AWARDS
“Her stunning guitar work, clear voice, and fine songwriting tell me she will be around when the flash artists have gone.”
TOM PAXTON, Four-time Grammy Nominee
SELECTED COMPOSER AWARDS
2020
☆ First place / Composers Forum • For Original Composition • Dance of the Midnight Mouse
2019
☆ Second place / Composers Forum • For Original Composition • March of the Mannikins
2018
☆ First place / Composers Forum • for Original Composition • Grasshopper’s Holiday
SELECTED SONGWRITER AWARDS
2021
☆ Semi-finalist / International Song Writing Competition • For song, Be the Best Bee • From the CD, Escape of the Slinkys
2007
☆ Finalist/Unisong International Songwriting Competition • For the song, Frank Stein • From the CD, Escape of the Slinkys.
2006
☆ Winner of a Gold Award / Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, Washington, DC • For song, Be the Best Bee • From the CD, Escape of the Slinkys
SELECTED CD AWARDS
2010
☆ Seal of Excellence / Creative Child Magazine • For the CD, Glad That You Asked
2006
☆ Winner of a Gold National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) • For the CD, Escape of the Slinkys
2006
☆ Winner of a Gold Parents’ Choice Award • For the CD, Escape of the Slinkys
2006
☆ Seal of Excellence / Creative Child Magazine • For the CD, Escape of the Slinkys
photo credit: Marlow Shami
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
2004
☆ Indie of the Year Award for Outstanding Achievement and Exemplary Dedication to the Independent Music Industry
2004
☆ Lifetime Achievement Award • Connecticut Songwriters Association
1996
☆ Outstanding Achievement as a Performing Songwriter • Connecticut Songwriter’s Association
1994
☆ Outstanding Artistic Achievement • For the original one-woman show, Everything Reminds Me of my Therapist • Connecticut Songwriter’s Association
1980
☆ Connecticut Songwriter of the Year Award • Connecticut Songwriters Association
LIVE COMPETITIONS
2002
☆ Grand Prize Winner • Connecticut Comedy Festival • 100 East Coast contestants • Three weeks of competition • Sponsored by Seven Angels Theater & Connecticut Public Television
1990
☆ Second Place • New Hampshire Guitar Competition • Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1984
☆ Fourth Place • New England Guitar Competition Toad’s Place • New Haven, Connecticut
