Arkansas professor honored with Grammy for work in music education The Grammy Educator Award recognizes active educators how have made a lasting contribution to the field of music education. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 10:57 AM CST March 11, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A University of Arkansas professor has been named the winner of the prestigious 2021 Grammy Music Educator Award. Jeffery Allen Murdock is an associate professor of music education at the university. Murdock prides himself on being not just a teacher of music but a mentor in life, he said in a CBS This Morning interview. The Grammy Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum, recognizes active educators how have made a lasting contribution to the field of music education.