Awards/Honors

ASCAP-PLUS Awards (annual, 1989-2007)

University of North Texas President’s Council Teaching Award (2006)

Third Prize, Concours International de Composition Thomas Bloch (Die Silbenreine) (2000)

University of North Texas Office of Postgraduate Fellowships: recognition for outstanding service on behalf of national scholarship contenders (1999)

University of North Texas Developing Scholars Award (1998)

First Prize, “El Ruiseñor Grave” Competition (Der Leidverweser), (1998)

Selected composer, Sonic Circuits Electronic Music Festival (Dog) (1998)

University of North Texas Discovery Student Support Services Teacher Recognition Award (1997)

University of North Texas Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program: recognition for dedicated service and commitment as a faculty mentor (1996)

Honorable Mention, ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Award Competition (Pathways: Opposing Forces) (1994)

National Endowment for the Arts Composers Fellowship (to compose Goblin Market and Occam’s Razor) (1993)

ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers Award (Parallaxes) (1990)

Grand Prize, Third Annual Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonian Composition Contest (March Transforms) (1989)

Honorable Mention, Gaudeamus Prize Competition (IcarUS At thE caBARet VoLtairE) (1988)

ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers Award (IcarUS At thE caBARet VoLtairE) (1987)

U C San Diego Music Production Scholarship (1986)

First Place Award in Composition, John Child Walker Music Competition (1980)

United California Bank Scholarship (1980)