Quarter-finalist, International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition
Encouragement Award, Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition
Finalist, Kurt Weill Foundation Lotte Lenya Competition
First Place, Five Towns Music and Art Foundation Voice Competition, 2008
First Place, Richardson Award for Voice, 2007
Finalist and Study Award Recipient, Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition, 2006
First Place, NATS Competition, Virginia State, 2005
Second Place, NATS Competition, Mid-Atlantic Region, 2004
Second Place, NANBPWC Vocal Arts Competition for Emerging Artists, 2004 (formerly the Leontyne Price Vocal Competition)
Opera Memphis Resident Young Artist, 2008
Utah Festival Opera Company Festival Artist, 2007
Martina Arroyo Foundation “Prelude to Performance” Program, 2005
Intermezzo Young Artists Development Program, 2003-2004
Manhattan School of Music, Professional Studies Certificate in Vocal Performance, 2008
George Mason University, M.M in Vocal Performance, 2006
Morgan State University, B.A. in Music, 2003
Condutors:
Micheal Ching, Willie A. Waters, Steven Crawford, Justin Bischof, Barbara Day-Turner, Dan Saunders
Directors:
Francesca Zambello, David Edwards, Muriel Von Villas, Robin Guarino, Laura Alley, Daniel Helfgot, Ellen Rievman, Gordon Ostrowski
Teachers:
Joan Patenaude-Yarnell, Patricia Miller, Betty Ridgeway
Coaches:
Arlene Shrut, Ed Roberts, Mozart de Oliveira, Milos Repicky
