Commissions

Current

Ontario New Music Creators (ONMC)	Almost Homeless – Ottawa
Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano)	More Rivers
David Jalbert (piano)	A River Without End / Un fleuve sans fin
Stacie Dunlop (multi-disciplinary music theatre)	Letters

Select Past

2024
Grand River Chorus (choir)	Let’s Sing Our Songs
2023
Sinfonia Toronto (chamber orchestra)	Magnificent Roots
SHHH!! Ensemble (piano, percussion)	An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene
The Annex Singers (choir)	I Am Ice
NUMUS, Kathryn Ladano (bass clarinet)	Anatomy of the Recovering Brain
2022
Vancouver Bach Choir	Memories of Self-Isolation
Meredith Hall (soprano)	Fractures
Odin Quartet (string quartet)	Hope
Sébastien Malette (bassoon)	A Village of Landscapes
Paulina Derbez (violin)	In the Area of the Heart
Megan Lanz & Cayla Bellamy (flute/bassoon)	The Spirits That Haunt Us
2021
High Notes Avante for Stephen Sitarski (violin)	To Cope and Manage
Amorim-Rufino Duo (violin)	Two Hearts In Concert
The World Trumpet Society (festival)	Staccato Etude for Trumpet
2020
TorQ Percussion Quartet (percussion)	Lorna’s Metamorphosis
InConcerto / MúsicaOcupa (festival)	Pedal Music
2017
Protection International (non-profit)	The Thailand HRDs (Human Rights Defenders)
2016
Trio Dell’Aria	Memories of a Place Past – St. Joe’s
Milton Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)	A Thing of Beauty
Michael Westwood (clarinet)	Thirty Minutes of a Three Million Minute Journey
2015
Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra & Michael Westwood (orchestra/clarinet)	Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands
2014
Christopher Lee & Samantha Chang (flutes)	diskriminatsiya
Elixir Baroque Ensemble	The Sad Life of Laure Beauséjour
Westwood Concerts	If Not Us, Then Who?
2013
Kathryn Ladano (bass clarinet)	08/14/13 – Cairo
Lisa Tahara (piano)	Lac-Mégantic
Naperville Chamber Players	Whistleblower
Ralitsa Tcholakova (violin)	Ode to the Evil Patty Hewes
Ralitsa Tcholakova (violin)	The Man, The Snake and The Fox
2012
Adam Nihmey (lyricist)	The Dignity Song

Frank’s Album Sampler

Homeland Security Meredith Hall (soprano), Brahm Goldhamer (piano) more... 03:32
An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene: Causes, 1.4 Home Sweet Home SHHH!! Ensemble more... 3:00
Torngat Mountains Sébastien Malette (bassoon), Allison Wiebe (piano) more... 04:24
Unity in Distress Odin Quartet more... 01:41
Innertation Frank Horvat more... 01:00:18
Alchemist's Brew Kathryn Ladano more... 06:16
Music for Self-Isolation - Cello Amahl Arulanandam (cello) more... 01:47
Empathy, Compassion, and Finding Happiness in Our Troubled World Frank Horvat more... 03:27
Life for Mars Frank Horvat (piano) more... 05:28
A Little Loopy Sharlene Wallace (harp) more... 09:54
I Wait For You Edwin Huizinga (violin), Erika Nielsen (cello), Gregory Millar (piano) more... 03:44
The Thailand HRDs, mvt. 23 Mivos Quartet more...
Diverging Crossroads Frank Horvat (piano) more... 08:32
Bliss Laura Swankey (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) more... 10:10
Whistleblower Jamie Thompson (flute), Erika Nielsen (cello), Daniel Morphy (marimba), Frank Horvat (electric piano) more... 09:55
Return to East Aleppo Frank Horvat (piano) more... 05:09
Memories of a Place Past – St. Joe’s Trio Dell'aria more... 14:05
fishworshipper The Frank Horvat Band more... 03:06
Starsky & Hutch Frank Horvat (piano) more... 03:36
The Hurting Game The Frank Horvat Band more... 01:35
The Week After Frank Horvat (piano) more... 10:06
The Man, the Snake and the Fox, movt. 5 Ron Korb (flute), Ralitsa Tcholakova (violin), Benjamin Smith (piano) more... 01:54
The Dignity Song Romy Mounzer (vocals), Frank Horvat (piano) more... 04:39

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The Trees Are Coming Soon!
I’m excited to announce that the Trees.Listen album I created with harpist Sharlene Wallace will be released October 4! Here’s the official unveiling of the album cover… Our suite for lever harp and fixed electronics is inspired by the enlightening book To Speak for the Trees by acclaimed medical biochemist and botanist, Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger. […]
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After much anticipation, harpist Sharlene Wallace and I have finally unveiled our creative collaboration, Trees.Listen, to the world! And what a remarkable way to do it. This past weekend at the Arboretum in Guelph was extraordinary, featuring Sharlene’s world premiere performance of the entire suite for a large, receptive audience. The event also included immersive […]
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Summer Thoughts
Each week this summer, I posted a random thought/idea/feeling/wish that I hope will help make me a better person and at the same time be a positive influence on the world…
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More Rivers Premiere in Newfoundland
A lovely irony that More Rivers was premiered beside an ocean! But that did not diminish the specialness of the occasion, considering that it was Christina Petrowska Quilico doing the premiering and it was hosted by Sound Symposium in one of my favourite places on the planet, St. John’s, Newfoundland! Along with Christina’s performance, it […]
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Recording Trees
What a thrill for harpist Sharlene Wallace and me to enter into the 5th and final step of our creative collaboration, Trees.Listen. It was a great three days of recording at the Union Sound Company with our friend, Jean Martin. We really appreciated the help of Darren McGill during our sessions. Our suite for lever […]
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