concerto. However, a very present focus on timbre and tone remain quite evident. His scores are published by the Schott Helicon Music Corporation. Awards The Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1970) Four National Endowment for the Arts Grants (1974–1979) Kennedy Center Friedheim Competition First Prize (1981) Pulitzer Prize in Music (1979) Grammy Nomination for "Best New Classical Composition" (1985) Grammy Nomination for "Best Classical Composition" (1987) Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut (2019) Works OrchestraA Play of Shadows for Flute and Chamber OrchestraA Sudden RainbowAftertones of Infinity (1978)Angelfire (2002), Fantasy for Amplified Violin and Orchestra, written for the violinist Anne Akiko MeyersBeyond Autumn, Poem for Horn and Orchestra Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (1994) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1988)Distant Runes and Incantations for Piano solo (amplified) and OrchestraDreamcaller, three Songs for Soprano, Violin solo, and OrchestraEvening Land SymphonyFreeflight, Fanfares & FantasyFrom Afar..., Fantasy for Guitar and OrchestraMagabunda (Witchnomad), "four Poems of Agueda Pizarro" for Soprano and OrchestraModus CaelestisMorning's Embrace (2006)New Morning for the World "Daybreak of Freedom" for Narrator and Orchestra (1982)September Canticle Fantasy (In Memoriam)Toward LightChasing Light (2008) Wind ensemble...and the mountains rising nowhere (1977)From a Dark Millennium (1980)In evening's stillness... (1996)Recoil (2004) Percussion Concerto (transcribed by Andrew Boysen) (1997)Beyond Autumn (transcribed by Timothy Miles) (2006) New Morning for the World "Daybreak of Freedom" (transcribed by Nikk Pilato) (2007) Luminosity: Concerto for Wind Orchestra (2015)The Awakening Hour (2017) Chamber ensembleBlack Anemones, for soprano and pianoCanticle of the Evening Bells, for solo flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, piano, percussion, and stringsChronicon, for bassoon and pianoConsortium I, for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, celloConsortium II, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussionDistant Runes and Incantations, for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, and percussionElixir, for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and pianoDiaphonia Intervallum, for alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, 2 celli, string bass, and pianoIn Aeternum (Consortium IV), for cello/bowed crotales, alto flute (flute, piano watergong, 2 crystal glasses), bass clarinet (clarinet, watergong, 2 crystal glasses), viola (violin, crotales), and percussionMusic of Amber, for flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussionRhiannon's Blackbirds, for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin/viola, cello, piano, and percussionSoaring, for flute and pianoSparrows, for flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, soprano, and percussion Solo Velocities (Moto Perpetuo) for solo marimba (1990) Representative performances University of Michigan Band, 8 March 2012 Michael