Acknowledgements

Paul Winter’s work has been honored by every community of which he has been part:

By the Environmental Community:

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
United Nations Environment Programme, 1984
GLOBAL 500 AWARD
United Nations Environment Programme, 1985
ENVIRONMENTAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
P.A.C.E. (People’s Action for Clean Energy), 1992
PROMISE TO THE EARTH AWARD
National Arbor Day Foundation, 1997
FRANCES HUTCHINSON MEDAL
Garden Club of America, 2004

By the Animal Welfare Community:

THE JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH MEDAL
The Humane Society of the United States, 1982
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
ASPCA, 1986
GENESIS AWARD
The Fund for Animals, 1987
LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Yellowstone Grizzly Foundation, 1995

By the Peace Community:

COURAGE OF CONSCIENCE AWARD
Peace Abbey, 1991

By the Music Community:

JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR 1984 (Sunsinger)
National Association of Independent Record Distributors
GRAMMY AWARDS
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1993 (Spanish Angel)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1994 (Prayer for the Wild Things)
BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM 1996 (Pete)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1999 (Celtic Solstice)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 2005 (Silver Solstice)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 2007 (Crestone)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 2010 (Miho: Journey to the Mountain)

GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1986 (Canyon)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1987 (Whales Alive)
BEST NEW AGE SONG 1988 (from Earthbeat)
BEST NEW AGE SONG 1989 (from Wolf Eyes)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1990 (Earth: Voices of a Planet)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1993 (Spanish Angel)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1994 (Prayer for the Wild Things)
BEST TRADITIONAL FOLK ALBUM 1996 (Pete, with Pete Seeger)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1997 (Canyon Lullaby)
BEST CLASSICAL CROSSOVER ALBUM 1998 (Journey to
the Amazon, with Sharon Isbin)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 1999 (Celtic Solstice)
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM 2000 (Journey with the Sun)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 2005 (Silver Solstice)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 2007 (Crestone)
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM 2010 (Miho: Journey to the Mountain)

By his home state of Pennsylvania and home town of Altoona:

GOVERNOR’S DISTINGUISHED ARTS AWARD
State of Pennsylvania, 1996
HONORARY DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS
Juniata College, 1996
GOLD MEDAL AWARD
Penn State University, 1996
AWARD FOR ARTISTIC DISTINCTION
Blair County Arts Foundation, 1999

By his University:

ALUMNI MERIT AWARD
Northwestern University, 1996

By his adopted state of Connecticut and town of Litchfield:

CONNECTICUT CONSERVATION AWARD
Connecticut Fund for the Environment, 1983
CONSERVATION AWARD
White Memorial Foundation, Litchfield, 1989
CONNECTICUT ARTS AWARD
State of Connecticut, 1988
MUSIC ADVOCATE AWARD
Connecticut Music Educator’s Association, 1996
HONORARY DOCTOR OF MUSIC
University of Hartford, 2011

By the New York Cathedral where he has been artist-in-residence since 1980:

SPIRIT OF THE CITY AWARD
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 2000