Miller Grove Music Teacher on Award Shortlist

The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation have announced the quarter finalists for the inaugural Music Educator Award, and a dozen candidates from Georgia are among them.

Keven Shepherd, a music teacher at Miller Grove High School in Lithonia, is on the list.

The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators 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 the schools, a press release stated.

The winner will be flown to Los Angeles to accept the award, attend the Grammy Awards ceremony, and receive a $10,000 honorarium.

The semifinalists will be announced in August. For more information, visit the website.