Lifetime Achievement Award
This honor is given by the Board of Trustees in recognition of the recipient's significant and substantial lifetime achievement in scholarship, performance, teaching, and/or support of American Music.
The following is a list of awardees:
| Award Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Judith Tick |
| 2012 | Donald Krummel |
| 2011 | Paul E. Bierley & Kate Van Winkle Keller |
| 2010 | Wayne Shirley |
| 2009 | Horace Clarence Boyer |
| 2008 | Bill C. Malone |
| 2007 | Vivian Perlis |
| 2006 | Samuel A. Floyd, Jr |
| 2005 | Dena Epstein |
| 2004 | Adrienne Fried Block |
| 2003 | H. Wiley Hitchcock |
| 2002 | Charles Hamm |
| 2001 | Richard Crawford |
| 2000 | Billy Taylor & Eileen Southern |
| 1999 | Robert Stevenson |

