he is FRNCM) from 2001 to 2008. In 2010 he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music. He was presented with the Royal Philharmonic Society/Performing Right Society Leslie Boosey Award in 2005, honouring an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the furtherance of contemporary music in Britain; and the Gramophone 2017 Special Achievement Award in recognition of his work for NMC. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music. References Sources Thomas, Christopher (2004). "Recording of the Month: Colin Matthews (b. 1946): Sonata No. 5, Landscape; Cello Concerto No. 1; Hidden Variables; Memorial; Quatrain; Machines and Dreams". MusicWeb International. (Retrieved on 27 December 2007.) Further reading External links The Living Composers Project: Colin Matthews Faber Music 1946 births 20th-century classical composers 20th-century English composers 20th-century English male musicians 21st-century classical composers 21st-century English composers 21st-century English male musicians Academics of the Royal College of Music Academics of the University of Nottingham Alumni of the University of Nottingham Deutsche Grammophon artists English classical composers English male classical composers Living people Officers of the Order of the British Empire