Awards, Grants, and Excerpts from Reviews
Awards for Composition, Music Direction, Sound Design Awards for THE WEB OPERA
Los Angeles Theatre Alliance Ovation Award (nom) - THE WHIPPING MAN (2015) Best Musical Film - Accord Cine Fest, Only the Best Film Awards (2021)
American Composers Forum/LA Chamber Music Competition winner (2009) Best Music - INDIE BOOM Festival (2019)
Helen Hayes Awards, Washington DC (nomination-2006) Best Web Series/Television & Web Media - Redwood, After Hour Fest (2020)
Los Angeles Ticketholder Award - NIGHTHAWKS (2006) Best Short Film, Music Direction - Global Monthly Online Competition (2020)
Bay Area Critics Circle Awards - 1995, 1998, 2002 (nomination) Best Experimental Short - London Indie Short Festival/24 Frames (2020)
Los Angeles Critics Circle Awards (nominations) - 1984, 1989 Award of Merit/Humanitarian Award - Best Shorts, One Reeler Fest (2019)
Los Angeles Dramalogue Awards - 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997 Official Selection and Screening - LA Experimental Film/Music Award (2019)
San Diego Critics Circle Awards and/or Patte Awards - 1984, 1985, 1989, Honorable Mention - NYC IO Film Festival, Santa Monica Film Festival (2020)
1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015 (nomination) NEW MUSIC GATHERING - Special Screening (2021)
Best Experimental Short and Screening - Culver City Film Festival (2022) click for more WEB OPERA festival awards & details
FEATURE ARTICLES
South Coast Repertory Blogspot/Feature - 55 productions at SCR THE WEB OPERA - feature and reviews - Fanfare Magazine (2020)
Los Angeles Times - Composer, La Jolla Playhouse THE WEB OPERA - feature and review - Film Score Monthly (2019) Los Angeles Times - Mac Wellman's ALBANIAN SOFTSHOE THE WEB OPERA - feature and review - Cut Common Magazine (2019)
Los Angeles Times - THEIR THOUGHT AND BACK AGAIN Podcast Interview - LET'S TALK ABOUT MUSIC (2021)
Orange County Register - Composer, South Coast Repertory Webcast Interview - CUP OF HEMLOCK (2020)
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GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
Santa Monica Arts Commission Grant - 2016-17
Sundance Documentary Composer Fellow - 2011
American Composers Forum Subito Grant - 2007
Lila Wallace Foundation Grant/Sundance Fellow - 1994-5
For more information about awards and grants, please feel free to contact me; to download a pdf of reviews, please click here.