was also nominated for a Grammy in 2012. Cunliffe composed a tuba concerto in 2011 for Los Angeles studio and orchestral tubist Jim Self. He also recorded a piano and tuba version of the piece; the two versions are coupled on the Metre Records release. Temple University commissioned another concerto from him in late 2012; he took a chamber piece that he had written in 2004 based on Brazilian themes, and expanded it into a three movement saxophone concerto, which he recorded in Philadelphia in 2013 with Biava, the Temple orchestra, and the great saxophonist Dick Oatts. Cunliffe's Symphony #1, Hearts Reaching Upward premiered in 2013 by trumpeter Kye Palmer, and the Cal State Fullerton Wind Ensemble. Teaching Cunliffe is Professor of Music at California State University Fullerton, where he was honored as "Distinguished Faculty Member" in 2010. In addition, he has taught at such institutions as Central State University, Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California State University, Northridge, the University of Southern California, and Temple University. He has conducted numerous workshops and clinics as well. Ongoing residencies include the Skidmore Jazz Institute, and the Vail Jazz Workshop. In 2010, he made a DVD teaching beginning jazz and blues piano. He is composer-in-residence at All Saints Episcopal Church, in Pasadena, California. He composes and performs with his trio, big band, and Latin jazz group Imaginacion. Awards Cunliffe won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement of Oscar Peterson's "West Side Story Medley". In 2006, he was nominated for a Grammy award for his jazz arrangement of the Steely Dan song "Do It Again". When he was a student at Eastman, he received two awards from DownBeat magazine for arranging and composing. In 1989, he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Award. He received stipends from the National Endowment for the Arts. He won a grant from the New Zealand School of Music and the Rodger Fox Big Band of New Zealand released an album of Cunliffe's jazz orchestra compositions. In 2005, he won the Philadelphia Jazz Composer competition sponsored by the American Composer Federation. In the 1990s, he was nominated for three Emmys for best original song for the television soap operas Another World and Guiding Light. Books Jazz Keyboard Toolbox, Alfred Publications (2000, ) Jazz Piano Inventions, Alfred Publications (2005) MAX Blues Keyboard, Alfred Publications (2004) Uniquely Familiar, Alfred Publications (2010) Uniquely Christmas, Alfred Publications (2012) Discography Awards