student awards (selected)

• Public performances on historic instruments — DeWitt Wallace Gallery, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
• Public performances — Mum Fest, New Bern
• National Paderewski Winner — American College of Musicians (numerous students)
• First Place — NC Music Association [NCMA] Piano Solo (intermediate division)
• Second Place — NCMA Piano Solo (advanced division)
• Superior/Honors level — North Carolina Music Teachers' Association (NCMTA) District Piano Solo
• Superior/Honors level — NCMTA State Piano Solo (numerous)
• Invited piano soloist — NCMTA State Convention (numerous)
• First Place — NCMTA District Musical Theatre
• First Place — NCMA Musical Theatre (young artist division)
• First Place — NCMA Folk/Patriotic Singing (young artist division)
• First Place — NCMA Vocal Art Song (junior division)
• First Place — NCMA Musical Theatre (junior division)
• First Place — NC Federation of Music Clubs [Fed] District Piano Solo
• First Place — Fed. District Folk/Patriotic Singing
• First Place — Fed. State Folk/Patriotic Singing
• National Guild of Piano Teachers — 35 years of superior ratings in New Bern Auditions
• National Guild of Piano Teachers — Diploma in Piano Performance (numerous students)
• First Place — NC Division of the National Association of Teachers of Singing [NATS] — classical vocal: high school male division
• First Place — NC Division of NATS — classical vocal: high school female
• First Place — Mid-Atlantic Regional Division of NATS — classical vocal: high school female
• Second Place — Mid-Atlantic Regional Division of NATS — classical vocal: high school male
• First Place — NC Division of NATS — musical theatre: high school male division
• Second Place — NC Division of NATS — musical theatre: high school female
• Second Place — NC Division of NATS — children's division: classical vocal
• Third Place — NC Division of NATS — youth division: classical vocal