AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS
ARIA Winner! Best Specialty Artist (Alberta Recording Industries Association) 1999
ARIA Winner! Best Classical Artist on Record 1997/98
ARIA Nominee Music Score of the Year 1997/98
ARIA Nominee Best Classical Artist on Record 1996/97
ARIA Nominee Best Classical Artist on Record 1995/96
ARIA Winner! Best Classical Artist on Record 1997/98
ARIA Nominee Music Score of the Year 1997/98
ARIA Nominee Best Classical Artist on Record 1996/97
ARIA Nominee Best Classical Artist on Record 1995/96
First Prize Great Lakes International Classical Guitar Competition (University of Akron, 1992)
Second Prize Ontario Guitar Competition (Guitar Society of Toronto, 1984)
Third Prize 36th Tokyo International Guitar Contest (Japan Federation of Guitarists 1993)
Third Prize Guitar Canada Competition (Calgary 1992)
Fourth Prize Guitar Foundation of America Solo Competition (New Orleans 1992)
Fourth Prize VII Alirio Diaz Guitar Competition (Caracas, Venezuela 1990)
Second Prize Ontario Guitar Competition (Guitar Society of Toronto, 1984)
Third Prize 36th Tokyo International Guitar Contest (Japan Federation of Guitarists 1993)
Third Prize Guitar Canada Competition (Calgary 1992)
Fourth Prize Guitar Foundation of America Solo Competition (New Orleans 1992)
Fourth Prize VII Alirio Diaz Guitar Competition (Caracas, Venezuela 1990)
John with Andrew Zohn, Jason Vieux & Jeff McFadden, New Orleans 1992
Bunka Kaikan Hall, Tokyo, 1993
Photo courtesy of Gendai Guitar Magazine, Japan