2001/02 ALANA Foundation grant at Michigan State University
$1,800 for academic research and special studies project on the performance of African American Art Song with University of Michigan professor and former tenor of the New York Metropolitan Opera Mr. George I. Shirley
2001 Sing Lansing Vocal Competition" Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Finalist/Classical division winner
2000-03 King/Chavez/Parks Future Faculty Doctoral Fellowship Award
$35,000 fellowship award towards completion of the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree at Michigan State University
2000 Opera Memphis/University of Memphis National Singer Search Auditions Winner
2000 Nominee for Graduate Student of the Year at Central Michigan University
2000 Gil Rau Choral Scholar Grant ($700) at First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, MI
1999 Gil Rau Choral Scholar Grant ($700) at First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, MI
1998 Gil Rau Choral Scholar Grant ($700) at First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, MI
1998 N.A.T.S. Regional Finalist
1998 King/Chavez/Parks Future Faculty Master's Fellowship
$15,000 fellowship award towards academic study at the masterís level
1998 William Penn Foundation Grant
$30,000 grant awarded to the Darlington Fine Arts Center for a special ìAt Risk Music Outreach projectî in Chester Pennsylvania. I was the co-author of the grant proposal and musical director of the project.
1994 Voice Area Concerto Competition winner, West Chester University School of Music
1994 Recipient of the John Gutscher Memorial Award
$200 academic award towards musical studies at the undergraduate level in Music Education. |