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Work List (chronological by genre)   

 Solo

Stella Maris (2015) for solo organ  8' SCORE

Furiant (2013) for solo clarinet  2.5'  PDF
Premiered by Jaewon Kim, March 2013.

"I'm Disappearing A Little, But I'm Fine" (2012) for solo violin (or viola)  4'
Premiered by James Hayes, January 9th, 2013.

Chamber

Katzenjammer II (2015) for violin, viola and piano 6.5' LISTEN

Black Eyes, May You Never See Paradise! (2015) for piccolo, clarinet in Bb, violin, cello and piano  6.5' LISTEN
Written for the 2015 Creation Workshop at Académie d'Arts Orford.

Certain instants of seeing were like "flowers on the grave": (2015) for oboe, bassoon, violin, double bass and piano  8' LISTEN


Dormition (2015) for bass clarinetist and two percussionists   10'

Under der Linden (2014) for chamber ensemble  4'
Read by the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, directed by Véronique Lacroix.
LISTEN

The Suprematist's Funeral (2014) for harp and percussion  5'
Premiered by Sanya Eng and Ryan Scott for the 2014 Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop. LISTEN

Wiesen... (ein Wandererfantasie) (2014) for clarinet in Bb, two violins, violoncello, tubular bells and piano  7.5'
Premiered by David Bourque-Boutin, clarinet, Amy Spurr and Becci Lim, violin, Miranda Henne, 'cello, Valentina Sadovski, piano, and Kevin Mulligan, tubular bells. LISTEN

Four Verses On Artwork By Denis Forkas Kostromitin (2014) for clarinet, 'cello and percussion  10.5'
Composed for the 2013/14 ARRAYmusic Young Composers' Workshop.
LISTEN      WATCH

Katzenjammer (2014) for flute, clarinet, 'cello, percussion and piano   6'
Composed for the 2014 Atlantic Music Festival.
LISTEN

Delightful Automata (2014) for flute, clarinet, violin, double bass, percussion and piano  15'
Premiered by the Toy Piano Composers, Heliconian Hall, Toronto, February 8th 2014.

LISTEN    WATCH

Belle-Étrange (2013) for piano trio (vln/vc/pno)  12'  PDF
Premiered by Amy Spurr, violin, Brenton Chan, cello, and Cecilia Lee, piano, Walter Hall, University of Toronto, October 29th, 2013

Sigil/All Flowers (2013) for bassoon, two Bb clarinets and electric piano   8.5'
LISTEN  PDF
Premiered by Rachel Soong and Melissa Tipson Mohr, clarinet, Eric Mohr, bassoon, and Wesley Shen, electric keyboard, May 3rd, 2013


Snow Box  (2012) for violin, percussion and piano  6.5'
Premiered by Amy Spurr, violin, Younggun Kim, piano and Nathan Petitpas, percussion, November 27th, 2012
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Large Ensemble/ Orchestral

Carillon Fanfare (2014) for youth orchestra  3'
Will be premiered February 7th, 2015 by the Niagara Youth Orchestra, directed by Laura Thomas. SCORE
(custom-arranged, also available for 2222/4221/2/strings)

Heirloom (2014) for orchestra  7'


Fantasia (2014) for large ensemble  11.5'
Premiered by gamUT New Music Ensemble, directed by Norbert Palej, March 26th, 2014.
LISTEN


Harbinger (2013) for large ensemble and soprano choir  14'
Premiered by gamUT New Music Ensemble, directed by Norbert Palej, November 20th, 2013.
LISTEN 

Playground Rituals (2013) for wind ensemble

Procession and Ecstatic Dance (2011) for orchestra  6'
Premiered by the Niagara Youth Orchestra, 2011

Symphonic Dance (2007, rev. 2012) for orchestra  6'
Premiered by the Niagara Youth Orchestra, 2007

Electronic

White on White (2011) for 8 sine tones  5'

Choral/Vocal


Missa Brevis (2012-15) for SATB choir and optional organ accompaniment 

Footsteps in Campbell House (2014), an opera in 5 scenes co-written with composers Joshua Denenberg, Roydon Tse and Yuting Lin. Premiered January 30th, 2015 by the University of Toronto Opera division. 

Grieve, O Hearts (War Lament) (2014) for SATB choir, harp and piano  5'
Winner of the 2014 University of Toronto Oratorio Composition Competition. Written in memory of the 100th year anniversary of WWI.
Text attr. to Josquin des Prez, and from the Holy Bible.

Horse on a Beach (2014) for tenor and piano  5.5'
Composed for the 2014 Art Song Lab, Vancouver.
Text by Sue Hughson.

Twenty-Four Hokku on a Modern Theme (2013) for SATB choir  6.5'
Text by Amy Lowell

I. Again the larkspur...
VI.  So this is morning...
V. In the ghostly dawn...

Three Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, (2013) for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and piano  13'
Premiered February 15th 2013 by the St. Catharines Chamber Music Society and Charlotte Knight, soprano.

I. Chantre
II. Un Soir
III. L'Adieu

Invocation (2012) for soprano and piano  6'
Premiered October 30th, 2012 by Ally Smither, soprano, and Wesley Shen, piano.
LISTEN

Meditations Around the Cross (2012) for string quartet and baritone

I. The Crucifixion (text by Alice Meynell)
II. Thou Man of Grief (text from Southern Harmony and Musical Companion)
III. Would the Crucifixion Have Been Televised? (text by George Pappas)

Premiered April 7th, 2012 by the St. Catharines Chamber Music Society and Jonathan Dick, baritone.

Psalm 23 (2011) for soprano and piano 4"
Premiered May 27th, 2011 by Erika Sitko, soprano, and Tyler Versluis, piano.











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