External Awards & Honors

In addition to regular participation in national and international conferences, festivals, and other new music venues, students and alumni of the UNT composition program have been recognized with a number of honors and distinctions for their work:

American Bandmasters Association Sousa/Ostwald Award

• Yo Goto, 2010
• Michael Daugherty, 2007
• Fisher Tull, 1970

ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards

• Cody Forrest, 2014
• Kendall Prinz, 2000 (Finalist)
• David Shipps, 1998 (Finalist)
• Steven Bryant, 1996 (Finalist)
• Mikel Kuehn, 1989
• Michael Daugherty

ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize

• Daniel Chan, 2009 (Special Distinction)
• Cary Boyce, 2006 (Special Distinction)
• Alfred Lee, 2003 (Special Distinction)

ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commission

• Eli Fieldsteel, 2012 (First Prize)
• Elainie Lillios, 1999 (First Prize)

Aspen Music Festival Scholarship

• Hideko Kawamoto, 1996

Athena Festival Chamber Music Composition Competition

• Hsiao-Lan Wang, 2007 (First Prize)

Atlantic Center for the Arts Resident Fellowship

• Hideko Kawamoto, 1996
• Jing Wang, 2005

Bandmasters Academic Society of Japan Composition Award

• Eli Fieldsteel, 2010 (First Prize)

Barlow Endowment Commission Awards

• Joshua Harris, 2009
• Stephen Anderson, 2009
• Stephen Anderson, 2003
• James Worlton, 2003
• Lisa DeSpain, 2001
• Henry Wolking, 1991

BMI Young Composer Awards

• Joseph Lyszczarz, 2012
• Derek Charke, 1993
• Mikel Kuehn, 1988
• Deric D. Marshall, 1986
• Kevin M. Walczyk, 1986
• Greg Sanders, 1982

Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art

• Elainie Lillios, 2009 (Prize Winner, Trivium 3)
• Henry Vega, 2009 (Finalist, Quadrivium 5)
• Dave Gedosh, 2009 (Finalist, Residence Category)
• Elainie Lillios, 2008 (Finalist, Trivium 3)
• Yu-Chung Tseng, 2005 (Mention, Quadrivium 4)
• Elainie Lillios, 2004 (Mention, Quadrivium 6)
• Chapman Welch, 2003 (Mention, Residence Category)
• Hideko Kawamoto, 2003 (Finalist, Trivium 3)
• Douglas Holmes, 2002 (Finalist, Quadrivium 5)
• Hideko Kawamoto, 2000 (Mention)
• Yu-Chung Tseng, 1999 (Mention)
• Elainie Lillios, 1998 (Mention)
• Yu-Chung Tseng, 1998 (Mention)

British and international Bass Forum Composition Competition

• Todd Markey, 1999 (First Prize)

CBDNA Young Band Composition Competition

• Kevin Walczyk, 2011 (honorable mention)
• Christopher Tucker, 2003

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Young Composers Reading Session

• Robert Frank, 1988

Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo

• Elainie Lillios, 2000 (Honorable Mention)

Concorso Internazionale "Luigi Russolo" di musica elettroacustica

• Hideko Kawamoto, 2001 (First Prize, Category A)
• Hideko Kawamoto, 2000 (Finalist)
• Hideko Kawamoto, 1999 (Finalist)
• Elainie Lillios, 1999 (Finalist)
• Elainie Lillios, 1998 (Finalist)

Craig and Janet Swan Composer Prize

• Hsiao-Lan Wang, 2004 (Finalist)

Federation of Music Clubs Victor Herbert/ASCAP Young Composers Awards

• Melissa McBride, 1987

Gaudeamus Foundation International Composition Competition

• Henry Vega, 2004 (Finalist)

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship

• Mikel Kuehn, 2014

International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) — Libby Larsen Prize

• Hsiao-Lan Wang, 2004 (First Prize)

International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) — Pauline Oliveros Prize

• Jing Wang, 2006 (First Prize)
• Hsiao-Lan Wang, 2003 (First Prize)

International Competition of Electronic Music Composition "Pierre Schaeffer"

• Elainie Lillios, 2005 (Finalist)
• Yu-Chung Tseng, 2003 (First Prize)
• Jon Anderson, 2003 (Finalist)
• Hsiao-Lan Wang, 2001 (Second Prize)
• Hideko Kawamoto, 1999 (Second Prize)

International Computer Music Association Commission Competition

• Elainie Lillios, 2002
• Michael Matthews, 1994

International Contemporary Music Competition "Città di Udine"

• Yu-Chung Tseng, 2003 (Special Mention)

International Frank Ticheli Composition Competition

• Mark Scott, 2009 (Finalist, Category 1)
• Michael Cortes, 2009 (Finalist, Category 2)
• Eli Fieldsteel, 2009 (Finalist, Category 2)

International Society of Bassists Composition Competition

• Stephen Anderson, 2002 (Honorable Mention)

International Society of Contemporary Music World Music Days

• Richard Daskas, 2009
• Michael Daugherty, 1982

International Society of Music Educators (ISME) DEXIA Composition Prize

• Jon Anderson, 2003 (First Prize)

Ithaca College/Theodore Presser Co. Choral Composition Contest

• Robert Frank, 1993 (First Prize)

Ithaca College Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize

• Fisher Tull, 1980

La Muse en Circuit Radiophonic Competition

• Elainie Lillios, 2003

Musica Nova International Electroacoustic Music Competition

• Henry Vega, 2006 (First Prize)
• Yu-Chung Tseng, 2005 (Finalist)

National Band Association/William Revelli Memorial Composition Competition

• Kevin Walczyk, 2011 (First Prize)
• Steven Bryant, 2008 (First Prize)
• Steven Bryant, 2007 (First Prize)
• Joseph Spaniola, 2001 (First Prize)
• Gordon Ring, 1989 (First Prize)

National Endowment for the Arts Composers Fellowship

• Samuel Headrick, 1989-90

National Opera Association Chamber Opera Composition Competition

• Gordon Ring, 2002 (Finalist)

Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition

• Peter Saleh, 2007 (Second Prize, Ensemble Division)
• Da Jeong Choi, 2005 (Second Prize, Solo Division)
• Eric Rodis, 2002 (Third Prize, Solo Division)
• William Steinhort, 1974 (Second Prize, Ensemble Division)

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Composition Competition

• Kevin Walczyk, 1994 (First Prize)

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize

• Kevin Walczyk, 2012

SCI/ASCAP Student Commissioning Project

• Jon Anderson, 2003 (Finalist)

Sigma Alpha Iota Composition Competition

• Hideko Kawamoto, 1995 (Grand Prize)

Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition

• Daniel Chan, 2005 (Fourth Prize)

USA International Harp Competition Composition Contest

• Yo Goto, 2006 (Second Prize)

Voices of Change Russell Horn Young Composers Competition

• Daniel Sabzghabaei, 2014 (Second Prize)
• Ryan Taycher, 2010 (Second Prize)
• Kohsuke Tajima, 2009 (First Prize)
• Kris Peysen, 2008 (First Prize)
• Da Jeong Choi, 2008 (Honorable Mention)
• Chien-Wen Cheng, 2007 (First Prize)
• Ryan Manchester, 2007 (Honorable Mention)
• Terry Lee, 2005 (Honorable Mention)
• Gabriel Lit, 2005 (Honorable Mention)
• Jon Anderson, 2003 (Third Prize)
• John Dribus, 2003 (Honorable Mention)
• Mark Feezell, 2002 (First Prize)
• Jeffrey Morris, 2002 (Finalist)
• Kazuaki Shiota, 2002 (Finalist)
• Kendall Prinz, 1998 (Second Prize)