Awards

Awards and Commissions

2013 Sonic Research Commission
Awarded by The Salford Sonic Fusion Festival to create Cymbiose, an ambisonic sound installation.
Installed at The University of Salford, Media City UK as part of the Salford Sonic Fusion Festival 2013.
2011 SFMOMA OPEN SPACE commission
Awarded by the The SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art.
Awarded to create Palimpsest
2011 Creative Scotland International Award
Awarded to perform Portals at the Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium 2011
2011 Sonorities Performance Award
Awarded to attend and perform at the Sonorites International Festival of Contemporary Music.
Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Queens University, Belfast.
2010 Creative Scotland, Professional Development Award
Awarded to attend and perform at L’Espace du Son Festival,
Brussels, Belgium.
2010 British Council, Composer Bursary Scheme, through SOUND AND MUSIC
Awarded to perform Portals in the final of the METAMORPHOSES competition
Brussels, Belgium.
2010 METAMORPHOSES composition competition
1st Prize from the Jury, Category B (for composers under 50 years old)
Musiques & Recherches, Belgium
Awarded for Portals.
Articles: GU Music Department Website. La Libre Belgique
2009 International Computer Music Association Scholarship
Awarded to perform Divergent Dialogues at the ICMC 2009, Montreal, Canada.
2009 Scottish Arts Council Professional Development Fund
Awarded to perform Divergent Dialogues at the ICMC 2009, Montreal, Canada.
2006 Dewar Arts Award
Awarded for the pieces: Convergence In Four Directions, Portals  and Divergent Dialogues – performed concurrently under the title Electroacoustic Suite II.
2004 Performing Rights Society Foundation Commission for New Music
Awarded for Elements.
2004 Department of Music Award
University of Glasgow
2003 Department of Music Award
University of Glasgow
2003 Highland Regional Council Education Bursary
Awarded to fund PhD study
2002 Prince’s Trust Bursary
Awarded for the purchase of studio equipment.
2001 S.G.A.E Phonos Award (Spain)
Awarded for Piece for Classical Guitar and Tape.
2001 Scottish Arts Council Travelling and Mentoring Bursary
Awarded to fund the creation of Piece for Classical Guitar and Tape.
2000 Leonardo Da Vinci Scholarship
Awarded for a research residency with the Music Technology Group, Barcelona, Spain