George Walker was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. [Walker Autobiography, p. 164] Over the next several years, he received the Dorothy Maynor Outstanding Arts Citizen Award (2000), Classical Roots Award from the Detroit Symphony (2001), the A.I. Dupont Award from the Delaware Symphony (2002) the Washington Music Hall of Fame (2002), and the Aaron Copland ASCAP Award (2012). He was the recipient of two Guggenheim Fellowships, two Rockefeller Fellowships, a Fromm Foundation commission, two Koussevitsky Awards, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, as well as honorary doctorate degrees from Lafayette College (1982), Oberlin College (1983), Bloomfield College (1996), Montclair State University(1997), Curtis Institute of Music (1997), Spelman College (2001), and the Eastman School of Music where he gave the Commencement Address (2012). His autobiography, Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist, was released in 2009 by Scarecrow Press. Music Walker's music was influenced by a wide variety of musical styles including jazz, folk songs, and church hymns, as well as classical music. Unwilling to conform to a specific style, Walker drew from his diverse knowledge of previous music to create something which he could call his own. While a work such as Spatials for Piano uses twelve-tone serial techniques, Walker could also compose in the style of popular music such as in his song “Leaving.” According to Mickey Terry, traces of old black spirituals can also be found in his Violin Sonata No. 2. D. Maxine Sims has stated that Walker's piano technique is also reflected in his works, such as his Piano Sonata No. 2. This sonata contains changing meters, syncopation, and bitonal writing which all present great challenges for a performer to overcome. BBC Radio 3 devoted five hours to Walker's music as "Composer of the Week" in October, 2021. Major compositions Walker's oeuvre includes the following works: A Red, Red Rose for Voice and Piano Abu for Narrator and Chamber Ensembles (Network for New Music commission) Address for Orchestra An Eastman Overture (Eastman School of Music commission) Antifonys for Chamber Orchestra Bleu for Unaccompanied Violin Cantata for Soprano, Tenor, Boys Choir, and Chamber Orchestra (Boys Choir of Harlem commission) Canvas for Wind Ensemble and Narrator (College Band Directors National Association commission) Cello Concerto (New York Philharmonic commission) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (National Endowment for the Arts Commission) Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (1957) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Da