Chamber Ensemble

Parts are available for hire at the Canadian Music Centre.

(see also ‘open score’)

Immersion  (2014) – for submerged chamber ensemble

Walking in Claude’s Footprints  (2014) – for mixed chamber ensemble

Chiaroscuro  (2014) – for mixed chamber ensemble

Museum Pieces  (2012) – a collection of solo pieces for various instruments (to be played concurrently)   Duration: variable    full set
Commissioned by the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers’ Association
Premiered at Canada Music Week, November 18, 2012
    Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 – for solo cello (or viola)  (from the 1912 Marcel Duchamp painting)
    Black, Red and Black – for low piano  (from a 1968 Mark Rothko painting)
    Walking Quickly Under the Rain – for high piano (from a 1949 Alberto Giacometti sculpture)
    C and O – for solo flute  (from a 1958 Franz Kline painting)
    Number 4 (Gray and Red) – for voice with piano (from a 1948 Jackson Pollock painting)
    Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard – for solo violin  (from a 1910 Pablo Picasso painting)

Einstein’s Dream – May 14, 1905  (2011) – for chamber ensemble   Duration: 9 min.    score
Commissioned and premiered by the Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, conductor; Copenhagen, Denmark – June 3, 2011
Adapted from the novel EINSTEIN’S DREAMS by Alan Lightman

In una rete di linee che s’intrecciano  (2010) – for spatialized chamber ensemble   Duration: 8 min.     score
Premiered by the Aventa Ensemble, Bill Linwood, director, January 4, 2011
Dedicated to Italo Calvino

Periods  (2008) – for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion   Duration: 7 min.     score      audio excerpt  (Standing Wave)

Teleidoscope  (2007) – for string quartet & piano  score ; or flute, clarinet, viola/violin, cello, & piano   Duration: 6 min.     score
Premiered by the Calgary Sax Quartet February 7, 2008
Dedicated to Jim and Donna Crook

Mercury  (2006) – for large chamber ensemble & female choir   Duration: 9 min.

Lattice  (2005) – for flute, piano, percussion, electric guitar & soprano   Duration: 6 min.     score

Shattered Mirrors  (2001) – for cello, piano, marimba and Bb clarinet  Duration: 4.5 min.     score

Synchronicities #1  (1996-2000) – collection of solo pieces to be played simultaneously    Duration: 5 min.    full set
    1. Jade – for french horn (2000) Premiered at Sound Symposium by Motion Ensemble July 9, 2000
    2. Black – for cello or double bass (1998) Premiered by Andrew Miller, double bass September 17, 1998
    3. Bronze – for piano (1997) Premiered at the Sonic Boom Festival April 17, 1998
    4. Ruby – for clarinet (1997) Premiered at the Sonic Boom Festival April 17, 1998
    5. Silver – for vibraphone (1996) Premiered at the Sonic Boom Festival April 17, 1998

m a r e  (1996) – for piano, clarinet, alto sax., cello, vibes, marimba, mezzo-soprano   Duration: 8 min.    score      audio excerpt  (Ensemble Symposium)