2008
- GrammyTM Nominee, Best Classical Contemporary Composition (for Zaka, on eighth blackbird's album Strange Imaginary Animals)
2007
- Composer-in-Residence, Mannes College The New School for Music (to continue through 2008)
- Guest Composer, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's International New Music Festival
- Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition (continuation), Ithaca College
- Composer-in-Residence (continuation of residency), Green Bay Symphony Orchestra
2006
- Featured Composer, Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic, Chicago
- Visiting Composer, University of Texas at Austin School of Music
- Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition, Ithaca College
- Composer-in-Residence, Green Bay Symphony Orchestra
- Featured Composer, NPR's Performance Today
- Featured Composer, WHYY's "Experience" series
2005
- Composer-in-Residence (continuation of residency), The Philadelphia Singers
- Composer of the Year, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- GrammyTM Winner, Best Engineered Classical Album (for Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra / City Scape; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, cond.; Jack Renner, engineer)
- GrammyTM Nominee, Best Classical Album (for Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra / City Scape; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, cond.)
- GrammyTM Nominee, Best Orchestral Performance (for Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra / City Scape; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, cond.)
- GrammyTM Nominee, Best Classical Contemporary Composition (for Concerto for Orchestra, on the album Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra / City Scape; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, cond.)
2004
- Composer-in-Residence, Composers' Conference at Bennington College
- Composer-in-Residence, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
- Composer-in-Residence, The Philadelphia Singers
2003
- Winner, Ithaca College's Heckscher Prize (for Piano Trio)
- Featured Composer, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music (first woman composer to be so featured)
- Composer-in-Residence, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
- Composer-in-Residence, Bard Conductor's Institute
2002
- Composer-in-Residence, Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music
- Composer-in-Residence, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
- Guest Composer, New Music Symposium
- Composer-in-Residence, National Youth Orchestra Festival
2001
- Winner, International Alliance of Women in Music Composition Competition
- Recipient, Bowling Green State University Distinguished Alumni Award
2000
- Artist's Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
- Composer-in-Residence, American Composers Forum-Continental Harmony Project
1999
- Winner, Pew Fellowship in the Arts
- Winner, University of Delaware New Music Competition
1998
- Recipient, Meet The Composer Grant
- Recipient, Musical Fund Society Grant
- Winner, New England Philharmonic Composition Competition
1997
- Winner, Guggenheim Fellowship
- Charles Ives Fellowship, American Academy of Arts & Letters
1996
- Designee, USA Today's Critic's Choice of Best New Piece of Classical Music
- Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
- Winner, Louisville Orchestra/ISU Orchestral Competition
- Winner, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival National Search
- Special Judge's Commendation, Barlow International Competition
1995
- Recipient, American Composers Forum Commissioning Grant
- Recipient, NEA Composer-in-Residency Grant
- Semi-Finalist, Friedheim Competition
- Winner, ASCAP Foundation Commissioning Project
Other
- Recipient, Mary Flagler Charitable Trust Grant
- Recipient, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Commission Grant
- American Composer's Orchestra Reading Project - Selected
- The Women's Philharmonic Reading Project - Selected
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