Graduate Performance Diploma candidate Kristina Lewis (MM ’11, Voice) won an Encouragement/Study Award in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions-Middle-Atlantic Region Finals on Jan. 29 at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Lewis, contralto, also performed with Harlem Opera Theater in celebration of their tenth anniversary on Feb. 16, a preview of HOT’s first international tour. Lewis will perform on tour Sept. 3-16 in Argentina, Chile, and Uraguay. In December, the tour will go to Holland and Italy. She was a finalist in HOT’s 2010 voice competition.