orkest de erepris premières a new piece of mine, Elegy of Others, commissioned by them after I won their Young Composers Competition in 2009. The piece is a collage and is reflective in nature, bringing together sources from Vivaldi to R.E.M.
Brazilian-Canadian pianist Luciane Cardassi premières my new piece, Hockey Story, on the Happening 2010 New Music Festival. This piece on the theme of hockey is for speaking pianist and electronics.
Ensemble Resonance premières a new piece of mine, with a text based on the word kiss in multiple languages, commissioned by New Works Calgary.
Première of Lullaby and Jackhammer, an adaptation of Jackhammer Lullaby.
I was asked to be the Composition Fellow for this year’s Chamber Music Conference and Composers’ Forum of the East in Bennington, Vermont this Jul. As the Composition Fellow, I will be working with composers Lisa Bielawa and Donald Crockett, take part in rehearsals, and première a new adaptation of one of my works, to be written for the conference participants.
Flautist Solomiya Moroz and percussionist Nicholas Jacques première my piece, Shit Around The World, with a text consisting of the word shit in 12 languages.
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.
Première of a new work written for the ensemble, a collage based on love songs.
Pianist Greg Oh and soprano Xin Wang première a new piece of mine, Sensational Revolution in Medicine, for piano and speaking pianist, based on spam email texts, on Toca Loca’s concert in the SHIFT Festival.
If you’re in the Banff or Calgary area, come out to the première of my new project. Also pass this along to your friends.
For those living too far away to attend, a project website is in the works, with video and audio clips, slated for early 2009.
2010, . Some rights reserved. Some elements adapted from various freely available sources. Design by Santiago Medina and Aaron Gervais.
Toca Loca Debut Album P*P:
Includes a fantastic version of my piece Culture no.2.
SOCAN Awards ‘09—1st prize:
News release for 2009: I was awarded first prize in the vocal category.
New Opera:
Under development with Tapestry and libretist Colleen Murphy.
orkest de ereprijs Competition—1st prize:
I won this competition in 2009, competing against a dozen other composers selected from around the world.
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