 In 2000, Eddins received the Seaver Conducting Award (funded by the Seaver Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts), a triennial grant awarded to exceptionally gifted young American conductors.As a conductor, Eddins is eclectic in his preferences.A classicist in his approach to the music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, he usually favors North American repertoire in his programming.