Patricia wrote an opera titled "The Sisters," which had a public preview in January 2025. The opera is set to have a fully staged performance in June 2025 through Liberty City Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

David received the 3rd place prize for the 2024 Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music.

Leah was awarded the Reel Change Grant by New Music USA to compose and record her original score for the film Anwar directed by Fawaz Al-Matrouk. The film premiered at Les Utopiales in Nantes, France.

Mickey had his first piece published with a traditional publishing company in 2024! "Like Moons and Suns, I'll Rise" was premiered at the 2023 National ACDA Convention, and is now published through E.C. Schirmer.

Tara had her first post-festival commission in May 2024. "Nighttime Ninja" was commissioned by the New York City Master Chorale under the direction of David Recca.

John was the recipient of the 72nd Annual BMI Composer Award in 2024.

Aaron's piece, "Stick With Love," was featured on Choral Arts Initiative's 2024 album, Tapestry of Becoming!

In 2023, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. launched the Kyle Pederson Choral Series.

David received 1st place in the 8th Annual Japan International Choral Composition in 2022.

Deanna won the 2022 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Book Award for her book, Mary Lou Williams: Music for the Soul (2021).

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Kai-Young developed and launched an open-access app to promote Cantonese musical genres and reduce barriers to composing in a tonal language. The app, "Cantonese Melody Generator" converts Cantonese text into intelligible melodies that honor the tonal nature of the language.

Leah was the 2022-2023 winner of the San Francisco Choral Artists' New Voices Project for Composers under 30.