Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 1, 1991
• Invested on: April 29, 1992

Under her dedicated direction, from a small village in New Brunswick, has come a choir of international acclaim. The Hillsborough Girls' Choir has captured awards not only in Canada but also overseas, and its members and other children have grown in the love of life and song under her tutelage. As a top music educator, choral clinician, adjudicator and conductor she continues to pass on the gift of a musical heritage to a new generation.