AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
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- 2002-Continental Harmony Grant
- 1999-Texas A&M University System Foundation Grant
- 1996-"Prairie Wind" Selected as one of 1995's best new works for
band by BandWorld magazine
- 1994-2nd Prize, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, Contest
- 1992-"Prairie Dreams: The River's Echo, nominated Pulitzer Prize
- 1992-Recipient, US Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of
Post Secondary Education (FIPSE),
- 1991-Selected for Indianapolis Symphony's "Music of The Mind" Series
- 1990-Elected to Sigma Alpha Iota Composer's Bureau
- 1988-Recipient, Lilly Foundation Grant
- 1988-Elected to American Composers Alliance, New York
- 1987-Recipient, Lilly Foundation Grant
- 1987-International Who's Who in Music, Cambridge, England
- 1986-2nd Prize, College Band Directors' National Association, New Music
for Band Competition
- 1985-Recipient, Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Scholarship
- 1982-BMI Student Composer Award
- 1982-1st Place, Arkansas Student Composer Award
- 1981-Winner National Federation of Music Clubs, Musical Achievement Award
- 1978-1st and 2nd Place, Arkansas MTNA Composition Contest
- 1977-2nd Place, Southeast Region of MENC, Composition Contest