Awards and Honors  
Composition Competitions
Top Prize (shared), Association for the Promotion of New Music Composition Competition, New York City, 2009
Honorable Mention, International Society for Contemporary Music competition, Florida International University, 2002
Finalist, Old Dominion University Diehn Composers Room Southeastern Regional Competition, 2000
Finalist, Susquehana University New Music Ensemble Composers Competition, 2001
Grand Prize, Delius Composition Contest, 1995

Composition Grants

Global Learning Grant, Kennesaw State University, 2007, 2008
Faculty Enhancement Leave Program grant, 2006; Faculty Incentive Grant, 2004; Kennesaw State University
Performance Incentive Fund Grant (with cellist Daniel Kazez), American Composers Forum, 1998
Meet The Composer Fund Grant, Meet The Composer, Inc., 1997
Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Award, American Music Center, 1996
Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, 1993
Travel Grant, Alliance Française d’Atlanta, Inc., 1992
Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, 1990
Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 1990
Artists Grant, Illinois Arts Council, 1984
 

Composition Fellowships

U.S. Department of the Interior, Artist-in-Residence, Hot Springs National Park, AR, 2009
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, 2004, 2002, 2000; first international exchange program to Austria, 2006

The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA, 2007, 2005, 2001,1999
The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 2002
Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL, 1994
Charles Ives Center for American Music, New Milford, CT, 1988
American Dance Festival, Durham, NC, 1981
Inter-Arts Residency Grants, Banff Centre, Canada, 1980, 1979



Other

Composer-in-Residence, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA, 1997–present
The Foundation Prize, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA, for Duo Conertante, 2005
The Foundation Prize, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA, for Fugitive Footsteps, 2003 (picture at right)
Distinguished Scholarship Award, School of the Arts, Kennesaw State University, 2001
Pi Kappa Lambda National Honorary Music Society, 2000



The Foundation Prize, for Fugitive Footsteps, 2003
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