2007 Pew Fellowship Recipient
2001 Swarthmore College, Blanchard Faculty Research Fellowship
1998 Prix International Arthur Honegger de Composition Musicale, for “Five Fires”
1997 Masterprize, London: Five Fires named semifinalist and recorded for BBC and international broadcasts
1992 N.E.A. Fellowship
1990 Music Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
1989 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
1986–1987 Swarthmore College, Lang Faculty Research Fellowship
1983 N.E.A. Fellowship
1982 Guggenheim Fellowship
1981 New England Conservatory New Works Competition, award for “Black Magic/White Magic”
1979–1980 Henry Luce Foundation Scholar (in Bali, Indonesia)
1979 Composer in residence, Yaddo
1979 Goddard Lieberson Fellowship of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
1978 Fellow of the Virginia Center of the Creative Arts
1977 East and West Arts Chamber Music Prize (for Trio)
1973 BMI Student Composers Award
1971–1972 University of Pennsylvania Music Awards
1971 Leonard Bernstein Fellowship, Tanglewood
1970 BMI Student Composers Award
1969 BMI Student Composers Award