Fellowships and Awards:
- Minnesota State Arts Board (2015)
- McKnight Foundation Composer Fellowship (2011)
- Jerome Foundation Composers Commissioning Program Award (2008)
- Jerome Foundation Composers Commissioning Program Award (2004)
- New York State Council on the Arts - Community Arts Partnership Award (2001)
- New York State Council on the Arts - Community Arts Partnership Award (2000)
- Wisconsin State Arts Board Fellowship (1992)
Prize-Winning Works:
- Being Who You Are ~ KidSing Composer's Competition, First Prize: (2000)
John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Honorable Mention (2000)
- Climb ~ New York Virtuoso Singers Composition Competition, Honorable Mention (2005)
- The Journey ~ Athena Festival Almquist Award, First Prize (2009)
- So Many Corners (soprano, orchestra) ~ National Orchestral Association Reading Fellowship (1989)
- So Many Corners (soprano, piano) ~ National Federation of Music Clubs Devora Nadworney Award (1988)
- Spring Revels ~ Brookline Chorus Composition Competition, First Prize (2000)
- We Remember Them ~ Vincent Brown Silliman Choral Anthem Competition, First Prize (2010)
Other Grants and Funding Sources that have helped Elizabeth do her work
- American Composers Forum Faith Partners Residency (2010-2012)
for work with Watertown Free Evangelical and Trinity Lutheran Church
- American Composers Forum Encore Performance Grant (2010)
for work with Kansas City Chorale
- American Music Center Composer Assitance Program Award (2008)
for work with Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra
- Meet the Composer MetLife Creative Connections Grant (2008)
for work with Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra
- Meet the Composer/Creative Connections Grant (2007)
for work with Perfect Harmony Men's Chorus
- New England Foundation for the Arts Grant (2007)
for work with Women in Harmony
- American Composers Forum Subito Grant (2006)
- American Music Center Composer Assitance Program Grant (2006)
for work with Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
- Jerome Foundation Performance Outreach Grant (2006)
for work with MUSE
- American Composers Forum Subito Grant (2005)
- Meet the Composer Award (2001)
for work with OutLoud Chorus of Ithaca
- National Endowment for the Arts Creation and Presentation Grant (2001)
for work with The Society for New Music
- Meet the Composer Award (1997)
for work with The Society for New Music
- ASCAPlus / ASCAP Standard Awards (1993-2012)