A renowned national competition, the American Prize recognizes outstanding artists in a variety of areas, including composition, piano, voice, chamber music, conducting and ensemble performance. Roig-Francolí previously won the 2016 American Prize in Composition (Band/Wind Ensemble Division) for "Perseus," and a 2021 Honorable Mention (Instrumental Chamber Music Division) for "Five Preludes After Chopin."

Roig-Francolí has been recognized internationally for his work as a music theorist, composer, musicologist and pedagogue. His compositions have been widely performed in Spain, England, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Canada and the U.S. He is the author of Harmony in Context and Understanding Post-Tonal Music, as well as over 20 articles and reviews in leading scholarly journals in the USA, Europe and South-America. Among his many honors are first prize at the National Composition Competition of the Spanish Jeunesses Musicales (1981) and second prize at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (Paris, 1982); and the University of Cincinnati’s A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007) and George Rieveschl Jr. Award for Creative and/or Scholarly Works (2009).