 With the Symphony, he commissioned dozens of new orchestral works and conducted their premieres.Composers whose work was premiered under his baton include Marta Ptaszynska and Vivian Fine.He was a recipient of numerous awards including two Guggenheim Fellowships and two Elizabeth Coolidge Chamber Music Awards, plus grants from the National Endowment on the Arts and the Bicentennial Commission, and the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts (1992).