•  Movie Festivals Awards 2023

     RED MOVIE AWARDS (selected); PlanetCinema (Nominee); Cinesis Independent FilmFest

     (Quarter-Finalist); Chicago Filmmaker Awards (Nominee); Lonely Wolf #23LWIFF (Nominee);

     Dumbo Film Festival (Semi-Finalist) London Movie Awards (Award Winner); New York Movie

     Awards (Honorable Mention); International Gold Awards (Award Winner); Florence Film Awards

     (Award Winner)

•  Special Mention, International Contemporary Music Festival Forum Wallis, 2019

•  Winner of the John Donald Robb Musical Trust Commission Competition, University of New Mexico,

    2018

•  The winner of the 5th Festival Incontri musicali al C.A.T. Ensemble Composition Competition 2017

•  New Music USA Grant in collaboration with Shanna Gutierrez 2014

•  IAS Artist Project Grant from the Illinois Arts Council 2013

•  Winner of the Tempus Continuum Ensemble Composition Competition 2012

•  Selection for the International Alliance for Women in Music Annual Concert 2012

•  Honorary Mention for the Boston New Music Initiative Commissioning Competition 2012

•  Winner of the Forecast Music 2012

•  Aaron Copland Awards and Copland House Residency 2011

•  Honorary prize for the International Electroacoustic Music Competition: Musica Nova, Society of

    Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, December 2009

•  Honorary Mention in the Destellos Competition 2009

•  Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Music Composition 2009

•  Roosevelt University Faculty Research and Professional Improvement Leave 2009

•  The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship 2008

•  Honorary Prize for the International Electroacoustic Music Competition: Musica Nova, Society of

    Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, December, 2008

•  Finalist at the International Electroacoustic Music Competition: Musica Nova, Society of

    Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, December, 2008

•  Finalist of the Contest for the International Contemporary Music Contest "Citta' di Udine," 2008

•  Roosevelt University Summer Grant 2011, 2008

•  Honorary Prize for the International Electroacoustic Music Competition: Musica Nova, Society of

    Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, December 14, 2007

•  Finalist for the International Electroacoustic Music Competition: Musica Nova, Society of

    Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, December 14, 2007

•  First Place for the Birmingham Arts Music Alliance Concert Exchange program, 

    ARTBURST Performance Series, Birmingham, AL, June 3, 2007

•  Winner of the Robert Helps Prize 2007, Tampa Robert Helps Prize Festival, University of South Florida,

    FL, and New York Merkin Concert Hall, NY, February 12-18, 2007

•  Finalist for Concurso Internacional de Composicai Eletroacoustica (CEMJKO) in Music

    and Art Week, Pouso Alegre-MG-Brasil, Brazil, November 6-10, 2006

•  Honorable Mention for Palmarès du 33e Concours Internationaux de Musique et d’Art Sonore

    Electroacoustiques de Bourges, Degré II - Trivium/Quadrivium, 2e catégorie, France, 2006

•  First Prize for ASCAP/SEAMUS Commission Competition 2006 at University of Oregon, Eugene, OR,

    March 30- April 1, 2006

•  Finalist for MUSICA NOVA 2005, Society for Electroacoustic Music of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech

    Republic, December 7, 2005

•  Second Prize for VI CIMESP 2005 Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de SãoPaulo, Brazil,

    November 1, 2005

•  Mention for Palmarès du 32e Concours International de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de

    Bourges, France, October 2005

•  Finalist for Palmarès du 31e Concours International de Musique et d’Art Sonore  Electroacoustiques de

    Bourges 2004; Degré I-RESIDENCE, France, 2004

•  Finalist for Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de SãoPaulo in SãoPaulo, Brazil,

    November 2003

•  Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, November 2003

•  Honorable Mention for SEAMUS Conference at ASCAP/SEAMUS, Arizona State University, Tempe,

    AZ, March 13-15, 2003

•  Honorable Mention for the 24th Luigi Russolo International Competition, Bagaini, Italy, September 2002

•  Winner of the 21st Century Piano Commission Award, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts,

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, February 2002  

MAJOR AWARDS/HONORS/FELLOWSHIP/GRANTS