SELECTED AWARDS, COMMISSIONS,
​GRANTS, & HONORS

  • Pluto: The Outcast (2023)
    commissioned by the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA)
  • (dys)lexical trans(fer)mission (2020)
    commissioned by the Hillsdale College Faculty Woodwind Quintet
  • Gravitation (2019)
    commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra of Tennessee
  • Drop Down, O Heavens (2019)
    commissioned by the the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
  • Recipient of The State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching (2018)
  • Perimeters (2017)
    commissioned by Susan Royal and the Fredonia Flute Ensemble
  • Length/Time2 selected for inclusion in the Daniel Blitz Clavichord Project (2017)
  • Animans (2011) selected for inclusion in the Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) Journal of Music Scores (2014)
  • Echoes in the Darkness (2007) selected for inclusion on the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) “Electroacoustic Miniatures 2014: Transients” recording (2014)
  • With My Whole Heart (2013)
    commissioned by Parkside Lutheran Church
  • Recipient of the Winifred O. Stone Graduate Student Development Award (2012)
  • Beacons (2011)
    commissioned by Detroit Civic Wind Symphony
  • Runner Up, West Virginia Flash Festival (experimental music category) (2010)
  • Winner, BGSU Competition in Music Performance (composition division) (2009)
  • Finalist, ClefWorks’ Composition Competition (2008)
  • Recipient of grant funding from the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music for study at the California State University Summer Arts program (2008)
  • Recipient of the Victoria Bohlen Award, for excellence in composition (2005)​
  • Recipient of the Anthony S. Strychalski Award, for excellence in performance (2004)