VOCAL AND CHORAL
Like a Pathway in Autumn (2013) 12' Soprano, violin, piano PODCAST
Commissioned by Stacie Dunlop, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Edmonton Arts Council. Unperformed. 
Green Tara (2012/13) 17’ Soprano and piano.
Commissioned by Kathleen Corcoran and Roger Admiral with the support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Performances upcoming in 2014/15. 
Supplice & Demand (2011) 22‘ Mezzo-Soprano, flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, harp, piano, two violins, viola, cello, live electronics AUDIO
First performed by Erika Iris Huang, mezzo-soprano, Robert Aitken, conductor, and New Music Concerts. Music Gallery, Toronto. Commissioned by New Music Concerts with the support of an Alberta Creative Development Initiative Grant, administered through the Canada Council for the Arts. 
Les enfers éternels des gens désespérés (2003) 9'
Counter-tenor, tenor, baritone, bass, and soundfiles AUDIO First performed by the Hilliard Ensemble, Pollack Hall, McGill University, as part of Montréal Nouvelles Musique. Commissioned by the SMCQ for the Hilliard Ensemble. 
wonder (1996) 16' Orchestra, tape, soprano AUDIO
First performed by the CBC Vancouver Radio Orchestra, with Owen Underhill. Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Subsequently performed by the Austrian Radio Philharmonic, with Arturo Tamayo, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, with Daniel Warren. Ranked third in the world (recommended work) at the 1997 International Rostrum of Composers (UNESCO, Paris). |
A Book From The Harbour, Chapter III (1995) 9'
Soprano and piano AUDIO First performed in their entirety by Jane Archibald and John Hess, SOUNDSTREAMS Canada Encounters Series. Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto. Written at the request of Elizabeth Skillings. 
on a pin's point my love is spinning (1994) 3' Women’s choir (SSAA) AUDIO First perfromed by the Elektra Women’s Choir, conducted by Diane Loomer. Written for 25th anniversary of Canadian Music Centre’s British Columbia Region, Queen Elizabeth Playhouse, Vancouver.
A Book From The Harbour, Chapter II (1994) 11' Soprano and piano
First half premiered 1994 by Elizabeth Skillings. 
Between Lips and Lips There Are Cities (1993) 6'
16 voices (two 8-part antiphonal choirs, SATB) AUDIO First performed by The Netherlands Chamber Choir, conducted by Huub Kerstens. Finalist for Gaudeamus Music Prize. 2nd Prize, SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Choral Category). 
millennia (1991) 9' Soprano, violin, piccolo AUDIO
First performed by Sara Stowe, Juliet Hurel, and Irvine Arditti at the Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music. 3rd Prize, SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Chamber Music Category). Subsequently performed by Continuum, with Barbara Hannigan, soprano. 
Two Rivers (1989) 7'
Choir (SATB) First performed by the UBC Chamber Singers, conducted by Cortland Hultberg. 1st Prize, SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Choral Category). 
A Book From The Harbour, Chapter I (1988) 5'
Soprano and piano Premiered February 18, 1987, UBC, Vancouver. Margaret Harding, soprano. Sasha Starevich, piano. |
Program notes for most of the pieces are available with the linked audio file on SoundCloud, as well as a complete set available on the DOWNLOADS page.
Scores and performance materials can be purchased through AMP.
