Composer Awards

• 2005 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition -- Bush Foundation
  Awarded to artists who demonstrate “strong vision, creative energy and perseverance”.

 

• 2005-2006 Wind Ensemble Commission
  Biennial competitive commission awarded by the Helen and Sam Kaplan Charitable Foundation to compose a piece for college wind ensemble on Jewish themes.

 

• 2003 Aaron Copland Award
  Residency at Copland House (spring 2004) and commission
  From the Folk (wind quartet)
  STILLNESS -- Poem for Orchestra

 

• 2003 San Antonio International Piano Competition -- Commissioned Composer
  WIZARDS -- Three Magic Masters

 

• 2003 Commissioned Composer -- Music Teachers Association of California
  In My Lunchbox (six-movement suite)

 

• 2002 Millsaps College -- Featured Composer
  National symposium on women composers and commission Jackson, Mississippi
  Virgie Rainey -- Two Narratives for Soprano, Mezzo and Piano

 

• 2001 Honored Composer -- Van Cliburn International Competition 'American Composers Invitational' (Fort Worth, Texas) Impronta digitale selected and performed by both gold medalists.

 

• 1995 International Alliance for Women in Music - Recording Award -
  Neon Rhythm (First Prize)

 

• 1995 John Castellini Award - Silver Anniversary
  Awarded to distinguished music alumni of Queens College, CUNY

 

• 1995 McCollin International Composers Competition
  Symphony No. 1 (First Prize)

 

• Commissioned Composer -- 1993 Artists International Prize Commission
  Lisa Kozenko commissions and premieres DOUBLES at Carnegie Hall

 

• Friends and Enemies of New Music Competition (national) (1990)
  Dance/Inner Dance (First Prize)

 

• National League of American Pen Women Fellowship (1988)
  Biennial Competitive Award: Parable : A Tale of Abram and Isaac

 

• Commissioned Composer -- 1988 Artists International Prize Commission
  Vox Nova Wind Quintet commissions and premieres When Angels Speak at Carnegie Hall

 

• Mayor's Award for Creativity (1987)
  The City of Baltimore: Hidden Heritage -- A Dance Symphony

 

• Paul Revere Prize (1987)
  Music Publishers Association: The Chase

 

• Conductors' Guild Guest Composer (1986)
  Conductor and Composer Institute: Sky Curtains “Borealis”

 

• Creative Fellowship in Music (1986)
  Maryland State Arts Council Biennial Competition

 

• National Competition for Chamber Orchestra (1986)
  In honor of the Statue of Liberty Centennial
  Chroma (First Prize)

 

• Teacher of the Year (1985)
  Peabody Conservatory of Music

 

• Georgia State University Centennial Competition (national) (1985)
  Sky Curtains (First Prize)

 

• Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (1983/4)
  For Music Composition

 

• National Endowment for the Arts (1982)
  Consortium Commission: Lamentation

 

• Los Alamos International Chamber Music Competition (1978)
  Songs of Innocence (Wind/String Prize)

 

• ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers                                                                                             (every year 1977 - present) Standard Award
  

 

• MacDowell Fellowships (1971 and 1976)
  For Composer residency at the Colony

 

• Delius Competition Prizes (1971 and 1974)
  Grand Tarantella
  Snazzy Sonata

 

• Pittsburgh Flute Club Competition Prize (1972)
  Capriccio

 

• Debussy Fellowship for Study Abroad (1971/2)
  Alliance Française de New York

 

• Gottschalk Centenary Composition Gold Medal (international) (1969)
  Man's Image and His Cry (First Prize)

 

• Anton Seidl Fellowship (1967/8)
  For Composition Study at Columbia University

 

• Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Fellowship (1966/7)
  For Graduate Study in Composition

 

• BMI Young Composer Award (1966)
  Four Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano

 

• Karol Rathaus Memorial Association Prize (1966)
  Alter Machlis Awards (1965 and 1966)
  Queens College, CUNY

 

• National Federation of Music Clubs (10 Prizes, 1962-1970)