Professional Organization

1990-present, Writer Member and Publisher Member, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)

Compact Disc Recordings

Fiat Lux (forthcoming in 2009). Three of Ray's Christmas arrangements for ten-part brass are included in this recording from McGinty Music (Swingle Bells, The First Noel, and "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" from Three Renaissance Carols Reborn).

Raymond David Burkhart: Watercolor Menagerie (2004). The Premiere Brass Quintet plays 14 original works.

Awards

First Prize, 2005 Humboldt State University Chamber Music Workshop Composition Contest: Bouquet de Brass [brass sextet]

First Prize, 2004 Humboldt State University Chamber Music Workshop Composition Contest: Love Letters [brass septet]

1997-2009: Thirteen consecutive annual ASCAP Special Awards

First Prize, 1983 Elinor Remick Warren Composition Contest - Speed, for soprano, oboe, trumpet, and strings

Commissions

2007 - Celebration Fanfare [10-piece brass ensemble, 423.01], commissioned by Pomona College

2007 - Birds of a Feather [trumpet and horn duo], commissioned by Marissa Benedict

2006 - Viva Brazzissimo [10-piece brass ensemble, 413.11], commissioned by the Bay Area brass ensemble, Brazzissimo

2005 - The Ancient and Curious Fable of the Great Red Lime Tree [trumpet and tuba duo], commissioned by Dr. Mark Lindenbaum

2004 - Markers [two trumpets], commissioned by Dr. Joan Haaland Paddock

2004 - Sophie's Waltz [concert band], commissioned by the Newton Knights Middle School Advanced Band, Richard Tyree, Director

2003 - Come Unto Me [SATB and trumpet or other solo instrument], commissioned by Jannette Carothers for the Glendale Presbyterian Church Cathedral Choir

2003 - Rejoice! [band version], commissioned by the Otterbein College Band, Gary Tirey, Director

2001 - The Little Child [SATB, brass, percussion, organ, narrator], commissioned by Claremont Presbyterian Church and Glendale Presbyterian Church

2000 - Italian Postcards [brass septet], commissioned by the Humboldt State University Brass Chamber Music Workshop

1999 - The Seven Angels [trumpet and narrator], commissioned by Glendale Presbyterian Church

1998 - Ceremoniale [brass and percussion], commissioned by the Tehachapi Community Orchestra

1997 - Oration [brass quintet], commissioned by Brassininity

1994 - American Overture [orchestra], commissioned by the Pasadena Pops Orchestra

1993 - Swingle Bells [baritone sax and orchestra], commissioned by the Pasadena Pops Orchestra [in preparation]

1991 - Modern Suite for Brass Quintet and Organ, commissioned by the Fine Arts Brass Quintet [in preparation]

1990 - Double Concerto for Flutist, Trumpeter, and Orchestra, commissioned by Malcolm McNab

1989 - A Summer Remembrance [trumpet quartet or ensemble], commissioned by the International Trumpet Guild

1984 - Fanfare Processional for the Choir of St. George's, Windsor [three trumpets and organ], commissioned by First Congregational Church of Los Angeles

1984 - Hail Olympus [brass nonet], commissioned by the Bill Bing Brass Ensemble