ORCHESTRAL WORKS AND CONCERTOS
VOCAL AND CHORAL WORKS
SOLO AND CHAMBER WORKS

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ORCHESTRAL WORKS AND CONCERTOS

Rising Storm (2004)
for orchestra, student musicians on recorder, student non-musicians, and audience
Duration: c. 7 minutes
Composed as part of the composer residency with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, jointly funded by Canada Council and the HPO.

Piano Concerto No. 3 (2003)
For solo piano and string orchestra
Duration: c. 22 minutes
Commissioned by CBC for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.

Flute Concerto (2003)
Solo flute with chamber orchestra 0200/2000/timp+0 perc/strings
Commissioned by CBC.

Light and Shadow (2003)
Double concerto for viola and horn with orchestra 2222/4231/timp+2 perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 25 minutes
Composed as part of Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra composer-in-residence position.

Presto! (2003)
Orchestra 2222/4231/timp+2 perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 6 minutes
Composed as part of Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra composer-in-residence position.

Of Time and the City (2002)
Orchestra 3222/4331/timp+2 perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 8.5 minutes
Composed as part of Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra composer-in-residence position.

Piano Concerto No. 2 (2001)
Solo piano with orchestra 2222/4231/timp+2 perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 24 minutes
Commissioned by CBC and Canada Council.

Cello Concerto (1998)
Solo cello with chamber orchestra 2222/2200/timp+1 perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 30 minutes
Commissioned by David Lemon and Canada Council for the Vancouver New Music Festival.

Serenade for string orchestra (1998)
Duration: c. 11 minutes
Commissioned by the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra.

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1997)
Solo piano with orchestra 2222/4231/timp+2 perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 15 minutes
Commissioned by Canada Council for the Winnipeg New Music Festival.

Sinfonia (1996)
Orchestra 2222(all 2nds doubling)/4331/timp+2 perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 15 minutes

Efflorescence (1993)
Orchestra 2222/4331/timp+2perc/harp/strings
Duration: c. 11 minutes

SOLO AND CHAMBER WORKS

Icicles of Fire (2003)
For cello and piano
Duration: c. 20 minutes

Kaleidoscope (2003)
For string quartet
Duration: c. 14 minutes
Written at the request of Joan Tower
for the Muir String Quartet's Emerging Quartets summer program in Park City, Utah.

Sprint (2003)
For solo piano
Duration: c. 7 minutes

Delphinidae (2001)
For flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet
Duration: c. 20 minutes
Commissioned by CBC for Strings of the Future in Ottawa.

Ninasitako (2001)
For bass trombone, percussion, and piano
Duration: c. 8 minutes
Commissioned by Bob Baker

Aubade (2000)
For solo marimba
Duration: c. 7 minutes
Commissioned by the Alberta Foundation for Christine Huang.

Piano Quintet (2000)
For 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Duration: c. 18 minutes
Written for performance by the Henschel Quartet.

Chiaroscuro (2000)
For flute and piano
Duration: c. 5 minutes
Written for the 2000 Sound Symposium in Newfoundland.

Prelude and Fugue (2000)
For solo piano.
Duration: c. 8 minutes
Commissioned by CBC.

Two Pieces (1999)
For flute, oboe, violin, cello and 2 guitars
Commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble
with assistance from the New York State Council for the Arts.

Chaconne (1999)
For solo piano
Duration: c. 10 minutes
Commissioned by CBC as the imposed piece for the 1999 Young Performers Competition.

Quintet (1999)
For 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos
Duration: c. 10 minutes
Commissioned by CBC for the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival

La nuit verte (1997)
For clarinet and piano
Duration: c. 12 minutes

Octet (1997)
For 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
Duration: c. 15 minutes
Commissioned by the WDR in Germany.

Solus (1996)
Duration: c. 9 minutes
Commissioned by the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center at Merkin Hall in New York City.

Adagio (1996)
For violin and piano
Duration: c. 10 minutes

Phantoms (1995)
For string quartet
Duration: c. 12 minutes
Commissioned by CBC as the imposed piece for the 1995 Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Prism (1995)
In 6 movements
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Duration: c. 20 minutes
Commissioned by the Clarion Ensemble with assistance from the Alberta Foundation.

Cinq Pièces Brèves (1992)
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
Duration: c. 11 minutes

VOCAL AND CHORAL WORKS

Planet (2003)
For soprano and piano
Text by Jane Urquhart
Duration: c. 8 minutes

Man, Homme, Mensch (2002)
For unaccompanied male choir.
Text by the composer
Duration: c. 3 minutes

Tears (2002)
2 versions, one for unaccompanied SATB choir, the other for SATB choir with chamber ensemble.
Text by Walt Whitman
Duration: c. 6 minutes

Daffodils (1990)
For unaccompanied SATB choir.
Text by William Wordsworth

 

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