
I’m pleased to announce that I received another SOCAN Award this year, bringing my career total up to six. I won a prize in the vocal category for Kiss Around the World, as performed by Ensemble Resonance in November 2009.
I was also pleased to see some of my colleagues receive well-deserved recognition, including Trevor Grahl, Alexandra Fol, and Taylor Brook. Congratulations to all.
I was commissioned this year by New Works Calgary to write a piece for their resident group, Ensemble Resonance. The piece—for soprano, violin, bass clarinet, and piano—will be premièred in Nov, and I’ll post specific performance details closer to then, in the Performances section. In terms of theme, I’m planning on putting together a multilingual text that looks at the nuances of the word kiss in cultures from around the world.