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BMI Student Composer Awards
(WSP = William Schuman Prize; A=Alumnus)
1967, 1970 Eugene O'Brien
1987, 1988 David Dzubay
1992 Petros Ovsepyan
1993, 1994, 1995 Heather Anne Schmidt
1994 David Nalesnik
1996, 1999 (WSP, A) Stefan Freund
1997 John Supko
1998 Ryan T. Deasy
1998 Paul D. Osterfield (A)
1999 Andrew Dionne
2000 (WSP) Daniel Kellogg (former student)
2000 Nancy Kho
2000 Tom Osborne
2002 Derek Johnson
2003 Ben Jacob
2003 Joseph Sheehan (WSP)
2003 Jeffrey Stanek
2004 Martin Kennedy (A)
2005 Joeseph Sheehan (WSP)
2005 Jeffrey Stanek
2007 Bryan Christian
2007 Eric Guinivan (A)
2007 Clint Needham (WSP)
2007 Matthew Peterson
2008 Eric Nathan (WSP)
2009 Brendan Faegre
2011 Ryan Chase
2011 Benjamin D. Taylor
2011 Eric Guinivan (A)
2011 William Rowe
2011 David Werfelmann (A)
2012 Ryan Chase
ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
(HM = Honorable Mention; A=Alumnus)
1987, 1990 Joseph Klein
1988, 1989, 1990 David Dzubay
1989, 1993, 1995 Keith Fitch
1994 Alfonso Tenreiro
Cindy Cox
Bruce Hamilton
John Russo
Leslie Sommer
1994 Paul Osterfield
Petros Ovsepyan
1998, 1999, 2003 (HM) Martin Kennedy
1998, 1999, 2000 (HM), 2002 (A) Stefan Freund
1998 John Supko
1998, 2000 (A) Robert Paterson
1999 N. Lincoln Hanks
1999 (HM), 2002 (A), 2003 (A) Mathew Van Brink
1999 (HM), 2002 (A) Robert L. Bennett, Jr.
1999 (HM) Forest Pierce
1999 (HM) Jacqueline Jeeyoung Kim
1999 (HM) Jason Haney
1999, 2001 (A) Nancy Kho
1999 Dorothy Chang
1999 (HM), 2000, 2001, 2003 Daniel Kellogg (former student)
1999, 2000, 2001 Mischa Zupko
2000, 2001 (A) Emily Doolittle
2002 (HM) Kenneth Froelich
2002 (A) Yotam Haber
2002 (HM) Derek Johnson
2002 Anthony Lanman
2003 Christopher Lee
2003 (HM) Gordon Williamson
2004 Kenneth Froelich
2004 (A) Yotam Haber
2004 (HM) Daniel Highman
2005 (A) Matt Van Brink
2006 (HM), 2007, 2008 (HM) Clint Needham
2006 (HM) Yoomi Paick
2007 Elizabeth Ogonek
2007 (HM) Teddy Niedermaier
2008 Eric Nathan
2009 Clint Needham
2010 Jonn Sokol
2011 (A) Eric Guinivan
2011 (HM, A) Elizabeth Ogonek
2011, 2012 (A) Eric Nathan
2012 Michael Sweeney
2013 Ryan Chase, Yie-Eun Chun, Francisco Cortes-Alvarez
2013 Matthew Peterson (HM, A), Melody Eötvös (HM)
Other External Awards, Commissions, Honors:
(HM = Honorable Mention; A=Alumnus)
Aaron Copland Award (residency at Copland House)
2003 Yotam Haber (A)
2003 Doug Opel (A)
Australia Council Adelaide Baroque Commission
2006 Natalie Williams
Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra Young Composers Award
2007 Matthew Peterson
Alea III International Composition Competition
2004 Joseph Sheehan, Dance Dance Revelation (finalist)
American Art Song Competition
2004 Mark Buntag, Six Nocturnes and an Aubade (Best Song Cycle - Emerging Artist)
2004 Dan levin, Two Longfellow Songs (Best Song Cycle - Student Composer)
2004 William Harvey, When I have fears... (Finalist- Student Composer)
2004 Garrett Byrnes, Songs of the Sea (Winner - Emerging Artist)
American Composers Forum/Vocal Essence Welcome Christmas! Carol Composition Competition
2003 Thomas Fielding, Behold the Dark and Bitter Night
American Composers Orchestra Whitaker/Underwood New Music Reading Sessions
Cindy Cox (A)
1994 Keith Fitch, The Halluncinogenic Toreador
Daniel Kellogg (A)
2000 Juan Cuellar, Tatambo
2002 Stacy Garrop, Sometimes a Wild and Quiet Place
2003 Martin Kennedy, Juvenilia
2004 Robert Paterson (A), Electric Lines
2004 Daniel Bradshaw, Jubilus
2005 Ken Froelich (A), Pulse Mutations
2005 Joe Sheehan, Sail Away to Soft, Sweet Bells
2006 Clint Needham, Earth and Green
2008 Clint Needham, Chamber Symphony (commissioned work)
Areon Flutes International Chamber Music Competition
2007 Chia-Ying Chiang,Four Elements for 4 Flutes
ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize
2006 Eric Nathan (HM), Nightscape/Daybreak
ASCAP Foundation Leonard Bernstein Fellowship
2008 Jeff Stanek
ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Award
1994 Joseph Klein (HM)
2000 Justin Merritt
2003 Daniel Kellogg (A)
ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission
1996 Bruce Hamilton
Aspen Music Festival - Jacob Druckman Prize
1997 Dorothy Chang
1999 Mischa Zupko
2008 Clint Needham
Atlantic Center for the Arts Resident Fellow
1989 Keith Fitch
1998 Yotam Haber
Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association (ACCBDA)
Grant for Young and Emerging Wind Band Composers
2008 Eric Nathan
Austin Peay State University Young Composer's Competition
2007 Nikolas Allen Jeleniauskas, Abstractions
Australian National Harp Composition Competition
2004 Robert Griffin Morgan, The Moon Methinks Looks with a Watery Eye
Bakersfield Symphony New Direction's Concert Series Commission
2006 Sarah Gibson, Quote
Barlow Endowment Commission
1992 Ricardo Lorenz
1997 David Vayo (A)
2001 Dorothy Chang
2001 Stacy Garrop
2005 Stacy Garrop (A)
2005 Mischa Zupko
2005 Dan Bradshaw
2012 Forrest Pierce (A)
Barlow Endowment LDS Commission
2004 Neil Thornock
Beethoven Club Composition Competition
2007 Elliott Bark, Duo for Flute and Cello
2009 Brendan Faegre, The Circular Ruins
Brass Chamber Music Forum Brass Quintet Composition Competition
2004 Clint Needham
Cabrillo Festival of New Music Fellowship/Commission
2008 Clint Needham
Cambridge Madrigal Singers Choral Competition
2000 Jason Bahr
Capes Foundation Fellowship, Government of Brazil
2001 Alexandre Eisenberg
CEMJKO International Electroacoustic Music Contest
2006 Jeff Stanek, 1st Prize
Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center Commission
2008 Eric Nathan
Chanticleer Composer-in-Residence
2003 Jeeyoung Kim (A)
Charles Ives Scholarship from the Academy of Arts and Letters
1997 Daniel Kellogg
1998 Dorothy Chang
2002 Nancy Kho (A)
2010 Clint Needham
2010 Eric Nathan (A)
Composers Inc. Lee Ettelson Prize
2004 Mischa Zupko, Seven Deadly Sins
2008 Clint Needham, Five Movements for Wind Quintet
Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra Composition
2000 Garrett Byrnes
Dale Warland Singers New Music Commissioning Competition
1998 N Lincoln Hanks
1999 Jeeyoung Kim
Delaware Valley Chorale Young Musician's Award
2010 Josh Groffman, And Jacob Dreamed...
Dupage Symphony Orchestra "Fanfare for our Fiftieth" Competition
2003 Thomas Fielding
Fromm Foundation for Music at Harvard Commission
Cindy Cox (A)
2002 Mischa Zupko
2005 Jason Bahr (A)
2005 Keith Fitch (A)
Friends and Enemies of New Music - Composition Competition
2006 David Cutler (Winner)
Fulbright Fellowship
1994 James Aikman (Amsterdam)
1997 Emily Doolittle (Amsterdam)
2002 John Supko (France)
2008 Matthew Peterson(Sweden)
G. Schirmer American Art Song Competition
1995 James Aikman
Gaudeamus Prize Competition
1988 Joseph Klein (HM)
Groupe de Musique Experimentale de Bourges, France
1988 James Aikman and Armando Tranquilino, 1st prize
1990 (HM) William Kleinsasser, Reflective Image
2003 Kotoka Suzuki (A), first prize, multi-media category
Guild of Carillonneurs in North America Johan Franco Carillon Composition Competition
2004 Neil Thornock, Sonata
Hamilton Symphony Orchestra (Canada), Composer-in-Residence
2002-2004 Heather Schmidt (A)
Heckscher Composition Prize - Ithaca College
2008 Clint Needham, Axioms
Hymnia Chamber Choir Composition Competition (Denmark)
2003 Catharina Palmer, Kissrain, Watersleep
Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival Composition Contest
1982 Stephen Suber
1988 John Muehleisen
1989 Jeffrey Hass
1991 David Dzubay
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Reading Sessions and Performances
1990 David Dzubay, Snake Alley
1990 William Kleinsasser, Curving Influence
1991 David Dzubay, Awakening
1991 William Kleinsasser, Millennium's Edge
International Society of Bassists Composition Competition
2010 (HM) Bin Li, Lake 1B11
International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) - Libby Larsen Prize
2008 Yoomi Paick, Crossover
International Brass Chamber Music Festival (IBCMF) - Excellence Composition Award
2008 KyungA Ahn,Sailing to the Deep Blue Sea
International Frank Ticheli Composition Contest
2007 Clint Needham (finalist)
2009 Clint Needham, Legacies
2009 Joni Greene, Moonscape Awakening
2009 Jonathan Sokol,Fantasy Sketches, Mvt. III: Escape from L�aer Ahliel, Flight & the Observatory (finalist)
International's Tuba/Euphonium Association - Harvey Phillips Award for Excellence in Composition
2008 Rob Teehan (A), (Finalist), Concertino for tuba and wind ensemble
Jacob Druckman Composition Prize
2008 Clint Needham
Kronos Quartet Young Composer Commission Competition
2002 Alexandra DuBois
Kubik International Prize in Composition
2002 Jason Bahr (HM)
Long Island Arts Council at Freeport Sixth International Musical Composition Contest
2009 Sang Mi Ahn (2nd Prize)
MAYO (Musical Arts Youth Orchestra) Competition
2009 Chris Renk, Through Doorways Between Dreams
2010 Jonn Sokol, Twice the Rising Sun
Meet the Composer / ASOL "MUSIC ALIVE" Residency
2003 Dorothy Chang, Albany Symphony Orchestra
Middle Georgia Composers Exchange
2008 Joni Green, Autumn Reflections
Millenium Arts Society International Competition for Composers
2005 David Cutler (A)
Minnesota Orchestra Reading Session & Composer Institute
2002 Mischa Zupko
2004 Robert Paterson (A), Electric Lines
2006 Garrett Byrnes
2007 Dan Bradshaw (A)
2008 Justin Merritt, River of Blood
2008 David Schneider, Automation
Music Teachers National Association Composition Competition
2004 Brian Buch, Insomnia (2nd)
2007 Brian Buch, Icy Silence of the Salamander Fire (1st)
NACUSA Young Composers' Competition
1988 J. Mark Scearce (1st)
1996 Daniel Kellogg (1st)
1998 Andrew Dionne (2nd)
1998 Jeeyoung Kim (2nd)
1999 Garrett Byrnes (2nd)
2000 Dorothy Chang (HM)
2002 Ben Jacob (2nd)
2002 Garrett Byrnes (1st)
2003 Kenneth Froelich (1st), Blue Fire
2007 Eric Nathan (2nd), Four Sculptures
NACWPI Composition Project
2005 Clint Needham
National Association for the Teaching of Singing
Art Song Composition Competition
2006 David Cutler (1st)
National Federation of Music Clubs
Emil and Ruth Beyer Composition Award
2000 David Nalesnik (HM), Congeries
2000 Mischa Zupko
2001 David Nalesnik, Phantom
2003 Thomas Fielding, O Lacrimosa
2008 Brian Ciach, Piano Sonata No. 2
2008 Martin McClellan (2nd), Sonata for Piano No. 2
2008 Thade Correa (A, 2nd), Two Poems of Louise Gluck for voice and piano
Victor Herbert/ASCAP Young Composers Award
2003 J. Mark Inman, Non-
2004 Sarah E. Gibson, A Dubious Notion
2005 Andrew Estel, RED: A Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano
2007 Teddy Niedermaier Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
2007 Andrew Estel, SEA GODS
2008 Sarah Gibson, Let Me Go
2008 Jeff Stanek, Turning
Russell and Nancy Hatz Special Recognition Award
2003 J. Mark Inman, Non-
Devora Nadworney Award
2007 Andrew Estel, SEA GODS
Sammy Nestico Award
2005 David Cutler (A)
National Opera Association Chamber Opera Competition
2006 Matthew Peterson (Finalist), The Binding of Isaac
New Music for Young Audiences and Performers Competition
2003 Ben S. Jacob, Avia Pieridum
New York Youth Symphony FIRST MUSIC Commissions
1990 David Dzubay, Awakening
1993 Keith Fitch, Totem
1994 Alphonso E. Tenreiro
1995 David Heuser
2000 Stefan Freund (A)
2000 Mischa Zupko, Canter into Black
2001 Emily Doolittle (A)
2002 Matt Van Brink (A); Control Room
2007 Clint Needham
2009 Elliott Bark, Shalom for Flute and Orchestra
Northridge Prize for Orchestral Composition
2004 Garrett Byrnes, Red Moon
2005 Jason Bahr, Golgotha (A)
2008 Matt Van Brink
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne Forum
2004 Derek Johnson
Pacific Symphony Orchestra American Composers Competition
2002 Mischa Zupko
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Composition Contest
1989 Joseph Klein
1991 David Dzubay
Philadelphia Orchestra Centennial Competition
2000 Keith Fitch (A)
The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's Harvey Gaul Composition Competition
2009 Clint Needham (HM)
Queen Elisabeth Composition Competition
2007 Brian Buch
Quintet Attaca/Center for Chicago Programs
2008 Clint Needham, Five Movements for Wind Quintet
Renee B. Fisher Piano Competition
2002 Jason Bahr (3rd)
Robert Helps International Composition Competition
2006-2007 Brian Buch (Finalist), Icy Silency of the Salamander Fire
Rodrigo Riera International Guitar Composition Competition
1999 Alexandre Eisenberg
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / ASOL Reading Session
1989 James Aikman, A Bottle of Notes and Some Voyages
SCI/ASCAP National Student Composition Competition
2008 Clint Needham
Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress
2008 Eric Lindsay
Syracuse Society for New Music Brian M. Israel Prize
1999 Robert Paterson, Quintus
2007 Eric Nathan, Onement
USA International Harp Competition Composition Contest
2003 Garrett Byrnes (First Prize), Visions in Twilight
2003 Mischa Zupko (First Prize), Despedida
Vancouver Chamber Choir Comission
2007 Rob Teehan, Another Kind of Springtime
Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival
2010 Daniel Seong Hyeon Lee (Top Prize), Break Dance!
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) Fellow
2008 Jeff Stanek
Virginia College Band Directors National Association Symposium 32 for New Band Music
2006 Eric Nathan, Nightscape/Daybreak
VocalEssence Welcome Christmas! Carol Competition
2003 Thomas Fielding, Behold the Dark and Bitter Night
VocalEssence Essentially Choral Competition
2006 Yoomi Paick, Credo
2007 Matthew Peterson, Miserere Mei
2008 Joni Green, Autumn Reflections
Washington International Competition for Composers
2006 Clint Needham (Second Prize)
Webster University Music School Young Composers Competition
2008 William F. Bryant (Level II, Second Place)
World New Music Days Miami ISCM Section
2008 Kyung A Ahn (finalist)
Young Composers' Award from Symphony in C
2008 Clint Needham,Radiant Nation
Young New Yorker's Chorus Young Composer's Competition
2007 Rob Teehan (A, 1st prize)
