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The Distinguished Educator Award recognizes outstanding service and dedication to education. Dr. Vincent Lawrence is widely recognized as an expert in secondary general music education. For 21 years he was Professor of Music at Towson University in Maryland, where he was the chairperson of Music Education and directed the University Chorale.
During that time he was actively involved in teaching general music in the middle school. Dr. Lawrence is the author of Music and You (K-8) and a coordinating author of Share the Music (Grades K-8), both published by McGraw-Hill. He is also author of the leading high school text Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives, published by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. Prior to Dr. Lawrence’s appointment at Towson University, he taught secondary general and choral music in the Baltimore County Public Schools.
Since 1995 Dr. Lawrence has been Vice President and Director of Fine Arts Marketing for McGraw-Hill School Division in New York.