Awards
- Conference Scholar Award, American Music Therapy Association, 2009.
- Dorothy Ann Perkins Prize for Creative Activity, Willamette University, 1998
- Bernice Jackson Hoffman Scholarship, Willamette University, 1998
- Mary L. Collins Scholarship, Willamette University, 1997-1998.
- Julie Carson Undergraduate Research Grant, Willamette University, 1998
- Created, Directed and Facilitated “Sonic Tools: Experimental Instrument Building and Creative Self-Expression”, a 5 day workshop for homeless and at-risk kids. A presentation was given at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and met with a willing, enthusiastic and exuberant noise – the spontaneous expression of music by an audience. Trombonist, Composer, Sound Gatherer and University of Washington Professor Emeritus Stuart Dempster served as project sponsor.
- Radio Art Project Grant, 94.9 KUOW, Seattle, from King County Arts Commission, October, 1996. An aural documentary of the making of a harp, recorded at Dusty Strings Harp and Dulcimer Company, “Birth Suite for Harp” features Anna Cousins giving a birth improvisation with her new harp.
