Nominations for the 2024-2025 MAJE Lifetime Achievement Award are now open.
Nominate a deserving Jazz Educator by filling out the link below.
MAJE Lifetime Achievement Award Past Recipients
2023-2024 Vincent Macrina
2022-2023 Paul Pitts
2021-2022 Gerald Dolan
2020-2021 Thomas Lizotte
2019-2020 Brent Ferguson
2018-2019 George Murphy
2017-2018 Rob Rose
2016-2017 Jeff Leonard
2015-2016 Peter Tileston
2014-2015 David Jost
2013-2014 Kenny Hadley
2012-2013 Tom Everett
2011-2012 Pat Stout
2010-2011 Raymond Novack
2009-2010 Stanley Ellis
2008-2009 Jeffrey Holmes
2007-2008 Ron Christianson
2006-2007 Greg Hopkins
2005-2006 Rich Falco
2004-2005 David Sporny
2003-2004 Tom Tisdell
2002-2003 Paul Alberta
2001-2002 Joseph Viola
2000-2001 Dennis Wrenn and Stephen Massey
1999-2000 John LaPorta
1998-1999 Frank Patterson
1997-1998 Rick Stepton
1996-1997 Lawrence Berk
1995-1996 Don Bastarache
1994-1995 Herb Pomeroy
2022-2023 Paul Pitts
2021-2022 Gerald Dolan
2020-2021 Thomas Lizotte
2019-2020 Brent Ferguson
2018-2019 George Murphy
2017-2018 Rob Rose
2016-2017 Jeff Leonard
2015-2016 Peter Tileston
2014-2015 David Jost
2013-2014 Kenny Hadley
2012-2013 Tom Everett
2011-2012 Pat Stout
2010-2011 Raymond Novack
2009-2010 Stanley Ellis
2008-2009 Jeffrey Holmes
2007-2008 Ron Christianson
2006-2007 Greg Hopkins
2005-2006 Rich Falco
2004-2005 David Sporny
2003-2004 Tom Tisdell
2002-2003 Paul Alberta
2001-2002 Joseph Viola
2000-2001 Dennis Wrenn and Stephen Massey
1999-2000 John LaPorta
1998-1999 Frank Patterson
1997-1998 Rick Stepton
1996-1997 Lawrence Berk
1995-1996 Don Bastarache
1994-1995 Herb Pomeroy