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Recording "Dreamy Kid" Jazz Opera by J. Johnson (NAXOS) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2007

Soloist Kennedy Center “Conservatory Project” Kennedy Center, Washington, DC 2006

Soloist Wesendonk Lieder (Wagner) University Symphony Orchestra, UofM 2006

Research, Conference Presentations, and Grants

• Lecture Workshop – “From the Black Church to the Opera Stage: Transforming students from the Gospel Belt to the Classical Sound”; National Association of Teachers of Singing NATS National Conference, Summer 2018 Las Vegas, NV. Presentation at SCNATS Fall Workshop, October, 2017.
• African American Art Song Alliance – Young Composer Panel, presented and performed original art song works by black composers, University of California, Irvine, January, 2017 https://youtu.be/8mxtki3MRtE
• Workshop – “Vocal Technique for Church Singers” ongoing presentations booked at selected churches in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. 2016-Present
• Faculty Research Infrastructure Award - “The Negro Spiritual Database: an electronic guide for solo singers and teachers for the access and performance of concert spirituals”. Amount awarded $10,000. 2015
• Lecture Recital – “Music of My Voice - A Portrayal of the African American Experience: In Stage, In Song, and In Spirit”. Art songs and Arias by African American Composers. 2015-2017
• Clinician – Hampton University Ministers Conference and Choir Directors’ and Organists’ Guild Workshop – taught Vocal Masterclasses to Worship leaders, singers, and collegiate, 2014-2017
• Lecture – “African American Women Conductors” Colour of Music Festival, Charleston, SC. 2015
• Boston University Conference “African American Music in World Culture” – Preview Performance “Music of My Voice”; Lecture Performance “Contributions of Black Composers from South Carolina”; Lecture Performance “Maude Cuney Hare – First Black Female Music Historian”, March 2014
• Lecture Performance – “Music of My Voice”; Music and Copyright, North Carolina Central University. 2014
• Clinician – Detroit Spiritual Festival “Modern Interpretations of the Spiritual Arrangement”; Gala Concert Performance “Music of My Voice”. January 2014
• Grant Submission – “African American Opera” Lecture Recital grant submission to National Endowment of the Arts, 2013. Amount requested $12,000. Award Denied. 2013
• Faculty Research Infrastructure Award - “African American Opera”. Amount awarded $5,000. 2013
• Grant Participant - “Promoting African-American Composers of South Carolina” Lecture Recital with Dr. Eunjung Choi and Dr. Laura Keith Edward Waters College, 2015, SCMEA Conference, Charleston, SC 2014, CMS Great Plains Regional Conference, Kansas City, MO 2014, NANM National Conference Nashville, TN, 2013, Benedict College, Claflin University, 2013
• “The Orangeburg Massacre” grant submission to National Endowment of Humanities, collaborators Ms. Annette Grevious. 2012. Amount requested $75,000. Award Denied
• Summer Seed Research Grant “The Orangeburg Massacre; a Musical Drama” collaborators Ms. Annette Grevious. 2012. Amount awarded $10,300
• Workshop presentation – South Carolina Arts Commission Conference, “Making Connections: Partner, then Program and Present with Diversity, Inclusiveness and Accessibility”
• Lecture Recital - “Music of My Voice” Art Songs based on African American spirituals and poetry composed by Lori C. Hicks – African American Women Composers Symposium, Dayton, OH 2009
• Lecture/Masterclass: “The Art of Auditioning” – Presented at the National Association of Negro Musicians Annual Conference, Chicago, IL 2009