Credits
•American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Plus Award 2024 — (Award determined by an independent panel of distinguished music experts for my newest album of 9 originals "Blu-Escape")
• MacDowell Colony Norton Stevens Fellow in Composition — “selected for this honor based on the spirit of his work and importance to the world community of artists”.  (awarded for my composition “Two Desert Dances”
•National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Jazz Composition
•Fulbright Senior Specialist in Jazz Studies
• New Music USA grant in music composition (awarded for my composition “Carlos' n Charlie's” © Drop6 Media, Inc. - funded in part by the Composer Assistance Program of New Music USA. This piece received the JCOI Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Special Recognition award in 2010 from Columbia University. This piece is dedicated to Austin's premier steel drum band the "Knights of Steel" and was debuted at One World Theatre
•Spotlight on Excellence at Texas State University
•Dean’s Seminar Award
• 1st place National Association of Composers USA, Composer Competition

He is a lifetime voting member for the GRAMMY© Awards.