Songwriter, Author, Educator, President of Jazzheads
Awards
EMMY AWARDS
Winner of a 2002 Southern Regional Emmy Award in the Outstanding Collaborative Achievement for Composers for Ticktock Minutes PBS educational public service announcements.
Winner of a 1999 Southern Regional Emmy Award in the Outstanding Collaborative Achievement for Composers for Ticktock Minutes PBS educational public service announcements.
Winner of a 1998 Southern Regional Emmy Award in the Outstanding Collaborative Achievement for Composers for Ticktock Minutes PBS educational public service announcements.
Winner of a 1996 Southern Regional Emmy Award in the Composer Category for the score to the PBS/BBC Film/Documentary Richard Wright- Black Boy.
EMMY NOMINATIONS
Nomination for a 2000 Southern Regional Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Collaborative Achievement for Composers for Ticktock Minutes PBS educational public service announcements.
Nomination for a 1997 Southern Regional Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Collaborative Achievement for Composers for Ticktock Minutes PBS educational public service announcements.
Nomination for a 1995 Southern Regional Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Collaborative Achievement for Composers for Ticktock Minutes PBS educational public service announcements.
MUSICAL THEATER
Recipient of 2012 Honorable Mentions for Flambé Dreams - New York Musical Theatre Festival for Excellence in Music Writing (Randy Klein)
Recipient of the 2009 BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Award
for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre.
Anna Sosenko Trust Award for Musical Theatre composition – 2009.
Finalist for the 2009 BMI Jerry Bock Excellence in Musical Theatre Award - Flambé Dreams (The Thing About Joe)
Nomination for a 1998 and 2002 Jerry Bock Musical Theatre
BMI Foundation Award.
BMI Foundation Grant for artistic promise in theater composition, 1989.
SONG WRITING AWARDS
Semi-Finalist US International Song Writing Competition 2011,
Fly Free - pop ballad category
Winner of the US International Song Writing Competition 2005, DATA – original jazz song
Two Gold Records for songs recorded by R&B Hall of Famer, Millie Jackson. 1978, 1979 (Spring/Polygram)