Awards and
Special Honors

Compendium of Awards

From

• Lifetime Achievement Award
  May 12, 2001

Teatre Des Artes

• 1999 Los Angeles
  Music Week Award
  December 2, 1999
  Elisabeth Waldo, composer, with other chosen distinguished artist honorees of the world community of music

Los Angeles Music Week Committee

• Award of Recognition and Appreciation

Valley Institute of Visual Arts

• Ambassador Award

People to People International

• Lifetime Achievement Award

Music Center of Los Angeles,
Education Division/Professional
Artists in Schools

• Award of Recognition
  (in conjunction with Music Center of
  Los Angeles/PASA Award)

California Alliance for
Arts Education

• Commendation
  (in conjunction with Music Center of
  Los Angeles/PASA Award)

California Department of
Education

• Certificate of Appreciation
  (in conjunction with Music Center of
  Los Angeles/PASA Award)

Joel Wachs, President,
Los Angeles City Council

• Commendation
  (in conjunction with Music Center of
  Los Angeles/PASA Award)

Mike Antonovich, Supervisor,
Los Angeles County (5th District)

• "Best of the West" Award

The Yeun Kong Foundation
March Fong Eu

• Award of Appreciation

Los Angeles Valley
College Historical Museum

• Award of Appreciation

Nothridge, California
Chamber of Commerce

• Award of Appreciation

Paula S. Boland, Member,
California State Assembly (38th District)

• Cultural Commendation

Tom Bradley, Mayor of Los Angeles,
California

• Award of Appreciation

Artes de Mexico Festival

• Gershwin Award

The Cultural Foundation

• Congressional Recognition Award

Honorable Esteban E. Torres,
Member, U.S. Congress

• Award of Merit

California Historical Society

• Certificate of Appreciation

Councilman Hal Bernson on
behalf of the Community of
Northridge, California

• Certificate of Appreciation

Delta Kappa Gamma Society
International

• Certificate of Honor

International Institute for the
Study of Women in Music

• Certificate of Appreciation

28th Street School/Arts In
Education/Performing Tree

• Certificate of Appreciation for
  four-year Governorship,
  Los Angeles Chapter

National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences

• Commendation

Historical Society of
Southern California

• Bronze Finalist Award
  for "Messages in Clay"

Information Film Producers
of America, Inc. (IFPA)

• Gold Medallion

Latin American Network
(Mexico City)

• Radio - TV Award

Sigma Alpha Iota

• Composer’s Award

ASCAP

• Nominee for "Folk Mass"

Emmy Awards