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Composition Awards and Competition Wins

  • Winner, 9th Annual Symphonic Jazz Orchestra George Duke Commissioning Prize, 2024

  • Winner, Jazz WaHi Jazz Composition Competition, 2024

  • Winner, LunART Festival Call for Scores, 2024

  • Winner, SOLI’s 30x30x30 Project (SOLI Chamber Ensemble), 2024

  • Winner, TUTTI Festival Call for Score, 2024

  • Winner, Florida State University Festival of New Music Call for Score, 2024

  • Winner, International Alliance for Women in Music Search for New Music Competition (IAWM) The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble Jazz Composition Prize, 2023

  • Winner, ISJAC (International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers) Fundamental Freedoms Commission, 2023

  • Finalist, National Association of Composers, USA- LA and the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers New Chamber Work Call for Score

  • Finalist, Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, 2016, 2018, 2019

  • Finalist, Ball State Symphony Band Commission, 2018

Residencies and Fellowships

  • Recipient, Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, 2024

  • Recipient, VCCA 50th Anniversary Fellowships for Artists of Color, 2024

  • Recipient, Jazz Road Creative Residency Awards, 2021

  • Recipient, Copland House Residency Awards, 2020

Grants and Project Funding

  • Recipient, BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Awards, 2024 and 2022

  • Recipient, Jazz Road Tours Award (South Arts), Fall 2023

  • Recipient, NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre, 2022

  • Recipient, Chamber Music America New Jazz Works Commissioning Grant, 2018

  • Recipient, Manhattan Community Arts Fund (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), 2013-2017

  • Recipient, New Music USA Project Grant, 2014

  • Recipient, Meet the Composer Metlife Creative Connections Grant, 2007 & 2008

  • Recipient, Jerome Fund for New Music (American Composers Forum), 2007

Honors and Recognition

  • Recipient, BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Awards, 2024 and 2022

  • Nominee, Grammy Award, band member, “The Second Half” by Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn, 2015

  • Brand Personality Award, Asia Pacific Brands Foundation, 2012

  • Honorable Mention, Best Albums (Independent Music Awards), 2006

  • Recipient, Urban Artist Initiative, 2006

Songwriting and Other Music Competitions

  • Finalist, USA Songwriting Competition, 2018

  • Honorable Mention, American University Saxophone Symposium Composition Contest, 2005

  • Honorable Mention, International Songwriting Competition, 2005

  • Honorable Mention, The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, 2003 & 2000

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