 Kitzke has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, American Music Center, Meet the Composer, ASCAP, and BMI.In 2004 and 2006 he visited the Randolph School in Wappingers Falls, New York to compose music for their shows.He even put music to Allen Ginsberg's poem "Green Automobile", which was included on his most recent album "The Paha Sapa Give-Back" (Innova Recordings, 2014).