We are pleased to announce that Nancy and Randall Faber have been selected as recipients of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Achievement Award for 2026.
This award is MTNA’s highest honor, only bestowed upon individuals and entities that have made significant and lasting contributions to music and to the music teaching profession. Past individuals to receive this honor include Van Cliburn, Dave Brubeck, Leon Fleischer, Ross Lee Finney, Henry Steinway, William Bolcom and Joan Morris, Alan Walker, Warren Jones, Menahem Pressler, Iris and Morty Manus, Byron Janis, John Perry, Emmanuel Ax and George Walker, Melvin Stecher & Norman Horowitz, Gary Ingle, and Dallas and Nancy Weekley.
“Through their visionary work in piano pedagogy, Nancy and Randall Faber have transformed the way teachers teach and students learn, inspiring generations of musicians around the world. Their commitment to excellence, creativity, and the empowerment of music teachers embodies the mission of MTNA. We are deeply grateful for their enduring contributions to our profession and are delighted to recognize their remarkable legacy,” said Brian Shepard, CEO of the Music Teachers National Association.
The Fabers will be recognized at the MTNA National Conference in Chicago, Illinois on March 24, 2026.
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Congratulations, Nancy and Randall, on this well-deserved and very high honor!!! My students and I have learned so much from you. Thank you for all you have done for each one of us and for making the world a much better place to live because of your love and sharing of music. Warmest Best Wishes! Mary Kay Mason
Congrats to both of you! You are always working hard to teach and support piano teachers to give their students the best knowledge and materials to learn and grow musically. Thank you!
Congratulations, Randy and Nancy. Well deserved award!
Looking forward to seeing you both in Chicago.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Well deserved!!! So ecstatic for you!!!!!
You have worked so hard to help all of us!!!!!!
Well-deserved recognition! I am a 70 year old piano teacher who started with Schaum and Thompson, and progressed through the years as each new method arrived – Bastien, Alfred, etc. But since discovering the Fabers, I’ve not moved on as nothing better has come out. Thank you for your brilliant series of books.
I couldn’t think of two more deserving people! Their work has totally transformed the way so man y of us teachers teach and approach music teaching and learning. And even though they are world renowned remain humble with an attitude of helping all teachers be the best music educators possible. Congratulations Randall and Nancy! Wish I could be at the convention to congratulate in person!
Congratulations Nancy and Randy. It is a reward well deserved.
Tommie
Highest Honors to you ! Your presence and innovative leadership through publications, online support, philanthropic contributions, and tireless support for young and older pianists throughout the world have changed the course of my life.
Congratulations!!
Charlotte Tacy Holliday
I love all that you have brought to the music teaching profession and to the lives of our students! You remain innovative and are always pushing the boundaries of what can be possible! We appreciate all your work and are delighted that you have received this award!
Congratulations! We all just love everything you do!
Congratulations! I love the Faber series more than other method out there or what I grew up using! My students benefit from the well paced and thought out curriculum!
Congratulations Nancy and Randall Faber on your well deserved award from MTNA! I use your method books all of the time and love them!
Congratulations for being recognized for all you have done for us.
Congratulations Randell and Nancy. As a senior adult student, I have spent many happy hours learning to play the piano.
Congratulations, Nancy and Randall! This is a truly well-deserved recognition of your remarkable and enduring contribution to piano pedagogy. I feel deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to work on the Spanish version of Piano Adventures.
Excellent! Congratulations! And, thank you for all the fine work that you do to help both teachers and students.
Outstanding contribution to the way we humans learn to appreciate music!
Dear Randy and Nancy,
Your commitment and love for sharing music has powerfully transformed learners of all ages. The entire piano culture is simply more capable and passionate as a result of your work. I am among so many talented teachers whose lives have been deeply touched by your level of integrity and wisdom in bringing the best pedagogy and greatest joy to all our students. I am so grateful for what you have done. Enjoy the outpouring of love and especially the evening of March 24th in Chicago! We love you so much.
Congratulations, Nancy and Randall Faber! You deserve this award 100% and then some! Piano Adventures is the best piano teaching method around – so fresh and original and easy to teach from. My students learn better from your method than from any other I have used. And I marvel at Nancy’s compositions – they are works of art that I enjoy playing as well as teaching. Thank you so much for this inspirational body of work.
Kudos to you, Nancy and Randy! You are educational music’s power couple! The marriage of your talents, pedagogical strengths, brilliance, and enthusiasm uplift every teacher’s studio every single day. Thank you for your lifelong devotion to spreading the joy of music as well as emphasizing the importance of encouraging creativity on a global level.
Congratulations, a Well Deserved Honour, and, from an aged learner, Thanks for your excellent and wide-ranging materials 😀
Although I am retired from teaching now, I so appreciated using the Piano Adventures curriculum for many years and never left the curriculum once I started it. This is a well deserved honor, Nancy and Randall! Congratulations!
muchas felicitaciones estimados Profesores , sigan con la gran profesion de enseñar piano y sus grandes Libros.
Congratulations Nancy and Randall Faber. This is well deserved honour for your contribution to Music education through your innovative and creative curriculum from your piano studies method “Piano Adventures”
I was lucky to meet Randall at RCM in Toronto. Hope to see you both soon.
Your friend
Abraham
Congratulations to you both! So happy for you!!
Bravo!!! You are hands down the most musical, artistic, accessible and pedagogically interesting and sound method ever!!! In other words my students feel inspired and enjoy their lessons so much and I am equally fired to teach them and see their progress! 😊👏