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AWARDS

2015	IBMA, Distinguished Achievement Award
2014	United States Artists Berresford Fellow in Music
2014	IBMA, Instrumental Recorded Performance of the Year Special Consensus w/ Buddy Spicher, Michael Cleveland, & Alison Brown (Banjo, Producer)
2010	GRAMMY Nomination, Best Country Instrumental Performance "Under The (Five) Wire"
2009	Stars of the South Award
2009	Irish Voice Award for Top 25 Women in Business
2007	IBMA, Recorded Event of the Year Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular w/ Tony Trischka
2003	AFIM Indie Award, Best Acoustic Instrumental Recording Alison Brown Quartet, Replay
2002	Women in Music Touchstone Award, NYC
2001	GRAMMY Award, Best Country Instrumental Performance "Leaving Cottondale" (w/ Bela Fleck)
2001	GRAMMY Nomination, Best Bluegrass Album, Fair Weather
1991	IBMA, Instrumentalist of the Year - Banjo
1991	IBMA, Entertainer of the Year, Alison Krauss & Union Station
1990	GRAMMY Nomination, Best Bluegrass Album, Simple Pleasures
1979	Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest - 1st Place Professional Bluegrass Banjo
1978	Canadian National Five String Banjo Champion

In addition to Alison's numerous awards, her other accomplishments include:

- Original music was selected as "wake up call" music for 3 different NASA Shuttle Flights

- Selected by the Mayor of Nashville to serve as the Ambassador of Friendship for inaugural sister city visit to Kamakura, Japan

- Selected to perform in Central and South America on behalf of the United States Information Agency

- Personally requested to perform at the installation of Harvard University's first female president, Drew Faust