Edward Smaldone was named the 2016 "Composer of the Year" by the Classical Recording Foundation at their annual Gala at National Sawdust, in Williamsburg. Other awards include the Goddard Lieberson Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as grants and awards from ASCAP, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo Corporation, the Charles Ives Center for the Arts, the Percussive Arts Society, and the American Music Center. His music has been performed by the orchestras and ensembles throughout the world, and recorded on the CRI, New World, Naxos, Capstone and Ablaze labels. “Edward Smaldone's work The beauty of Innuendo …is reminiscent of both Sibelius and Douglas Lilburn, with its brilliant brass, high wind writing and cells of notes that gradually build into a longer phrase. Geoff Pearce, Music and Vision, Australia, 2016 “The earliest works here exhibit a fetching take on East Coast style dissonance. Music from the 1990’s…a certain personal take on Americana…. a carefully considered, clearly expressed motivic tautness. This often intriguing release is worth a listen.” David Cleary, The New Music Connoisseur, 2003 “...a fluent blend of jazz, American populism, New York intensity, overt Romanticism. …creating a synthesis that is harmonious and yet diverse, backed up by very impressive technique.” Robert Carl, Fanfare, 2001