Awards, Nominations, & Recognitions

Sara Elise competed in the Chicago Chapter competition for the National Association of the Teachers of Singing National (NATS) Student Auditions in 2026. She placed 2nd in her age category (Upper College MT7A) for Musical Theatre.

Sara Elise competed in the Chicago Chapter competition for the National Association of the Teachers of Singing National (NATS) Student Auditions in 2024. She placed 1st in her age category (Lower College MT5A) for Musical Theatre.

Sara Elise won 2nd place in her age category for Contemporary Commercial Music in the VoCal 2023 Student Audition Competition with the songs (Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding (Sara Bareilles’ version) and Canary by Joy Williams.

Sara Elise competed in the Los Angeles chapter competition for the National Association of the Teachers of Singing National (NATS) Student Auditions. She placed 1st in her age category (Upper High School) for Musical Theatre.

Sara Elise won 1st place in her age category for Musical Theatre in the VoCal 2022 Student Audition Competition.

Sara Elise competed in the San Diego and Los Angeles local student audition competitions. She placed 1st in her age category for Musical Theatre in San Diego and 3rd for Contemporary Comercial Music in Los Angeles. With her 1st place win, she then competed in the CalWestern Regional Competition. She advanced to the Top Five and was invited to the NATS National Semi-Finals, where she, unfortunately, did not advance to the Finals.

Sara Elise was granted the Achievement Award at the 2020 Spirit of The MACYS for her performance as Gingy in Shrek the Musical at San Clemente High School.

Sara Elise was nominated for the Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical Award at the 2020 NYA Awards for her performance as Gingy in Shrek the Musical at San Clemente High School.

Sara Elise was nominated as Best Comedienne at the 2020 JRAY Awards for her performance as Gingy in Shrek the Musical at San Clemente High School.