~ Awards ~

  • ASCAP Plus Award - composition recognition, 2012

  • ASCAP (American Society Composers, Authors and Publishers) Young Jazz Composer Awards, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007

  • Jazz Education Network (JEN) Composition Contest Winner, 2012

  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts - YoungArts, Jazz Composition, 2012

  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts - YoungArts, Jazz Piano Performance, 2012

  • DownBeat Award for Original Composition-Orchestrated, Winner, "Mumphis" 2011

  • DownBeat Award for Original Composition-Lead Sheet, Winner, "Kotekan" 2011

  • DownBeat Award, Arrangement, Outstanding Performance, "Simone" 2011

  • Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival "Open Combo" division WINNERS, Chase Morrin Quartet (student director), 2011

  • Gerald Wilson Award (Big Band Composition) "Mumphis," performed by the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra at the Monterey Jazz Festival on 9/18/11

  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts - YoungArts, Merit Winner, Music Composition, 2011

  • DownBeat Award, Blues/Pop/Rock Group, Outstanding Performance, Original hip-hop/jazz influenced project, 2011

  • San Diego Music Awards, Nominated for "Best Jazz" 2011

  • Los Angeles Music Center SPOTLIGHT Award Winner - Jazz Instrumental Southern California, 2010

  • DOWNBEAT Student Award Winner - Extended Composition, "Sea of Herbs," 2010

  • DOWNBEAT Student Award - Outstanding Performance - Original Song, "Angular Raga," 2010

  • DOWNBEAT Student Award Winner - Latin Group - Latin Connection Duo, 2010

  • Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival "Open Combo" division, 2nd Place - Chase Morrin Group (student director), 2010

  • Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival "Outstanding Soloist," 2011, 2010

  • Pianist, Monterey Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, West Coast Tour 2011

  • Reno Jazz Festival, Overall "Outstanding High School Performer," 2011, 2010

  • Reno Jazz Festival Big Band Composition Contest winner, 2010

  • Reno Jazz Festival Combo Composition Contest winner, 2010

  • Reno Jazz Festival, "High School Combo" category, 1st Place 2011, 2nd place 2010 (student director)

  • Pianist, Vail Jazz Festival Workshop and Labor Day Party, 2010

  • Pianist, Berklee College of Music's Jazz Workshop, 2011

  • San Diego Music Awards - Nominee for "Best Jazz Album" for jazz solo piano CD, 2010

  • QuikSCience Music Challenge Winner, original instrumental composition, 2010

  • MTAC Film Score Winner, 1st Place, 2010

  • National AP Scholar Award, The College Board, 2010

  • AP Scholar with Distinction Award, The College Board, 2010

  • First place Rubik's Cube Competition, San Diego County, 2010

  • Charles Dolo Coker Jazz Scholarship - HM - 2011, 2010

  • DOWNBEAT Student Music Award, Best Latin Group (directed, composed and arranged for the band), 2009

  • Reno Jazz Festival All Star Combo, Pianist 2011, 2009

  • MTAC (Music Teachers Association of California) Membership into the Young Composer’s Guild (YCG), 2009-2014

  • AP Scholar Award, The College Board, 2009

  • Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival, special guest group - Latin Connection, 2009

  • Semi-Finalist for Southern California Spotlight Award, Jazz Instrumentalist - 2009, 2010

  • MTAC (Music Teachers Association of California) State Composers’ Today Awards, 2007 and 2008

  • Herb Alpert Emerging Young Artist Scholarship, California State Summer School for the Arts (Innerspark), 2008

  • Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival, "Conglomerate Big Band" with The Jazz Ensemble, finalists, 2008

  • All Southern California Honor Bands and District Honor Bands, percussionist, 2007 and 2008

  • First place State Science Olympiad awards for Glider and Trebuchet events, 2007

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