awards

• Queensland Conservatorium of Music Guitar Prize (First Prize) 1985
• Australian Guitar Competition (Finalist) 1985
• Queensland Conservatorium of Music Guitar Prize (First Prize) 1986
• Queensland Conservatorium of Music Bach Prize for Strings (First Prize) 1986
• Australian Guitar Competition (First Prize in the duo section) 1987
• Queensland Conservatorium of Music (Top of Course Dip Mus) 1987
  
• Queensland Conservatorium of Music Guitar Prize (First Prize) 1988
• Australian Guitar Competition (Finalist) 1988
• Post Graduate Scholarship (Queensland Conservatorium of Music ) 1988
• Australian Representative (Concurso Internacional Viña del Mar, Chile) 1988
  
• Part Scholarship (Manhattan School of Music, USA) 1989
• Fulbright Scholarship (Australian American Education Foundation) 1989
• Concurso Internacional Alirio Díaz, Venezuela (Finalist) 1990
• Primer Festival Internacional de Guitarra (Special Guest) Bogotá, Colombia 1990
  
• Shell Darwin International Guitar Competition, Australia (Finalist) 1993
• Darwin International Guitar Festival, Official Performer (as member of Colombia Linda) 1995