Jerome Foundation - Composers Commissioning Program Grant for NEW WORK (TBA)
American Music Center - Composer Assitance Program Grant for Maji
Meet the Composer - MetLife Creative Connections Grant (with Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra) for Maji
2007
Meet the Composer - Creative Connections Grant (with Perfect Harmony Men's Chorus) for Tomorrow, God Willing
New England Foundation for the Arts Grant (with Women In Harmony) for They Have Freckles Everywhere
2006
Jerome Foundation - Performance Outreach Grant for Life Is Not a Garden
American Composers Forum - Subito Grant
American Music Center - Composer Assitance Program Grant for I'hare
Vincent Brown Silliman Award - Honorable Mention: Where There Is Light In the Soul
2005
American Composers Forum - Subito Grant
New York Virtuoso Singers Choral Composition Competition - Honorable Mention: Climb
2004
Jerome Foundation - Composers Commissioning Program Grant for Life Is Not a Garden
Ithaca College Choral Composition Contest - First Prize: Finally On My Way To Yes
New York State Council on the Arts - Community Arts Partnership Decentralization Grant (with Women's Works) for I Write This Poem Out of Darkness
Euphonia! Vocal Composition Competition - First Prize: If You Can Walk You Can Dance
National Endowment for the Arts - Creation and Presentation Grant (with Syracuse Society for New Music) for My Aunt Gives Me a Clarinet Lesson
Songwriters Association of Washington Mid-Atlantic Song Contest - Finalist: Being Who You Are
Meet the Composer Grant
2000
KidSing 2000 Composer's Competition - First Prize: Being Who You Are
Brookline Chorus Composition Competition - First Prize: Spring Revels
John Lennon Songwriting Contest - Honorable Mention: Being Who You Are
Diana Barnhart American Song Competition - Honorable Mention: So Many Corners
New York State Council on the Arts - Community Arts Partnership Project Grant for Finally On My Way To Yes