Amy’s musical talents have been recognised with scholarships, prizes, grants and composition development opportunities.
2017
- Grand Finalist (top 5) in the Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) Professional Development Awards for Screen Music.
- Indie Showcase Winner at PAX Australia (World’s Largest Gaming Convention), Melbourne Convention Centre – Agent A iOS game.
2016
- Winner: Best Feature Film (International Independent Film Awards, Canada) – Crime & Punishment (Feature Film).
- Winner: Best Low Budget Feature Film (Toronto International Film Awards, USA) – Crime & Punishment (Feature Film).
- Audience Choice Award (Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia) – Early Winter (Feature Film).
- Nominated: Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema – Early Winter (Feature Film).
- Winner: Excellence in Audio (Music and Sound) at the Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDA Awards) – Agent A iOS game.
- Winner: Game of the Year at the Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDA Awards) – Agent A iOS game.
2015
- AFI | AACTA (Australian Academy Awards) Nomination for Best Music Score for Documentary – James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenge.
- Grand Finalist (top 5) in the Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) Professional Development Awards for Screen Music.
- Winner: Apple’s Best of 2015 (Number 1 Puzzle and Adventure Game in 72 Countries) – Agent A iOS game.
- Indie Showcase Winner at PAX Australia (World’s Largest Gaming Convention), Melbourne Convention Centre – Agent A iOS game.
2014
- Awarded the Jimmy van Heusen Award for Best Score at the NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in New York City.
- Awarded a full tuition scholarship to attend the 2014 New York University/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in New York City, studying with The X-Files composer, Mark Snow and Homeland & Elementary composer, Sean Callery.
- Winner: Best of the Fest: Feature Film (L.A. Comedy Film Festival and Screenplay Competition) – The Heckler (Feature Film).
- Awarded Associate Representation with the Australian Music Centre.
- Nomination: Most Popular Drama Program (Logie Award) – Winners & Losers (TV Drama Series).
2013
- Grand Finalist (top 5, and the only female!) in the Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) Professional Development Awards for Screen Music.
2012
- Winner: APRA and AMC Art Music Award for Excellence in Experimental Music – Music for Imagined Dances (Interactive Music and Dance Exhibition/Installation).
- AFI | AACTA (Australian Academy Awards) Nomination for Best Television Program – Winners & Losers (TV Drama Series).
- Nomination: Most Popular Drama Program (Logie Award) – Winners & Losers (TV Drama Series).
2011
- Finalist in the 48 Hour International Film Project (Australia) – The Big Chiller (Short Film).
2010
- Winner: 2010 Cybec 21st Century Composers Program (Cybec Foundation) – Lunatic Fringe (Original Work for Symphony Orchestra).
- Awarded an Ars Musica Australis Grant for the 101 Compositions for 100 Years project.
2008
- Bachelor of Music (Composition) with First Class Honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (University of Sydney).
2007
- Highly Commended in The Miriam Hyde Competition for Piano Composition. 2006
- The Women’s College Music Scholarship.
- The Ellen Bundock Prize for Excellence in Music.
- The Sydney Conservatorium of Music Doris Burnett Ford Award for Composition.
- Golden Key International Honour Society for Academic Excellence and Students Holding a High Distinction Average.
2005
- The Women’s College Music Scholarship.
- The Ellen Bundock Prize for Excellence in Music.
- Awarded the AmusA (Associate Diploma of Piano Performance).
2004
- The Women’s College Music Scholarship.
- The Ellen Bundock Prize for Excellence in Music.
- University of Sydney Undergraduate Access Scholarship.
- The Sydney Conservatorium of Music Roy Agnew Prize for Composition.
- The Sydney Conservatorium of Music Board of Governors Award for Composition.
2003
- The Lions Club of Australia Academic Scholarship.
- The Gilgandra District Education Foundation Scholarship.
- Gilgandra High School Rotary Citizenship Prize, awarded to ‘the student deemed by the staff to have made the greatest contribution to the school and community’.
- Public Education Week Award from the Department of Education and Training for ‘outstanding student leadership, academic excellence and contribution to music programs within the school and the broader community’.
- Dux of Gilgandra High School with a UAC mark (final year 12 mark) of 95.6%.
- School Captain.
2000
- At age 15, Amy won the Roger Woodward Playoff Competition for a performance of an original piano composition.