The Canada Council for the Arts awards Vincent Ho the 2005 "Robert Fleming Prize" for most outstanding young composer of the year.

The Canadian Music Centre (CMC) Prairie Region is proud to announce that Vincent Ho is this year’s recipient of its Emerging Composer Award for his composition entitled Stigmata – written for solo cello.

Winner of The Portland Chamber Music Festival's 2006 Composers Competition for Shattering the Ethereal Resonance.

Other Awards and Prizes

• Finalist in the 2005 Hultgren Solo Cello Works Biennial for Stigmata.

• The ASCAP Foundation’s “2004 Morton Gould Young Composer Award” for Dragon Realms.

• Second Prize in the SOCAN Foundation’s 2004 Awards for Young Composers for Dragon Realms (Sir Ernest MacMillan Awards - works for 13 performers or more).

• Second Prize in the SOCAN Foundation’s 2004 Awards for Young Composers for Stigmata (Pierre Mercure Awards - solo/duet category)

• The University of Southern California’s “Sadye J. Moss Composition Prize” for Dragon Realms.

• EARPLAY’s “2004 Donald Aird Memorial Composition Award” for Stigmata.

• Third Prize in the SOCAN Foundation’s 2000 Awards for Young Composers for Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (Sir Ernest MacMillan Awards - works for 13 performers or more).

• Second Prize in the SOCAN Foundation’s 1999 Awards for Young Composers for String Quartet No. 1 (Serge Garant Awards – works for 3-12 performers)

• First Prize in the 1999 Peel Music Festival for Three Scenes of Childhood (Toronto, Ontario).

• The Audience Prize in the 1999 Toronto New Music Festival for Three Scenes of Childhood.