Soprano Annie Gill (GPD ’08, Voice), a former student of Steven Rainbolt, has been chosen as the grand prize winner of the 2017 Alpha Corinne Mayfield Award in Opera Performance by the National Federation of Music Clubs. The award is granted biennially to an emerging artist who particularly excels in operatic repertoire. Ms. Gill has previously been honored by the National Federation of Music Clubs, winning the third prize in the NFMC Biennial Young Artists Competition in 2013 and a NFMC Career Grant in 2009.