[4] In October 2017 he received the Signature Sinfonian award from the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity.
[8] He was a clinician for the Anúna International Choral Summer School in 2013,[9] and his past engagements include clinics and conducting in Beijing, China; Sydney, Australia and Incheon, Korea among other cities.
Bruffy has commissioned and premiered works by composers such as Ola Gjeilo, Matthew Harris, Anne Kilstofte, Libby Larsen, Zhou Long, Cecilia McDowall, Stephen Paulus, Steven Sametz, Philip Stopford, Steven Stucky, Joan Szymko, Eric Whitacre, Jean Belmont and Chen Yi.
He has edited scores for the Roger Dean Company, a division of The Lorenz Corporation, which publishes a choral series specializing in music for professional ensembles and sophisticated high school and college choirs.
He received the 2008 Grammy for "Best Small Ensemble Performance" with the Phoenix Chorale for Spotless Rose.