Music of Japan Today:

US-Japan Friendship Commission (1997)

Japan Foundation NY (2007)

Association of Asian Studies - Ann Arbor (2007)

Selmer Corporation (1999)

Asian Cultural Council

All Nippon Airways

Japan Commerce Association, Washington, DC

Maryland State Arts Council Special Projects Grant

E. Michael Richards

Camargo Foundation

work on a book-length monograph ("The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century") while in residence at the Foundation in Cassis , France

Japan-US Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship

(funded by the US-Japan Friendship Commission, The National Endowment for the Arts, Japanese Government Cultural Agency) - as a solo recitalist for a 6 month residency in Japan (1990)

I was one of 5 artists selected from more than 2000 applicants in the visual, literary, and performing arts.

Summer Seminar Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study Japanese traditional music at the University of Michigan ( Ann Arbor ) under William P. Malm

Meet the Composer Grant - for performance of, and lecture about “Etude for clarinet and piano” at ASUC Region II Conference, Montclair State University , Upper Montclair , NJ

UMBC SRIS/RAS Award for work on The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century DVD

UMBC Summer Faculty Fellowship for work on The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century DVD