Composition
NPR’s From The Top
- February 16, 2013–National Radio Broadcast Premiere on From The Top with Christopher O’Riley
- January 4, 2013–Live From The Top taping at the Meyerson Symphony Orchestra Center in Dallas
Avant Chamber Ballet
Named Composer in Residence with Avant Chamber Ballet
- Faces of the Sun, french horn, violin, and piano
- Commissioned by Avant Chamber Ballet
- Performances on June 8-9 2013
Booker T Washington HSPVA Grand Concert 2013
- World Premiere of Dobson’s Piano Concerto No. 1
- 2014 YoungArts Honorable Mention Award Winner in Composition
- 2013 YoungArts Honorable Mention Award Winner in Composition
Young Masters AP Arts and Music Exhibition
- 2013 Honorable Mention Rêves Étranges for two violins
- 2012 2nd place Frozen Red Sky for Cello and Piano
- 2011 3rd place Fantasy for Flute and Piano in B-flat Major
North Texas Young Composers Project
- 2012 1st place Edifice in the Clouds, for Flute, Violin, and Cello
- 2011 2nd place Prelude for Piano Trio
Piano Performance
Dallas Music Teachers Association Piano Solo Contest
- 2012 Third Place in Division IX
- Rachmaninoff, Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10
Southern Methodist University Institute for Young Pianists
- 2012 1st place 4thAnnual Young Artists Competition
- Beethoven Sonata in E Major Op. 14 No. 1
- Chopin, Etude Op. 25 No. 10
Music Theory
- 2012 scored 5 on the AP Music Theory test
