1950s
Ashley, Robert MM
Organized the ONCE Festival, 1960s
Director of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College
Pioneered opera-for-television
International reputation for work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects
Bassett, Leslie D.M.A. 1956
Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Music (UM)
1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra.
Prix de Rome (1961-63)
Guggenheim Fellowships (1973, 1980)
Fulbright Fellowship to Paris (1950-51)
Naumburg Recording Award (1974)
Koussevitsky Music Foundation Award (1971, 1991)
Award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Publications, recordings, and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1964)
1960s
Hodkinson, Sydney D.M.A. 1968
Professor of Composition at the Eastman School until 1999
Visiting Professor of Composition at Indiana University (2002), Duke University (2003)
Composition Faculty at the Aspen Festival of Music
National Institute of Arts and Letters Award (1971)
Guggenheim Foundation Award (1977)
Award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Crumb, George D.M.A. 1960
Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1968
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition in 2001 for his work Star-Child
Annenberg Professor of the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania
2004 Musical America "Composer of the Year"
1998 Cannes Classical Award: Best CD of a Living Composer
Six honorary degrees
Member, National Institute of Arts and Letters (1975)
Koussevitzky Recording Award (1971)
Rockefeller grant (1964)
National Institute of Arts and Letters grant (1967)
Guggenheim grants (1967, 1973)
Morris, Robert D.M.A.
Tanglewood, as a Margret Lee Crofts Fellow
Professor of Composition at Eastman
National Endowment for the Arts grant
MacDowell Colony fellow
Toensing, Richard D.M.A. 1967
Professor of Composition, University of Colorado in Boulder through 2001
Joseph H. Bearnes Prize from Columbia University
Guggenheim Fellowship (1987)
Commission from the National Endowment for the Arts
Three time MacDowell Colony Fellow
Vercoe, Barry D.M.A. 1968
Inventor of Csound
Professor of Music and Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT
Established the MIT computer facility for Experimental Music (1973)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1983)
Computer World / Smithsonian Award in Media Arts and Entertainment (1992)
2004 SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award
Wilson, George D.M.A. 1963
Fulbright to Belgium and France (1953)
Prix de Rome (1955-58)
Established University of Michigan Electronic Music Department (1962)
Professor Emeritus of Music Composition, University of Michigan
Wise, Bruce D.M.A. 1961
1970s
Albright, William D.M.A. 1970
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award (1970)
Guggenheim fellowships (1970 and 1986)
NEA fellowships (1976, 1981, 1984)
America Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers Award
Composer-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome in 1979
Award from the Fromm Music Foundation of Harvard University
Music for practically every instrumental and vocal medium
Brockman, Jane D.M.A. 1977
First woman to earn a Doctorate in Music Composition at the University of Michigan
Fulbright/Alliance Française fellowship
Three MacDowell Colony fellowships
Meet the Composer fellowship
Music faculty at the University of Connecticut for 9 years
Chatman, Stephen D.M.A. 1977
Head of Composition at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver since 1976
Winner of the 2005 and 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards
Commissioned by the Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Windsor, and Madison symphonies
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1975)
M.B. Rockefeller Fund Grant
U.S. Fulbright Grant for study with Karlheinz Stockhausen
Gottschalk, Arthur D.M.A. 1978
Professor of Composition at Rice University
Charles Ives Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1978)
Composer-in-Residence, Columbia/Princeton Electronic Music Center (1983)
Lennon, John Anthony D.M.A. 1978
Commissioned by the Library of Congress, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the National Endowment for the Arts Orchestral Consortium, the Fromm Foundation
Prix de Rome
Guggenheim fellowship (1981)
Charles Ives Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1977)
Tipei, Sever D.M.A. 1978
Professor and Computer Music Project manager at the University of Illinois School of Music
Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, (1994 – 2003)
Meet-the-Composer grants (1980, 1990, 1991)
1980s
Beckon Alston, Lettie D.M.A. 1983
Associate Professor of Music in composition and theory, Oakland University
Recitalist at the 1999 Second Symposium of Black Women Composers at Hampton University
Flippo, Dave D.M.A. 1987
Teacher, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Gompper, David DMA '88
Professor, Composition; Director, Center for New Music University of Iowa
Fulbright Scholar, (2002-2003)
Music faculty University of Texas, Arlington until 1991
Gryc, Stephen D.M.A. 1983
Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at the Hartt School, University of Hartford
Rudolf Nissim Prize for Orchestral Composition, ASCAP Foundation, (1986)
MacDowell Colony Fellowships, (1985, 1988)
Charles Ives Center Fellowship (1988)
Hinds, Stuart D.M.A. 1987
Kremen, Israel D.M.A. 1989
Kurek, Michael D.M.A. 1985
Professor, Chair of Composition/Theory, Vanderbilt University
Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1994)
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1983)
MacDowell Fellowship
Fromm Fellowship in Composition at the Tanglewood Music Center;
Lavenda, Richard D.M.A. 1983
Professor of Composition and Theory, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University
First Prize Award from the National Opera Association
MacDonald, Andrew D.M.A. 1985
Chair and Professor of Composition/Theory, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Quebec
1995 Juno Award for “Best Classical Composition
Rouse, Steve D.M.A. 1987
Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome (1987-88)
Meet The Composer Residency (Louisville) (1995-98)
National Endowment for the Arts Composer Fellowship (1990)
Hinrichsen Composition Award, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1995)
Ives Composition Fellowship, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1985)
Sloan, Donald MM 1982
Professor of Music (and Chair of Music Department), Ashland University, Ashland, OH
Meet The Composer grants
Stukenholtz, Larry D.M.A. 1989
Ticheli, Frank D.M.A. 1987
Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California
Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony (1991-1998)
Charles Ives and Goddard Lieberson Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1986 and 1990)
Winner of the 2006 NBA/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest
Youtz, Greg D.M.A. 1987
Professor of Music (Composition), Pacific Lutheran University
Charles Ives Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1984)
Annual awards from ASCAP since 1990
1990s
Adams, Richard D.M.A. 1998
Associate Professor of Composition and Theory at Western Michigan University
Director of Opus 21 Contemporary Ensemble
Angell, Michael D.M.A. 1993
Professor of Music, University of Alabama at Birmingham since 1994
Co-founded the Birmingham Art Music Alliance
Asplin, David D.M.A. 1994
Banfield, William D.M.A. 1992
Has served as Endowed Chair Humanities, professor of Music, director of American Cultural Studies/Jazz, Popular, World Music Studies, University of St. Thomas, MN.
Developed the Undine Smith Moore Collection of Scores and Manuscripts of Black Composers, Indiana University
Recognition and grants from National Endowment For The Humanities, National Endowment For The Arts, Jerome, Lily, Lila Wallace, McKnight, Unisys, Telluride Foundations
Beeferman, Gordon BMus 1998
Freelance composer living in New York City
Commission from the Fromm Foundation, BMI Foundation, and Concert Artists Guild
Performances by the New York City Opera VOX, the Minnesota Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Quartet New Generation Recorder Collective, Eighth Blackbird
Bell, Carey BMus 1997
Clarinetist with Los Angeles Philharmonic
Bermel, Derek D.M.A. 1997
Music Alive Composer-In-Residence with the American Composers Orchestra
Director of the American Music Center’s Keeping the Score program
Commissions from the National Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, New
Jersey Symphony, Eighth Blackbird, Pacific Symphony, Guarneri String Quartet
Bielawa, Bruce D.M.A. 1995
ASCAP award
Songwriting/Recording Artist “Bruce Bale”
Broening, Benjamin Composition and Music Theory PhD 1998
Associate Professor at University of Richmond, VA,
Recent Commission from Eighth Blackbird
Fulbright Fellowship
Costa, John D.M.A. 1994
Assistant Professor/Lecturer, University of Utah School of Music
Chambers, Evan D.M.A. 1993
Chair, Department of Composition, University of Michigan
Cincinnati Symphony National Composers' Competition, first prize
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1992)
Award from the American Composers Forum
MacDowell Colony resident
Grants from Meet the Composer, the Arts Foundation of Michigan and ArtServe Michigan
Resident composer with the new-music ensemble Quorum
Davis, Samuel BMus 1998
Pianist and Conductor on Broadway.
Desjardins, Jacques D.M.A. 1993
Fields, Mathew D.M.A. 1991
Associate appointment to the Sigma Xi scientific research society (1984)
First prize from the Ferruccio Busoni Memorial Society composition competition (1991)
Recording out called “Sages of Chelm”
Minnesota Composer Readings/institute (2006)
Garrop, Stacy BMus 1992
Associate Professor of Composition, Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award (2007)
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's Harvey Gaul Competition (2007)
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize (2005)
Barlow Endowment commissions (2005 and 2001)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 1999-2000 First Hearing Composition Competition (2000)
Residences at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Ragdale colonies
Hause, Evan D.M.A. 1996
Publications Editor, Marks Music
Commissioned or performed by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Salt Lake City Contemporary Music Consortium, Albany, Boston, Phoenix, Utah, Louisville, Memphis, Brooklyn and Grand Rapids Symphonies
Hesketh, Kenneth MMus 1997
Composer in the House with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Commissions from the Fromm Foundation, Continuum Ensemble, BBC Philharmonic
Faber Millennium Commission for the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Hogan, Leslie D.M.A. 1992
Lecturer in Music Composition, University of California-Santa Barbara, (since 1995)
Co-producer/performer Current Sounds New Music Consortium, Santa Barbara, (since 1999)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Fellowship (2002)
Charles Ives Scholarship (1993)
Hwang, Serra D.M.A. 1993
Assistant Professor of Composition and Music Theory at Illinois State University
British Broadcasting Corporation Composer's Platform Competition Award (1995)
Winner, Bakersfield Symphony "New Direction Concerts" Chamber Music Competition (1991)
Ince, Deniz D.M.A. 1999
American Composers Orchestra Reading
First Music Commission from the New York Youth Symphony (1993)
Jagger, Brian D.M.A. 1995
Kirshner, Andrew D.M.A. 1999
Composer’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
Assistant Professor of Performing Arts Technology, University of Michigan
Kilstofte, Mark D.M.A. 1992
Associate Professor of Theory/Composition, Furman University
The Rome Prize
ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Award
Goddard Lieberson Fellowship (2001)
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1988)
Aaron Copland Award/Residency (2003-2004, 1998-1999)
MacDowell Colony’s Francis and William Schuman Fellowship
Fromm Foundation commission recipient
Kramer, Timothy D.M.A. 1991
Professor of Music, Trinity University
Guggenheim Foundation Award (1998)
NEA award
MacDowell Colony Fellow
Meet the Composer Award
Morrison, John D.M.A. 1991
Chair of Composition and Theory Dept., Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Meet the Composer Grant, (1994)
Charles Ives Center for American Music, Composition Fellow (1988)
Residencies at the MacDowell Colony, the Schweitzer Institute, and Charles Ives Center
Neilson, Duncan MMus 1998
Professor of composition and theory at the College of William and Mary
Performances with Speculum Musicae, Blend Engine, Ensemble Ergo, Daedalus String Quartet, Moebius Ensemble, Quattro Mani, Arc Duo, Portland Chamber Orchestra
Newby, Stephen D.M.A. 1994
Assistant Professor of Music at Seattle Pacific University
National Endowment of the Arts Grant
King County Arts Commission of Washington Grant (1995-1996)
Distinguished Dissertation of the Year Award at the University of Michigan (1995)
Palmer, Glenn D.M.A. 1993
Phan, Phuc Q. D.M.A. 1993
Associate Professor of Music (Composition), Indiana University
Rome Prize (1998)
ASCAP awards, grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ohio Arts Councils, Charles Ives Center for American Music
Fellowships from the Macdowell Colony
Commissions from the Kronos Quartet, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra, the Greater East Lansing Symphony, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Samaris Piano Trio, the New York Youth Symphony
Pieslak, Jonathan MMus, Music Theory PhD 1998
Assistant Professor of Music at City College, New York City
American Academy of Arts and Letters' Goddard Lieberson Fellowship (2006)
Ruehr, Elena D.M.A. 1993
Music faculty at M.I.T.
Prizes from the Cincinnati Symphony, Omaha Symphony, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Santos, Erik D.M.A. 1995
Associate Professor of Music, University of Michigan
Director of the Electronic Music Studios, University of Michigan
Charles Ives Scholarship (1994)
Charles Ives Fellowship from The American Academy of Arts and Letters (2001)
Awards from BMI, the MacDowell Colony, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Resident composer for Dairakudakan: Temputenshiki, Japanese butoh company
Sierra, Arlene D.M.A. 1999
Lecturer in Composition, Cardiff University, U.K.
Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2007)
Takemitsu Prize for Orchestral Composition
Commissions from the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Albany Symphony
Stanton, Geoffrey D.M.A. 1991
Associate Professor of Music at Marygrove College in Detroit
Head of the theory/composition department and Director of the electronic music studios
American Composers Forum commission
Awards from American Academy of Arts and Letters (1992), Meet the Composer, NEA
Sunderland, Garth MMus 1999
Artistic Director of the Lost Dog New Music Ensemble
Timpson, Michael Composition and Music Theory PhD 1998
Assistant Professor at University of South Florida
Honors from ASCAP, BMI, DownBeat Magazine, NACUSA
Vayo, David D.M.A. 1990
Teaching composition and contemporary music at Illinois Wesleyan University
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award (2000)
Charles Ives Scholarship from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1988)
Warner, Scott D.M.A. 1993
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies & Music Theory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Grants and awards from The Minnesota, Michigan, and Iowa Councils for the Arts, The Jerome Foundation of Minneapolis
Commissioned by the Eroica Trio
2000s
Bacon, Alexis D.M.A. 2007
Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition at West Texas A&M University
Bayolo, Armando D.M.A. 2001
Director of The Great Noise Ensemble.
Associate Professor of Music at Hamilton College
Beavers, Kevin D.M.A. 2000
Freelance composer living in Germany.
Commissions from California Symphony and Albany Symphony
Bela, Marcin D.M.A. 2007
Music faculty member at Middle Tennessee State
Berners, John E Composition and Music Theory PhD 2004
Assistant Professor at University of Indianapolis
Bishop, Andrew D.M.A. 2001
Associate Professor of Music at Albion College, MI
Cargile, Ozie C BMus 2003
Performance by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Founder of the Psalm 150 Ensemble
Freelance composer and teacher in public schools
Dicke, Ian MMus 2006
Guest composer at the Cabrillo Festival of New Music
MetLife Creative Connections grant from the Meet the Composer Foundation
Dietz, Chris Composition and Music Theory PhD 2007
Oberlin Conservatory Visiting Assistant Professor of Theory
Hillsdale College Adjunct Professor of Composition
Djupstrom, Michael BMus 2002
Published by Boosey and Hawkes,
Award from CBDNA
William Schuman Prize, BMI Foundation
Eddins, Stephen D.M.A. 2001
Works for All Media Guide (AMG)
Etezady, Roshanne D.M.A. 2005
Music faculty member at Arizona State
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony, Dartmouth Symphony, eighth blackbird
Francis, Ryan BMus 2003
Commissions from the New York Youth Symphony, the New Juilliard Ensemble
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2005)
Frank, Gabriela Composition and Music Theory PhD 2001
Published by Schirmer
Commissions from the Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Kronos Quartet, Chiara Quartet, Albany Symphony
Furr, Jennifer D.M.A. 2003
Lecturer of Performing Arts Technology at the University of Michigan
Gould, Gabriel D.M.A. 2000
Commissions from Hamilton College, the Avalon String Quartet, the New York Youth Symphony, the Ann Arbor Symphony, the Albany Symphony Orchestra
Grisanti, Rodney D.M.A. 2005
Music faculty member at Harold Washington College, Chicago
Hill, Augustus Composition and Music Theory PhD 2002
Music faculty member at Wayne State University
Assistant Musical Director of Brazeal Denard Chorale, Detroit, MI
Horowitz, Andrew BMus
John Lennon Fellowship (2004)
Member of Tally Hall rock band under the Atlantic Records label
Hu, Ching-Chu D.M.A. 2001
Associate Professor of Music at Denison University
Performances by flutist Betty Bang Mather, and with the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jaeger, Shawn BMus 2007
2007 Broadcast Music Incorporated Student Composer Award
BMI Award (2007)
Janello, Mark Composition and Music Theory PhD 2001
Music faculty at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins
Kennedy, John M. D.M.A. 2002
Teaching composition, 20th Century theory, history and New Music Ensemble at Cal State-LA
Charles Ives Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1990)
Grants from Meet the Composer, Inc., and The American Composers Forum
Kirschenmann, Mark Composition and Music Theory PhD 2002
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Jazz and Improvisation, University of Michigan
Kuster, Kristin D.M.A. 2002
Freelance composer in New York City
American Composers Orchestra commission
Commissions from Plymouth Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Charles Ives Fellowship from American Academy of Arts and Letters (2004)
Lee, Chihchun D.M.A. 2000
Composition faculty at the University of South Florida
Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra Composers Competition Winner (2004)
Commissions from the Harvard Fromm Music Foundation, the Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation, and SCI/ASCAP
Lee III, James D.M.A. 2005
Assistant Professor at Morgan State University.
Premiere by Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra
Lee, Paul D.M.A. 2003
American Composers Orchestra commission
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1999)
Lee, Wendy Composition and Music Theory PhD 2006
Assistant Professor of Music at the State University of New York at Binghamton
Future Assistant Professor of Composition at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lecture-recital at the 2007 College Music Society International Conference
Guest composer residency at the University of Arkansas in February 2008
Little, David T. MMus 2002
ASCAP Leonard Bernstein Fellow in Composition at the Tanglewood Music Center (2001)
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2003)
Performances by eighth blackbird, So Percussion, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, New York City Opera VOX Grand Rapids Symphony, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (Composer-In-Residence, 2004)
Founder and Artistic Director of The Newspeak Ensemble
Lu, Pei D.M.A. 2002
Performances by Minnesota Orchestra, Chicago Grant Park Orchestra, Norfolk Music Consort, Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Commissions from Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, Chicago Institute of Arts, Amelia Piano Trio
Maki, David D.M.A. 2003
Assistant professor of composition and theory at Northern Illinois University
Performances by Brave New Works, Prime Directive
March, Kevin D.M.A. 2002
Creative Artist Grant from ArtServe Michigan
Arts of Citizenship grant
Molina, Christopher MMus 2005
Teacher with the JET Program in Japan
Invited to the Villecroze Academy of Music and Paris Conservatory summer programs
Myers, Andre D.M.A. 2005
Assistant Professor of Music at Occidental College, Los Angeles
Two commissions for the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra
Performances by symphony orchestras of Detroit, Plymouth, Occidental/Cal-Tech
Myers, Jeff D.M.A. 2007
Awards from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, BMI, Society of Composers, the Eastman School
Tanglewood & ASCAP fellowships
American Composers Orchestra Reading
New York Youth Symphony First Music Commission (2003)
BMI Composer Awards (1998, 2002)
Performances by L’Orchestre National de Lorraine, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Center for New Music (IA)
Pann, Carter Composition and Music Theory PhD 2004
Instructor of Theory and Composition at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1999)
Performances by the London Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, National Symphony of Ireland, Syracuse Symphony, Stockholm Radio Symphony
Penman, Joshua D.M.A. 2007
Commissions from the early music ensemble Lionheart, Ann Arbor Symphony, New York Youth Symphony
Performances by the Cedar Rapids Symphony, American Composers Orchestra
Puckett, Joel D.M.A. 2004
Professor at Towson University
Visiting Assistant Professor at Shenandoah University
American BanD.M.A.sters Association/University of Florida commission
Orchestral premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Reinkemeyer, Andrea D.M.A. 2005
Assistant Professor of Music at Bowling Green State University
Reading by the American Composers Orchestra
Performances by the Sonict New Music Ensemble, Pacific Rim Gamelan.
Commission and performance by the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
Romero, Manly D.M.A. 2007
Performance Librarian for the Manhattan School of Music
Awards and commissions from the American Composers Orchestra, New York Foundation for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and the American Music Center.
Roumain, Daniel D.M.A., Musicology: History MA 2000
Artist-in-Residence of the Seattle Theater Group
Performances and commissions by the Chicago Sinfonietta, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Sandler, Felicia Composition and Music Theory PhD 2001
Professor of Music at the New England Conservatory
Awards from Meet The Composer, Presser Foundation, American Composers Orchestra
Published by Schirmer, Mark Foster Music Company, Ballerbach Music.
Schnauber, Thomas Composition and Music Theory PhD 2004
Grand Prize and Music Director's Prize for the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin's International "Homage to Mozart"
Composition Competition, Moscow
Performance by the New York City Opera
Professor of Performance Arts (Music) and Co-Chair of the Performance Arts Department at Emmanuel College in Boston
Schober, David Composition and Music Theory PhD 2003
Assistant Professor at Queen’s College, NY
Theodore Presser Music Award
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2002)
Commissions from the Minnesota Orchestra, the Naumburg Foundation, the BMI Foundation Carlos Surinach Fund, eighth blackbird
Simpson, Steven D.M.A. 2003
Winner 14th Annual New Music Festival- Bowling Green State University
Smith, Timothy D.M.A. 2002
Sparr, DJ D.M.A. 2003
BMI Awards (1995, 2000)
Territo, James BMus 2001
Band director at the Detroit Country Day School Upper and Junior Schools
Tommasini, Matthew D.M.A. 2005
Freelance composer in Los Angeles
Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2005)
First prize in the ASCAP/SCI Commission Competition
Grant from the ASCAP Foundation's Leonard Bernstein Fund.
Vrebalov, Aleksandra D.M.A. 2003
Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2007)
Commission from Rhode Island Ballet
Summer composers institute in Serbia
Worley, Daniel D.M.A. 2002
Producer, recording engineer, song writer, performer
Commissioned by the Albany Symphony, the Tulsa Philharmonic
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