AWARDS
	He is listed in Cambridge Who's Who In America and is a recipient of that publication's Lifetime Achievement Award. Heckscher Foundation Award / seven years consecutively at the Juilliard School of Music Victor Babin Award / Cleveland Institute of Music Multiple Grammy Nominations Official pianist for the American Festival of Microtonal Music since 1983 Command Performance for the Royal Family of Miklos Rozsa's Spellbound Concerto Fantasy (written for and dedicated to Duo Pianists, Joshua Pierce and Dorothy Jonas) with The Philharmonia at Royal Festival Hall Adjudicated the International Opera Singers Competition at the Center for Contemporary Opera / 1987 and 1988 Board Member of the U.S. Fulbright Commission / 1987 - 1991 1991 German Critics Award (Preises der Deutschen Schallenplatten Kritic) for Vol. III of Works for Piano and Prepared Piano by John Cage on the Wergo Label. Fono Forum (Munich) / Best Contemporary Album of 1992 Diaperson Award (France) / Citation of Excellence Associate Conductor for the New York Premiere of Geod, a symphonic work by Lukas Foss, with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra/Brooklyn Academy of Music