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Awards
Awards are also a blessing. A group of people decides whether you get the money to do your project or not. I was on both sides, as the awardee and the awarder. The dynamics of the process are very interesting.

• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York State Music Fund, New York, NY, December 2006
Commission for a new work for the June Jubilee Performing Arts Festival at the Bronx River Art Center (Bronx)

• Composer Assistance Program Award American Music Center, New York, NY, October 2006

• Jerome Foundation Composer Commission Roulette Emerging Artist Commission Program with funds from the Jerome Foundation, New York, NY, April 2004 (Commissioned work premiered at the Roulette Fall 2004 Concert Series on December 4th, 2004 at Location One.)

• Aaron Copland Fund Awards Recording Grant with the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra to record various works of David Harris, Darrell Katz, Warren Senders, Ken Schaphorst, and myself, American Music Center, New York, NY, June 2002

• Norton Stevens Fellowship MacDowell Colony, New York, NY, May 2002
   In honor of Colony fellow Aaron Copland’s 75th birthday, the Norlin Foundation established an endowment to provide fellowships for composers

• Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program Award American Music Center, New York, NY, January 2000 & July 2002

• Artist Grant in Music Composition Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA, June 1999
   Fellowships to artists in recognition of exceptional work

• Julius Hemphill Composition Awards Music Jury, Boston, MA, 1998-2002

• BMI Foundation/Jerry Harrington Jazz Composers Award BMI Foundation, New York, NY, August 1997

• Honorable Mention in Composition for Large Ensemble Julius Hemphill Composition Awards, September 1996 & 1997

• Wayne Shorter Award Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, April 1994
 

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