AWARDS/HONORS

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8 Time Winner - Berklee High School Jazz Festival - Vocal Jazz Ensemble

5 Time Winner - Berklee High School Jazz Festival - Jazz Combo

1999 Festival Conductor - Vermont District 4 Festival Jazz Choir

2002 Student - Winner DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE Jazz Vocal Soloist of the Year

2002 Student - Accepted to Grammy Foundation Jazz Choir

2007 Student - Accepted to Grammy Foundation Jazz Choir

2003 Barnstable High School (Cape Cod, MA) Vocal Jazz Ensemble selected as a featured 

performance ensemble at the Massachusetts All-State Conference

2007 Booker High School (Sarasota, FL) Vocal Jazz Ensemble selected to perform on the Florida Music Educators' All-State Conference PRESIDENT'S CONCERT

2010 Booker High School (Sarasota, FL) Vocal Jazz Ensemble selected as a featured performance ensemble at the Florida Music Educators' All-State Conference

2010 Festival Conductor - All-Cape and Islands Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Cape Cod, MA

2012 Booker High School (Sarasota, FL) Vocal Jazz Ensemble selected as a featured performance ensemble at the ARTS SCHOOLS NETWORK Conference

Nominated for Disney American Teacher Award

Awarded as position as one of the Who's Who in America's Teachers

2013 Berklee Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Performance - Berklee Trustees Diner

2014 Berklee Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble performance at the 2014 Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference - Dallas, TX.

2014 Festival Conductor - All-Cape and Islands Festival Chorus - Cape Cod, MA

2016 Festival Conductor - Maine All-State Jazz Choir - Hampton, ME

2016 Berklee Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble performance at the 2016 American Choral Directors Conference (ACDA) - Boston, MA 

2018 Outstanding Performance Award - DownBeat Student Music Awards - Berklee Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble

2019 Festival Conductor - New Jersey All-State Jazz Choir - Newark, NJ

2019 Berklee Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble performance at the 2019 Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference - New Orleans, LA

2019 Winner, Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Level - DownBeat Student Music Awards - Berklee Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble

2020 Winner - Asynchronous Small Vocal Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Level - DownBeat Student Music Awards - Berklee Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble

2020 Winner - Asynchronous Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Level - DownBeat Student Music Awards - Berklee Vocal Jazz Ensembles 1 & 3 (tie)

2020 Outstanding Performance Award - Asynchronous Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble Undergraduate College Level - DownBeat Student Music Awards - Berklee Vocal Jazz    

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