Lynn taught at the University of California at Santa Cruz while working on her degree. Her music has been performed internationally.
Monica Lynn, From America, Travels The World Without Spending Any Money
Honors and awards
2009-10: UCSC Grant; ASCAP Award
2008-09: European American Musical Alliance, Lindsay and Brian Shea Fellowship; Brevard Institute Scholarship Award; selected composer, South Oxford Six, Summer in Sombor, SERBIA; Finalist, College Music Society Pacific Central/Pacific Southern SuperRegional Conference; Finalist, California Summer Music, San Francisco, CA; UCSC Grant; ASCAP Award
2007-08: UCSC Graduate Student Association Scholarship Award; UCSC Doctoral Tuition and Fee Fellowship
2006-07: UCSC Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship Award, UCSC Doctoral Tuition and Fee Fellowship, UCSC Porter Graduate Arts Research Grant, UMKC Student Government Association Scholarship Award
2005-06: George D. Martin III Scholarship Award, Mary Margaret Miller Graduate Assistance Endowment Fund Award, Presidents General Assembly of Greater Kansas City Award, Virginia French Mackie Award, The Walden School Scholarship Award
2004-05: Jarene Stanford Graduate Achievement Fellowship, Nancy Kassebaum Baker Graduate Achievement Fellowship, UMKC Chancellor’s Fellowship Award, The Walden School Scholarship Award
2003-04: William L. and Caroline M. French Graduate Achievement Fellowship, UMKC Chancellor’s Fellowship Award
Works
Selected works include:
Unole Dayai, for chamber ensemble
Le synchronisme, pour l’harpe en solo
The Words Under the Words, for SATB a cappella chorus
Taiheiyo, for Japanese koto
Mirror Images, for string quartet
Sylvia, for flute and piano
Anabatic, for chamber orchestra
Rejuvenancient, for chamber ensemble
Ye Xiang Gu, for Chinese gu-zheng and Western percussion
