Agnus Dei from Lux Aeterna (excerpt)
Composed by Morten Lauridsen
Performed by Polyphony & Britten Sinfonia
on Morten Lauriden: Lux Aeterna
Awards, Honorary Degrees, and Commissions
Recipient, National Medal of Arts from the President in a White House ceremony “for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power, and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide.” 2007
2006 Designated an “American Choral Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts
2008 Honorary Doctor of Music, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
2010 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Oklahoma State University
2012 Honorary Doctor of Music, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
2013 Honorary Doctor of Music, Whitman College
Member, National Artistic Council of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame
Fellow and Artistic Advisor, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
National Endowment for the Arts Meet the Composer Grant.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Commission
O Magnum Mysterium
Phi Kappa Phi Award for Creative Writing
Mid-Winter Songs
Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Music Center Commission
Lux Aeterna
Harvard University Glee Commission
Ave Dulcissima Maria
Composers of California Composition Prize
A Winter Come
Pasadena Chamber Orchestra Commission
Mid-Winter Songs (orchestral version)
USC Centennial Commission
Mid-Winter Songs (chorus/piano version)
Chorus America Grant
LA Master Chorale performance of Mid-Winter Songs
Piedmont Children’s Choir Commission
SA version of Dirait-on
Loyola/Marymount University Commission
Ubi Caritas et Amor
Yoav Chamber Ensemble Commissions
Cuatro Canciones and Be Still, My Soul
ACDA Raymond Brock Commission
Nocturnes
Victoria Scholars Commission
O Magnum Mysterium, TTBB version
San Francisco Bay Brass Commission
O Magnum Mysterium for Brass Ensemble
Pacific Chorale Commission
Chanson Eloignee--Distant Song
Jimmy McHugh Composition Prize
For Symphony I
The Choral Project Commission
Sure on this Shining Night (orchestral version)
ASCAP Standard Award Each year for over 30 years
Thornton School of Music Dean’s Award For Professional Accomplishment, 2007/2010
Alpha Lambda Delta Citation For Teaching Excellence
USC Thornton School of Music Ramo Award For Outstanding Professor
USC Thornton School of Music Outstanding Alumnus Award
Alchin and Cole Porter/Samuel Stark Fellowships
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi Lifetime Achievement Award 2008
Fellow, Los Angeles Institute for the Arts 2009-
Honorary Board Member
Los Angeles Master Chorale and New York City Master Chorale
Artistic Advisory Board member of Jacaranda, Angeles Chorale, Creative Kids Education Foundation, Volti, National Children's Chorus and I Cantori of New York
Recipient of over 400 commission requests
Recipient, National Medal of Arts from the President in a White House ceremony “for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power, and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide.” 2007
2006 Designated an “American Choral Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts
2008 Honorary Doctor of Music, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
2010 Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Oklahoma State University
2012 Honorary Doctor of Music, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
2013 Honorary Doctor of Music, Whitman College
Member, National Artistic Council of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame
Fellow and Artistic Advisor, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
National Endowment for the Arts Meet the Composer Grant.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Commission
O Magnum Mysterium
Phi Kappa Phi Award for Creative Writing
Mid-Winter Songs
Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Music Center Commission
Lux Aeterna
Harvard University Glee Commission
Ave Dulcissima Maria
Composers of California Composition Prize
A Winter Come
Pasadena Chamber Orchestra Commission
Mid-Winter Songs (orchestral version)
USC Centennial Commission
Mid-Winter Songs (chorus/piano version)
Chorus America Grant
LA Master Chorale performance of Mid-Winter Songs
Piedmont Children’s Choir Commission
SA version of Dirait-on
Loyola/Marymount University Commission
Ubi Caritas et Amor
Yoav Chamber Ensemble Commissions
Cuatro Canciones and Be Still, My Soul
ACDA Raymond Brock Commission
Nocturnes
Victoria Scholars Commission
O Magnum Mysterium, TTBB version
San Francisco Bay Brass Commission
O Magnum Mysterium for Brass Ensemble
Pacific Chorale Commission
Chanson Eloignee--Distant Song
Jimmy McHugh Composition Prize
For Symphony I
The Choral Project Commission
Sure on this Shining Night (orchestral version)
ASCAP Standard Award Each year for over 30 years
Thornton School of Music Dean’s Award For Professional Accomplishment, 2007/2010
Alpha Lambda Delta Citation For Teaching Excellence
USC Thornton School of Music Ramo Award For Outstanding Professor
USC Thornton School of Music Outstanding Alumnus Award
Alchin and Cole Porter/Samuel Stark Fellowships
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi Lifetime Achievement Award 2008
Fellow, Los Angeles Institute for the Arts 2009-
Honorary Board Member
Los Angeles Master Chorale and New York City Master Chorale
Artistic Advisory Board member of Jacaranda, Angeles Chorale, Creative Kids Education Foundation, Volti, National Children's Chorus and I Cantori of New York
Recipient of over 400 commission requests