The ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Award Honoring W.C. Handy at Mount Vernon High School
Created in celebration of W.C. Handy's 125th birthday, this award, funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, is awarded to an organization whose mission is to provide music therapy to disadvantaged students. The W.C. Handy Foundation, Inc. selects the recipient.
Past Recipients:
| The Rise School | 2019 |
| The Rise School | 2018 |
| The Rise School | 2017 |
| N'Dea Bajjo | 2015 |
| Zakiya Hinkson | 2014 |
| Labrea Pringle | 2013 |
| Jameil White | 2012 |
| Somto Imperial Anumba | 2011 |
| Chelsea Hamlet | 2010 |
| Pierre Joseph | 2009 |
| Felicia Bennett Tyrell Brown |
2008 |
| Jahmal Brown Jody Ann Green |
2007 |
| Erroll Brown Gabriel Felippe Howard Meadows |
2006 |
| Sarah Bellott Jason Scott |
2005 |
| Sade Hewit Taturn Shirley |
2004 |
| Jason Cornwall John Isaac |
2003 |
| Sherron Patterson Garth Crooks |
2002 |
| Candece Reid | 2001 |
| Stephanie Senior Boyd Griffiths |
2000 |