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CHAMBER MUSIC

La Crête d'un Invisible Incendie

[1992, revised 1995]

  • 8 minutes
  • soprano voice, alto flute, viola, cello, harp
  • First performance by Monica Whicher soprano, Marriane Pack cello, Jackie Goring harp, Vicki Blechta alto flute, Doug Perry viola, Gary Kulesha conductor, Walter Hall, Toronto, July 26, 1996
  • (runner-up: Herbert Aitken Foundation Prize 1995)

Life Passes in Transformation

[1992]

  • clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
  • 8 minutes
  • Commissioned by the University of Leeds Department of Music
  • First performance by James Campbell and the Allegri String Quartet, Clothworker's Hall, Leeds, February 11, 1993

This Is My Voice

[1993]

  • 2 violins, viola, cello
  • 15 minutes
  • First performance by Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc, Capitol Theatre, Moncton, November 6, 1994
  • (winner: CBC Young Composer's 1994, 2nd prize Maryland Composer's Competition 1998)
    **Recorded by Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc on the Fonovox label - Vox 7931-2**

Four Degrees of Freedom

[1995]

  • c. 7 minutes
  • violin, viola, cello, piano
  • Commissioned by the Millennium Chamber Ensemble through a grant from the Canada Council
  • First performance by Martin Beaver, Scott St. John, Shauna Rolston, and Rena Sharon Cumberland
    Ontario, September 29, 1995
  • (winner: Maryland Composer's Competition 1998)

Dance Me Through the Panic

[1996]

  • c. 20 minutes
  • 2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello
  • Commissioned by Rivka Golani and le Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc through a grant from the Canada Council
  • First performance by Rivka Golani and le Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc, Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto , Feb. 26, 1998

If only. . .

[1997]

  • c. 12 minutes
  • 5 percussionists; multiple instruments
  • Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • First performance by NEXUS, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Jan. 6, 1998

Give Me Phoenix Wings to Fly

[1997]

  • c. 13 minutes
  • piano trio (vln., vcl., pno.)
  • Commissioned by the Gryphon Trio through a grant from the Laidlaw Foundation
  • First performance by the Gryphon Trio, November 1997, Debut Atlantic concert series
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Another Little Piece of My Heart

[1999]

  • c. 15 minutes
  • 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello
  • Commissioned by CBC Radio for the International Strings of the Future Festival, for performance by the Alcan String Quartet
  • First performance by the Alcan, May 5 1999
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Huron Carol Interlude

[1998]

  • 2 violins, viola, cello
  • 4 1/2 minutes
  • First performance by Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc
    **Recorded by Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc on the Amberola label - ambx cd 7102**
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here

Postcards From Home

[2000]

  • violin, clarinet, piano
  • Commissioned by the Music Canada 2000 Fund for James Campbell and the Festival of the Sound
  • ca. 12 minutes
  • First performance by James Campbell and Rian DuWaal, May- August 2000

Departures and Deviations

[2001]

  • violin, horn, piano
  • Commissioned by the CBC for Ottawa Chamber Music Festival
  • ca. 9 minutes
  • First performance by Martin Beaver, James Sommerville, and Kenneth Broadway, August 1, 2001
  • Winner of the International Horn Society Prize for Composition, 2002
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Dance Me To Your Beauty With a Burning Violin

[2002]

  • violin, piano
  • Commissioned by the CBC for Duo Concertante
  • ca. 11 minutes
  • First performance by Duo Concertante, July 2002

Living Metal, Continuous Poses

[2003]

  • string quartet
  • Commissioned by the Molinari Quartet through the Canada Council for the Arts
  • ca. 15 minutes
  • First performance by the Molinari Quartet, May 2003

Sur les pas de la lune

[2003]

  • mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
  • Commissioned by the CBC
  • ca. 15 minutes
  • First performance by Rosemary Van Der Hooft and the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society, January 25, 2004
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Fanfare

[2006]

  • 4 trumpets in C
  • Commissioned by Soundstreams Canada/Laidlaw Foundation
  • ca. 4 minutes
  • First performance in Toronto, June 2, 2006

Memory, Distance, and No Time for Dances

[2006]

  • piano trio, [vln., vcl., pno.]
  • Commissioned by Peter Leighton for the Gryphon Trio
  • ca. 8 minutes
  • First performance in Toronto, October 10, 2006

Dark Energy

[2007]

  • string quartet
  • Commissioned by the CBC and the Banff International String Quartet Competition
  • ca. 10 minutes
  • First performance in Banff, August 31, 2007
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Ashes

[2007]

  • string quartet
  • Commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music
  • ca. 12 minutes
  • First performance in Tucson, March 2, 2008
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here

Signals

[2009]

  • 9 brass instruments
  • Commissioned by the Ottawa Chamber Music Society with support from Roger D. Moore
  • ca. 5:30 minutes
  • First performance in Ottawa, August 2, 2009


ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC

Escape From Mind and Body

[1993]

  • 10 minutes
  • digital tape
  • Commissioned by The Studio, Bradford England
  • First performance Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, June 16, 1993
  • Listen to a Sample

SOLO MUSIC

The Company of My Soul

[1994/95]

  • c. 5 minutes
  • alto saxophone and digital delay
  • Commissioned by Jeremy Brown
  • First performance by Jeremy Brown, University Theatre, Calgary, March 19, 1995

Aural Tectonics: Fragments, Shards, and Jagged Little Pieces

[1999]

  • c. 15 minutes
  • solo piano
  • Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for Colleen Athparia
  • First performance by Colleen Athparia, Calgary, March 4, 2000

Illumination

[2000]

  • c. 12 minutes
  • solo harp
  • Commissioned by Judy Loman through the Canada Council for the Arts
  • First performance by Judy Loman, Cleveland, June 21, 2000

Star Burning Blue

[2000]

  • c. 10 minutes
  • solo piano
  • Commissioned by the Esther Honens Calgary International Piano Competition for Maxim Philippov
  • First performance by Maxim Philippov, Calgary, November 15, 2000
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here

Let Hands Speak

[2003]

  • c. 8 minutes
  • solo piano
  • Commissioned by the Honens International Piano Competition as the imposed piece
  • First performances by the 21 finalists, Calgary, October, 2003

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

From the Drum Comes a Thundering Beat ...

[1995]

  • c. 14 minutes
  • orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • First performance by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bramwell Tovey, Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, January 23, 1996
  • Listen to a Sample

Circadian Rhythms

[1997]

  • c. 14 minutes
  • string orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • First performance by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Simon Streatfield, Winnipeg, December 9, 1997

This is the Colour of My Dreams

[1997]

  • c. 10 minutes
  • solo cello and orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for Shauna Rolston
  • First performance by Shauna Rolston and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto, November 5, 1997

Hammer of the Sorceress

[1998]

  • c. 12 minutes
  • piano concerto
  • Commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for Shirley Sawatzky through a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts
  • First performance by David Moroz and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Winnipeg, January 29, 1999

Utterances

[1998]

  • c. 11 minutes
  • orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra through the Canada Council for the Arts
  • First performance by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton, February 10, 1999
  • (winner: 3rd Place, Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition)

Indelible Lines, Invisible Surface

[1999]

  • ca. 12 minutes
  • solo oboe and strings (minimum 43321)
  • Commissioned by Lawrence Cherney and the Soundstreams Ensemble through the Canada Council for the Arts
  • First performance, Toronto, May 9, 2000

A Thousand Natural Shocks

[2000]

  • ca. 10 minutes
  • orchestra
  • Commissioned by the CBC for Bramwell Tovey and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  • First performance Vancouver, September 23 + 25, 2000

And Then At Night I Paint the Stars

[2002]

  • ca. 20 minutes
  • solo harp + orchestra
  • Commissioned by the CBC and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for Judy Loman and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • First performance Toronto, June 12 + 13, 2002

Fallibility, Logic, and the Return of Wonder

[2002]

  • ca. 15 minutes
  • solo alto saxophone + orchestra
  • Commissioned by the CBC for Jeremy Brown and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
  • First performance Calgary, November 9, 2002

And So Be Changed to Lightning in the End

[2004]

  • ca. 10 minutes
  • orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra through Ontario Arts Council
  • First performance Toronto, April 2005
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Blood Upon the Body, Ice Upon the Soul

[2005]

  • ca. 21 minutes
  • solo violin + orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra through Ontario Arts Council for Stephen Sitarski
  • First performance Kitchener-Waterloo, March 31/April 1, 2006
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Dallaire

[2008]

  • ca. 18 minutes
  • solo violin, solo percussion + chamber orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for Jacques and Michael Israelievitch
  • First performance Toronto, June 5-6, 2008

Through the Unknown, Unremembered Gate

[2008]

  • ca. 10 minutes
  • orchestra
  • Commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada
  • First performance London, Ontario, July 2008
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Black Sand

[2009]

  • ca. 12:30 minutes
  • orchestra
  • Commissioned by the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra through the Canada Council for the Arts
  • First Performance Hamilton, Ontario, January 2010
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here

BAND AND CHOIR MUSIC

Hartford Accident and Indemnity

[2004]

  • ca. 11 minutes
  • brass band
  • Commissioned by the Hannaford Street Silver Band
  • First performance Toronto, Ontario, May 2004

The Darkest Midnight in December

[2005]

  • ca. 8 minutes
  • treble voices and harp
  • Commissioned by the Toronto Children's Chorus
  • First performance Toronto, Ontario, December 2005
  • Score Excerpt (PDF) here
  • Listen to a Sample

Quiver

[2008]

  • ca. 10 minutes
  • a cappella choir, SATB
  • Commissioned by the Phoenix Chamber Choir
  • First performance Vancouver, B.C., November 2008

The Three Sisters

[2008]

  • ca. 6 minutes
  • concert band and narrator (The Three Sisters, by Rosalee Van Stelten)
  • Commissioned by the Calgary Stampede Showband
  • First performance Calgary, Alberta, February 2009