musicals Dreamgirls, The Tap Dance Kid and Side Show. His latest production, Up In The Air, opened to enthusiastic reviews at the John F. Kennedy Center in February, 2008. Krieger’s musical education began while listening to the strains of Chopin and Liszt flowing from his parents' phonograph. As a young adult, he accompanied his parents to Broadway musicals, where the show-stopping production numbers made an indelible impression that would help to shape his life’s work. He began composing Off-Off Broadway in his early twenties and soon achieved fame for his groundbreaking score for Dreamgirls. In 2004 his production of Lucky Duck, a farcical adaptation of “The Ugly Duckling”, premiered at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Upcoming projects for 2008 and 2009 include new conceptions of Dreamgirls (Director, Bobby Longbottom) and Side Show (Director, Bill Condon.) Other upcoming projects include Romantic Poetry with playwright-director, John Patrick Shanley and The Flamingo Kid directed by Michael Mayer. (Photo courtesy of Henry Leutwyler)
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Jeanette Crosswhite
Lorin Hollander Award
Friday Afternoon Luncheon - July 18, 2008
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 Jeanette Crosswhite is director of the Arts Education Program of the Tennessee Department of Education. Prior to becoming director of the program, she was a music consultant with the department of education working with music teachers in middle and west Tennessee. Before coming to the department, Dr. Crosswhite was associate professor of music at Milligan College, teaching music methods courses and working with public school students and teachers in the northeast Tennessee area. A graduate of Longwood College and the Music School of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, she earned the Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She also has completed Level III Orff studies at the University of Memphis.
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Recipients From Previous Years
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Lifetime Achievement Award
1995 Joseph Edward Hodges, Crossville
1996 Freda Kenner, Bells
1996 Sue Blass, Jackson
1997 Elizabeth Rike, Knoxville
1997 Celia Bachelder, Kingsport
1998 James Charles Mills, Johnson City
1998 Gene Crain, Memphis
1999 Patricia Brown, Knoxville
2000 Robert Pletcher, Nashville
2000 Kathy Hawk, Kingsport
2001 Tommie Pardue, Memphis
2001 Tully Daniel, awarded posthumously
2004 Marilyn DuBrisk, Greeneville
2004 Bobby Jean Frost, Nashville
2005 Nancy Boone-Allsbrook, Murfreesboro
2005 Sally Crain Jager, Cookeville
2006 Michael Combs, Knoxville
2006 Jean R. Thomas, Chattanooga
2006 Mitchell Van Metre, Knoxville
2007 David Logan, Johnson City
Lorin Hollander Award
1994 Cavit Cheshier, Education Executive
1995 Steven Cohen, State Senator
1996 Nellie McNeil, Teacher and Advocate
1997 Tom L. Naylor, Music Educator and Administrator
1998 T. Earl Hinton, Music Educator
1999 Jane Walters, Educator and Arts Advocate
2000 Martha McCrory, Music Educator
2001 Solie Fott, Music Educator
Distinguished Service Award
1994 Charles Strouse, Broadway Composer
1995 Charles Fowler, Arts Educator, Writer and Advocate
1996 Jerome Lawrence, Playwright
1997 Lorin Hollander, Concert Pianist and Philosopher
2000 Scott Ellis, Theatre Director; Mary Costa, Opera Singer
2001 Sheldon Harnick, Broadway Composer
2001 Tina Packer, Shakespeare Actor and Director
2003 Bob McGrath, Singer and Host of Sesame Street
2005 John Simon, Author and Arts Critic
2005 Dean Pitchford, Songwriter, Lyricist, Screenwriter, and Director
2006 Andre Thomas, Choral Conductor
2007 Joe Dipietro, Broadway Playwright and Lyricist
Spirit of Tennessee Award
2000 Wilma Dykeman, Writer
2001 Jim Crabtree, Theatre Director and Writer
2002 Alice Swanson, Arts Education Administrator and Advocate
2003 George Mabry, Choral Conductor
2006 Dolph Smith, Visual Artist
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