American Academy of Arts and Letters Arts & Letters Award, 2011
Appointed to the faculty of the Brevard Music Center as composer in residence, summer 2011
Heckscher Foundation-Ithaca College Composition Prize, 2011
Guest Composer, DAM International Festival of Young Composers, Prishtina, Kosovo, March 31-April 2, 2010
Guest Composer, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, July, 2009
Yaddo Residency, May 2008
Sam Houston State University Contemporary Music Festival Guest Composer, April 16-19, 2008
Copland House Residency, February 2008
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2007-2008
MacDowell Colony residencies: February 2006 and November/December 2007
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition, 1st prize, 2007
Djerassi Colony residency, May/June, 2007
Ball State University New Music Festival Guest Composer, April 19-21, 2007
2005-2006 Meet the Composer/American Symphony Orchestra League Music Alive Composer in Residence, Green Bay Symphony Orchestra
WGBH featuring three works in Art of the States

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Sonata for Cello and Piano   |   Mark Votapek (vc) and John Milbauer (pn); U. of Arizona, Holsclaw Hall; Nov. 14, 2011,
Footprints   |   Aura, University of Houston Contemporary Ensemble, Houston, Nov. 14, 2011, Sam Houston State U., Nov. 16, 2011
Sonata for Cello and Piano   |   Benjamin Karp (vc) and Deloise Lima (pn); Nov. 7, 8, 10, 2011(Wi & Ky tour)
Snake Alley   |   University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, Nov. 3, 2011
sun moon stars rain   |   IU Concert Orchestra, Manny Laureano, Sept. 25, 2011
Myaku   |   Brevard Music Center Symphonic Band, Kraig Alan Williams, July 26, 2011
Sonata for Cello and Piano   |   Benjamin Karp (vc) and Deloise Lima (pn); Brevard Music Center, July 26, 2011
Ra!   |   Carnegie Mellon University Wind Ensemble, Denis Colwell, conductor, Pittsburgh, PA, March 23, 2011
Kukulkan II   |   Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. April 6, 2011
Labyrinth   |   USC Contemporary Music Ensemble, Donald Crockett, Los Angeles, Oct. 5, 2010
Delicious Silence   |   Liana Gourdjia, Salines en Musique, France, July 10, 2010
St. Vitus' Dance   |   Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin Brass Quintet, Berlin, June 4, 2010
dancesing in a green bay   |   Festival Latinamericano, Carmen Tellez (cond.), Jacqueline Matava (mz. sop.), Caracas, Venezuela, May 30, 2010
Kukulkan II   |   ONIX, Mexico Foro de Musica Nueva, Mexico City, May, 2010
Kukulkan II, Footprints   |   The IU New Music Ensemble, DAM International Festival of Young Composers, Prishtina, Kosovo, Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 2010
Kukulkan II, Wintu Dream Song   |   Fulcrum Point, Chicago, Mar. 23, 2010
Threnody   |   Jack Quartet / Washington Square Contemporary Music Society, Merkin Hall, NYC, March 3, 2010 New York Times Review
String Quartet No. 1   |   The Orion String Quartet, April 30 (CUNY), May 1 (Mannes), 2009; Philadelphia Chamber Music Society / Perelman Theatre, Feb. 12, 2010
Nocturne   |   IU Concert Band, Paul Popiel, Feb. 9, 2010
Kukulkan II   |   ONIX. Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico, Oct. 31, 2009
Saint Vitus' Dance   |   Sarasota Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, Sept. 17, 2009
all water has a perfect memory   |   Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, July 25, 2009
Shadow Dance   |   University of North Carolina, Greensboro, John Locke, CBDNA, March 27, 2009 (and seven other performances on tour)
Vision   |   Great Noise Ensemble, Washington, DC, March 27, 2009
Double Black Diamond   |   USC Contemporary ensemble, Donald Crockett, Feb. 24, 2009
Kukulkan   |   Locrian Chamber Players, Riverside Church, NY, Jan. 31, 2009
all water has a perfect memory   |   Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, July 5, 2008 (and two other performances)
Double Black Diamond   |   National Repertory Orchestra, Carl Topilow, July 2, 2008
Snake Alley    |   University of Denver, Lawrence Leighton Smith, May 29, 2008
Sam Houston State University Contemporary Music Festival, April 16-19, 2008: Myaku, Fanfare on Re for Ray, Antiphonal Fanfares, Brass Quintet,
   Two Celebratory Fanfares, Lullaby, HyPER mix, Di/con[ver(gence/sions)], Solus II, Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
St. Vitus' Dance   |   Magnitude6, O Patro Vys concert hall, Montreal, Canada, Feb. 1, 2008
Double Black Diamond   |   Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra / ISU New Music Festival, Kirk Trevor, Nov. 9, 2007
Ra!   |   Gustavus Adolphus College, Warren Friesen, Oct. 2007
Capriccio   |   Ball State University New Music Festival, April 21, 2007
Double Black Diamond   |   Indiana University New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, March 8, 10, 11, 12, 2007
Spring   |   Indiana University Symphony Orchestra, Steve Smith, Feb. 7, 2007
Shadow Dance   |   Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Stephen Pratt, Feb. 6, 2007
Ra!   |   University of Utah, Robert Baldwin, Oct. 26 & 27, 2006
Celebratory Fanfare   |   University of North Carolina at Greensboro Trumpet Ensemble, Edward Bach, Oct. 5, 2006
Kukulkan   |   Voices of Change, September 30, 2006
Ra!, Siren Song   |   Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, April 22, 2006
Threnody, Nine Fragments, Kukulkan, Brass Quintet   |   Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, March 22, 2006
Pathways, Solus Ib, Footprints, Brass Quintet, Ra!   |   Arkansas State University, March 17, 2006
Singing the Sun   |   Earplay, Mary Chun, San Francisco, CA, March 13, 2006
Ra!   |   Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, Andrew Mast, 2/3/06, and a number of other university ensembles...
Northwest Passages for narrator, chorus and five instruments   |   Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Robert Samels, Feb. 8, 2006

Snake Alley   |   U. of S. Carolina Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss, Columbia, SC, Oct. 4, 2010 [premiere of new band version!]
Delicious Silence   |   Liana Gourdjia, April 27, 2010
Nocturne   |   Indiana University Concert Band, Paul Popiel, February, 2010
Kukulkan II    |   The IU New Music Ensemble, April 21, 2009
Starry Messenger    |   The IU Percussion Ensemble, John Tafoya, April 20, 2009
String Quartet No. 1   |   The Orion String Quartet, April 13 (IU), 30 (CUNY), May 1 (Mannes), 2009
all water has a perfect memory   |   Voices of Change, Sept. 16, 2007
All in Green   |   Voices of Change, Sept. 16, 2007
Light FantastickGreen Bay Symphony Orchestra, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, March 24, 2007
Double Black Diamond (revised version) for chamber orchestra   |   IU New Music Ensemble, David Dzubay, March 8, 2007
Elegy & Quickstep   |   St Charles East High School, James Kull, Feb. 26, 2007
Shadow Dance    |   University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wind Ensemble, John R. Locke, Oct. 5, 2006
Solus Ib for tuba   |   Ed Owen, Arkansas State University, Mar. 17, 2006
American MidlifeConcerto for Clarinet and Orchestra   |   Indiana University Philharmonic, David Dzubay (cond.), James Campbell (Cl.), Dec. 6, 2005
Pathways for three trumpets   |   IU Faculty Recital, Oct. 27, 2005
Double Black Diamond for chamber orchestra   |   Utah Symphony (Utah Arts Festival) , June 25, 2005
Fanfares on Re for Ray for band   |   Indiana University Wind Ensemble, April 22, 2005
Shake, Rattle & Roll for band   |   Metropolitan Wind Symphony, March 12, 2005
Northwest Passages for narrator, chorus and five instruments   |   fEARnoMUSIC, March 12, 2004
St. Vitus' Dance   |   Manhattan Brass Quintet, Nov. 16, 2003, Hartford, CT
Volando for clarinet trio   |   Howard Klug trio, International Clarinet Association "Clarinetfest 2003", July 11, 2003
Ra!   |   Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Ray Cramer, March 29, 2003, CBDNA National Convention, Minneapolis.

2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Arts & Letters Award
2010 Heckscher Foundation-Ithaca College Composition Prize
2009 Kuhmo International Composition Competition for Chamber Music, 3rd Prize, all water has a perfect memory
2007 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition, 1st prize, Double Black Diamond
2005 Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition, Shadow Dance
2003 National Band Association WIlliam Revelli Memorial Composition Contest, Ra!
2003 Indiana University Arts & Humanities Initiative Grant, CD recording project with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
2001 Walter Beeler Memorial Prize (Ithaca College), Myaku
2001 Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard commission, Singing the Sun
2000 Wayne Peterson Composition Prize, dancesing in a green bay