Honors and Awards
| 1948-49 | Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Work in Musical Composition |
| 1949 | Composers Press Symphonic Award for Concerto for Cello and Orchestra |
| 1960 | Resident Fellowship, Huntington Hartford Foundation, Pacific Palisades, California |
| 1962 | Michigan State University Distinguished $1000 Award |
| 1963 | George Romney and the Greater Michigan Foundation Citation for Distinguished Contributions in the Arts |
| 1967 | Resident Fellowship, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM |
| 1975 | Neil A. Kjos $3000 Memorial Award for For The Unfortunate |
| 1976 | Orpheus Award, Phi Mu Alpha (Gamma Epsilon Chapter) |
| 1978 | Youth Arts Festival Award of Merit |
| 1978 | Honorable Mention and Boosey & Hawkes publication in the Brown University Choral Composition Competition for "Rejoice! Rejoice!" |
| 1983 | Sigma Alpha Iota, National Arts Associate Award |
| 1985 | First Place Award for Butterfly Girl and Mirage Boy in the Brooklyn College Chamber Opera Competition, Six New York performances |
| 1994 | American Bandmasters Association Edwin Franco Goldman Memorial Citation for conspicuous service in the interest of bands and band music in America |
| 1999 | Michigan State University Recognition and Honors for Scholarly Contributions and Publication of La Fiesta Mexicana |
| Since 1978 | Annual ASCAP Awards |
| 2004 | Louisiana State University College of Music: 2004 Alumnus of the Year Award |
Biographical Dictionaries Listing H. Owen Reed
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Music Who's Who in American Education Who's Who in the Midwest Directory of American Scholars Reis' Composers in America The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Howard's Our American Music Ricordi's Encyclopedia Della Musica Dictionary of International Biography Directory of American Scholars Royal Blue Book Riemann Musiklexicon RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Men of Achievement The New Groves Dictionary, American The Groves Dictionary of Opera John Vinton's Dictionary of Contemporary Music International Who's Who in Music and Musician's Directory, 18th Edition |