Current Students
Lembit Beecher, DMA 2009
First Music 24 Commission from the New York Youth Symphony (2007)
Winner of the New Music@ECU Orchestral Composition Competition
Aspen Music Festival (2007)
Daniel Thomas Davis, DMA 2010
BMI Student Composer Award (2006)
Paul Dooley, MMus 2009
ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award (2008)
Fellowship Recipient Aspen Summer Materclass (2008)
Omaha Symphony New Music Symposium performance (2008)
Pioneer Valley Symphony Competition, 2nd Place (2008)
Ching-Mei Lin, DMA 2009
ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award
Theresa Martin, DMA 2008
2nd place, NACUSA Young Composer's Competition (2006)
Fellowship Recipient Aspen Summer Materclass (2007)
Recipient of an ASCAPlus Award (2007)
Cory Parkinson, BM 2012
ASCAPlus award (2008)
Evan Ware, DMA 2011
Music08 Festival, CCM (2008)
Arraymusic Young Composers' Workshop
Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival performance
Ming-Hsiu Yen, DMA 2008
Minnesota Orcheestra Composer Institute (2008)
Pacific Music Festival (2007)
Hanson Institute for American Music-Commission Award (2007)
New Music Project (Kalamazoo, MI)-Commission Award (2007)
SCI/ASCAP Student Composition Commission-1st Prize (Region V East) (2006)
Aspen Music Festival and School (2006)
ISCM/League of Composers Competition-Performance Award (2005)
Literary and Artistic Creation Competition (Taiwan)-1st Prize (2005)
Bill Zuckerman, BM 2011
New York Art Ensemble "Emerging Composer" Award.
Award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts in the 2007 NFAA young Arts week competition.
Youngest composer to recieve "New Music Project" Commission (2008)
Awards by Category
Aaron Copland House Residencies
Mark Kilstofte 2003-2004
John Anthony Lennon 2002-2003
Gordon Beeferman 1999-2000
David Schober 1999-2000
Mark Kilstofte 1998-1999
American Composers Orchestra Readings and Commissions
* Denotes Commission
Derek Bermel*
Roshanne Etezady
Stacy Garrop
Deniz Ince
Kristin Kuster*
Paul Yeon Lee*
Jeff Myers
Carter Pann
Joshua Penman
P.Q. Phan*
Manly Romero*
Daniel Bernard Roumain*
Felicia Sandler
Arlene Sierra
Matthew Tommasini
Daniel Worley
ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards
* Denotes Leo Kaplan Award Winner
Clarice Assad
Kevin Beavers
Gordon Beeferman
Derek Bermel *
Bruce Bielawa
Andrew Bishop
Dorothy Chang
Michael Daugherty
Paul Dooley
Christopher Dietz
Michael Djupstrom
David Flippo
Paul Fowler
Gabriela Frank
Stephen Gryc
Evan Hause
David Heetderks
Kamran Ince
Deniz Ince
Takuma Itoh
John Kennedy
Timothy Kramer
Mark Kurtz
Ching-Mei Lin
David Little
Nag-Bhushan Odekar
Carter Pann *
Sarah Peebles
Joshua Penman
Elena Ruehr
David Schober
Suzanne Sheppard
Alex Temple
Peter Terry
Michael Timpson
Daniel Worley
ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Award
Kevin Beavers 2001
Mark Kilstofte 1997
Stepehen Michael Gryc 1986
BMI Student Composer Awards
Gordon Beeferman (1996, 98, William Schuman Prize 02)
William Bolcom (1953)
Richmond Browne (1956, 57)
Kurt Carpenter (1968, 71)
Stephen Chatman (1973, 74, 75)
George H. Crumb (1956)
Daniel Thomas Davis (2006)
Michael Djupstrom
Theodore Dollarhide (1975)
Gabriel Ian Gould (1996, 1999)
Sharon L. Hershey (1982, 84, 87)
Kamran Ince (1985)
Shawn Jaeger (2007)
Terrence T. Kincaid (1968)
Timothy A. Kramer (1981, 83)
Michael Kurek (1977)
Todd Bennett Levin (1982, 83, 85)
David T. Little (2002, 2004)
Elliott Miles McKinley (1991)
Robert Morris (1968)
Jeff Myers (1998, 2002)
Russell J. Peck (1964, 66, 68)
Sarah Peebles (1987)
Joshua Penman (1998)
Joel Puckett (2003)
Jonathan Rabson (1981)
Erik Santos (1989)
Donald Scavarda (1953)
David Schober (1991, 1994)
Donald J. Sparr, Jr. (1995, 00)
Bruce J. Taub (1972)
Michael Sidney Timpson (1995)
Richard Toensing (1962, 63)
Colin Tucker (2006)
Michael Udow (1970)
Charles Ives Fellowships
Aleksandra Vrebalov 2007
Kristin P. Kuster 2004
Leslie Hogan 2002
Erik Santos 2001
Gerald H. Plain 1988
Nicholas C.K. Thorne (faculty) 1984
Charles Ives Schlarships
Manly Romero 2005
Matthew Tommasini 2005
Jeff Myers 2004
James Lee, III 2003
David T. Little 2003
David Schober 2002
Michael Djupstrom 2001
Gabriela Frank 2001
Roshanne Etezady 1999
Paul Yeon Lee
Carter Pann 1999
Dorothy Chang 1998
Deniz Ince 1997
Andrew Kirshner 1997
Richard Adams 1996
Kevin Beavers 1996
Daniel Worley 1995
Erik Santos 1994
Leslie Hogan 1993
Evan Chambers 1992
John V. Costa 1991
John Kennedy 1990
Suzanne Sheppard 1989
Mark Kilstofte 1988
David J. Vayo 1988
David Karl Gompper 1987
Frank P. Ticheli 1986
Robert Steven Rouse 1985
Richard Campanelli 1984
Bright Sheng 1984
Larry Stukenholtz 1984
Gregory Youtz 1984
Robert Convery 1983
Michael H. Kurek 1983
Arthur W. Gottschalk 1978
John A. Lennon 1977
Stephen Chatman 1975
Goddard Lieberson Fellowships
Jonathan Pieslak 2006
Susan Botti (faculty) 2004
Mark Kilstofte 2001
Richard Campanelli 1996
Michael Daugherty (faculty) 199
Frank P. Ticheli 1990
Andrew Mead (faculty) 1986
Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
Gordon Beeferman, Symphony No. 1 2001-02 Season
Stacy Garrop, Shadow 2001-02 Season
Lu Pei, Rhapsody No.1, Dance of the Dragon, “Long Wu,” for Orchestra 2001-02 Season
Christopher Dietz, Sound, Asleep 2001-02 Season
Gregory Hutter, Electric Traction 2003-04 Season
Matthew Fields, Hubble Space Telescope Views 2005-2006 Season
Ming-Hsiu Yen, Yun 2008 Season
Minnesota Orchestra Perfect Pitch New Music Reading Session Program
David Schober Cell 264 1996-97 Season
David Schober Impure Elements 1997-98 Season
Stacy Garrop Thunderwalker 2000-01 Season
New York Youth Symphony FIRST MUSIC Commissions
Kevin Beavers (1997)
Lembit Beecher (2007)
Paul Fowler (2006)
Ryan Anthony Francis (2005)
Deniz Ince (1993)
Takuma Itoh (2005)
Todd Levin (1989)
Jeff Myers (2003)
Carter Pann (1998)
Joshua Penman (2004)
P. Q. Phan (1991)
Matthew Tommasini (2002)
New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Commissions
Gordon Beeferman (1998)
Derek Bermel (1994)
Elena Louise Ruehr (1992)
