TYLER VERSLUIS
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Tyler Versluis
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Tyler Versluis is a composer of contemporary classical music, organist, and arts producer/educator, based in southern Ontario, Canada.

UPDATES:
 Tyler's composition for accordion duo and woodwind trio QUINTET was recorded and released on the album "Accosphere", by Poland's DUX Records. The album can be streamed here. 

MUSIC
All scores are available from either the composer or the Canadian Music Centre.
Contact: versluiscomposer@gmail.com
 

ORCHESTRAL

The Soldier's Dream for symphony orchestra (2019)  7.5'
[2d1, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 - tmp, perc (2), str] SCORE

Poème Liturgique for symphony orchestra with organ (2018)  15'
[2d1, 2d1, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 - tmp, perc, hp, org, str] SCORE

LAUDS for symphony orchestra (2017) 11'
[2d2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 - timp, perc, hp, pno, str] VIDEO

Tragic Overture: "Phaeton" for symphony orchestra (2016) 6'
[2d1, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 2, 1 - timp, perc, hp, str] AUDIO

LARGE ENSEMBLE

Litanies "In tempore belli" for two accordions, harp, timpani and string orchestra (2022) 17'

CHAMBER MUSIC

Ashes: Six Reflections on T.S. Eliot's Ash Wednesday, for viola, harp and organ (2023) 17' 
Quintet for two accordions, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (2021) 12' AUDIO
Greenwood Hymnody for two accordions (2020) 13' [VIDEO]
​Four Novelettes for clarinet and piano (2019-20) 11'
Old Songs for clarinet in Bb and accordion (2019) 12'
Saint Vitus' Dance for accordion and string quartet (2019) 4' AUDIO
Daffodils for violin and percussion (2019) 9' AUDIO VIDEO
String Quartet "Bogusławów" (2017) 14' AUDIO
Quartet "Forti Contritione" for accordion, piano, percussion and 'cello (2016) 9' AUDIO
3 Unuttered Miracles for accordion and percussion (2016) 9' AUDIO
The Suprematist's Funeral for harp and percussion (2014) 6' AUDIO
Four Verses (on artwork by Denis Forkas Kostromitin) for clarinet, cello and percussion (2014) 10.5' AUDIO
Sigil/All Flowers for 2 clarinets, bassoon and electric piano (2013) 9' AUDIO

SOLO

Three Melodies for solo piano (2021) 7'
Hagiography ritual drama for solo tubist and hidden percussionist (2020)
Elevatione XII for solo accordion (2019) 6' SCORE/AUDIO
Four Lullabies for solo piano (2017) 11' AUDIO
Pass-foot for solo two-manual harpsichord (2016) 8.5' SCORE/AUDIO
Stella Maris for solo organ (2014) 7' SCORE

CHORAL

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B for solo soprano (or unison voices) and organ (2020) 7' AUDIO SCORE
Lament for UR for SATB choir (2018) 3.5' AUDIO
L'Homme Armé for SATB choir (2016) 3.5' AUDIO
Salut, Ô Reine! for SATB choir (2016) 4' AUDIO
Grieve, O Hearts (War Lament) for SATB, harp and piano (2014) 5' AUDIO

VOCAL

Stabat Mater  for mezzo soprano, organ and percussion (2021) 20' AUDIO SCORE VIDEO 
From Nathalia's Diary for alto and piano, text by the composer (2018) 10' (mezzo-soprano version also available) SCORE

Graduale for soprano, violin, violoncello and piano, text by Saint Angela of Foligno (2018) 5.5' AUDIO VIDEO
​TUBA SACRE for tenor, drone and altar bells, text by Philippe de Vitry (2017) 11' AUDIO VIDEO
​​Hadrian's Ode to the Soul for baritone and timpani (2016) 5' AUDIO
Five Poems (by Lindsay Mason) for soprano, harp, and two violoncelli (2015) 20' AUDIO

Chronological List of Works

2023
Ashes: Six Reflections on T.S. Eliot's Ash Wednesday, for viola, harp and organ (2023) 17' 

2022

Litanies "In tempore belli"
 for two accordions, harp, timpani and string orchestra (2022) 17'
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2021
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Stabat Mater  for mezzo soprano, organ and percussion (2021) 24' AUDIO SCORE VIDEO
Three Melodies for solo piano (2021) 7'
Quintet for 2 accordions and woodwind trio (2021) 12'

2020
​Four Novelettes for clarinet and piano (2019-20) 11'
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B for solo soprano (or unison voices) and organ (2020) 7' AUDIO SCORE
​Hagiography ritual drama for solo tubist and hidden percussionist (2020)
Greenwood Hymnody for two accordions (2020) 13' [VIDEO]

2019
Old Songs for clarinet in Bb and accordion (2019) 12'
Elevatione XII for solo accordion (2019) 6' SCORE/AUDIO
Saint Vitus' Dance for accordion and string quartet (2019) 4' AUDIO
The Soldier's Dream for symphony orchestra (2019)  7.5' [2d1, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 - tmp, perc (2), str] SCORE
Daffodils for violin and percussion (2019) 9' AUDIO VIDEO

2018
Poème Liturgique for symphony orchestra with organ (2018)  15'
[2d1, 2d1, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 - tmp, perc, hp, org, str] SCORE
From Nathalia's Diary
 for alto and piano, text by the composer (2018) 10' (mezzo-soprano version also available) SCORE

​Lament for UR for SATB choir (2018) 3.5' AUDIO
Graduale for soprano, violin, violoncello and piano, text by Saint Angela of Foligno (2018) 5.5' AUDIO VIDEO

2017
LAUDS for symphony orchestra (2017) 11'
[2d2, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 - timp, perc, hp, pno, str] VIDEO

​TUBA SACRE for tenor, drone and altar bells, text by Philippe de Vitry (2017) 11' AUDIO VIDEO
Four Lullabies for solo piano (2017) 11' AUDIO
String Quartet "Bogusławów" (2017) 14' AUDIO

2016
​​Hadrian's Ode to the Soul for baritone and timpani (2016) 5' AUDIO
L'Homme Armé for SATB choir (2016) 3.5' AUDIO
Salut, Ô Reine! for SATB choir (2016) 4' AUDIO
Pass-foot for solo two-manual harpsichord (2016) 8.5' SCORE/AUDIO
3 Unuttered Miracles for accordion and percussion (2016) 9' AUDIO
Tragic Overture: "Phaeton" for symphony orchestra (2016) 6'
[2d1, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 2, 2, 1 - timp, perc, hp, str] AUDIO


2015
Five Poems (by Lindsay Mason) for soprano, harp, and two violoncelli (2015) 20' AUDIO

2014
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Grieve, O Hearts (War Lament) for SATB, harp and piano (2014) 5' AUDIO
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Stella Maris for solo organ (2014) 7' SCORE
​
The Suprematist's Funeral for harp and percussion (2014) 6' AUDIO
Four Verses (on artwork by Denis Forkas Kostromitin) for clarinet, cello and percussion (2014) 10.5' AUDIO

2013
Sigil/All Flowers for 2 clarinets, bassoon and electric piano (2013) 9' AUDIO
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