Awards, Honors, and Recognitions
Grants
2024 Hutton Honors College Summer Internship Grant
2024 Hutton Honors College Spring Creative Activity Grant
2023 Hutton Honors College Fall Undergraduate Teaching Internship Grant
2020 New Music Solidarity Fund
2019 Interlochen William and Martha Pain Orchestral Scholarship
2019 Karen B. Boling & Colin Kiely Memorial Scholarship
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Ashley Willwerth Foundation Scholarship
Fellowships
2024 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival Stone Composer Fellow — Premiere by Hesper Quartet at Detroit Institute of Arts
2018 Music at the Anthology (MATA) Junior Festival Composer Fellow – Premiere by Face the Music at Shapeshifter Lab
ICEBERG New Music
2020-21 Young Composers Award – Winner
NYO-USA
2021 Apprentice Composer
Next Notes® High School Music Creator Awards
2019, 2020 Next Notes High School Composition Award – Honorable Mention
Luna Lab
2019-20 Honorable Mention
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Foundation (ASCAP)
2020 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Competition Finalist
University of Georgia
2020 Viola2020 – Honorable Mention
Order Sons of Italy in America
2021 Florida Foundation Scholarship
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
2019 Florida All-State Concert Orchestra – Viola (FMEA/FOA)
2018 All-National Honors Symphony Orchestra – Viola
2018 Florida All-State Concert Orchestra – Viola (FMEA/FOA)
2017 Florida All-State Middle School Orchestra – Viola (FMEA/FOA)
2016 Florida All-State Middle School Honors Orchestra 2016 – Viola (FMEA/FOA)
Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
2019-20 National Composition Competition, Senior Division – Finalist
2019-20 Southern Division Composition Winner, Senior Division
2019-20 Florida State Composition Winner, Senior Division
2018-19 National Composition Competition, Senior Division – 3rd Place
2018-19 Southern Division Composition Winner, Senior Division
2018-19 Florida State Composition Winner, Senior Division
Florida State Music Teachers Association (FSMTA)
2021 12th Grade Community Service Award Winner
2019 State Concerto Competition Finalist
2019 District III Senior String Concerto Winner
2018 State Concerto Competition, Intermediate Strings Winner
2018 District III Intermediate String Concerto Winner
2018 9th Grade Community Service Award Winner
2016, 2017, 2018 District III Honors Recital
2016, 2017, 2018 Student Day Testing Superior Ratings
National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC)
2020 Junior Composers Award National Contest, Class IV Outstanding String Composition Award
2020 Oscar Valentin Regional Award, Class IV
2020, 2021 Wendell Irish Viola Award, Southeast Regional Winner
2019 Junior Composers Award National Contest, Class IV Incentive Award
2019 Oscar Valentin Regional Award, Class IV
2018 Junior Composers Award National Contest, Class III
2018 Oscar Valentin Regional Award, Class III
Foundation for the Promotion of Music
2019 Dorothy Reaves String Award, 1st Place
Florida Federation of Music Clubs Jr Convention (FFMC)
2020, 2021 Wendell Irish Viola Award, State Winner
2020, 2021 Junior Composers Contest, Junior Class IV – 2nd Place
2019 Outstanding Violist Award
2019 Viola Concerto, Senior Winner
2019 Viola Solo, Advanced II Winner
2019 Viola Sight Play, Advanced II Winner
2019 Junior Composers Contest, Junior Class IV – 1st Place
2019 Wendell Irish Viola Award – 2nd place
2018 Viola Concerto, Jr III Winner
2018 Viola Solo, Difficult II Winner
2018 Viola Sight Play, Difficult II Winner
2018 Viola /Cello Duet, Difficult Winner
2018 Junior Composers Contest, Junior Class III – 2nd Place
2018 Wendell Irish Viola Award – 2nd place
2017 Junior Composers Contest, Junior Class III – Honorable Mention
2017 Viola Solo, Medium III Winner
2017 Viola Concerto, Jr II Winner
2017 Viola Sight Play, Medium III Winner
2017 Violin/Viola Duet, Difficult I Winner
2016 Viola Solo, Medium II – Honorable Mention
2016 Viola Concerto, Jr I – Honorable Mention
2015 Viola Solo, Medium I – Honorable Mention
Violettes by Becky Junior Composers Competition
2021 8th Annual Competition – 1st Place
2019 6th Annual Competition – 1st Place
2018 5th Annual Competition – 2nd Place
Technology In Music Education Foundation (TI:ME)
2017 TI:ME Student Composition Contest: Original Composition – Notation – Honorable Mention
Gainesville Music Teachers Association (GMTA):
2020 Alma Fennell Scholarship, Jeremy Avram Kushner Orchestral Instrument Award
2018, 2019, 2020 Virginia Clayton Summer Music Camp Scholarship, High School Winner
2017 Virginia Clayton Summer Music Camp Scholarship, Middle School Winner
Florida Music Institute
2014 Montzka Legacy Award Recipient
Young Artist Competitions
2019 Ocala Young Arts Concerto Competition Semifinalist – Viola
2018 Interlochen Arts Camp High School Concerto Competition Finalist – Viola
2017, 2018 Sacred Music Florida Outstanding Composer
2017 Sacred Music Florida Outstanding Instrumental Soloist