Awards include the Judith Lang Zaimont Prize from the International Alliance of Women in Music, 15 ASCAPLU$ awards, and Grants from the American Composers Forum and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. She is currently a Semi-Finalist in The American Prize in the Opera/Theater and Chamber Music Divisions. Dramatic works include Emily, a chamber opera about Emily Dickinson, The Break-Up, a short comedic opera, and two full-length musicals. She is the Chair of the Music Theory & Composition and Voice Departments at the Community Music Center of Boston, where she is Composer-in-Residence; Music Director of First Parish Medfield; Professor of Voice at Dean College, and Director of the Eva Kendrick Voice Studio. She holds a Masters of Music in Composition with Distinction from the Longy School of Music.