2000 - Commissioned by Keith McClelland of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for The Wayward Cowboy
2001 - Commissioned by Keith McClelland of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for No Way Home / Four Movements for
Bassoon, Horn, Cello & Piano
2009 - Distinguished Composer Honorary Prize IBLA Grand Prize World Music Competition for Kid's Play A Fun Suite for
Orchestra
2011 - Commissioned by Keith McClelland of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for A Bushel of Baked Bassoons
2011 - Winner of the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition for The Garden of Dreams
2011 - Finalist in the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition 2011 for The Day Is Done
2012 - Commissioned by Micheal Stevens and Anadarko High School of Oklamhoma for Song on May Morning
2012 - Commissioned by Dirk Maes and Voces Capituli of Antwerp, Belgium for Jubilate Deo
2012 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2013 - Commissioned by soprano Laura Alfano-Ishida of New York City for Three Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2013 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2014 - Co-Winner of the University of St Andrews New Music Ensemble Call For Scores for Canticle of Winter
2014 - Commissioned by Bede Williams and the University of St Andrews, Scotland for Traveler: Music for Chamber Orchestra
2014 - Finalist in the 2014 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for Divinitus for chamber sextet
2014 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2015 - Composition Fellow at the 2015 nief-norf Summer Festival of Contemporary Music in Knoxville, Tennessee with the
premiere of 224 slices of pi by Chris Schelb-flute, Hannah Meyer-cello, Andrea Lodge-piano, Ryan Patterson-percussion
2015 - Semi-finalist in the 2015 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for The Garden of Dreams and Jubilate Deo
2015 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2016 - Semi-finalist in the 2016 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for String Quartet No. 3
2016 - Finalist-Honorable Mention in the 2016 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for 224 slices of pi for flute, cello,
piano and percussion
2017 - Commissioned by PARMA Recordings for an orchestral transcription of Branches of Singularity: A Concerto for Symphonic
Band by Dutch composer, Willem van Twillert
2017 - Composition Fellow at the Wyoming Festival - New Music in the Mountains, Grand Teton National Park with the prmiere
of Carmina solis et lunae by Holly Mulcahy-violin, Anna Kruger-viola, Rick Barber-bass
2017 - Winner of the illumine 2017-18 Commissioning Prize for The House With Nobody In It, an art song for mezzo-soprano,
violin and piano
2017 - Semi-finalist in the 2017 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for Tears (SATB a cappella) and a finalist for Three
Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for soprano and piano
2018 - Composition Fellow at the inaugural season of the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratogo Springs, New York with the
premiere of When leaves begin to fall by the Amercian Modern Ensemble, Francisco Hernández Bolaños conducting
2018 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2018 - Semi-finalist in the 2018 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for Dappled light 'mid mountains gleams for
saxophone quartet
2019 - Composition Fellow at the 2019 Mostly Modern Festival in Saratogo Springs, New York with the premiere of Something
More by the Amercian Modern Ensemble, Alfonsa Piancentini conducting, and the premiere of Concert for Orchestra,
Movement 1 by the American Modern Orcherstra, John McKeever conducting
2019 - Dave's Choice Award for Bright Morning Star in the 2019 David P. ('60) and Susan W. Wohlhueter Jazz Composition
Contest at Ithace College
2019 - Semi-finalist in the 2019 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for When leaves begin to fall for flute, clarinet,
percussion, piano, violin, cello
2019 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2019 - Commissioned by PARMA Recordings for an arrangement of Happy Birthday To You! for the London Symphony Orchestra
2020 - Commissioned by Dan Qiao and Carolyn Rugula for Mirror, Mirror for violin and cello for their Mirror 2 Mirror recording
project to be released in 2021.
2020 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2021 - Finalist in the 2020 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for Concert for Orchestra, Movement 1
2021 - 3rd place in the 2020 American Prize for Excellence in Composition for Something More for chamber sextet
2021 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
2022 - ASCAP Plus Award Winner
Commissions, Honors & Awards
Links & Professional Affiliations
American Composers Forum (ACF)
American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP)
Art Made Audible
Chamber Music America (CMA)
ChoralNet.org
Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers (CFAMC)
The Composers Choir
Mostly Modern Projects (MMP)
National Association of Composers/USA (NACUSA)
New York Composers Circle (NYCC)
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Professional Music Fraternity
The Recording Academy (The Grammys)
Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)
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