Notably, this was 9 years before Our Lady of the Lake allowed Black students and 20 years before the Second Vatican Council would allow vernacular liturgy and modern music.
[2][3] In 1963 and 1968, Gentemann received the title of Composer of the Year by the Texas Music Teachers Association.
In 1966 and 1968, she won two awards from the National Catholic Music Educators Association.
The National Guild of Piano Teachers named her as a Composer of Distinction in 1967.
[2] Gentemann has entries in Who's Who in Music, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the Southwest, Who's Who in Texas, and Who's Who in the International Dictionary of Biography.