J. P. Cormier - Awards

Awards

He has won or been nominated for the following awards:

• Maritime Fiddling Festival- Best Reel - 1989
• East Coast Music Award (ECMA) Instrumental Album of the Year - 1991
• Maritime Fiddling Festival - Best Reel - 1995
• East Coast Music Award(ECMA) Roots/Traditional Artist of the Year - 1998
• Nominated for a Juno Award in the Roots/Trad recording of the year category for "Another Morning" 1998
• East Coast Music Award (ECMA) Instrumental Album of the Year - 2000
• East Coast Music Award (ECMA) Instrumental Artist of the Year - 2003
• Music Industry Association Nova Scotia (MIANS) Folk/Roots Artist of the Year - 2005
• Music Industry Association Nova Scotia (MIANS) Musician of the Year - 2005
• Canadian Folk Music Awards - Instrumental Album Of The Year - 2005
• East Coast Music Award (ECMA) Folk Recording of the Year - 2006 (The Long River)

In addition, he has won several East Coast Music Awards and the Music Industry Association of Nova Scotia (MIANS) Award in various years.

In 2005 the Bravo! network aired J.P. Cormier - The Man and His Music, a one hour documentary examining the life and music of J.P. Cormier. J.P. was also featured on Bravo's half hour program "Men Of Music".