2016 ‘Girl Gods’ Bessie Award for Best Production
Prestigious New York City Dance and Performance Award
Commission by Pat Graney Dance Company. Premiere: On The Boards, October 2015.

2015 ‘Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame’ (Amy Denio)
Awarded by Earshot Jazz, Seattle WA.

2006 ‘Golden Ear Award’ (Tiptons Sax Quartet)
Awarded by Earshot Jazz, Seattle WA.

2004 ‘Best World Music Band’ (Kultur Shock)
Awarded by Seattle Weekly magazine

1997 Bessie Award for Composition ‘Sky Down’
Prestigious New York City Dance and Performance Award
for soundtrack for dance piece Commission by David Dorfman Company

1990 ‘Seattle Individiual Artists Award’ (Amy Denio)
Awarded by Seattle Arts Commission

FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, TOURS of NOTE
Denio has gone on over 75 major tours of the US, Europe, Eastern Europe since 1988, with groups such as The Tone Dogs (US), The Pale Nudes (Switzerland), The Tiptons Saxophone Quartet (US), Kultur Shock (US/Balkans), Quintetto alla Busara (Italy), The Four Accordions of the Apocalypse (US), Il Parto Delle Nuvole Pesanti (Italy), Die Resonanz (Austria), Die Knodel (Austria), and solo.

August 2019 ‘Tiny Orchestral Moments’ Residency
One-week residency to compose and collaborate, perform and record new compositions with large group of international musicians.

August 2018 ‘Tiny Orchestral Moments’ Residency
One-week residency to compose and collaborate, perform and record new compositions with large group of international musicians..

August 2017 ‘Tiny Orchestral Moments’ Residency
One-week residency to compose and collaborate, perform and record new compositions with large group of international musicians..

August 2016 ‘Tiny Orchestral Moments’ Residency
One-week residency to compose and collaborate, perform and record new compositions with large group of international musicians..

June 2011 ‘Vermont Performance Lab’ Residency
2-week recording studio residency composing soundtrack for Dan Froot’s toy theater piece ‘Who’s Hungry?’

February 2008 ‘Paul Goode Fellowship In Ireland’
Funded by by Artist Trust. One month in Westport, County Mayo.

Spring, 2007 ‘Resident Artist at Dream Community’
Arrange and produce album with 25 youth from the Amis Tribe in Taipei, Taiwan.

October 2006 ‘City Dreams’
1 week (5-concert) tour of multi-media performance ensemble with musical quartet and live painter in Italy.
August/September 2004 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
5 week composer residency in a 15th-century castle in Umbria, Italy

January 2003 ‘Amy Denio, Beth Custer & The Legendary Poptones’
Funded by CEC/Arts Link International
Travel to Sofia, Bulgaria to collaborate on new compositions and make recording.

2001 Rosencranz Artist-In-Residence
Sponsored by Fred Frith at Mills College (Oakland, California)
2 weeks teaching / Solo concert / chamber concert
September 2000 Recording Residency with Francisco Lopez ‘Belle Confusion 00’ / Duo Concert
Sponsored by Centrum Arts & Creative Education (Port Townsend, Washington)

March 2000 ‘The Danubians’
Funded by Soros (CEC/Arts Link International)
8 concerts & recording album in Europe with 2 Hungarians and a Czech drummer

1999 ‘Amy Denio and Kampec Dolores’
Funded by Soros (CEC/Arts Link International)
Travel to Budapest, Hungary, to collaborate on new compositions, tour & produce CD with ensemble

1997 ‘Le Serve’ (The Maids, by Jean Genet)
Commission by Cantieri Internazionale dell’Arte (Montepulciano, Italy)
Residency to compose & record soundscore

1996 ‘Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet & Ne Zhdali’
Funded by Soros (CEC/Arts Link International)
Travel to Tallinn, Estonia to collaborate on new compositions and record CD