AWARDS

  • 2021 MNiatures; Tiny Operas, big Ideas by MN Opera

  • 2021 Opera America, Discovery Grants

  • 2020  Artist in Residence, Lucas Artists Program in Saratoga, CA.

  • 2019 Schubert Club Composer Award

  • 2018 Top 10 Albums of the Year 2018, Global Music Awards

  • 2018 Gold Medal Award, Global Music Awards

  • 2018 Springboard for the Arts, Artist in Residence

  • 2017-18 Cultural Community Partnership grants winner, Minnesota State Arts Board

  • 2016  McKnight Fellowships for Composers

  • 2106  Springboard for the Arts, Artist in Residence

  • 2013-2014 Artists Initiative grants winner, Minnesota State Arts Board

  • 2012 Jerome Fund for New Music, American Composers Forum

  • 2012-2013 Artists Initiative grants winner, Minnesota State Arts Board

  • 2012 first prize, Alienor Awards – 8th International Harpsichord Composition Competition

  • 2009-10 McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians

  • 2008 Subito grant – American Composers Forum

  • 2008 Honorable mention prize Alienor Awards – 7th International Harpsichord Composition Competition

  • 2004 First Prize, Alienor Awards – 6th International Harpsichord Composition Competition

  • 2001 International performance award - the Fund for U.S. artists at international festivals and exhibitions

  • 1999 International performance award - the Fund for U.S. artists at international festivals and exhibitions

  • 1996 Foreign Study award - the Government of Japan

  • 1995 Winner, Special Presentation Award Auditions, New York

  • 1987 First Prize, song writing composition competition sponsored by Japanese national television, NHK