Grants and Awards Recipients


Teacher Professional Development Grant Recipients - 2023


Crystal Barron The Fall Voice Conference, Washington D.C.       $500.00

Report due November 15, 2023


Aram Barsamian Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop Online         $300.00

Report due February 1, 2024, or upon completion whichever is first. 


Janelle DeStefano NATS Science-Informed Vocal Ped Institute         $500.00

Report due August 1, 2023



Student Summer Study Award Recipients - 2023

Rachel Steinke Operation Opera  Sacramento, CA       $1,000.00

Report due August 1, 2023

Sakeena Godfrey Neil Semer Summer Vocal Institute, Milan, IT       $800.00

Report due August 15, 2023

Alexandra Reyna N.E.O Voice Festival, Los Angeles, CA                 $500.00

Report due August 1, 2023

Liliana Mindel Vocal Arts Institute, U. of Michigan                       $200.00

Report due September 1, 2023

Kobe Burton        Luke Houser Summer Opera Program, Philadelphia $200.00 

Report due September 1, 2023


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