{"id":191,"date":"2023-03-26T07:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T07:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:54:07","slug":"outstanding-contributor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/?page_id=191","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Contributor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Outstanding Bandmaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Outstanding Bandmaster award is presented annually by KBA to Kansas Band Directors who have distinguished themselves through their musical accomplishments, service to bands, and excellence in teaching.&nbsp;<br><br>Selection Considerations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Kansas Bandmasters Association past membership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service and impact to the Kansas Bandmasters Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nominations for Outstanding Bandmaster can include: Current or Retired KBA Members (award may be received posthumously)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service has helped &#8220;Build Better Bands for Kansas&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributions to instrumental music education within the state of Kansas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How to nominate a candidate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Please fill out your name, e-mail address, and phone number in the fields below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the &#8220;Add&#8221; button to enter your nominee&#8217;s information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once you have entered the first candidate, you may enter additional candidates by repeating the process above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you have finished adding candidates, click &#8220;Submit Nomination(s)&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"SFctr\" class=\"SF\" data-org=\"30130\" data-ini=\"!form\/OutstandingContributor\" data-fnd=\"Search\" data-scl=\"0\" data-out=\"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\" data-sfi=\"1\" style=\"position:relative;height:auto\"><div id=\"SFpne\" style=\"position:relative\"><div class=\"SFpne\">Loading&#8230;<\/div><\/div><div id=\"SFfin\" style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">2025 Outstanding Contributor \u2013 Shawn Chastain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/320ea88618717a61403326cf50530560-1016x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2816 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/320ea88618717a61403326cf50530560-1016x1024.png 1016w, https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/320ea88618717a61403326cf50530560-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/320ea88618717a61403326cf50530560-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/320ea88618717a61403326cf50530560-768x774.png 768w, https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/320ea88618717a61403326cf50530560.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Shawn Chastain is starting his 20th as Executive Coordinator of Fine Arts for the Wichita Public Schools, supporting 275+ faculty members who instruct over 25,000 students enrolled in WPS Fine Arts Programs. Prior to this position, Shawn spent 15 years in the choral music classroom at Wichita Charles Curtis Middle School and Heights High School.&nbsp; While at Curtis and Heights, Chastain\u2019s choirs consistently received superior ratings at district, state and regional festivals. His select ensembles were awarded exemplary\/best-in-class at festivals in Dallas, San Antonio, Breckenridge, Branson, and Chicago. Chastain received his degrees from Wichita State University, where he has also served a Presser Scholar, Senior Honor Man, guest lecturer, &amp; commencement speaker. In addition to his educational responsibilities, Shawn is Music Coordinator\/Adult &amp; Youth Choir Director at Wichita\u2019s Calvary United Methodist Church, Director of the Wichita Choral Society, and ARISE (African Americans Renewing Interest in Spirituals Ensemble). Shawn has also directed WSU\u2019s Kodaly Certification Adult Choral Ensemble and the Sedgwick County Jail\u2019s Men\u2019s Ensemble.&nbsp; He is past president of the Kansas Choral Directors Association, WSU\u2019s Fine Arts Advisory Board\/Friends of Fine Arts, and past chair of NAfME\u2019s Music Program Leaders Advisory Council. Shawn currently serves as an ex-officio board member of the Wichita Arts Council, Wichita Symphony, Ballet Wichita &amp; Empty Bowls Wichita. In the summer of 2005, Chastain was selected as one of 15 educators in the United States to participate in the Fulbright German-American Teacher Linkage Program.&nbsp; Shawn has received the Outstanding Administrator Award from the Kansas Art Educators Association, Kansas Music Educators Association and Midwest Kodaly Music Educators of America. He is also a 2020 Wichita State University Fine Arts Hall of Fame inductee, 2022 Wichita Public Schools Good Apple award winner and the 2024 Outstanding Administrator by the Organization of American Kodaly Educators.&nbsp; Shawn resides in East Wichita with his wife Debbie, an NILD Educational Therapist.&nbsp; They are proud parents of Lindsey, WPS Speech Pathologist; Eric, USPS Rural Carrier; and Elsie, BCC Headliner Show Choir member.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shawn credits the foundation of his lifelong love for music and the arts, from his experiences as a 5th-12th band student. Principal Band Directors, Private Teachers &amp; Influencers include Maranda Wilson, Dr. Dan Stiffler, Rev. Larry Greenwood, Denny Senseney, Lori Supinie, Dwight Beckham Sr., Keith Woolery, Casey Teske, Jerry Ramsey, Bob Bitter, Russ Widener and Dr. William Mathis (Jr. &amp; Sr.).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Recipients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2024 Jim Fuchs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2023 Bob Bitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2022  Randy Fillmore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2021  Craig Manteuffel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020  Jim Mareda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2019  Ed Bartley &amp; Gary Fletcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018  Lori Supinie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017  Craig Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016  Becky Manning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2015  Reggie Romine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2014  Andy Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013  Richard Fruhauf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2012  Harold Willis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011  J. Bradley Bone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2010  Ron Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009  Bob Marshall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008  Paul Rimovsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007  Ken Fruhauf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006  Larry Blocher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2005  Clyde Bysom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2004  Chuck Rouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003  Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2002  Bill Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2001  Don Corbett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2000  Dee Starkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1999  Clyde Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1998  James Barnes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1997  Bill Funk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1997  Arch Martin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1996  Denny Senseney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1995  Gerald W. Fuchs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1994  Max Green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1993  Chuck Blackrim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1992  Bob Laushman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1991  Bob Cunningham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1990  Jim Starkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1989  Leon Hale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1988  Frank Fendorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1987  Charlie Molina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1986  Bueford T. 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