2025 NYSSMA Award Applications
NYSSMA® Awards 2024
2024-25 National Federation of State High Schools (NFHS)
Performing Arts Educator Award Recipients Announced
By NFHS on January 31, 2025 music directors & adjudicators article
A total of 59 individuals have been selected to receive Outstanding Performing Arts Educator Awards from the NFHS, including 25 with Outstanding Music Educator Awards, 23 with Outstanding Speech and Debate Educator Awards and 11 with Outstanding Theatre Awards.
The 25 music honorees include s 17 state recipients.
The Outstanding Music Educator Awards began in 1989, and 411 have been honored with state awards.
David Cerullo (New York)
David Cerullo has spent more than 40 years serving students and his colleagues in music education in New York. Currently serving as an adjunct professor at the Crane School of Music, Cerullo’s career is a model of service. As a band director and district administrator, Cerullo is celebrated as an exemplary leader, and as a resource for the New York State School Music Association, he has made significant contributions that will continue to inspire generations of music students.
NYSSMA Awards
Susan L. Weber, East Meadow – Chairperson
Help NYSSMA recognize:
- Presidential Citation/ Award of Excellence – for outstanding district-wide music programs
- Outstanding School Award – for outstanding music program in a building within the following cities: Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers
- Distinguished Service Award – for distinguished service to NYSSMA
- Outstanding Contributor Award – for an individual, business, or corporation supporting music education (non New York State music educator)
- Early Career Achievement Educator Award – contributions of music educators in New York State at the local level who have been in the field between 5 – 9 years
- Established Educator Award – distinguished service by music educators at the local level who have been in the field a minimum of 10 years
- Music Education Innovation Award – recognizing new and creative approaches to music education within or outside the school day
Applications:
Any questions please contact Susan Weber at: awards@nyssma.org
Susan Weber
NYSSMA Awards chairperson