GRAMMY Award: "Best World Music Album" - co-arrangement w/ Kyle Saana +
performance w/ Black Sea Hotel + Yo-Yo Ma on Silk Road Ensemble's "Sing Me
Home".
"seems like a miracle" (Tableau Vivant of The Delirium Constructions) - The New York Times
"defies category" (Secondary Dominance - as staged work) - The Wall Street Journal
"Top 10 Best Films of 2014": "Butter on the Latch" - one of 2014's best films by
New Yorker Magazine; directed by Josephine Decker; starring Small
"a perfect synthesis of opera and media" (Secondary Dominance - as staged work) - The Theater Times
Number 2 on iTunes World Music 2009: Black Sea Hotel's debut album
"a humble and humbling view of humanity that feels authentic, even poetic... what
you take away is a kind of peace..." (Tableau Vivant of The Delirium Constructions) - The Washington Post
"a swirling sonic palette that skips around nimbly... expertly fashioning a musical
world equally familiar and fantastical." (Black Sea Hotel) - John Schaefer - Soundcheck, WNYC
Number 1 of 10,000 entries submitted 2009: WIN Initiative + Resource Magazine
Talent Support Award - 2009: selected by ITS International from 65 countries;
travel to Italy for exhibition + awards ceremony
"performs with a refined emotion that hits with the magnetic pull of rock-bound
sirens. Just tie me to the mast now..." (Black Sea Hotel) - National Public Radio
Number 1 from 10 years of contributions - 2008: Surface Magazine's 10th Annual
Avant Guardian Photographic Competition
"Creative Vision Award" - 2006: The Art of Photography Show
"Best in Show" - 2002: Lakeside Statewide Art Exhibition
"Gold Key Award" - 1997: Corcoran Gallery.
