Dwyer is Member of the Order of Canada, having been invested in 2013 "For his contributions to jazz as a performer, composer and producer, and for increasing access to music education in his community.

Dwyer has also appeared on Juno Award winning recordings with Hugh Fraser (1988), Joe Sealy (1997), Natalie MacMaster (2000), Guido Basso (2004), Don Thompson (2006), Molly Johnson (2009), Terry Clarke (2010), and Diana Panton (2015).

Dwyer joined the American Federation of Musicians, Local 145 in 1983 at age 17 to perform with Fred Stride's West Coast Jazz Orchestra, 'subbing' for well-known Vancouver saxophonist/flautist Tom Keenlyside.

His high school contemporaries included trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, bassist Pat Collins, and singer/pianist Diana Krall, for whom years later Dwyer would compose the tribute song 'Diana Piana'.

During the time he lived in Toronto, he also toured frequently across Canada, in the U.S., South America, Europe, and Asia, appearing at various clubs and festivals with different Canadian-based groups and in 1995 with Gino Vannelli.

In 2013, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for his contributions to jazz as a performer, composer, and producer, and for increasing access to music education in his community".

With Bridge Quartet With Manteca With Don Thompson With Ian McDougall With Alain Caron With Rita Chiarelli With Hugh Fraser With Diana Panton With others