Oscar Award for Best Animated Short Film 2008: Peter & The Wolf / Suzie Templeton (dir) Hugh Welchman & Alan Dewhurst (prod) Mark Stephenson (music dir)/Breakthru Films/Channel Four Television.

Rose D’Or, Lucerne 2006:  Best Short Animation Film Prize for Peter & The Wolf, on which he was Music Director.

TimeOutAwards 2004: “Outstanding Achievement in Dance” Award to London Musici

Creative Britons Awards 2000: five hundred nominations nationally, six £20,000 prize-winners, of which Mark Stephenson was one, in recognition of his cross arts projects and audience development work.

Londoners of the Year 1998: in recognition of his music education work with London Musici.

FT Arts & Business Awards 1997:  The Miracles Project with London Musici across 10 London Boroughs (televised by LWT) won the “Increasing Access” category