Heather Knowles, mezzo-soprano has been coaching private voice and piano students in Las Vegas since 2001.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

NATS Las Vegas Chapter Study Award Winners                                                 March 8, 2008 - UNLV

First Place - Adult Non-Advanced - Level 1 - John Stevenson                            Second Place - Adult Non-Advanced - Level 2 - Marla Goldberg                        Second Place - Middle School - Samantha El-Azar                                                  Second Place - High School Musical Theatre - Kylee Slee                                       Second Place - High School Freshmen & Sophomores - Chloe Aiani                    Third Place - High School Musical Theatre - Sylvia Brasuell                                 Honorable Mention - High School Musical Theatre - Chloe Aiani

Classical Singer Magazine Scholarship First Round Winner - Kylee Slee

Tennis Channel Open - National Anthem Singer - March, 2008 - Kylee Slee

Accepted to the Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts for 2008 - 2009            Jessica Hastings, Dara Laczniak, Hannah Morris & Russell Mays

Nevada Music Educators All-State Choir & Soprano Section Leader - Kylee Slee

CCSD Solo & Ensemble First Round Superior Rating - Kylee Slee, Chloe Aiani

CCSD Solo & Ensemble Command Performance - Chloe Aiani

Marla Goldberg in her new position as Cantor at Temple Sinai. Read the feature article on Marla in the Summerlin View.

Kylee Slee was awarded a $300 scholarship to University of the Pacific Summer Choir Camp at the NMEA All State Chorus Performance. Kylee has also been invited to perform as a guest singer at the upcoming Palo Verde Orchestra concert. She will be singing "O mio babbino caro" with the orchestra!

Michelle Davenport will be performing in the Valley High School Musical "No Strings Attached" in May. She will also be performing during her graduation ceremony in June.

Dara Lazcniak will be performing as "Dorothy" in the Our Lady of Las Vegas Musical production of "The Wizard of Oz".

Kelsee Taddeo was accepted to the American Musical & Dramatic Academy (AMDA).

Paige Pensivy and John Stevenson were cast in the Musical Actors Theatre production of "Will Rodgers Follies".

OTHER NEWS:

I was the featured singer in the April 2008 edition of the YourAccompanist.com newsletter.

I have been invited to travel to the Caribbean island of Montserrat to teach at the University of the West Indies!

I joined Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)  and the Las Vegas Chamber Music Society in March, 2008.

Announcing "DittyNoodle" the creative and musical projects rattling around in my brain. Keep an eye on DittyNoddle.com to watch these projects come to light.