Nancy Stück was named a quarterfinalist for the Grammy’s Music Educator Award 2016. In 2015 she was recognized as an “ Outstanding Arts Educator, Orange County Music and Arts Administration;” and received an “I Make a Difference Award” from the County of Orange, TUSD Special Education Advisory Committee. She holds Bachelor degrees from Azusa Pacific University and Multnomah University, and a Master’s degree from Azusa Pacific. Mrs. Stück is a member of the Music Teachers Association of California, the Southern California Vocal Association, and the American Choral Directors Association. Her choirs have performed at Carnegie Hall in New York where they received a Gold Award, Segerstrom Hall in the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the Imagination Celebration, and various other venues throughout the west coast. Mrs. Stück is currently teaching choir and guitar at Arnold O. Beckman High School as well as being an adjunct faculty member at Vanguard University. Her high school students are music scholarship winners to such prestigious institutes as Oberlin Music Conservatory, Northwestern, Boston College, and NYU to name a few.