 In 2001 Lavery won ECMA SOCAN “Songwriter of the Year” for “Get Me Through December” a song co written with Gordie Sampson recorded by Natalie MacMaster and sung by Alison Krauss.In the Spring of 2007 Alison Krauss included this song on her Rounder Records US release "A Hundred Miles or More".In April 2016 Fred was presented with the prestigious ECMA Industry Builder Award as well as a Studio of the Year Award, for Lakewind Sound Studios.