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CURRENT PROJECTS

—String Quartet No. 2
—book on music, gesture & rhetoric

STREAMING

Listen to selected orchestral, chamber & choral works.

View some of these on YouTube.

Find a small selection on music streaming platforms.

CD RELEASES

Sonata "Muskoka" for clarinet & piano (Lake movement). Ananta Duo: "Global Tapestry" (2018). Purchase.

Traces of a Silent Landscape. Windermere String Quartet: "Inner Landscapes" (2016). Purchase.

Lullaby. Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: "A Concert for New York" (2013). 2014 Western Canadian Music Awards nominee for Classical Recording of the Year. Purchase.

PARTS RENTAL & SCORE PURCHASE/LOAN

ORCHESTRAL & LARGE CHAMBER WORKS

Parts for orchestral works, large ensembles, and chamber works with 10 parts or more, are available for rental only directly from the Canadian Music Centre. To access perusal scores or archival recordings unavailable at the CMC, or for any assistance with rentals, contact the composer.

PARTS/SCORES FOR CHAMBER, SOLO & CHORAL WORKS

Solo & chamber works up to 5 parts
Available for purchase or loan via the Canadian Music Centre.
Chamber works with 6-9 parts
Available for purchase only via the Canadian Music Centre.
Choral works
Midnight Sea published by Cypress Choral Music. All other titles available for purchase only via the Canadian Music Centre.

NOTE: Electronic files (PDFs) of scores and parts for ALL chamber works up to 9 parts are also available upon request, free of charge, directly from the composer.

NOTE: Many complete archival recordings may be streamed online (free with registration) via the Canadian Music Centre. Others may be available upon request from the composer.

GUIDE TO SELECTED ORCHESTRAL WORKS

A guide [PDF] to selected orchestral works. For perusal scores, archival recordings and quotes, send an email.

ORCHESTRAL

CHAMBER/ENSEMBLE

Violin Concerto "All'ombra de' cipressi"
2021 - solo violin & strings (22:00)
Northwest Passage Variations
2014 - orchestra, on theme by Stan Rogers (12:00)
Delights & Discords
2014 - SATB chorus & orchestral winds & brass [no strings]; Renaissance poems by Campion, Jonson, Shirley, Herrick, Sidney (17:00)
Symphony No. 2 "Water"
2013 - orchestra (24:00)
Whirlwind
2012 - orchestra (8:00)
Achilles & Scamander
2012 - orchestra (8:00)
Spring
2012 - string orchestra (8:00)
Lullaby
2011 - orchestra (5:00)
Scherzo "Crème brûlée"
2010 - version for chamber orchestra (7:00)
Elegy
2009 - version for string orchestra (4:00)
Symphony No. 1 "Maligne Range"
2009 - large orchestra (19:00)
The Great Northern Diver
2003 - versions for large & regular orchestra (10:30)
Overture
1997 - orchestra (4:00)

String Quartet No. 2
2025 - 2 violins, viola, cello (22:00)
Semitragic Waltz
2023 - 2 violins, viola (5:00)
Nature Rhythms I
(Piano Trio No. 2)
2020 - violin, cello, piano (18:00)
Fugue "In the Darkened Sky"
2020 - flute, clarinet, string quartet (4:30)
Sunshine Variations
2019 - cello, piano (11:00)
Sonata for Cello & Piano
2019 - cello, piano (14:00)
Fanfare for the Open Sky
2015 - symphonic brass (4231) (1:15)
Sonata for Viola & Piano
2015 - viola, piano (18:00)
Traces of a Silent Landscape
(String Quartet No. 1)
2011 - string quartet (16:00)
String Sextet "The Tempest"
2011 - 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (11:00)
Sonata "Muskoka" for Clarinet & Piano
2010 - clarinet, piano (13:00)
Sonata for Viola & Double Bass
2010 - viola, double bass (14:00)
Scherzo "Crème brûlée"
2010 - wind quintet, violin, viola, cello, double bass (7:00)
Fantasy on a Theme of Schubert
2008 - violin, piano (5:00)
Clarinet Trio
2006 - piano, clarinet, cello (12:30)
Piano Trio (No. 1)
2005 - piano, violin, cello (18:00)
String Trio
2003 - violin, viola, cello (8:00)

CHORAL

SOLO VOCAL /
INSTRUMENTAL

The Grass Is Full of Stars
2020 - children's choir (SS) & chamber ensemble (or piano); poems: Marjorie Pickthall (10:00; 5'30 songs alone)
Midnight Sea
2020 - men's choir (TTBB); text: Charles M. Scammon (6:00)
Again...Riding
2018 - SATB chorus; poems: Marjorie Pickthall (4:00)
L'Aube [Dawn]
2016 - mixed choir div; poems: Victor Hugo [in French] (9:00)
Delights & Discords
2014 - SATB chorus & orchestral winds & brass (or piano); Renaissance poems by Campion, Jonson, Shirley, Herrick, Sidney (17:00)
The Sun Is Set from Delights & Discords
2014 - SATB chorus; poem: Robert Sidney (5:00)
Saison des semailles, le soir [Sowing Season, Evening]
2004 - SATB chorus; poem: Victor Hugo [in French] (5:00)

Ten Miniatures
2017 - chromatic kantele (zither/kannel) (12:00)
Six Pieces
2007 - piano (16:00)
Red Moon & Other Songs of War
2007 - high voice, piano OR medium voice, piano, clarinet (also bs.cl.), percussion; poems: Harte, Hardy, Sandburg, Teasdale, John Scott of Amwell, Norman Bethune (18:00)

FOR CHILDREN	STAGE
Yes, I Can! 2015 - orchestra & narrator, text: Connie Kaldor (8:00) Maya the Bee 2006 - orchestra & narrator, text: Tara Bahna James, after Waldemar Bonsels (24:00)	The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich 2002 - 8 actors & piano; book: Rival, after Gogol; lyrics: Alan Moon (90:00) The Overcoat 2001-02 - 3 actors & piano; book & lyrics by John Gregor, after Gogol (20:00 & 40:00 versions)

MULTI-MEDIA	ARRANGEMENTS
Hearing Lightning, Seeing Thunder 2008 - clarinet (also bs.cl.), cello, percussion, 4 stage lights notated rhythmically (9:30) Hazard 1999 - visual polyrhythms created by hazard lights of parked cars Black & White 1994 - bass drum, 2 stage lights notated rhythmically (5:00)	A Duck in New York City 2016 - orchestra & voice/speaker; 11 songs for children by Connie Kaldor (30:00) Silent Night 2011 - orchestra, bass-bar solo, SATB chorus (4:30)

WITHDRAWN
Confluence 2017 - orchestra & choir ad lib (13:00) Badinerie 2015 - trumpet, piano (5:00) Red Moonrise over Lac Rhéaume 2003 - string orchestra (4:00) It Can Be Done 1998-99 - opera: 6 leads, chorus, piano; libretto by Rival (20:00 & 40:00 versions)