• 2002 – ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize • 2002 – Walter Beeler Memorial Composition Prize, Ithaca College • 2003, 2004 – ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award • 2004 – William Schuman Prize, BMI Foundation • 2005 – ASCAP/
Lotte Lehmann Foundation Song Cycle Competition, 3rd prize • 2005 – Music Teachers National Association - Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year • 2006 – Great Wall International Composition Competition, 1st Prize & Audience Prize, Chinese Fine Arts Society • 2010 –
Charles Ives Fellowship,
The American Academy of Arts and Letters • 2012 –
American Viola Society's Maurice Gardner Composition Competition grand prize winner for
Walimai • 2012 – Delius International Composition Prize • 2013 – Columbia Orchestra American Composer Competition winner for
Scène et Pas de deux • 2013 – Grand Prize, Washington Awards, S&R Foundation • 2014 –
Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage ==References==