HONORS & AWARDS

Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame

Percussive Arts Society Lifetime Achievement in Education Award 

Composer in Residence Colorado Chamber Orchestra

Edeta Arts Festival, Featured Composer | Valencia, Llíria, Spain

Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship | Composition: Warsaw, Poland

1st Prize | PAS International Composition Competition: Bog Music

Ju Foundation | International Conference on Education Keynote Address, Taipei, Taiwan

1st, 2nd, and 3rd International Shenyang Percussion Festivals, China | Guest Composer/Percussionist/Artistic Advisor

Beijing International Percussion Festival | Guest Composer/Percussionist

Australian International Percussion Festival | Canberra Keynote Address and Featured Composer/Performer

Guest Artist Faculty, Percussion | Banff Centre, Canada

International Orchestral Institute | The Banff Centre, Canada (7 years)

Office of the Vice President for Research | University of Michigan for the composition of his first opera, The Shattered Mirror

University Faculty Recognition Award | University of Michigan

Harold Haugh Award for Excellence in Studio Teaching | University of Michigan

Office of the Vice-President for Research, University of Michigan | 4 Grants Follow Michael Udow

The Arts Foundation of Michigan and the Michigan Council for the Arts | University of Michigan for the composition of his second opera, Twelve Years A Slave

The Institute for Study in the Arts at Arizona State University | Collaborating with visual artist, Murial Magenta, in the 3-D Animated Video, Token City

The Institute for Study in the Arts at Arizona State University | Collaborating with visual artist, Murial Magenta Gallery Installation, Token City

BMI Student Composer’s Award | Seven Textural Settings of Japanese Haiku