Award (Classical Recording Foundation) 2000: Alfred I Dupont Award 1992: Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, 2nd Place 1991: Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, 1st Place 1986: Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, 1st Place 1982: National Endowment for the Arts Composition Grant 1979: National Endowment for the Arts Composition Grant 1977: Pulitzer Prize in Music 1976: Guggenheim Fellowship 1976: National Institute of Arts and Letters Music Award 1976: Naumberg Recording Award 1975: National Endowment for the Arts Composition Grant 1962–64: Ford Foundation Composition Grants References External links Interview with Richard Wernick 1934 births Living people 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians American classical composers American male classical composers Pulitzer Prize for Music winners Pupils of Irving Fine