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AWARDS AND HONORS

2012 Virginia Arts Festival - John Duffy Institute - composer fellow for summer opera workshop; workshop of first scene from Kirchoff's chamber opera The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret.

2010 Colorado State Music Teachers' Association Commissioned Composer

2007 Sorel Medallion - Awarded first prize in international choral composition competition sponsored by the Sorel Organization; performance of "Meciendo," at Carnegie Hall (Zenkel Hall) by Voices of Ascension, directed by Dennis Keene

2006 Ernest Bloch Composers’ Symposium - awarded composition fellowship for summer 2006, Newport, OR; George Tsontakis, Composer-in-Residence

2006 Chamber Music Conference and Composers’ Forum of the East - awarded composition fellowship for summer 2006, Bennington, VT; Donald Crockett and Paul Moravec, composition instructors

1999-2000 Composer-in-Residence - Temple Emanuel Synagogue, Newton, MA and Twelfth Baptist Church, Roxbury, MA in a Faith Partners Residency sponsored by the American Composers Forum Boston Area Chapter

1994 1st Place Denver Women’s Chorus National Composition Competition

 

COMMISSIONS

Colorado State Music Teacher's Association -piece for 2010 CSMTA conference on June 4, 2010

Trio Sonata piece commissioned by Scott Brodie, Lorraine Jewett, Tara Kazak and Jonathan Newmark

The Playground Ensemble - piece for soprano, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, and piano, 2009

Ernest Bloch Composers’ Symposium - piece for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 2006

Chamber Music Conference and Composers’ Forum of the East - wind quintet, 2006

Harmonia Chamber Choir, Boulder, CO - SATB acappella choir piece, 2005

Katherine Kleitz and Iris Lee Marcus, Stow, MA - flute piece for inclusion on CD recording, Airs to Charm a Lizard, 2004

Stages Theatre Company, Hopkins, MN - music for 8 musical theatre productions, 1996-2002

Susan Howe, Belmont, MA - ragtime piece for a birthday celebration, 2002

Belmont Parents of Music Students, Belmont, MA - choral piece for Belmont High School Select Choir, 2001

American Composers Forum Boston Area Chapter - three choral pieces for Faith Partners Residency program, 1999-2000

Row Twelve Contemporary Music Ensemble, Stow, MA - three chamber music pieces, 1997-2002