BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS

Contemporary American Composers, 1975
Who's Who in America, 1976, 1978, 1980, etc. to present
Dictionary of International Biography, 1976
ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 1979
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1991
The New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2000

AWARDS FOR COMPOSITION

Broadcast Music Inc. Student Composers Contest winner for String Trio 1957
Sewanhaka High School (Floral Park, NY) composition contest for
   Three Shakespearean Songs 1960
University of Illinois Concerto Concert Competition winner for
   Toccata for Orchestra 1960
Koussevitsky Composition Award, Tanglewood, co-winner for Rondelle 1961
City of Birmingham (AL) composition contest winner for Three Songs 1966
Harvey Gaul Composition Competition winner for Three Sonnets on Woman 1972
Sigma Alpha Iota choral music competition for Three Choral Dances 1974
Mannes College Opera contest winner for The System 1973
Pulitzer Prize nomination for The System, 1974
International Brass Symposium winner (Montreux, Switzerland) for Laudes 1974
Pulitzer Prize Nomination for Piano Concerto 1981
Brown University Choral Competition award for My Wilderness 1978
Nebraska Sinfonia chamber orchestra competition for The Happy Prince 1979
Pulitzer Prize nomination for The Happy Prince 1979
New York City Opera composition competition first prize for
   The Student from Salamanca 1980
Pulitzer Prize nomination for The Student from Salamanca 1980
Pulitzer Prize nomination for Horn Concerto 1983
Pulitzer Prize nomination for String Quartet no. 2: Anachronisms 1991
                                                                                         
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