was awarded second place and 7,500 Euro in the 2017 Das Lied International Song Competition, held March 1-4 in Heidelberg, Germany. She was the only American and only woman to take a top vocal prize at the competition. A mezzo-soprano, she is co-founder and associate artistic director of the annual Source Song Festival in Minneapolis. At the competition, she was accompanied by Tyler Wottrich, assistant professor of piano at NDSU’s Challey School of Music.