He has won many awards for performance, improvisation, and composition.

He won the Dutch prize for composition in 1999.

He won a prize for best composition and made his first single.

He won the Mendelssohn prize for composition in 1910.

In 1955 he won the Prix de Rome for composition.

He won the top prize for composition at the Paris Conservatory in 1993.

Gordon has won significant awards for composition, both in Australia and abroad.

His premier recital was at age 11 and at 16 he won a national award for composition.

He won the Sullivan prize for composition: at that time the sum of 5/-.

In February 1893, he won the Yate prize for composition.