2009 Cabaret Hotline Online Winner of the coveted Jeffrey Matson Award
 Christine Lavin states that one of her Top TenBest Picks of 2008 for Best Blues Song is, “White Girls Can Sing the Blues, Blues" written by the delightfully sardonic Sue Matsuki www.suematsuki.com and Gregory Toroian and sung by the wonderfully irreverent Joan Crowe www.funnyjazzchick.com. It was recorded live at The Metropolitan Room and is on Joans new live CD, “In the Key of Comedy.”
2008 MAC Award Winner for Original Specialty Song “One Stop Shopping” written by Dan & Michele Page, Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian. To hear this tune, please visit my profile on Facebook.
2008 MAC Award Nominee for Duo/Group with Edd Clark for my Christmas Show, “Sue & Edd’s FABULOUS Christmas”
A New Take voted 2007 Top 10 CDs of All Time by Stu Hamstra, CabaretHotlineOnline.com
2007 MAC Award Nominee for Female Vocalist
2006 MAC Award Winner for Best Special Productions
2004 1st Annual Julie Wilson Cabaret Achievement Award
This was received at the 15th Annual Cabaret Convention at Town Hall from Donald Smith of the Mabel Mercer Foundation who created this award in Julie’s name and in honor of her 80th Birthday. It came with a $1,000. grant from the Mabel Mercer Foundation to be used for anything related to singing. Julie selected the recipient herself. This will be an annual award/grant given ever year at future conventions.
2004 MAC Award Nominee for Duo/Vocal Group (with Marcus Simeone)
We received this honor for a show called “Somewhere Along The Way” that opened in New York and then played Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Nyack, NY.
2003 – Named one of Connecticut Magazine’s “Best of Connecticut”
2002 MAC Award Winner for Female Jazz/Pop/R&B Vocalist
This was mostly for a show called “JAM N’ TOASTS” which opened at Arci’s Place in New York in early 2002 and then played all over the East Coast through to the end of 2003. This show is still available to be booked, please go to my Book A Show section.
2002 MAC Award Nominee for Female Recording of the Year
This was for my debut CD called, “A New Take” . Please visit my CD page to order or go to my CD icon in this section to read all the wonderful press that we received.
2001 Cabaret Hotline On Line Award for Female Jazz Artist
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