Catalogue of Works
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Orchestra
Ziigwan (28’)
(2021) for narrator, solo viola & string orchestra
I - Ziigwan, Spirit of Spring II - Opiichii, The Return of the Robin III - Ziizbaakdokai’ing, To the Sugaring Grounds IV - G’chi Ningaabaawe, The Great Melt V - Bagijwebun, The Releasing Ceremony VI - Animigiik, The Thunder Beings VII - Megwayaaming, To the Spawning Grounds VIII - Namegos, The Sacred Lake Trout IX - Zagime Niimi’idewin, Mosquito Dance Commissioned by the London Symphonia on their 20/21 season, Ontario Arts Council. Premiered on April 9th, 2022 by the London Symphonia, conducted by Tania Miller, with viola soloist, Sharon Wei and narrator John Rice.
Nanabush and the Giant Beaver (21’)
(2019/09) for narrator & chamber orchestra
Сommissioned by the Waterloo Chamber Players, Ben Bolt-Martin (M.D.) and performed in Kitchener, ON, on February 10th, 2019. (w/ Awesiinyag) U.S. premiere by Univ. N. Carolina Symphony, conductor Jonathan Govias (M.D.) in Charlotte, N.C. on February 28th, 2019, and toured through B.C., Canada, March 2019. Performed by the Iowa State University Symphony, conductor Jonathan Govias in Ames, IA, on March 5&6, 2020.
Nipissing - Big Water (15’)
Awesiinyag (20')
(2015) for symphony orchestra
(2014) (a ‘native Carnival of the Animals’) for string/chamber orchestra
I - Forest Ritual II - Incantations III - Celebration Song IV - Out on the Water V - Awakening Commissioned by the North Bay Symphony Society, Ontario Arts Council. Premiered on Feb. 21st, 2015 by North Bay Symphony, conductor Matthew Jones. Subsequently performed on April 21st, 2017, by the same forces. Celebration Song theme created to be the ‘school song’ for Nipissing University.
I - "Maskodebizhiki" ("Buffalo" Stomp) II - "Mooz" (Call of the "Moose") III - "Bineshiinhna" ("Birds" of the Forest) IV - "Amik" (Busy "Beaver") V - "Wawa" ("Wild Geese" in Flight) VI - "Mishwaadesi" (Magic "Turtle") VII - "Gaag" (Prickly "Porcupine") VIII - "Waagosh" (Cunning "Fox") IX - "Namegos" (Sacred "Lake Trout") X - "Gookooko'oo" (Lonely "Owl") XI -"Makwa" ("Black Bear" Dance) Commissioned by the CMC as a Norman Burgess Memorial Commission for Ping! Premiered on May 21st, 2014, in Meaford, ON, by the Georgian Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra. A chamber orchestra version was first performed in Kitchener, ON, on February 10th, 2019. (see above)
Manitoulin (11’)
(2012) for large symphony orchestra
Ave Maria (4’30”)
(2010) for SSAA/SATB choir & symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on April 28th, 2012, in Owen Sound, ON, by the GBS, conductor John Barnum. Premiere of the revised (complete) version on June 2nd & 4th, 2012, at Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC, by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bramwell Tovey.
Commissioned by Linda Hawkins, Georgian Bay Children’s Choir. Premiered by the GBSYO with the GBCC on May 28th, 2010, in Owen Sound, ON. A version also exists for SATB & orch. and SATB (a cappella). Performed by the Festival Orchestra at the Kincardine Summer Music Festival in August 2016.
Ojibway Songs (11’)
Dreadlocks 'n' Dreidel (4'30")
(2009) for string/symphony orchestra
I - Allegro Vivo II - Lento Cantabile III - Poco Allegro IV - Allegro Vivo Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on June 2nd, 2008, in Owen Sound by the GBSYO and on June 8th, 2008, in Sudbury, ON, at the Northern Ontario Youth Orchestra Festival, conductor Victor Sawa. Toured by the Thunder Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra, Winnipeg, MN, February 2015. Performed ‘side-by-side’ with the Thunder Bay Symphony, T.B., ON, February 2015. Featured at Trinity Laban’s 2016 COLAB Festival celebrating the First nations peoples of Canada on February 17th, 2016, at the Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, England. A version exists for string quintet/string orchestra and bass drum. -Premiered on February 15th, 2009, by the GBS string principals, conductor John Barnum in Owen Sound, ON. Performed at the Kincardine Summer Music Festival, by the Montreal String Quartet in August 2009. Performed at the Festival of the Sound, Parry Sound, ON, in July 2017.
(2009) for solo clarinet & symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on December 14th, 2013, Robert Tite on clarinet and the Georgian Bay Symphony, conductor John Barnum. Performed by the London Symphonia, conductor Scott Good in December 2019. Versions exist for wind quintet, and clarinet & string quartet/orchestra. Premiered by the GBS Woodwind Quintet in Owen Sound, ON, in December 2009.
Carol of the Bells Remix (5’30”)
(2008) for symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on December 13th, 2008, in Owen Sound, ON, by the GBS, conductor John Barnum. Performed by the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, conductor Matthew Jones, in December 2015.
Dreams of the Anishnabe (22’)
(2007) for large symphony orchestra
I - Ojibway Chant II - Woodland Voices III - Grass Dance IV - Rain Song V - Spirit Dance Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on October 20th, 2007, in Owen Sound, ON, by the GBS, conductor John Barnum.
Fantasia on a Huron Carol (8’30”)
(2007) for symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiere on December 8th, 2007, in Owen Sound, ON, by the GBS, conductor John Barnum.
Giizhigoong (In the Sky World) (2’)
(2007) for symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme Co-commissioned by the City of Owen Sound for their 150th anniversary celebrations. Premiered on October 20th, 2007, in Owen Sound by the GBS, conductor John Barnum.
Concertino (14’)
(2006) for solo cello & string orchestra
Celebration (3’)
(2006) for symphony orchestra
I - Song Without Words II - Rondo Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on April 2nd, 2007, by cellist Ben Bolt-Martin, the GBS, conductor John Barnum.
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on October 28th, 2006, in Owen Sound, ON, by the GBS, conductor John Barnum. An original version for a brass quintet also exists.
Grunge (8’)
Three Pieces for Strings (10’)
(1998) for drum kit & symphony orchestra
(1996) for string orchestra
Premiered on May 21st, 1998, at the inaugural Open Ears New Music Festival by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Chosei Komatsu, Trevor Tureski, drum kit. Performed on October 20th, 2009, by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Evan Mitchell. Numerous other arrangements exist for various large chamber ensembles.
I - Winter Scene II - Intermezzo III - Celestial Voices The premiere performance by the Canadian Chamber Academy, Tak-Ng Lai.
Chamber
Niibin Suite (22’)
Caprice (Aufschwung) (3’)
(2021) for narrator, solo flute & piano
(2021) (a) for solo viola (b) for solo violin
I - Wiingashk Nagamon - Sweetgrass Song II - Ode’mini-Giizis Chigizheb - Heartberry Sun, Morning III - Miskomini Naawakwe - Raspberry Afternoon IV - Anaamimiinan-Giizis - Under Blueberry Moon V - Niimi’idiwin - ‘Pow Wow Dances’ Commissioned by Jaye Marsh for ‘Flute in the Wild’ project, Ontario Arts Council. Released on Jaye Marsh’s Flute In the Wild Centrediscs CD, in November 2021.
Delaunay Window (6’)
(2020) for clarinet & marimba
Commissioned by clarinet/marimba duo, Richard & Mika Stoltzman.
Eight Preludes (20’)
(1994/2020) for solo piano
№1 - For Glenn №2 - For Ella №3 - For Fabio №4 - For my Mother №5 - For my Father №6 - For Nazzareno №7 - For David №8 - For Jamie World premiere by the Finnish-Canadian pianist Lili Ahopelto at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, on May 11th, 2021.
Head Smashed In (7’30”)
Petroglyphs (4’)
(2020) (a) for two solo violas and viola ensemble (b) for solo viola
(2018) for violin, viola, cello & piano
Commissioned by viola soloist Rivka Golani for Hungariton CD.
Commissioned by the Ensemble Made In Canada for their Mosaique project. Premiered by EMIC at the Festival of the Sound in July 26th, 2018, thereafter toured throughout Canada, culminating in a final livestream concert on January 24th, 2020. Released on EMIC’s JUNO winning Mosaique CD.
Prokofiev Variations (10’)
(2017) for solo violin
Kanata: Chamber Symphony (14’)
(2017) for string quintet, clarinet, piano & percussion
Premiered by Belarussian-Canadian violinist Olga Rykov on July 20th, 2018 in Savonlinna, Finland Performed by Olga Rykov in Toronto, in September and October 2018, and in Thornbury in October 2019.
I - Black Earth Dance II - In the Mountains III - Haida Moon Dance Commissioned by Mark Fewer for the 2017 SweetWater Music Festival to commemorate Canada’s 150th anniversary, and performed on September 16, 2017, at the Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound.
Whirlpool - Niagara (ca. 3’)
(2017) for two violins & cello
Commissioned by Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s concertmaster Dennis Kim for the BPO’s concert to honour Canada’s 150th anniversary. Premiered on February 4, 2017 at the Kleinhans Hall, Buffalo, by Dennis Kim, Antoine Lefevbre & Amelie Fradette.
Caprice (Robot Hoedown) (3’)
(2016) for solo violin
Commissioned by Mark Fewer for inclusion in his 24 Caprice project.
Itspankiakii (2’30”)
(2016) for solo viola
Written for the viola soloist Rivka Golani as a gift after her naming ceremony.
Rivka (2’30”)
(2015) for viola & piano
Violin/piano version premiered on October 15, 2017, by Olga Rykov & Marc Toth in Leith, ON.
Quantum Hologram (17’30”)
Fireworks (4’30”)
(2013) for amplified violin & marimba w/ digital FX
(2013) for violin, cello & piano
Commissioned by Marc Djokic, Canada Council for the Arts, OAC for the “Bev ‘n’ Marc” Duo with percussion soloist Beverley Johnston. Premiered on November 28th, 2013, Faculty Artists Series, in Walter Hall, University of Toronto. Released on Beverley Johnston’s 2020 Spirit and the Dust Centrediscs CD.
Premiere performances took place on August 23rd&24th, 2014, in Toronto and on August 30th&31st in Vancouver at Taiwanfest by the Elite Artists Trio (Taiwan).
Encore Trois Gymnopedies (10’)
(2013) for solo piano
Nanabush and the Giant Beaver (21’)
(2009) for narrator, string quintet & percussion
Premiered by pianist Peter Allen on August 12th, 2013, at Kincardine Summer Music Festival. Performed by pianist David Jalbert in Winnipeg and Montreal in the summer of 2016.
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered on February 15th, 2009, Douglas Nadler, GBS string principals, John Barnum. Performed at the Kincardine Summer Music Festival on August 2009. Performed at the Festival of the Sound, Parry Sound, ON, in July 2010, and August 2017. Performed by the Silver Birch String Quartet in Sudbury, ON, in February 2013. Presented alongside Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf in North Bay, ON, in May 2015.
String Quartet (15’)
(1994 rev. 2008) for two violins, viola & cello
Premiered in February 1994 at the Winnipeg New Music Festival by the WSO string principals, Gwen Hoebig, Stephen Sitarski, Daniel Scholz & Arkadius Tesarcik. Live to air CBC FM national broadcast. Revised version premiered in March 2008 by GBS string principals.
Illumination (5’)
(1993) for violin, cello, clarinet & piano
Commissioned by Keith Horner of the CBC FM as an opening fanfare for the inaugural concert of Scott St. John’s Millennium Ensemble. Premiered by St. John, Thomas Wiebe, Sharon Kam and Jamie Parker at the Glenn Gould Studio on February 4th, 1994. Numerous CBC FM broadcasts. Performed by chamber trio Amici joined by a renowned violinist, Cho-Liang Lin at the Ettore Mazzoleni Hall at the RCM, Toronto, on April 21st, 2016.
Sonata (30’)
Three Japanese Lyrics (10’)
(1992/93) for unaccompanied violin with digital FX
(1990) for piano solo
I - Labyrinth II - Metamorphosis III - Impartation IV - Intermezzo V - At the Corner House Premiere of Labyrinth took place on March 5th, 1992, at Walter Hall, UofT, performed by Mark Fewer. Labyrinth was performed by Andrew Dawes at the 1992 CBC Young Composers Competition in Vancouver, BC: won 2nd Prize in Chamber Music, as well as the Audience Award. Labyrinth represented Canada at the 1993 International Rostrum of Composers in Paris, France. Complete Sonata won the 1995 SOCAN Pierre Mercure Award for Chamber Music. The Sonata was recorded live for the CBC FM by Marc Djokic on March 11th, 2012, in Halifax, NS Impartation was performed by Dennis Kim in Tampere, Finland in February 2012. Impartation was performed by Sue-Hye Han in Seoul, Korea, in January 2014. Labyrinth & At the Corner House were recorded on Marc Djokic’s debut ATMA Classic CD 'Solo Seven' in November 2018, which won the ‘Classical Recording of the Year’, 2020 ECMA.
Premiered by pianist Leslie Dala on October 27th, 1991, at Walter Hall, UofT. Numerous subsequent performances, most notably by pianist Marc Pierre Toth in Talinn, Estonia, in August 2016.
Film
Have Mercy (1999)
Feature length film, dir. Anaïs Granofsky
Broadcast on BRAVO and City TV networks, numerous international TV broadcasts. Widely broadcast in Brazil and Poland in particular.
Arrangements
A Child Is Born (Thad Jones) (5’), Jingle Bells (Count Basie) (3.5’)
for symphony orchestra
Rolling Stones Chamber Music (12 songs)
for clarinet and string trio
Commissioned and performed by London Symphonia, conductor Scott Good in December 2019.
(Paint It Black, Gimme Shelter, Miss You, Beast of Burden, Tumbling Dice, Wild Horses, Brown Sugar, Get Off My Cloud, Angie, Start Me Up, Under My Thumb, Jumpin’ Jack Flash) Commissioned by Marc Djokic for Festival Classica’s ‘From Schubert to the Stones’. Performed by Djokic, Elvira Misbakhova, Stephane Tetreault & Airat Ichmouratov in Montreal, QC, in June 2018.
O Canada (C. Lavallee) (1’30”)
for symphony orchestra
Turandot Suite (G. Puccini) (25’)
for symphony orchestra (without voices)
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme.
I - “Populi di Pekino!” II - “Gira la cote!” III - “Signore Ascolta” IV - “Fermo che fai” V - “Ho una casa nell’ Honan” VI - “Nessun Dorma!” Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme.
O Holy Night (A. Adam) (6’)
for two sopranos, solo violin, solo cello & symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered by Adam Nelson and Sebastian Ostertag, the GBS, conductor John Barnum in December 2006.
The Wound-Dresser (John Adams) (19’)
for baritone solo, and chamber ensemble
Commissioned by the Taliskers Players and performed by them in Feb. 2006.
Christmas Sing-along Medley (6’30”)
for symphony orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. Premiered by the GBS, conductor John Barnum in December 2010.
15 Songs (Cdn. songwriter, Lars Jensen)
for string orchestra
Commissioned by the Georgian Bay Symphony Composer-in-Residence programme. First performed at the Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound, by the GBS strings, conductor John Barnum in June 2008.
The Star Spangled Banner (1’30”)
for brass quintet
Prelude and Fugue WTC I: X (J.S. Bach) (4’)
for violin and cello
11 Opera Arias
Numerous (Pop) Songs
for soprano solo & string orchestra
for voice(s) & symphony orchestra
(Summertime, My Man’s Gone Now, Vissi d’arte, Habenera, Seguidilla Una Voce Poco Fa, Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana, O mio babbino caro, Addio del Passato, L’altra notte in fondo al mare)
(Bohemian Rhapsody, The Piano Man, Surrender, Always On My Mind, Don’t Rain On My Parade, Someone to Watch Over Me, Little Girls, That Dirty Old man, Winner Takes It All, Stay With Me, As Long As He Needs Me, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Memories, All That Jazz, Send In The Clowns, Rose, Rose, I Love You)