Honors and Awards

2007

Finalist, ASCAP/IAJE Gil Evans Fellowship

2007

Visiting Lecturer in Music, Lawrence University

2006

Nominee, BMI Charlie Parker Composition Competition, “Spirit Processional”

2005

Jazz Big Band scores accepted for publication with UNC Jazz Press

2004

Finalist, ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award

2004

Cited as one of Lawrence University’s “Notable Alumni”

2003

Visiting Lecturer in Music, Lawrence University

2002

Winner, ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award

2001

Contributor, Yankee Magazine, July/August 2001

2000

Winner, Down Beat Magazine Award, extended original composition

2000

Winner, Down Beat Magazine Award, jazz arrangement

2000

M.M., with honors and distinction in performance, NEC

1999

Benny Golson, featured performer, Killer Joe arr. Javier Arau

1999

Featured Composer, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, dir.

1999

NEC Beneficent Society Scholarship

1998-2000

New England Conservatory, Dean’s List

1998

New England Conservatory Merit Scholarship

1998

B.Mus./B.A., with honors, Lawrence University

1998

Winner, Lawrence Commencement Concert Auditions

1997

Winner, Down Beat Magazine Award, extended original composition

1997

First Prize, MTNA National Collegiate Chamber Music Competition

1997

Winner, Lawrence Contemporary Music Ensemble Composition Contest

1997

Featured Composer, Festival of New American Music, CSU Sacramento

1997

Works performed: Monterey, Montreux, and North Sea Jazz Festivals

1997

James Ming Scholarship in Composition

1997

Fred Herbolzeimer Scholarship in Jazz Studies

1997

Pi Kappa Lambda Jazz Composition Award

1997

Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Award

1997-1998

chair, Dean’s Advisory Council, Lawrence Conservatory

1996

Outstanding Jazz Performer, Down Beat Magazine Award

1996

Tenor saxophonist, Wisconsin Collegiate All-State Jazz Ensemble

1996

James Ming Scholarship in Composition

1996

Fred Herbolzeimer Scholarship in Jazz Studies

1996

Dave Brubeck Jazz Scholarship

1996

Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Award

1996

Winner, Lawrence Concert Choir Composition Contest

1996

Hon. Mention, Wisconsin Alliance for Composers composition contest

1996-1998

Advanced Saxophone Quartet Studies program, Lawrence University

1995

Contributor, Jazz Educators Journal, Joe Henderson, March 1995

1994-1998

Lawrence University Dean’s List

1994-1997

Lawrence Conservatory Performance Award

1994

member Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Gamma Zeta Chapter

1993-1997

Lawrence Heritage Scholarship, for academic achievement

1993

Most Outstanding Soloist, Reno International Jazz Festival

1993

Outstanding Tenor Saxophonist, Monterey Jazz Festival

1992

State Finalist, National PTA Reflections contest

1991-1993

Saxophonist, Monterey Jazz Festival All-Star Jazz Band

1991

Most Outstanding Soloist, Sonoma Jazz Festival

1991

Inductee, Mickey Mouse Club Hall of Fame

1991

Featured performer, The Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club

1990

MENC Young Composer Award

1990

Runner-up, Sacramento Family of the Year