Awards and honors

Winner of Tennessee NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Artist Auditions, 1989

Winner of Mid-South District NATS Artist Auditions, KY & TN, 1989

National Semi-Finalist (1 of 13) NATS Artist Auditions - Los Angeles, CA, 1989

National Finalist (1 of 7) NATS Artist Auditions, Los Angeles, CA, 1989

1st Place Winner in the Madame Rose Palmai-Tenser Competition, sponsored by Mobile Opera, 1978

Metropolitan Opera Auditions Regional Finalist in Memphis, TN, 1983

Tennessee Winner of the National Federation of Music Clubs Artist Auditions, 1985 

Winner of TN State NATS Artist Auditions, 1984

Winner of Mid-South NATS District Auditions, KY & TN, 1984

National Semi-Finalist (1 of 13) - New Orleans, LA, 1984

National Finalist (1 of 6) of the NATS Artist Auditions - New Orleans, LA, 1984

A Winner in the Atlanta Civic Opera Auditions, 1983

Metropolitan Opera Auditions Regional Finalist, New Orleans, LA, 1982

Honorable Mention (2nd Place) in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition (all instruments):  Vocal Category Winner, Wichita, KS, 1983

Winner of TN NATS Artist Auditions, 1983

Winner of Mid-South NATS Artist Auditions, 1983

National Semi-Finalist (1 of 13), NATS Artist Auditions, 1983

Accepted into Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, CA), 1985

Fellow at Bach Aria Festival in Stony Brook, NY, 1993

Accepted into Aspen Opera Program, Aspen CO, 1984

Metropolitan Opera Auditions Regional Finalist in New Orleans, LA, 1978

NATS Finals

Deanne Irvine, collaborator and friend, and I going to competitions (a few years ago)

Ramiro in Mozart's La finta giardiniera, Music Academy of the West