Oblivion
2018 / Chamber Music DURATION8 minutes, 20 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONstring quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) Programme Notes Ah, how “delightful” it […]
Chamber
The Thailand HRDs
This 35-movement string quartet was inspired by a photo essay by Luke Duggleby called “For Those Who Died Trying”. Each movement is an elegy to an
The Four Seasons…in High Park
Four-movement string quartet inspired by two iconic masterpieces: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the natural beauty of Toronto’s High Park.
What Would You Do For Love?
2015 / Chamber Music DURATION7 minutes, 21 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONtrumpet, piano Programme Notes This composition was inspired by a story I
I Wait For You
2013 / Chamber Music DURATION3 minutes, 35 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONpiano trio (violin, cello, piano) Programme Notes I Wait For You is a
Me
2016 / Chamber Music DURATION6 minutes, 5 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONflute, piano Programme Notes Me is a musical exploration of solitude—a study of
Memories of a Place Past-StJoe’s
2016 / Vocal & Chamber Music DURATION14 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONsoprano, clarinet, piano COMMISSIONED BYTrio Dell’Aria Programme Notes In February 1987, I
A Secret Streamlet
2016 / Chamber Music DURATION7 minutes, 15 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONviolin, piano Programme Notes On April 8, 1975, Czech writer and activist
Thirty Minutes of a 3 Million Minute Journey
2016 / Chamber Music DURATION30 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONclarinet, piano COMMISSIONED BYMichael Westwood (clarinetist) Programme Notes In 2016, like many of my
Wood & Metal Bars
2015 / Chamber Music DURATION10 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONpercussion quartet (glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba) Programme Notes Wood & Metal Bars is a composition
100 Years in 1 Minute
2016 / Chamber Music DURATION1 minute INSTRUMENTATIONflute, marimba Programme Notes One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez is widely
Hi, My Name is Pecker.
2016 / Chamber Music DURATION4 minutes, 15 seconds INSTRUMENTATIONpercussion quartet Programme Notes Pecker is the title character from John Waters’ 1998
Strange Machine
2012 / Electro-Chamber & Chamber Music DURATION5 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONvibraphone, 2 electric basses, 2 electric guitars(optional fixed electronics) Programme Notes Strange
What the Walls Feel as they Stare at Rob Ford Sitting in his Office
2013 / Chamber Music or Large Ensemble DURATION9 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONclarinet ensemble/choirORflute ensemble/choir Programme Notes In November 2013, the city I
Sunflower
2014 / Chamber Music DURATION6 minutes INSTRUMENTATIONmarimba, piano (optional fixed electronics at end of piece) Programme Notes This composition is