Summer Time Video

Arctic Expedition!
Svalbard is an Arctic archipelago just 10 degrees latitude from the North Pole. Find out more about why I’m there.

AVoL
With bassoonist Sébastien Malette, capturing the majesty of Canadian landscapes as photographed by Michelle Valberg. Learn more.

Big Inter-Arts Project
Childhood memories explored through music, film and live performance. A collaboration between Frank, Gunilla Josephson and Thin Edge New Music Collective. Learn More.

More Rivers
Celebrated pianist and Order of Canada recipient, Christina Petrowska Quilico, has commissioned a new suite of solo piano pieces called More Rivers. Learn More.

FRACTURES
Acclaimed soprano, Meredith Hall, has commissioned this large-scale song cycle that looks at the fracking of our land and the fractures in our hearts. Learn More.

SHHH!! Ensemble
The environmentally passionate SHHH!! Ensemble has commissioned a concert-length electro-acoustic work for piano and percussion. Find out more.

FOTH
NOW Available. Journey from oblivion to hope with this timely new album featuring the Odin Quartet. Listen here.

MENTAL HEALTH TOUR
This new event is geared to college/university music students, specifically addressing the mental health challenges of a life in music. Learn more

Frank’s Album Sampler

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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