Editing Michael Berkeley (section)

==Prizes and posts==
In 1977 he was awarded the Guinness Prize for Composition. In 1979, the [[Scottish Chamber Orchestra]] appointed Berkeley its associate composer. Berkeley was composer-in-association with the [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]] from 2000 until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/pdf/bio_now.pdf |title=BBC National Orchestra of Wales : Biography |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> He also acted as visiting professor in Composition at the [[Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama]] and was artistic director of the [[Cheltenham Music Festival]] from 1995 to 2004. In 2002 and 2003 he was international guest curator of chamber music programs at the [[Sydney Festival]], Australia's largest arts festival. He has served as a trustee of the Koestler Trust which puts music and the arts into prisons.<ref name="House of Lords Appoinments Commission Annual Report">{{cite journal |last1=Jay |title=House of Lords Appoinments Commission Annual Report |journal=House of Lords Appoinments Commission Annual Report |date=September 2013 |issue=October 2011 to September 2013 |page=9 |url=https://lordsappointments.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/annual-report-oct-11-sept-13-pdf.pdf |access-date=6 September 2024 |ref=hol_appointments_2013}}</ref>

Berkeley was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2012 Birthday Honours]] for services to music.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60173 |supp=y|page=6|date=16 June 2012}}</ref> He was awarded an honorary doctor of music degree by Aberdeen University in 2022.<ref name="Aberdeen University Honorary Degree">{{cite web |last1=Milne |first1=Ellie |title='It's the crowning glory': Distinguished composer given honour for commitment to music from Aberdeen University |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/4510333/its-the-crowning-glory-distinguished-composer-given-honour-for-commitment-to-music-from-aberdeen-university/ |website=Press and Journal |publisher=D C Thompson |access-date=6 September 2024 |ref=aberdeen_university_degree |date=7 July 2022}}</ref>

Berkeley is a Fellow of the [[Royal Northern College of Music]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Fellows and Honorary Members|url=http://www.rncm.ac.uk/about/college-information/fellows-honorary-members/|publisher=Royal Northern College of Music}}</ref> and an honorary Doctor of Music from the [[University of East Anglia]] and a Fellow of the [[Royal Academy of Music]]. He is President of the Presteigne Festival of Music and is also a Vice-President of the Joyful Company of Singers.