17th April, 2008.  Pacific Opera Inaugural Vocal Writing Prize presented to Betty when she attended the performance of her cycle, 'Towards the Psalms'.

17th April., 2008. Basso Moderno Duo performed Betty's work for modified double bass and piano, 'From a Lake of Honey' in the Dam Hammarskjold Auditorium, the United Nations, New York City at the 'Women in Crises' Conference.

20th April, 2008.  Lament for Kosovo, Adagio for Strings was  performed in the String Orchestra Concert on April 20th in the Grand Hall of China Conservatory of Music, Beijing, as part of the 2008 Beijing International Congress on Women in Music.