I welcome commissions from individual musicians, ensembles, concert presenters, music patrons, and music-lovers. Funding can come from public or private sources. Applications made through the public granting agencies (e.g. Canada Council for the Arts) use the commissioning rates recommended by the Canadian League of Composers to determine fees. These rates are also a good reference for privately-funded initiatives.
One way to keep costs down is the process of joint-commissioning whereby two or more individual musicians or ensembles jointly commission a new work; each is entitled to a local premiere. This considerably reduces the fee for each commissioner.
To find out more about the commissioning process or to explore an idea you may have, send me an email.
| LIST OF COMMISSIONS |
| Year |
Commissioner |
Work |
| 2023 |
Amorim, Ho & Rufino
(Edmonton Arts Council) |
Semitragic Waltz for 2 violins, viola |
| 2022 |
Marc Djokic with Sinfonia Toronto, Orchestre classique de Montréal & Thirteen Strings |
Violin Concerto
(with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts & the ON Arts Council) |
| 2021 |
Gryphon Trio
for Ottawa Chamberbest |
Nature Rhythms I
(with the support of ON Arts Council) |
| 2020 |
Chor Leoni
(Vancouver, BC) |
The Midnight Sea
(finalist, C/4 choral competition) |
| 2020 |
Marc Djokic for CAMMAC |
The Grass Is Full of Stars
(with the support of the Canada Council) |
| 2019 |
Edmonton Recital Society |
Sunshine Variations for cello & piano
(in memory of Tanya Prochazka) |
| 2019 |
Scotia Festival of Music |
Sonata for Cello & Piano
(for Denise Djokic & David Jalbert) |
| 2018 |
Oras Chamber Choir
(Thunder Bay, ON) |
Again...Riding for mixed choir |
| 2017 |
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CEPEO) |
Confluence for orchestra |
| 2016 |
Queen's University |
L'Aube for mixed choir
(for Pro Coro Canada) |
| 2015 |
Connie Kaldor |
Yes, I Can! for orchestra & narrator |
| 2015 |
Connie Kaldor |
A Duck in New York City (arrs.)
for orchestra & voice/speaker |
| 2015 |
Queen's University |
Ten Miniatures for chromatic kantele
(for Hedi Viisma) |
| 2014 |
Edmonton Arts Council |
Badinerie for trumpet & piano
(for Robin Doyon) |
| 2014 |
Alberta Foundation for the Arts |
Sonata for Viola & Piano
(for Charles Pilon & Jeremy Spurgeon) |
| 2013 |
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
Delights & Discords |
| 2013 |
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
Northwest Passage Variations |
| 2012 |
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
Symphony No. 2 "Water" |
| 2012 |
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
Whirlwind |
| 2011 |
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
"Silent Night" (arrangement) |
| 2011 |
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
Lullaby |
| 2011 |
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
Achilles & Scamander |
| 2011 |
Canadian Music Centre
(ON region) |
Spring |
| 2011 |
CBC Radio |
String Sextet "The Tempest" |
| 2011 |
Windermere String Quartet
(Toronto, ON) |
Traces of a Silent Landscape |
| 2010 |
Trevor Pittman
(Windsor, ON) |
Sonata "Muskoka" for Clarinet & Piano |
| 2010 |
Elanée Ensemble
(Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) |
Sonata for Viola & Double Bass |
| 2008 |
Talisker Players
(Toronto, ON) |
Red Moon & Other Songs of War (chamber version) |
| 2006 |
Ottawa Youth Orchestra |
Maya the Bee |
| 2003 |
Ottawa Youth Orchestra |
The Great Northern Diver |
| 1999 |
U of Ottawa Dept of Theatre |
original songs for Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan |
