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The Keene State College Music Department has bestowed its Distinguished Alumni Award for 2022-23 to Heidi J. Welch, Class of 1996, who serves as the Director of Music Education at Castleton State University in Castleton, Vermont. ... The Award was established in 2007 and is presented annually to an individual who, in the opinion of the college’s music faculty, has distinguished themself as a musician, music educator, or as a representative of Keene State College alumni. ... “There are many s...

The Keene State College Music Department bestowed its Distinguished Alumni Award for 2021-22 to Ted Mann, a professor with a distinguished career in guitar performance, composition, music history and theory, and online education. ... Mann, of Peterborough, was honored with the award at the PRISM: Music Alumni Showcase on March 25 at the Redfern Arts Center. ... Mann is a Lecturer in Music at Keene State. He holds degrees in guitar performance from Keene State, music history and theory from UNH, ...