Awards and Nominations
- 1956 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1957 Citation of Merit from the National Association of American Conductors and Composers
- 1959 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation Award from the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
- 1964 Distinguished Professor of Florida State University Award
- 1972 Resolution of Appreciation by the State of Florida Legislature
- 1983 Honorary Doctorate from Dickinson College
- 1983 National Opera Institute's Award for Service to American Opera - the highest honor the institute bestows
- 2001 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2004 National Medal of Arts from the White House
- 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honoree for lifetime work
- National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
- 2012 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Man of Music - the highest honor for a member of the American music fraternity.
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