Recipient, The Elgar Medal of The Elgar Society, 2007

Winner, 2005 BBC Critics Award

Recipient, Samuel Simons Sanford Medal honoring musical achievement, Yale University, 2003

36th President, Kudos College, 2003, Award of the Dallas Advertising League

Grammy nomination, Best Musical Show Album (Sweeney Todd), 2002

Recipient, Excellence in Creative Arts Award, Dallas Historical Society, 1997

Winner, Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence for Happy Birthday, George Gershwin, 1997

Grammy Award, Best Choral Performance (Belshazzar's Feast), 1996

Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, University of Bournemouth, 1993

Conducting Fellow, NEA/Exxon Endowment for the Arts, 1982-1985

Winner, BBC International Conductors Competition, 1982

Winner, William Kapell Piano Competition and Carnegie Hall debut, New York Youth Symphony, soloist, Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, 1979