She received the MM degree in Organ Performance from Emory University and the BA degree in Music with Honors from Agnes Scott College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She also holds certificates for study from the Italian Organ Academy in Pistoia, Italy and from the French Organ Institute in Souvigny and Lyon, France. She was Dean of the Atlanta Chapter AGO from 1984-1986 and General Coordinator for the 1992 National AGO Convention in Atlanta. She maintains an independent piano and organ studio.