AWARDS

2020 Top 10 Teacher Award from Lessons.com

1988 Semifinalist, Belvedere International Opera Competition (Vienna, Austria)

1983 District Winner, Metropolitan Opera Auditions (San Joaquin District)

1982 Finalist, California Young Artist’s Competition (Carmel Music Society)

1978 Winner, Music Teachers Association (Northern California)

REVIEWS

“The Deutsche Motette…was a stunning performance. The soprano soars in the stratospheric regions…Susan Benner [Bonito] traced this in crystalline tone.”

— Robert Commanday, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“…Benner [Bonito] impressed me especially…[she] was completely persuasive…”

— Allen B. Skei, THE FRESNO BEE