Title: Professor
Company: New River Community College
Location: Dublin, VA United States
Achievements:
- Inductee, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement (2018)
- Semifinalist, American Prize Piano Competition (2015)
- Keynote speaker Summer Teacher Symposium Virginia Highlands Community College (2015)
- Outstanding Faculty Award, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (2014)
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, National Association for Music Education Adult and Community Music Special Research Group (2014)
- Keynote speaker Virginia Community College System New Faculty Seminar (2014)
- College Music Society International Conference Zagreb, Croatia: Lecture-Recital (2009)
- Semi-finalist, Web Concert Hall International Competition (2004)
- Exemplary Performance Award, Radford University (1997)
- First Prize, International Bartok-Kabalevsky Piano Competition (1987)
- First Prize, Maxim Shapiro Memorial Piano Competition (1978)
- Two-time Second Place Runner-Up, International Piano Recording Competition
- Honorable Mention, Young Artist International Piano Recording Competition
- DVD Lecture-Recital: “Mazeppa, An Inspirational Living Legend”
- Compact Disc: “Passion” – Bach, Franck, Wagner-Liszt, Liszt
- Compact Disc: “From Bartók to the Popol Vuh” – Bartók, Kabalevsky, Petrassi, Holliday
- Compact Disc: “Louise Billaud” – Bach, Beethoven, Barber, Holliday, Rachmaninoff, Liapunov
- Interest Groups: College Music Society, Music Teachers National Association, Alpha Delta Kappa
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America (2006-2009, 2011-2014, 2016)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who of American Women (2000, 2005-2006, 2008, 2010)
- Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the World (2006, 2009)
Designations:
- Doctor of Musical Arts, Boston University
- Master of Arts, Radford University
- Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Magna Cum Laude
- National Certified Teacher of Music
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