awards



  • Centenary of Federation medal for Services to Australian Society

Awarded for co-writing the music theatre piece on valuing differences and reconciliation, Postcards from Nanna

  • Young Entrepreneurs Recognition award

Awarded by the Department of Trade and Innovation for outstanding entrepreneurship

  • Hewlett Packard E-Challenge

Under the name of Gorgeous Kid, Pearl Field and I won the Best New Business Idea as well as the Audience Choice Award for its idea of creating contemporary popular music for kids with learning challenges.

  • AWGIE- Best Original Script - Theatre for Young People

For Postcards from Nanna written by Andrea rieniets with Andrea Lemon

  • Most Popular Music Event - Midsumma

Awarded for the performance season at The Blackbox Victorian Arts Centre

  • Adelaide University School of Business Entrepreneurs - Scholarship

For Gorgeous Kid contemporary popular music for kids with learning and communication challenges

  • Listed in Who’s Who of Contemporary Popular Music

  • Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions artist’s berth

I am the first Australian musician to be a guest of ANARE on a resupply trip to Macquarie Island.