He has been awarded a Doctoral Scholarship for studying towards a PhD in Music Composition. Having studied at Waikato University, Jeremy has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - majoring in Music, and a Masters of Music (First Class Honours), majoring in composition. He has received a Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship for all his postgraduate study, and was ‘Creative/Performing Arts Person of the Year’ for 2005, ‘Media Personality of the Year’ 2005 and the inaugural winner of the ‘Sir Edmund Hillary Medal’. He was also awarded the ‘BeatStreet Award’ – for excellence in the creative arts in 2008 and the ‘Supreme Youth Award’ in 2008 from the Hamilton City Council.