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  1. Torngat Mountains Sébastien Malette (bassoon), Allison Wiebe (piano) more... 04:24
  2. Unity in Distress Odin Quartet more... 01:41
  3. Innertation Frank Horvat more... 01:00:18
  4. Alchemist's Brew Kathryn Ladano more... 06:16
  5. Music for Self-Isolation - Cello Amahl Arulanandam (cello) more... 01:47
  6. Empathy, Compassion, and Finding Happiness in Our Troubled World Frank Horvat more... 03:27
  7. Life for Mars Frank Horvat (piano) more... 05:28
  8. A Little Loopy Sharlene Wallace (harp) more... 09:54
  9. I Wait For You Edwin Huizinga (violin), Erika Nielsen (cello), Gregory Millar (piano) more... 03:44
  10. The Thailand HRDs, mvt. 23 Mivos Quartet more...
  11. Diverging Crossroads Frank Horvat (piano) more... 08:32
  12. Bliss Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) more... 10:10
  13. Whistleblower Jamie Thompson (flute), Erika Nielsen (cello), Daniel Morphy (marimba), Frank Horvat (electric piano) more... 09:55
  14. Return to East Aleppo Frank Horvat (piano) more... 05:09
  15. Memories of a Place Past – St. Joe’s Trio Dell'aria more... 14:05
  16. fishworshipper The Frank Horvat Band more... 03:06
  17. Starsky & Hutch Frank Horvat (piano) more... 03:36
  18. The Hurting Game The Frank Horvat Band more... 01:35
  19. The Week After Frank Horvat (piano) more... 10:06
  20. The Man, the Snake and the Fox, movt. 5 Ron Korb (flute), Ralitsa Tcholakova (violin), Benjamin Smith (piano) more... 01:54
  21. The Dignity Song Romy Mounzer (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) more... 04:39

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  • An Auditory Survey Of The Last Days Of The Holocene (graphic by Brad Cherwin)

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    An Auditory Survey of the Last…
    …DAYS OF THE HOLOCENE 2022-23 – for piano and percussion duo / fixed electronics – 60:00   Recording Album: An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene Date: October 20, 2023 Musician(s): SHHH!! Ensemble Producer: Carl Talbot Location: Le Domaine Forget Label: Leaf Music Programme Notes An Auditory Survey of the Last Days […]
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  • Magnificent Roots (photo by Rob Wicks)

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    Magnificent Roots
    2023 – for string orchestra – 7:30 Performances World Premiere: Oct 21, 2023, George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto, Canada Sinfonia Toronto Programme Notes When Sinfonia Toronto’s Music Director, Nurhan Arman, approached me to compose a concert overture in celebration of their 25th anniversary season, I immediately thought about how it would be fitting to base […]
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  • Memories of Self-Isolation composed by Frank Horvat (photo by Mario Purisic)

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    Memories of Self-Isolation
    2022 – for choir, soloists and chamber ensemble – 8 movements – 42 minutes Performing Forces SATB Chorus Soprano Soloist Mezzo Soprano Soloist Woodwind Quartet Percussion (vibraphone, tubular bells) Harp Piano String Quartet Double Bass Sheet Music MVT 8: Score & All Instrumental Parts (PDF) 50%-off discount MVT 8: SATB/Piano Part (PDF) 50%-off discount Note: […]
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  • Anatomy of the Recovering Brain (photo by Chris Schramm)

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    Anatomy of the Recovering Brain
    2023 – for bass clarinet and musical cameos (vibraphone, cello, piano, soprano), fixed electronics – 60:00 Performances World Premiere: Jun 11, 2023, The Registry Theatre, Kitchener, Canada NUMUS Programme Notes Anatomy of the Recovering Brain is an extended single-movement musical work focused on bringing awareness to the invisible health impacts and struggles of having a […]
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  • A Village of Landscapes (composed by Frank Horvat) - album cover

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    A Village of Landscapes
    2021-22 – for bassoon, piano, fixed electronics – 60:00 Sheet Music coming November 2023 Recording Album: A Village of Landscapes Date: May 12, 2023 Musician(s): Sébastien Malette (bassoon), Allison Wiebe (piano) Producer: Frank Horvat Location: Port Nelson United Church, Burlington, Canada Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes A Village of Landscapes is […]
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  • The Spirits That Haunt Us composed by Frank Horvat (photo by Anton Darius on Unsplash)

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    The Spirits That Haunt Us
    2022 – for flute/alto flute and bassoon/contrabasson – 3 movements – 11:30 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Performances World Premiere: Mar 28, 2023, Colorado State University, Fort Collins Megan Lanz and Cayla Bellamy Programme Notes When Megan Lanz and Cayla Bellamy extended this opportunity for me to compose this work, I was very intrigued by the […]
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  • Memories of Self-Isolation composed by Frank Horvat (photo by Mario Purisic)

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    Memories of Self-Isolation
    2022 – for choir, soloists and chamber ensemble – 8 movements – 42 minutes Performing Forces SATB Chorus Soprano Soloist Mezzo Soprano Soloist Woodwind Quartet Percussion (vibraphone, tubular bells) Harp Piano String Quartet Double Bass Premiere Performance World Premiere: Nov 12, 2022, Vancouver, Canada Vancouver Bach Choir Programme Notes When the Vancouver Bach Choir and […]
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  • Hope composition by Frank Horvat (photo by Aaron Burden)

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    Hope
    2022 – for string quartet – 7:30 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Recording Album: From Oblivion to Hope Date: March 31, 2023 Musician(s): Odin Quartet – Alex Toskov (violin), Tanya Charles Iveniuk (violin), Matt Antal (viola), Samuel Bisson (cello) Producer: Frank Horvat & Alex Toskov Location: Canterbury Music, Toronto Label: I Am Who I Am Records […]
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  • In the Area of the Heart by Frank Horvat (photo by Tim Mossholder)

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    In the Area of the Heart
    2022 – for solo violin and fixed electronics – 6:30 Sheet Music Score (pdf) [please contact me for fixed electronics part] Premiere Performance World Premiere: August 6, 2022, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Paulina Derbez (violin) Programme Notes Meditation has been an integral part of my daily routine for a number of years. My mind […]
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  • Innertation album by Frank Horvat

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    Innertation
    Innertation 2019 – electronic – 1:00:00   Recording Album: Innertation Date: May 27, 2022 Composed & Produced: Frank Horvat Mixed & Mastered: Jean Martin Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes Innertation is a continuous 60-minute electronic ambient composition that I created as an extension to my meditation practice. I began composing this […]
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  • Just Cracked by Frank Horvat and Meg Freer (photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash)

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    Just Cracked
    2022 – for SATB Choir and piano – 3:10 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Programme Notes When I first read Just Cracked, a short poem by my friend, Meg Freer, I knew I would want to set it to music. In Meg’s touching prose, she evokes a heartfelt, consoling spirit for a loved one who is […]
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  • Helianthus / Sunflower (photo by Nemuel Sereti)

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    Helianthus
    2022 – for a cappella Treble Choir – 3:30 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Performances World Premiere: Jun 3, 2022, De Kriekelaar GC, Brussels, Belgium Schaerbelles (concert marking 100 days of War in Ukraine) Canadian Premiere: May 7, 2023, Eastminster United Church, TorontoBach Children’s Chorus Programme Notes The barbaric invasion of the Ukraine in early 2022 […]
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  • Timeless Life (Photo by Arran Witheford on Unsplash)

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    Timeless Life
    2019 – for orchestra (0000 / 2010 / timp / 2hp.pf / str) – 6:00 Sheet Music Score (pdf) [please contact me for the complete parts] Programme Notes This work is inspired by the idea that it is okay to have a mindset that one can live forever. While a life with no restrictions of […]
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  • To Cope and Manage by Frank Horvat (photo by Goh Rhy Yan on Unsplash)

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    To Cope and Manage
    2021 – for solo violin – 3:45 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Premiere Performance World Premiere: Nov 18, 2021, Richmond Hill, Canada Stephen Sitarski (violin) Programme Notes According to the United Kingdom’s Mental Health Foundation, one of the pillars of good mental health is the “ability to cope with and manage change and uncertainty”. What I […]
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  • Two Hearts in Concert (Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash)

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    Two Hearts In Concert
    2021 – for violin and viola – 3:15 PURCHASE SHEET MUSIC (PDF)   Score Sample (pdf) Premiere Performance World Premiere: July 21, 2021, Edmonton, Canada Fabiola Amorim (viola), Vladimir Rufino (violin) Recording Album: DEBUT Date: July 2022 Musician(s): Amorim-Rufino Duo – Fabiola Amorim (viola), Vladimir Rufino (violin) Producer(s): Vladimir Rufino, Fabiola Amorim Location: Muttart Hall, […]
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  • Music for Self-Isolation album cover

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    Together in Spirit
    2020 – for large ensemble or orchestra – 4:00 Sheet Music/Score Original Large Ensemble (pdf) Orchestral Arrangement (pdf) [please contact me for the complete parts]   Performances World Premiere: Oct 3, 2021, Pan Pacific Ballroom, Toronto North York Concert Orchestra Recording Album: Music for Self-Isolation Date: April 9, 2021 Musician(s): Amahl Arulanandam, Tara Baxendale, John […]
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  • Staccato Etude for Trumpet by Frank Horvat (photo by Fede Casanova on Unsplash)

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    Staccato Etude for Trumpet
    2021 – for trumpet with or without marimba accompaniment – 3:15 Sheet Music Trumpet Part (pdf) Score (includes marimba part) (pdf) Programme Notes Commissioned by The World Trumpet Society and Richard Stoelzel/President of The World Trumpet Society, for the Daniel Patrylak Memorial Trumpet Competition. A special thank you to the SSHRC Connection Grant for making […]
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  • Empathy, Compassion, and Finding Happiness in Our Troubled World by Frank Horvat

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    Empathy, Compassion, & Find…
    Empathy, Compassion, and Finding Happiness in Our Troubled World 2020 – electronic – 3:27   Recording Album: Happiness in a Troubled World Date: January 15, 2021 Composer & Producer: Frank Horvat Mixed & Mastered: Jean Martin Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes In the 15th and final chapter of the book, The […]
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  • Happiness in a Troubled World album by Frank Horvat

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    Finding Our Common Humanity
    2020 – electronic – 7:53 Recording Album: Happiness in a Troubled World Date: January 15, 2021 Composer & Producer: Frank Horvat Mixed & Mastered: Jean Martin Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes In Chapter 14 of the book, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, The Dalai Lama says… “If we […]
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  • Happiness in a Troubled World album by Frank Horvat

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    Positive Emotions and Building…
    Positive Emotions and Building a New World 2020 – electronic – 7:36 Recording Album: Happiness in a Troubled World Date: January 15, 2021 Composer & Producer: Frank Horvat Mixed & Mastered: Jean Martin Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes In Chapter 13 of the book, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled […]
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  • Inner Happiness Outer Happiness and Trust by Frank Horvat

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    Inner Happiness, Outer Happi…
    Inner Happiness, Outer Happiness and Trust 2020 – electronic – 4:57   Recording Album: Happiness in a Troubled World Date: January 15, 2021 Composer & Producer: Frank Horvat Mixed & Mastered: Jean Martin Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes In Chapter 12 of the book, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled […]
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  • Happiness in a Troubled World album by Frank Horvat

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    Hope, Optimism and Resilience
    2020 – electronic – 5:56 Recording Album: Happiness in a Troubled World Date: January 15, 2021 Composer & Producer: Frank Horvat Mixed & Mastered: Jean Martin Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes In Chapter 11 of the book, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, The Dalai Lama quotes one of […]
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  • Coping with a Troubled World by Frank Horvat

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    Coping with a Troubled World
    2020 – electronic – 3:07   Recording Album: Happiness in a Troubled World Date: January 15, 2021 Composer & Producer: Frank Horvat Mixed & Mastered: Jean Martin Label: I Am Who I Am Records Programme Notes In Chapter 10 of the book, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, The Dalai Lama says… “Much […]
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  • Lorna's Metamorphosis by Frank Horvat (photo by Ian Parker)

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    Lorna’s Metamorphosis
    2020 – for vibraphone, 2 marimbists, piano, timpani & fixed electronics – 10:30 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Vibraphone Part (pdf) Marimba 1 Part (pdf) Marimba 2 Part (pdf) Piano (pdf) Timpani (pdf) [please contact me for the fixed electronics sound file] Recording Album: Project Dovetail Date: October 22, 2021 Musician(s): TorQ Percussion Quartet – Richard […]
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  • Positivity by Frank Horvat (Photo by Devin Avery on Unsplash)

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    Positivity
    2019 – for violin & marimba – 60:00 Sheet Music Score (pdf) Programme Notes Composing this piece is part of an on-going mission for me, both creatively and personally, to simply be happy and positive. For a person like me who battles depression, that can be a challenging task. But these days, my inner aura […]
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  • An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene

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    An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene
    This new composition/album presents a radical catalogue of our created world’s sounds. The audience is faced with the echoes of our human-made environment, stripped bare of visual distractions
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  • A Village of Landscapes

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    A Village of Landscapes
    A Village of Landscapes is a 13-piece suite for bassoon inspired by photos of stirring natural landscapes in Canada. Each photo was taken by award-winning nature photographer, Michelle Valberg. The 13 pieces in the suite represent each of the 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada.
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  • From Oblivion to Hope

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    From Oblivion to Hope
    This album starts pessimistically with a track called Oblivion, which is an easy headspace to live in these days, especially in the context of the pandemic and its outcomes. As the album progresses, the tone evolves into something more optimistic, ending with a heartfelt work simply called Hope.
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    "Frank Horvat has been successfully exploring states of the human condition in contemporary times..."
    – WholeNote Magazine
  • Music for Self-Isolation

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    Music for Self-Isolation
    Recorded at Toronto's iconic (and empty) Roy Thomson Hall, in the three days before another COVID-19 lockdown in January 2021. This album is a culmination of a project that has been evolving over a year in collaboration with musicians around the world.
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    "It takes a special skill to be able to create a whole atmosphere in a work that is just 2 minutes long."
    – BBC Radio 3
  • Innertation

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    Innertation
    It is time to make time and take the time. Innertation gives you that opportunity. It takes you on a 60-minute inward exploration.
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  • Project Dovetail

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    Project Dovetail
    Frank Horvat’s final release in a trilogy that covers the epic year that has been. This latest emotionally fervent album, featuring some of Canada’s top chamber musicians, showcases the continued importance of art in our world.
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    "Frank Horvat has carved a niche for himself among today’s composers, wearing his fragile heart on his sleeve..."
    – CBC Music
  • Happiness in a Troubled World album

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    Happiness in a Troubled World
    From this surprise release of new music courtesy of award-winning Canadian composer, Frank Horvat, comes the soothing and meditative sounds of Happiness in a Troubled World.
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    "Frank Horvat's minimalism is attractive, bright-coloured…Also surprising."
    – WholeNote Magazine
  • A Little Dark Music 2 album

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    A Little Dark Music vol. 2
    Composer and pianist Frank Horvat returns a decade later with a follow-up album to his original instru- mental ode to the planet. A Little Dark Music 2 is introspective and powerful, a very personal reaction to the current state of our planet ten years on. Angry yet full of hope and beauty.
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    "…it’s an important piece of musical art that needs to be heard"
    – MainlyPiano.com
  • What Goes Around

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    What Goes Around
    Centrediscs is proud to present, What Goes Around, a minimalist chamber album by Canadian composer Frank Horvat, featuring Beverley Johnston, Peter Stoll and Sharlene Wallace.
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  • For Those Who Died Trying

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    For Those Who Died Trying
    World-renowned Mivos Quartet records these 35 movements inspired by a photo essay by photographer, Luke Duggleby
    Video: Juilliard String Quartet
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    "Performed with intensity and poise by the Mivos Quartet...the resulting [musical] tributes are poignant."
    – BBC Music Magazine
  • Love in 6 Stages

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    Love in 6 Stages
    From Gaze to Lust to Bliss and on in a downward spiral, Love in 6 Stages takes you through the journey of an ill-fated relationship using the simplicity of voice and piano.
    Video: Lust
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    "A work where minimalism meets art song and where the two milieus collide in the visceral physicality and psychology of love...the six aspects of love turn into something superbly aerodynamic."
    – WholeNote Magazine
  • You Haven't Been

    DISCOGRAPHY

    You Haven't Been
    A follow-up response to Horvat’s first solo piano album a decade earlier (I’ll Be Good), You Haven’t Been takes on a beautiful and captivating tone. Introspective, full of hope and despair, the music looks at this storytelling pianist’s own struggles with mental health.
    Video: Diverging Crossroads
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    "...so deeply personal that listening to the music requires an intrusive mindset…recording the events of this long and difficult expedition in deeply personal and profoundly beautiful music."
    – WholeNote Magazine
  • The Current Agenda

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    The Current Agenda
    Social justice music of today, in a powerful, brutal and heartfelt electro-chamber package.
    Video: 08/14/13 - Cairo
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    "Horvat focuses his outward vision and glares at the world in all its nakedness. What he sees results in music filled with anger, a mesmeric and hypnotic visual account of a world gone mad."
    – WholeNote Magazine
  • Me to We

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    Me to We
    An utterly emotional exploration of the potency of love. The music will wrench your heart apart and then piece it back together again.
    Video: I Wait For You
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    "...warm sounds that evoke healing, through music that is mysterious and exotic as well as long limbed and almost aria like without the vocals." – WholeNote Magazine
  • Strange Machine

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    Strange Machine
    This album is indie rock with a splash of art. Crafted like a playlist, try listening to the whole album to see its effect. Pure energy that comes straight out of your speakers directly into your heart and soul. Video: Strange Machine
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    "These songs will grant one rare access to peer into the soul of a quintessential artist and tormented soul that none of us can get enough of." – Indie Music Review
  • I Can See You

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    I Can See You
    A little indie and a little art rock... Pop, poetry and modern expression in a beautifully pained existence. Video: Inspired by the One I Love
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    "The soundscapes are interesting, infectious, and hypnotic…"
  • A LIttle Dark Music

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    A Little Dark Music
    An ambient yet powerful collection of compositions featuring four introspective tracks exploring real-world themes. Video: Earth Hour
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    "Earth Hour really should be heard as one continuous piece, a journey... Highly recommended."
    - WholeNote Magazine
  • I'll Be Good

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    I'll Be Good
    An aggressive and virtuosic collection of original solo piano compositions. These pieces without words tell deeply personal stories. Video: Like Franz Liszt and Metallica in a cage match!
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    "Wildly original, often chaotic, eclectic as all get-out, and quite a ride."
  • An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene Album Cover

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    Last Days of the Holocene Coming Soon
    Happy to announce that the SHHH!! Ensemble’s album recording of my composition, An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene, is set to be released October 20 on Leaf Music. Brad Cherwin’s album cover so nicely conveys the dramatic quality of this epic hour-long artivist piece… Edana and Zac who make up SHHH!! […]
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  • Rimouski, Quebec

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    A River Without End / Un fleuve sans fin
    There’s a new collaboration I’m very excited about: composing music for the renowned Canadian pianist, David Jalbert! When David and I started discussing the foundation of our collaboration, he spoke about his spiritual connection to the St. Lawrence River. Having been born and raised in Rimouski, Quebec, Le Fleuve Saint-Laurent holds a special place in […]
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  • Helsinki Tram (photo by Tapio Haaja)

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    Summer in Europe
    Well, I feel like the most fortunate person on this planet these past 2 months. Not only did I get a chance to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime Arctic expedition/residency, but I was then able to follow it up with the most wonderful travel adventure with my everything partner, Lisa, in northern Europe. Following my departure […]
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  • Iceberg off the coast of Svalbard

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    Arctic Circle Expedition Recap
    To say that my Arctic Circle Expedition/Residency was a life-changing experience feels like an understatement. As my fellow artists and I returned to Longyearbyen from our odyssey aboard the tall-ship, Antigua, I have been struggling to find the right words to write this post. Visiting the top of the Earth is something that goes beyond […]
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  • Soprano, Pam Patel joins bass clarinetist, Kathryn Ladano, for the premiere of Frank Horvat's 'Anatomy of the Recovering Brain'

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    Special People, Special Concert
    Hi Everyone, it’s Lisa here. Frank may be having fun in the Arctic but I was truly fortunate to be able to attend NUMUS‘ final concert of the season. NUMUS’ Artistic Director and brain injury survivor, Kathryn Ladano premiered Frank’s new composition, ‘Anatomy of the Recovering Brain’. This composition couldn’t have happened without a lot […]
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  • Longyearbyen, Svalbard

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    Arctic Residency/Expedition Underway!
    Wow, what an honour and privilege it is to be in this special and unique corner of our planet….welcome to Longyearbyen! Along with other international artists, educators and innovators, this is where I begin a 3-week journey living and composing on-board a Tall Ship while sailing the waters of the international territory of Svalbard, an […]
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  • FRACTURES Recording - Brahm Goldhamer, Meredith Hall, Frank Horvat, Dennis Patterson

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    FRACTURES Recording
    After a bunch of invigorating sessions the last 2 months, we are nicely wrapping up our recording of the Fractures song cycle! What an extreme pleasure it has been to make music with soprano, Meredith Hall, pianist, Brahm Goldhamer, and sound engineer, Dennis Patterson! ❤️ The idea to compose Fractures came in 2016 when I […]
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  • Toronto's Historic Red Oak

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    Honouring Magnificent Roots
    Very happy to announce that I have been commissioned by the acclaimed chamber orchestra, Sinfonia Toronto, to compose a new work in honour of their 25th anniversary season! When Nurhan Arman approached me to compose this concert overture, I immediately thought about how it would be fitting to base the composition on something positive and […]
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  • NUMUS Premiere Announcement

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    Countdown to a Recovering Brain
    One of the exciting projects I have been working on this year is a new large-scale composition focused on bringing awareness to the invisible health impacts and struggles of having a brain injury. I composed the piece for bass clarinetist, Kathryn Ladano, a brain injury survivor herself. All of our work will culminate in a […]
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  • A Village of Landscapes album

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    A Village of Landscapes album May 12
    I am very happy to announce that my album collaboration with the amazing bassoonist, Sébastien Malette, will be released May 12! Here’s the official unveiling of the album cover… Sébastien commissioned me to compose A Village of Landscapes, a 13-piece suite for bassoon inspired by photos of stirring natural landscapes in Canada. Each photo was […]
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  • Zac Pulak, Frank Horvat and Edana Higham at Port William Sound

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    The Creative Last Days for the Last Days
    Completing a project can always be an intense time in the creative process, especially when on the theme of climate change. But these past 2 days working with the piano/percussion duo, SHHH!! Ensemble, has been amazing and gratifying putting the final touches on the epic hour-long artivist piece they commissioned, An Auditory Survey of the […]
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  • Post-Concert Chat

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    FRACTURES World Premiere
    People often ask me, what is it like to listen to your music being performed? Honestly, it’s always this wonderful out-of-body experience. This was the case x 10 as I sat with such a great audience to experience the magic of vocalist, Meredith Hall, and pianist, Brahm Goldhamer, presenting the world premiere of my large-scale […]
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  • Frank Horvat, Jean Martin and Sharlene Wallace

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    Growing 2 More Trees!
    If someone ever tells you that making new music is a solitary endeavour, don’t believe them! Case in point, my collaboration with Sharlene Wallace – we recently found out that a group of Sharlene’s students had banded together to commission an Oak tree in our Trees.Listen project, one of the pieces that will make up […]
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  • The Odin Quartet performing pieces from the album From Oblivion to Hope

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    Album Release with Odin Quartet
    We had a wonderful time at the Canadian Music Centre celebrating this week’s release of From Oblivion to Hope, my album collaboration with the amazing Odin Quartet! From Oblivion to Hope has a serious and pessimistic tone to start. But, as we go from piece to piece, the tone evolves to something more optimistic, ending […]
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  • Meredith Hall and Brahm Goldhamer performing Frank Horvat's composition, FRACTURES.

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    Update on the FRACTURES Journey
    I was in awe and filled with exhilaration as I witnessed my good friend and acclaimed soprano, Meredith Hall present the first complete performance of all 13 songs from my large-scale cycle for voice and piano called Fractures. Joined by eminent collaborative pianist and vocal coach, Brahm Goldhamer, this was their final private presentation for […]
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Reviews

  • Stuart DerdeynStuart Derdeyntheprovince.com

    ...put something together that really can be compared to Pink Floyd and the more out there aspects of Bjork... A must hear.

  • Raul da GamaRaul da Gamathewholenote.com

    Frank Horvat is one of the most inventive song writers to come out of the contemporary scene in Canada. ...duos appear to tear through the composer's innards not simply to discover his heart, but to gather its myriad pieces and bind them back together again. Horvat's work is exquisitely eventful and almost insidiously
    effective.

  • John TeraudsJohn Teraudsmusicaltoronto.org

    Toronto pianist [and composer] Frank Horvat likes to do things his way, not anyone else's. He ignores genre boundaries and isn’t afraid to mix politics with art.

  • ThomThom Ellisindie music review

    These songs will grant one rare access to peer into the soul of a quintessential artist and tormented soul that none of us can get enough of.

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