2008 ASCAP and League of American Orchestras award for adventurous programming Master-classes and Workshops June 2015 Hong Kong New Music Academy 2015, Hong Kong, China September, 2012 Ensemble Moderne Academy at Klangspuren, Schwaz, Austria, Participating conductor Spring 2015 Ithaca International Conducting masterclass with Larry Rachleff - coordinator Spring 2014 Ithaca International Conducting masterclass with Carl St.Clair coordinator Spring 2013 Ithaca International Conducting masterclass with David Effron - coordinator Spring 2012 Ithaca International Conducting masterclass with Larry Rachleff - coordinator Spring 2011 Ithaca International Conducting masterclass with Carl St.Clair coordinator Spring 2010 Ithaca International Conducting masterclass with Gustav Meier coordinator Spring 2009 Ithaca International Conducting masterclass with Alexander Polischuck - coordinator Summer 2008 Vendome Academy of Conducting, France, Participating conductor Summer 2007 International Bartôk Festival, Hungary, Participating conductor Summer, 2006 Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, student of Peter Gülke Summer, 2003-4 St Magnus Festival in Kirkwall, Scotland, student of Martyn Brabbins Summer, 2003 Neeme Järvi's master-class in Parnu, Estonia, student of Neeme Järvi Summer, 2002 Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, student of Gerhard Markson 1994 - 2001 Various American Symphony Orchestra League and Conductors Guild workshops in Chicago, Seattle, Ann Arbor, Boston, and Puerto Rico, 1994 - 2001