He received several prestigious music prizes including 1st Prize in the Ithaca College Choral Composition Competition, National Telly Award, ASCAP Annual Composer Award and others. After receiving his Doctorate in Music Composition, Roman Yakub together with his partners had started creating classical music computer games for children. The Nutcracker Music Game, Mozart's Magic Flute Music Game, Alice in Vivaldi's Four Seasons Music Game and Discover Bach! Music Game had received numerous awards at the national and international levels. It was the Nutcracker Music Game that inspired Roman Yakub to write his first book in collaboration with Elaine Ulman.