University Professor of Composition in Music, was awarded the Order of Lincoln by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. She premiered several compositions in 2013–14: “Saxophone Concerto” at the New Haven Symphony, “Bassoon Concertino” at the Double Reed Society Conference, “Starlight Ribbons” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Bing Theatre, and “Twilight Butterfly” at UChicago’s Logan Center for the Arts. Her piece “Of Paradise and Light” was performed by the All-Star Orchestra on PBS, and her piece “Resounding Earth” was performed at the Chamber Music America Conference. Additionally, the New Haven Symphony did a complete concert of her works, and she delivered the 2014 Spring Commencement Address for the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign’s School of Music.