AWARDS
- 2015 Civitella Ranieri MusicFellowship, Italy
- 2015 Ulster County Executives' Arts Awards for Individual Artist, Kingston NY
- 2014-15 Artist's Residency, Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice Italy
- 2014 Honorary Doctor of Music, University College Cork, Cork Ireland
- 2013 Award for Artistic Excellence and Innovation, Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston NY
- 2012 Artist's Residency, Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice Italy
- 2012 Giga-Hertz-Award for Lifetime Achievement in Electronic Music from ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, Prize sum: 10.000 EUR
- 2012 John Cage Award from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
- 2010 Honorary Doctor of Arts, DeMontfort University, Leicester, England
- 2009 William Schuman Award for Lifetime Achievement, Columbia University, New York, NY
- 2009 Paul Fleck Fellowship, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
- 2009 George A. Miller Visiting Artist, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL
- 2008 Artist of the Year Diploma, Presented by the Mayor of Saldes, Macaners Accordion Festival, Saldes, Spain
- 2006 Nameless Sound Award, Nameless Sound, Houston, TX
- 2005 Honorary Membership, Society of American Music, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- 2004 Honorary Doctor of Music, Mills College, Oakland, CA
- 2001 Goldie Award for Life Time Achievement, Bay Guardian for contributions to culture in the Bay Area, San Francisco, CA
- 1999 SEAMUS Award for Life Time Achievement for pioneering work in electro-acoustic music
- 1994 Foundation for Contemporary Performance - Performance Award
- 1982-2005 ASCAP Standard Award
- 1991 Bessie Award for Music Composition, Dance Theater Workshop for Contenders, New York, NY
- 1991 Letter of Distinction, American Music Center, New York, NY
- 1990 National Endowment of the Arts Composer's Fellowship
- 1989 City of Philadelphia Citation, Philadelphia, PA
- 1988 National Endowment of the Arts Composer's Fellowship
- 1986 Honorary Doctor of Music, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
- 1984 City of Houston, Texas, Pauline Oliveros Day on March 3
- 1984 National Endowment of the Arts Composer's Fellowship
- 1977 Beethoven Prize, City of Bonn for Bonn Feier, Germany
- 1973 Guggenheim Fellowship for composition
- 1962 Gaudeamus Prize, Best Foreign Work for Sound Patterns, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1960 Pacifica Foundation Prize for Variations for Sextet, Berkley, CA
