 In 2002, she was awarded St. Olav's Medal by H.M. Harald V of Norway for helping to reintroduce the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition to the United States.She received the Ole Bull Award, from the eponymous academy in Voss, Norway, in 1987, and was accredited as a Master Folk Artist Teacher by the Minnesota State Arts Board in 1998.She was a professor of music at St. Olaf College from 1977-2012 and conducted the St. Olaf Chamber Orchestra (now Philharmonia) from 1977-1994.