2022 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
2022 Lifetime Achievement Awards
Together, let us celebrate! NATS honors, thanks, and celebrates the accomplishments of three outstanding people — Richard Sjoerdsma, Sharon Mabry, and Jimmy Webb — with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the NATS 57th national conference.
NATS honors Journal of Singing Editor-in-Chief Richard Sjoerdsma with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his many years of dedicated service to the association and the journal. Sjoerdsma announced he would be relinquishing his role after the 2022-2023 publication cycle concludes. He will have served in the position for an impressive 22 years at the end of his tenure, which translates to overseeing more than 100 issues, more than 300 feature articles, more than 1,500 regularly recurring columns, and millions of words. Congratulations, Dick!
NATS awards longtime member Sharon Mabry with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Mabry recently retired after teaching voice for 52 years at Austin Peay State University. For a quarter of a century, between 1985 and 2009, Mabry wrote a column for Journal of Singing that many NATS members will remember called “New Directions” where she discussed trends in contemporary music. Through her writings, lectures and performances, Mabry encouraged many in the field to become comfortable singing and teaching contemporary vocal music. Congratulations, Sharon!
NATS presents Jimmy Webb with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his years of dedication to the art of songwriting and his collaborative spirit with a wide range of vocal artists. Webb is the only artist to receive GRAMMY® Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration with songs that transcend generations and genres. Among his many timeless hits are “The Worst That Could Happen,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” “Wichita Lineman,” “Up, Up and Away” and “MacArthur Park.” In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine listed Webb as one of the top 50 songwriters of all time. At his time of induction, Webb was the youngest member ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Jimmy!
Join us as NATS presents the award to Webb during his concert on Saturday, July 2, and as NATS honors Sjoerdsma and Mabry at the gala celebration banquet on Sunday, July 3. #NATSChicago2022 H NATS.org H #NATSinChicago
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