Awards
1985 & 87: National Endowment For the Arts performance grants.
1993: National Endowment for the Arts Grant to present a concert in tribute to Mel Lewis.
1995: grant awarded by NEA to compose a piano concerto dedicated to Duke Ellington, performed in February 1996 by the Cologne Radio Orchestra.
Distinguished Artist Award for Composition from the New Jersey Council of the Arts for a piece entitled "Kandinsky" from his CD, Paintings.
2010: Guggenheim Fellowship Award for the CD "No Beginning No End"
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