He was awarded the Kranischsteiner Musikpreis by the City of Darmstadt,
Germany, the Musikprotokoll Kompositionpreis by the Austrian Radio, Mayor's
Fellowship in the Arts Award by the City of Atlanta, and a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Singleton's oeuvre includes works for the theater, orchestral pieces,
instrumental solos, and a wide range of pieces for chamber ensembles.
His compositions have been performed by the symphony orchestras of Boston,
Pittsburgh, Houston, Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Oregon,
Baltimore, Syracuse, Louisville, and Florida, the American Composers
Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, l'Orchestre de Parks, das
Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker and also the Kronos Asko
Ensemble of Amsterdam, Ensemble des 20. Jahrhunderts of Vienna, the London
Sinfonietta, Trio Basso of Cologne, and das Bremer Tanztheater.
Important international festivals have also programmed Singleton's music.
They include Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Tanglewood, Aspen, Bang
On A Can, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, Other Minds in San
Francisco, the Vienna Summer Music Festival, Pro Musica Nova in Bremen, the
Styrian Autumn Festival in Graz, the Brussels ISCM World Music Days and
IRCAM in Paris.
