Compositions
I have recently been accepted as an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC). Although going back to school has curtailed my compositional output somewhat, I believe it will enhance this part of my artistic life in the long term. My strong interest is to continue growing an international collaborative network with other singers, conductors, instrumentalists, poets and artists. Check back for updates!
Recently Completed:
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"A Passing Universe" Songs of Emily Dickinson, premiered in August with pianist Stephen Smith as part of an all Emily Dickinson concert
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"Rise" for the Georgia Independent Schools Association Honours Choir
Ongoing:
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Choral music for various ensembles
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"Water" a three part choral evocation of the element inspired by the work of Masaru Emoto
In the Works:
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Chamber piece for Julia Nolan, saxophone, Joan Blackman, violin, and Jane Hayes, piano
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Orchestral piece for conductor Anne Bonnycastle and next year's womens' shelter benefit
Choral Music/A Cappella
SATB
Can You Hear Me? (SATB), 2014
Missa Brevis (SATB), 2014
Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Nova Scotia Suite (SSAATTBB) {Kirkconnell w/ permission}, 2014
Grand Pré (SSAATTBB)
Blomidon (SSAATTBB)
Annapolis Valley (SSA/A)
South Shore (TTBB)
Cape Breton (SATBB)
Sur la mort de Marie (SATB) {Ronsard}, 2014
SAB
A Saviour is Born (SAB, piano), 2013
He is Risen (SAB, piano), 2014
Rise (SAB, piano), 2016
SSA(A)
+Ave Maria (SSA), 2010
Echo (SSA) {Rossetti}, 2013
Salva Me (SSAA, bass drum), 2015
Silver Lining (SSA), 2010
Song (SSA) {Rossetti}, 2013
SSA(A) Arrangements
+April Showers (SSA), 2011
Away from the Roll of the Sea (SSA, guitar), 2011
Drei Rosen: Three German Christmas Carols (SSA), 2014
Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris, (SSA, recorders), 2011
Frobisher Bay (SSA, bodhràn), 2011
+I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair (SSA, guitar), 2010
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (SSAA), 2010
Matchmaker (SSA, guitar), 2011
Over the Rainbow (SSA), 2010
She's Like the Swallow (SSA, viola, harp), 2012
Shenandoah (SSA), 2012
Swinging on a Star (SSA), 2010
The White Cliffs of Dover (SSA), 2013
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (SSA), 2010
Song Rep
Voice/Piano
Black and White from West End Menagerie (soprano, piano), 2008
Red and Green (soprano, piano), 2009
Rejoice, Christ Is Risen! (soprano, piano), 2014
A Passing Universe: Emily Dickinson Songs, 2017
I. The Window
II. The Brain is Wider Than the Sky
III. The Robin Is the One
IV. Dialogue
V. I'm Nobody! Who Are You?
VI. I Never Saw a Moor
VII. A Passing Universe
Other
A Common Ground (mezzo, baritone) {Levertov}, 2014
i (baritone w/mezzo-optional)
ii (mezzo)
iii (mezzo, baritone)
Lullaby (voice, ukelele/guitar, penny whistle/recorder-optional)
What I'm reading now:
What Happened by Hilary Clinton
Chamber Music
Various
The Darkling Thrush (tenor, flute, guitar, cello) {Hardy}, 2011
How Now, Mad Spirit? (mezzo, flute, piano) {Shakespeare}, 2015
Fire and Ice (mezzo, english horn, cello, contrabass) {Frost}, 2013
La Pietà (soprano, recorder, cello, harpsichord, piano), 2010
Psalm 23 (soprano, bass clarinet), 2018
Sonnet to Orpheus, III, (tenor, guitar, opt. flute), 2015
West End Menagerie, (mixed chamber ensemble), 2008
Morning Chorus (flute, kazoos)
Back Alley Bandits (SATB)
^Heron Haiku (baritone, alto saxophone)
Black and White (soprano, piano)
^Wood Rat Tango (violin, piano)
Big Dog Blues ( SATB, flute, saxophone, piano, percussion)
Wind Songs (soprano, wind quartet), 2013
*alternate version for soprano, Bb clarinet, piano, 2013
Spring (soprano, piccolo, sop. sax, Bb clarinet, English horn)
Summer (soprano, flute, Bb clarinet, English horn, ten. sax)
^Fall (soprano, flute, oboe, ten, sax, bass clarinet)
^Winter (soprano, oboe, sop. sax, bass flute, bass clarinet)
Spatial/Concept
+Beat (mixed chamber ensemble w/ percussion), 2013
^Dawn, Awakening (mixed chamber ensemble w/ organs), 2009
Time and Tide (mixed chamber ensemble), 2009
+Wave (mixed chamber ensemble w/ percussion), 2013
Arrangements
+Coffee!!! (soprano, piccolo, oboe, bass clarinet, electric guitar), 2014
("Ei, wie schmekt der Coffee süße" from J. S. Bach's Coffee Cantata)
The Dark Island (soprano, clarient, piano), 2015
Greensleeves (soprano, clarinet, piano), 2010
Summertime (soprano, clarinet, piano), 2010
Huron Carol (soprano, organ, hand drum, bell), 2010
Huron Carol (soprano, violin, harp, bohdràn), 2015
I Wonder as I Wander (soprano, violin, harp), 2015
The Salley Gardens (soprano, clarinet, piano), 2015
*alternate version for soprano, flute, piano, 2015
^She's Like the Swallow (soprano, viola, harp), 2013
*alternate version for SSA, viola, harp, 2012
Silent Night (soprano, violin, harp), 2015
Still, Still, Still (soprano, violin, harp), 2015
The Water is Wide (soprano, clarinet, piano), 2015
*alternate version for soprano, flute, piano, 2015
Winter Wonderland (2 sopranos, 2 pianos, handbells-optional), 2010
Instrumental Music
Piano Solo
Bonnie Bee (children's piece), 2009
Happy Valentine's Day (children's piece), 2010
Hugs and Kisses (children's piece), 2011
Reverie, 2014
Snowdrops (children's piece), 2010
Handbells
The Road to Jerusalem (handbell choir, 5 8ve), 2017
*alternate version for organ, 2017
Various
Bacchus on His Ass (English horn), 2015
Edge Seasons from Windsongs, 2013
Spring-Summer (Bb clarinet)
Summer-Fall (flute)
Fall-Winter (oboe)
Winter-Spring (sop. sax)
from West End Menagerie, 2008
Morning Chorus (flute)
^Woodrat Tango (violin, piano)
+ denotes video sample under "Composition>Watch"
^denotes audio sample under "Composition>Listen"