- AWARDS and COMMISSIONS - 

-2023-

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

(ASCAP) Standard/Plus Award

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-2022-

Selected Composer/Recording

Society of Composers, Inc Recording Series

“Sans Titre VII(B)” for alto saxophone

Brian Utley, alto saxophone

Scheduled Release: Spring 2024

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The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

(ASCAP) Standard/Plus Award

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-2021-

Commission, DIVISIONS for chamber orchestra

commissioned by the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Alabama

Gregory Vajda, music director

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The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

(ASCAP) Standard/Plus Award

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-2020-

Highly Commended

Ars Electronica Wallis Forum 2020

Forum Online Program

for Triptych

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Selected Composer

Call for Scores Recording Project

Iwona Glinka, flute

Signals for solo flute

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- 2019 - 

Promoted to Full Professor of Music

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Selected Composer

Two Minutes for Solo Flute - Call for Scores

Recording Project and Concert

Iwona Glinka, flute

Monologue

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The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

(ASCAP) Standard/Plus Award

- 2018 - 

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

(ASCAP) Standard/Plus Award

- 2017 -

Winner

Black Bayou Composition Award

Sponsored by the New Music on the Bayou Festival

for I/O

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Commission, Trio No. 4: "Cut and Dry" for Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, and piano,

commissioned by the Amicitia Duo: 

Diane Barger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and

Denise Gainey, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Commission, Sans Titre VII(B) for solo saxophone,

commissioned by Brian Utley, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Premiered on February 8, 2017, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University

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- 2016 - 

Selected Composer

Tempo New Music Ensemble Call for Scores

Hardboiled (Red Harvest)

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Selected Composer

Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) 

2016/2017 Call for Scores

A Southern Prelude

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- 2015 - 

- Finalist -

2nd International Art!/Climate Competition for Sound Art Miniatures

Sponsored by the Electronic Arts Experimentation and Research Center of the National University of

Tres de Febrero in Argentina, and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre

Selected Work: Trope No.1: Surface Tension

- Semi-finalist- 

Trope No. 2: Saturation Point

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Finalist

The Engine Room International Sound Art Competition and Exhibition

Morley Gallery, Morley College, London

Selected Work: Triptych: Three Studies in Gesture and Noise

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- 2014 - 

United States Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Composition Competition

Honorable Mention, Romanza de Dulcinea for euphonium and piano

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Commission, "I/O: An Immersive Aural Experience," commissioned by

the Alys Stephens Center and the University of Alabama at Birmingham

 

- 2013 - 

2013-1999 - ASCAP Standard/Plus Awards

14 consecutive years

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Finalist

The American Prize in Composition - Chamber, Professional Division,

for Hook, Link, & Sinker  for clarinet, saxophone, and piano

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Commission, A Southern Prelude for solo piano, commissioned by Nicholas Phillips,

with funds from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Academic Affairs Division.

 

- 2012 -

Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellow

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Commission, Gridlock for soprano saxophone and digital soundfile,

commissioned by John Perrine, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.   

Premiered at the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland on July 12, 2012. 

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- 2011 - 

Commission, IMPRINT for string orchestra, commissioned by the Louisiana Sinfonietta, Baton Rouge, LA.

Premiered on January 21, 2012 in Baton Rouge, LA.

 

- 2010 - 

Commission, I Forget What Eight Was For for piccolo/flute and tuba, commissioned by Sarah Miles for The

Extreme Duo.  Premiered at Wright State University, Dayton, OH on December 10, 2010.

 

 - 2009 - 

Named the Music Teachers National Association

Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year

 

- 2008 -

Alabama Music Teachers Association Commission

Hardboiled (Red Harvest) for Bb clarinet, trumpet, alto saxophone,

percussion trio, and piano

 

- 2004 - 

Percussion Arts Society Composition Competition

Third Prize, Boogaloo: Rough and Tumble for percussion quartet

 

- 2001 -

Commission, Louisiana Music Teachers Association

Suite for Saxophone Quartet

 

- 2000 -

National Association of Composers, USA Young Composers Competition

Honorable Mention, Memphis Skies for brass quintet

 

- 1999 -

Southeastern Composers League Phillip Slates Composition Competition

First Place, Strata I for solo flute

 

- 1997 -

Southeastern Composers League Phillip Slates Composition Competition

Second Place, Dhamar for tenor and bass trombones

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