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Music for Self-Isolation by Frank Horvat

Music for Self-Isolation

As a composer, I was feeling helpless at home during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, I realized I could provide my friends with …
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More Rivers (photo by Jonas Gerg)

More Rivers

More Rivers is a suite of solo piano pieces, each constructed with overlapping looping textures evoking the flow of water. Water is intrinsic to life. As living …
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For Those Who Died Trying (photo by Luke Duggleby / Protection International)

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 …
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Composition Portfolio

Johnston Canyon - The Banff Suite by Frank Horvat

The Banff Suite

Environment, Piano Only
Lost in the Noise By Frank Horvat

Lost in the Noise

Choral
So Close AND So Far Trumpet Etudes by Frank Horvat

So Close AND So Far (Etudes for Trumpet)

Chamber, Solo (non-piano)
Museo Novecento - new sound installation by Frank Horvat with artwork by Parul Thacker

The Book of the Time-Travellers of the Worlds – a Fathomless Zero – Chapter 2

Art Installation, Electronic, Environment
Counting Pennies (photo by Josh Appel)

Almost Homeless – Ottawa

Electro-Chamber, Social Justice
Trees.Listen Cover Art (photo by Sharlene Wallace)

Trees.Listen

Art Installation, Electro-Chamber, Environment, Solo (non-piano)
More Rivers (photo by Jonas Gerg)

More Rivers

Environment, Featured, Piano Only
Un fleuve sans fin / A River Without End (photo by Les Argonautes)

Un fleuve sans fin / A River Without End

Environment, Piano Only
Let's Sing Our Songs (photo by David Beale)

Let’s Sing Our Songs

Choral
Venice Biennale 2024

The Book of the Time-Travellers of the Worlds – a Fathomless Zero – Chapter 1

Art Installation, Electronic, Environment
Letters

Letters

Mental Health, Theatre, Vocal
Fractures (song cycle by Frank Horvat)

Fractures

Environment, Vocal
All that remains: Residual Moments (composed by Frank Horvat)

All that remains: Residual Moments

Art Installation, Electro-Chamber, Mental Health
I Am Ice (photo by Frank Horvat)

I Am Ice

Art Installation, Choral, Environment
An Auditory Survey Of The Last Days Of The Holocene (graphic by Brad Cherwin)

An Auditory Survey of the Last Days of the Holocene

Art Installation, Electro-Chamber, Environment
Magnificent Roots (photo by Rob Wicks)

Magnificent Roots

Environment, Large Ensemble
Anatomy of the Recovering Brain (photo by Chris Schramm)

Anatomy of the Recovering Brain

Electro-Chamber, Mental Health
Near Arctic Bay (photo by Michelle Valberg)

A Village of Landscapes

Chamber, Electro-Chamber, Environment, Solo (non-piano)
The Spirits That Haunt Us composed by Frank Horvat (photo by Anton Darius on Unsplash)

The Spirits That Haunt Us

Chamber, Mental Health
Memories of Self-Isolation composed by Frank Horvat (photo by Mario Purisic)

Memories of Self-Isolation

Choral, Large Ensemble, Mental Health
Hope composition by Frank Horvat (photo by Aaron Burden)

Hope

Chamber
In the Area of the Heart by Frank Horvat (photo by Tim Mossholder)

In the Area of the Heart

Electro-Chamber, Mental Health, Solo (non-piano)
Innertation album by Frank Horvat

Innertation

Electronic, Mental Health
Just Cracked by Frank Horvat and Meg Freer (photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash)

Just Cracked

Choral, Mental Health
Helianthus / Sunflower (photo by Nemuel Sereti)

Helianthus

Choral, Social Justice
Timeless Life (Photo by Arran Witheford on Unsplash)

Timeless Life

Large Ensemble, Mental Health
To Cope and Manage by Frank Horvat (photo by Goh Rhy Yan on Unsplash)

To Cope and Manage

Mental Health, Solo (non-piano)
Two Hearts in Concert (Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash)

Two Hearts In Concert

Chamber
Music for Self-Isolation album cover

Together in Spirit

Large Ensemble, Mental Health
Staccato Etude for Trumpet by Frank Horvat (photo by Fede Casanova on Unsplash)

Staccato Etude for Trumpet

Chamber, Solo (non-piano)
Empathy, Compassion, and Finding Happiness in Our Troubled World by Frank Horvat

Empathy, Compassion, and Finding Happiness in Our Troubled World

Electronic, Mental Health
Happiness in a Troubled World album by Frank Horvat

Finding Our Common Humanity

Electronic, Mental Health
Happiness in a Troubled World album by Frank Horvat

Positive Emotions and Building a New World

Electronic, Mental Health
Inner Happiness Outer Happiness and Trust by Frank Horvat

Inner Happiness, Outer Happiness and Trust

Electronic, Mental Health
Happiness in a Troubled World album by Frank Horvat

Hope, Optimism and Resilience

Electronic, Mental Health
Coping with a Troubled World by Frank Horvat

Coping with a Troubled World

Electronic, Mental Health
Lorna's Metamorphosis by Frank Horvat (photo by Ian Parker)

Lorna’s Metamorphosis

Electro-Chamber, Environment
Positivity by Frank Horvat (Photo by Devin Avery on Unsplash)

Positivity

Chamber, Mental Health
PANDEMIC STORIES by Frank Horvat

Music for Self-Isolation: Stories

Electronic, Mental Health
Unity in Distress by Frank Horvat (photo by Jr Korpa)

Unity in Distress

Chamber, Mental Health
I Am Not Alone by Frank Horvat

I Am Not Alone

Chamber, Large Ensemble
Pedalling to Ecuador (Photo by Maxi Corrado on Unsplash)

Pedal Music

Chamber, Environment, Large Ensemble
Music for Self-Isolation by Frank Horvat

Music for Self-Isolation

Chamber, Featured, Mental Health, Piano Only, Solo (non-piano), Vocal
Earth Hour 2 composed by Frank Horvat (photo by Daniel Olah)

Earth Hour 2

Environment, Piano Only
I Love You by Frank Horvat (Photo by Ali Yahya on Unsplash)

I Love You

Electronic
7 Pianos by Frank Horvat (Photo by Fabian-Bachli on Unsplash)

7 Pianos

Piano Only
What Goes Around album by Frank Horvat

Sunken Carousel

Chamber
A Little Loopy by Frank Horvat

A Little Loopy

Electronic
To My Mother by Frank Horvat (Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash)

To My Mother

Chamber
Fake News by Frank Horvat (Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash)

Fake News

Chamber, Social Justice
Life Span by Frank Horvat (Photo by Marcus Castro on Unsplash)

Life Span

Chamber, Mental Health
Oblivion by Frank Horvat (Photo by Amy Shamblen on Unsplash)

Oblivion

Chamber, Social Justice
For Those Who Died Trying (photo by Luke Duggleby / Protection International)

The Thailand HRDs

Chamber, Environment, Featured, Social Justice
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

An Understated Resolve

Piano Only
Piano Piece No. 5 by Frank Horvat

Piano Piece No. 5

Piano Only
Broken Heart - Love in 6 Stages

Love in 6 Stages

Vocal
Heat Island by Frank Horvat (photo by Maxx Miller on Unsplash)

Heat Island

Environment, Piano Only
Return to East Aleppo

Return to East Aleppo

Electronic, Social Justice
Fifth-Ninth Index

Fifty-Ninth Index

Electronic
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Despair

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Distant

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Longing

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Crossroads Where I Stand

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Realizations

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Goodbye Louisa

Mental Health, Piano Only
Desolate Heart by Frank Horvat

Desolate Heart

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Crestfallen

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Just One Moment

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

My Fractured Soul

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Silent Struggle

Mental Health, Piano Only
You Haven't Been - composed & performed by Frank Horvat

Diverging Crossroads

Mental Health, Piano Only
Four Season...in High Park composed by Frank Horvat (photos by Tim Gouw, Matthew Henry, Greg Shield, Gabriel Alenius)

The Four Seasons…in High Park

Chamber, Environment
What Would You Do For Love by Frank Horvat

What Would You Do For Love?

Chamber
I Wait For You by Frank Horvat

I Wait For You

Chamber
Me by Frank Horvat

Me

Chamber, Mental Health
St. Joe's Middle School in Ottawa

Memories of a Place Past-StJoe’s

Chamber, Mental Health, Vocal
A Secret Streamlet by Frank Horvat

A Secret Streamlet

Chamber, Social Justice
A Thing of Beauty by Frank Horvat

A Thing of Beauty

Large Ensemble
Morality from a Bush by Frank Horvat

Morality from a Bush

Electronic, Social Justice
Andy Griffith Died Today by Frank Horvat

Andy Griffith Died Today

Electronic
Jordan. Photo: World Bank

Thirty Minutes of a 3 Million Minute Journey

Chamber, Social Justice
I Believe by Blackburn & Horvat

I Believe

Vocal
Shshsh by Blackburn & Horvat

Shshsh

Mental Health, Vocal
Wood & Metal Bars by Frank Horvat - photo by This Is Awkward

Wood & Metal Bars

Chamber
One Hundred Years of Solitude

100 Years in 1 Minute

Chamber
© 1998 New Line Cinema.

Hi, My Name is Pecker.

Chamber
Fate at the Side Door

Fate at the Side Door

Piano Only
Spend Your Kids' Inheritance

Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance

Social Justice, Theatre
Katya Tchoubar

To Fly

Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Take From Me

Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Ultimate Killing Machine

Environment, Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Tool

Electronic, Environment
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Human Cyborg

Social Justice, Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Do You Ever Notice?

Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

The Drill

Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

fishworshipper

Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Strange Machine

Chamber, Electro-Chamber
Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands - Piece for Orchestra - Horvat

Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands

Large Ensemble
Honour and Reality by Frank Horvat

Honour and Reality

Choral, Social Justice
What the Walls Feel as they Stare at Rob Ford Sitting in his Office by Frank Horvat

What the Walls Feel as they Stare at Rob Ford Sitting in his Office

Chamber, Large Ensemble, Mental Health
Timelapse - photo © Patricia Byers McPhail

Timelapse

Large Ensemble
Sunflower by Frank Horvat; photography by Andreas Krappweis

Sunflower

Chamber, Social Justice
diskriminatsiya by Frank Horvat

diskriminatsiya

Electro-Chamber, Social Justice
Ode to the Evil Patty Hewes by Frank Horvat

Ode to the Evil Patty Hewes

Chamber
The Sad Life of Laure Beausejour

The Sad Life of Laure Beauséjour

Chamber
The Man, The Snake and The Fox

The Man, The Snake and The Fox

Chamber
Typhoon Haiyan. Copyright 2013 JMA/EUMETSAT

If Not Us, Then Who?

Electro-Chamber, Environment
Life For Mars

Life For Mars

Mental Health, Piano Only
The Current Agenda - composed by Frank Horvat

08/14/13 – Cairo

Electro-Chamber, Social Justice, Solo (non-piano)
Whistleblower

Whistleblower

Chamber, Social Justice
Katya Tchoubar

Do You Know Me?

Vocal
Parents' Expectations by Frank Horvat

Parents’ Expectations

Electro-Chamber, Mental Health, Solo (non-piano)
Lac-Megantic by Frank Horvat

Lac-Mégantic

Environment, Piano Only
The Dignity Song

The Dignity Song

Social Justice, Vocal
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Wasteland 2

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

Was My Time Worth It?

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

Waiting…in Three Chords

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

This is a Story

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

The Hurting Game

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

Sun and Rain

Electronic
Album: Strange Machine by The Frank Horvat Band

Song for the Bluebird

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

John’s Suggestion

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

Inspired by the One I Love

Vocal
I Can See You - The Frank Horvat Band

Dark to Light

Vocal
I Can See You album by The Frank Horvat Band

As Powder Falls

Electronic, Vocal
Working with the Sun

Working with the Sun

Environment, Piano Only
Earth Hour (photo courtesy of NASA)

Earth Hour

Environment, Piano Only
Classical Scrambles

Classical Scrambles

Piano Only
Great House of Riffs

Great House of Riffs

Piano Only
Dreadlocked Frank Mills

Dreadlocked Frank Mills

Piano Only
In The Name of Ignorance (photo by Jacques Gaimard)

In the Name of Ignorance

Piano Only, Social Justice
Poverty (photo by Dick Saunders)

Poverty

Piano Only, Social Justice
Blind Man (photo by Joe)

Blind Man

Piano Only
Speedy McBlues

Speedy McBlues

Piano Only
Almost an Island

Almost an Island

Environment, Piano Only
Penthouse

Penthouse

Piano Only
ZeeZoo Snaps

ZeeZoo Snaps

Mental Health, Piano Only
NoName by Frank Horvat

NoName

Piano Only
Smokers

Smokers

Piano Only, Social Justice
Dirty

Dirty

Piano Only
Alchemist's Brew (photo by Sara Bakhshi)

Alchemist’s Brew

Chamber
Starsky and Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

Piano Only
Alexis

Alexis

Piano Only, Social Justice
March of Tolerance

March of Tolerance

Piano Only, Social Justice
Bridal March

Bridal March

Solo (non-piano)
The Resolve (photo by Paul Pastourmatzis)

The Resolve

Mental Health, Piano Only
Filler' Up (photo by James Coleman)

Filler’ Up

Piano Only
The Week After (photo by Simon Berger)

The Week After

Mental Health, Piano Only
The Isle of Loobienox by Frank Horvat

The Isle of Loobienox

Piano Only
Seriously Sweet (photo by Alexander Grey)

Seriously Sweet

Chamber
Slam Jam!

Slam Jam!

Chamber
Piano Piece No. 4, For Me & You by Frank Horvat

Piano Piece No. 4, For Me & You

Piano Only
The Joy & Pain

The Joy & Pain

Vocal
Excs. from Soundtrack for "976"

Excs. from Soundtrack for “976”

Chamber
My Family: The Early Years

My Family: The Early Years

Electronic
28 Days and Counting

28 Days and Counting

Theatre
Metropolis

Metropolis

Large Ensemble
Soundtrack for Sweet Memories

Soundtrack for Sweet Memories

Electronic, Mental Health
Sonata Septa

Sonata Septa

Chamber
From Soundtrack for "Sonata"

From Soundtrack for “Sonata”

Chamber
String Quartet No.2 (Horvat) (photo by Patrick Pankalla and Valentin Salja)

String Quartet No. 2

Chamber
Three Very Distinct Pieces

Three Very Distinct Pieces

Chamber
Piano Piece No. 1

Piano Piece No. 1

Piano Only
Maturing Suite (photo by wurliburli)

The Maturing Suite

Chamber
Saturated Fat

Saturated Fat

Electronic
Piano Piece No. 3

Piano Piece No. 3

Electro-Chamber, Piano Only, Social Justice
Piece for Woodwind Quartet

Piece for Woodwind Quartet

Chamber
Piano Piece No. 2

Piano Piece No. 2

Piano Only
String Quartet No. 1

String Quartet No. 1

Chamber
Fanfare for the Uncommon Man

Fanfare for the Uncommon Man

Chamber
Montrose Theme & Variations

Montrose Theme & Variations

Chamber
Goulash Folk Song by Frank Horvat

Goulash Folk Song

Solo (non-piano)
Desert Scenes by Frank Horvat

Desert Scenes

Chamber
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