| Date |
Honors and Awards |
For |
| 1942 |
2nd prize Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial
Contest |
Sonatina in A |
| 1942 |
Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award |
Sonata Fantaisie for Cello and Piano |
| 1946 |
Delta Omicron Award (first ever
awarded) |
Quintet for Piano and String Quartet |
| 1946 |
2nd place Henry P. Lytton Award |
State Street Suite |
| 1950 |
1st prize Lake View Musical Society |
Sonata No. 1 for Piano |
| 1951 |
1st honorable mention Friends of
Harvey Gaul Contest |
Blessed Be the God and Father |
| 1951 |
Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award |
Sonata for Violin and Piano |
| 1951 |
Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award |
Quartet for String No. 2 |
| 1953 |
1st prize Women's Trio, American Pen
Women, Chicago |
Awake, O Zion |
| 1953 |
1st prize Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial
Award |
Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon |
| 1955 |
Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
| 1957 |
Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award |
Toccata for Piano |
| 1957 |
University of Maryland |
Awake, O Zion |
| 1957 |
Composers Press Award |
Hearken Unto Me |
| 1959 |
1st prize Musicians Club of Women,
Chicago |
Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Piano |
| 1959 |
Broadman Competition |
The Little Jesus Came to Town |
| 1961 |
Honorable Mention, Gedok
Competition, Germany |
Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon |
| 1961 |
Mu Phi Epsilon Biennial Award |
Concerto Grosso for Strings, Oboes,
Horns and Bassoons |
| 1963 |
Elected Life Fellow of the Institute of
Arts and Letters, Switzerland |
|
| 1967 |
Special Merit citation, Mu Phi Epsilon |
Two Inventions for Woodwinds |
| 1967 |
Special Merit citation, Mu Phi Epsilon |
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano |
| 1969 |
Pedro Paz Award |
My Heart Shall Bear No Burden |
| 1970 |
Honorable Mention, Harvey Gaul
Contest |
An Indian Prayer |
| 1980 |
Honorary Doctoral Degree in Music
from Andrews University |
|
| 1980-1981 |
Named Michigan Composer of the
Year by the Michigan Music Teachers
Association |
|
| 1986 |
Elizabeth Mathais Award from Mu Phi
Epsilon |
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