Dr. Richard Nickerson honored

Dr. Richard Nickerson was honored on Thursday June 1 at the Windham High School (WHS) Performing Arts Center as a 2017 Music Educator Award™ finalist.

Nickerson is a music instructor at WHS and was honored by The Recording Academy® and the GRAMMY Museum®. Andrew Bogert, District Sales Manager for Journeys; Wally Camp Jr., President/General Manager of Rowe Ford Auburn; Jared Cassedy, 2015 Music Educator Award Winner, and Director of K-12 Performing Arts, Salem School District; Brian Linhares, District Sales Manager for Journeys; will present Nickerson with a $1,000 Honorarium and Windham High School will be presented with a matching $1,000 Grant.

A joint partnership and presentation of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Museum, the Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college, public, and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in schools. The award is open to current U.S. music teachers, and anyone can nominate a teacher - students, parents, friends, colleagues, community members, school deans, and administrators. Teachers are also able to nominate themselves, and nominated teachers are notified and invited to fill out an application.

Each year, one recipient is selected from 10 finalists and recognized for their remarkable impact on students' lives. The recipient is recognized during GRAMMY® Week, attends the GRAMMY Awards® ceremony and a range of other GRAMMY Week events, and receives a $10,000 Honorarium. In addition, the nine finalists each receive a $1,000 Honorarium and the schools of all 10 finalists receive matching Grants.