The HCE has received grants from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and from the arts
commissions of Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach. John is vice president and
composer-in-residence of the Hardwick Chamber Ensemble and a past chairman of the
board of directors for the National Association of Composers/USA (NACUSA). He is the
founder of NACUSA’s Mid-Atlantic chapter. He is also a member of the Society of Composers, Inc. and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
John’s composition prizes include the 1992 Delius vocal award for Four Songs, the 1995 Delius keyboard award for Three Preludes, the 1992 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition prize for Hardwick Quartet, the 1994 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition
prize for Midas Retold, the Modern Music Festival 2000 Film Scoring Competition prize for
Totem, the 2005 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition for Chamber Symphony,
and the 2012 VMTA Commissioned Composer Competition for Quartet for Clarinet, Violin,
Cello, and Piano.
John has received
grants from the
American Music
Center and from
Meet the Composer
and
17
ASCAP
awards.
His works are frequently performed
at composer conferences and fe