Ms. Djokic was a laureate of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Young Artist competition and winner of the Suburban Symphony Young Soloist's competition in Cleveland, Ohio. She received the First Prize Award in the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts Competition and the Fortnightly Music Club Scholarship Prize. Denise has been the recipient of several Nova Scotia Talent Trust Awards, and for the past two years has been awarded the Arthur Barnstead Award which is given to an outstanding Talent Trust Instrumentalist. Most recently, Denise was chosen winner of the Canada Council Competition for the loan of the 1824 Nicolaus Gagliano Cello donated by the McConnell family; the Raymond Simpson Award for Outstanding Talent; the 2000 Caprio Young Artists Competition the the HAMS Cello Competition 2000 in collaboration with the Holland-America Music Society. This season, her upcoming appearances will include concerto performances with the Toronto Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Regina Symphony, the Riverside Symphonia and the Victoria Symphony as well as participation in the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, The Caramoor Festival, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival and Ravinia. She is winner of the Caprio Prize the HAMS Cello Competition and is the first recipient of the Raymond Simpson Award for Outstanding Talent. As first prize-winner of the Caprio Competition, Ms Djokic received a cash prize of US$2000  and will perform a concerto with The Riverside Symphonia in New Jersey.

She is winner of the Caprio Prize the HAMS Cello Competition and is the first recipient of the Raymond Simpson Award for Outstanding Talent. As first prize-winner of the Caprio Competition, Ms Djokic received a cash prize of US$2000  and will perform a concerto with The Riverside Symphonia in New Jersey.

To experience a performance by Denise Djokic one can only marvel at, "the kind of personal intensity and total commitment to her music that is the signature of the highest level of artistry² (Halifax Herald).

"Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto gained an air of immediacy and import at the hands of DjokicŠshe maintained a glowing tone and perfect intonation" Sentinel (Santa Cruz)

"Djokic displayed an effective command of the celloŠshe performed with an assured technique and a lovely tonal qualityŠunerring pitch and intonationŠ" (San Mateo County Times)

"The young woman played with bold assertiveness and virtually flawless technique" (San Jose Mercury)

"At no time did the future of traditional classical music seem so certain as when 15 year-old Halifax cellist Denise Djokic took centre stageŠ" (The Mail Star Halifax)

"She¹s smart, sincere, attractive and only 19 years old. Not that unusual, except that she's also considered by many to be the best up-and- coming cello player in the world." (Salina Journal)