2020 Collaborator, Beolach All Hands, 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards Traditional Album of the Year; 2020 Juno Nomination, Traditional Album of the Year

2014 Mainstage Award Recipient, Boston Metropolitan Opera’s International Composer Competition

2013 First Prize National Champion, Korea Toastmasters National Speech Contest

2004 Associate Composer of The Very Difficult Ajumma, Canadian Music Centre, inducted by peer Atlantic composers Sandy Moore and Peter Togni

2004 Copa! Award Recipient, Arts Category, Portuguese Canadian National Congress

2002 NS Cultural Arts Award, Nova Scotia Centre for Diverse Visible Cultures, “Outstanding achievement and ongoing commitment to promoting racial harmony in Canadian communities”

2002 Juno Award Nomination, Best Film Score. I wrote and sang the theme vocal music, and led the women’s folk choir for Sandy Moore’s film soundtrack to The Wild Dogs.

2002 Honorable Mention, Cambridge Madrigal Singers Choral Composition Contest, Boston, MA

1998 Recipient, Nova Scotia Arts Council Award

1992 Recipient, Scotia Talent Trust Award

1991 Recipient, Scotia Talent Trust Award

1990 Recipient, Scotia Talent Trust Award

1990 Recipient, J & A Campbell Music Department Scholarship Award