Nathan is an active competitor has won prizes in the following competitions:
- Fourth Prize, 2017 Hamilton Guitar Competition (Ontario)
- Second Prize, 2017 Appalachian Guitar Competition (North Carolina)
- First Prize, 2016 Ottawa Guitar Society Composition Competition (Ontario)
- Second Prize, 2016 Tennessee Guitar Competition (Tennessee)
- Second Prize, 2016 Schubert Club Competition (Minnesota)
- Second Prize, 2016 Miami International Guitar Festival Composition Competition (Florida)
- First Prize, 2015 Sharon Lynn Wilson Center Guitar Competition (Wisconsin)
- Third Prize, 2015 Hamilton Guitar Competition (Ontario)
- First Prize, 2015 MacDowell Club Competition (Wisconsin)
- Third Prize, 2014 Domaine Forget Guitar Competition (Quebec)
He has also been semifinalist in the following competitions:
- 2017 Montreal Guitar Competition (Quebec)
- 2017 Florida Guitar Foundation Competition (Florida)
- 2017 Columbus Guitar Symposium (Georgia)
- 2016 Hamilton Guitar Competition (Ontario)
- 2016 Appalachian Guitar Competition (North Carolina)
- 2015 Montreal Guitar Competition (Quebec)
- 2015 Appalachian Guitar Competition (North Carolina)