Major Awards and Honors

Music Publishers' Association Award (2002)

The MacArthur Fellowship (1995)

Dance Magazine Award (1992)

New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) for Sustained Creative Achievement (1985)

National Music Theatre Award (1986)

Guggenheim Fellowships (1972, 1982)

German Critics Award for Best Record (1981, 1986)

Brandeis Creative Arts Award (1974)

Obies (1971, 1976, 1985)

Sixteen ASCAP Awards for Musical Composition

Honorary Doctor of Arts degrees from Cornish School of the Arts, Boston Conservatory, San Francisco Art Institute, The Julliard School, University of the Arts, and Bard College