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October, 2024: Start is awarded the Community Medal of Arts<\/a> award from the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo<\/p>\n

August, 2024: Start’s “Traces: Inspired by Strong Women” wins the 2024 Christine Clark\/Theodore Front prize for large ensemble in the International Alliance of Women in Music Search for New Music Competition<\/p>\n

July, 2024: Start’s “Elizabethan Fantasy” was selected for 2024 ASTA Virtual String Teacher Summit New Music Reading Session<\/p>\n

May, 2024: Commission of a string quartet for Kay Alexander<\/p>\n

May, 2024: Start’s “Nostalgia” is selected for She Scores! 2024, Cleveland, OH<\/p>\n

March, 2024: Start’s “Conclusions” is selected as one of the 8 quartets for Music Madness, Raleigh and Durham, NC<\/p>\n

April 2023: Commission for a new work to be premiered by the Western Michigan University Trombone Choir in their 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n

February 2022: Sphinx Laureate and cellist Thomas Mesa’s CD, DIVISION OF MEMORY, on which he plays Start’s “Echoes in Life”, won a bronze medal in the Global Music Awards in the category of “classical.”\u00a0 http:\/\/www.globalmusicawards.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

November 2017: Commission from the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra for a work to be premiered during their 100th anniversary season.<\/p>\n

2016: Commission from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp “Chamber Music for Fun” program for a string orchestra piece in memory of the program’s founder, Phyllis Jansma<\/td>\n

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\nKalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative grant through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo to cover commission fees and expenses to attend the Assisi (Italy) Sacred Music Festival and perform a concert in Italy in July, perform a home-coming concert in Kalamazoo in August, and compose two new works for flute and cello: one in anticipation of the trip which is then premiered in Italy, and one as a reflection on the trip, which is then premiered in Kalamazoo.<\/td>\n		2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission from Shawna Lake of Oboe Chicago for a work for 2 oboes, piano, and cello obbligato<\/td>\n2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nKalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative grant through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo to cover commission fees and expenses to attend Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, write a viol consort piece and a work for bass viola da gamba and keyboard, perform and record the works.<\/td>\n		2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nKalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative grant through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo to cover commission fees and expenses to create a work for the Kalamazoo Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra and a concerto for Italian mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo<\/td>\n		2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission for offertory work (2 vln, vc, cb) from First Congregational Church of Kalamazoo<\/td>\n2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission from CUBE ensemble to create new work for performance on \u201cSounding the Sacred\u201d concerts in fall of 2009 in Chicago and on the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission for the Rose-Austin duo<\/td>\n2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission from Chamber Music for Fun for string quartet\/orchestra piece with multi-level parts<\/td>\n2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission from Trio Dagoba for a string trio<\/td>\n2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission from Capriccio for duo using flute\/piccolo and harp\/electric harp<\/td>\n2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission of work for electric cello and acoustic instruments, by Don McQuitty, in honor of Sylvia Culp<\/td>\n2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Arts Outreach Grant<\/td>\n2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission for cello and piano work for Don McQuitty and Sylvia Culp<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission for new work for Pinotage Ensemble (Chicago)<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orchestral work for Kalamazoo College and Community Orchestra<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Commission from CUBE Contemporary Ensemble (Chicago)<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creative Artist Grant from ArtServe Michigan<\/td>\n2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solo piano work for Kalamazoo College<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honorable Mention, National Call for Scores, Chicago Musicians Club of Women<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cello Ensemble piece for Rockford College Music Academy<\/td>\n2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chamber work for the Ariel Ensemble<\/td>\n2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orchestral work for the McHenry County Youth Orchestras<\/td>\n1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solo cello work for Marc Johnson, of the Vermeer Quartet<\/td>\n1997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solo cello work for Carol Tarr<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Choral work and organ solos for First Baptist Church, Kalamazoo, MI<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judge, Kalamazoo Bach Festival Young Artist Competition<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cello Quartet commission for the Chicago Cello Society<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brass Quintet commission from Alaskan Arts Council<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oboe solo commission for Shawna Lake<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Music Chicago Festival (appeared as composer and performer)<\/td>\n1988, 1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowling Green New Music and Art Festival (composer and performer)<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June in Buffalo Festival<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brass Fanfare commissioned by the National Junior Tennis Championships<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duo commission for Caroline Pittman and Jeffrey Kust<\/td>\n1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fanfare commission for University of Chicago Orchestra<\/td>\n1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cello Sonata commission for Michael Masters<\/td>\n1990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Teacher – Composer Alliance of Chicago Area ASTA commissions<\/td>\n1988, 1989<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soundtrack for Northern Illinois University Art\/Photo Department video<\/td>\n1984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October, 2024: Start is awarded the Community Medal of Arts award from the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo August, 2024: Start’s “Traces: Inspired by Strong Women” wins the 2024 Christine Clark\/Theodore Front prize for large ensemble in the International Alliance …<\/p>\n

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