The MTNA Achievement Award, MTNA's highest honor, is bestowed upon an individual who has made significant and lasting contributions to the music teaching profession.

Previous winners include:

2007 Henry Z. Steinway (NY)
         Marienne Uszler (CA)
2006 Van Cliburn (TX), Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn 
         (TX-awarded posthumously) and 
         Irl Allison (TX-awarded posthumously)
2005 Louise Goss (NJ)
2004 Guy Duckworth (CA) and Karl Bruhn (CA)
2003 Robert Pace (NY)
2002 William Bolcom and Joan Morris(MI), and Nelita True (NY)
2001 Joseph Brye (PA) and Dave Brubeck (CT)
2000 Leon Fleisher (MD)
1999 James and Jane Bastien (CA)
1998 Richard Chronister (CA)
1997 Ross Lee Finey (CA)
1996 Robert Starer (NY) and Willard Palmer (TX)
1994 Maurice Hinson (KY)
1992 Wilfred Bain (IN) and Frances Clark (NJ)
1990 Baldwin Piano and Organ Co. 
      (Cincinnati at the time, now Nashville, TN)