List of Works
(reverse chronological order)
Stray Birds (2025) 25”
vocal sextet and string quartet
commission by Ekmeles with support from the Canada Council for the Arts
premiere: Ekmeles and Mivos quartet, Cary Hall, New York, November 1, 2025
Vinetan Songs (2025) 20”
string quartet
commission by Quatuor Bozzini, Soundstreams, le Vivier, and Time:Spans
premiere: Quatuor Bozzini, Time:Spans festival, Cary Hall, New York, August 15, 2025
Nox (2025) 45”
piano, electronics, and live video
commissioned by Fromm Foundation and Piano Spheres
premiere: Vicki Ray, Piano Spheres Festical, Thayer Hall, Los Angeles, February 19, 2025
Variations (2024) 6”
piano, harpsichord, organ, keyboard, and electronics
commissioned by Soundstreams
premiere: Jane Mallet Theatre, Toronto, April 18, 2024
Thread (2024) 5”
electric guitar solo with flute, clarinet, percussion, accordion, violin, and cello
commissioned by the Blue Ridge Chamber Festival
premiere: Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, August 15, 2024
Realignments (2023) 8”
piano, video, and electronics
commissioned by Corey Hamm
premiere: Corey Hamm and Taylor Brook at the Philip T. Young Recital Hall, Victoria, February 2024
Traces (2023) 12”
soprano, trumpet, and electronics
commissioned by the Byrne:Kozar:Duo
premiere: Byrne:Kozar:Duo at TIME:SPANS, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, August 21, 2021
Canticum (2023) 20”
bowed guitar and computer improviser
premiere: Taylor Brook, Phillip T. Young Hall, University of Victoria, February 12, 2023
Lore (2023) 20”
five pieces for chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, viola, and cello)
2025 revision/re-orchestration for flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, violin, viola, and cello
premiere: Aventa Ensemble, Phillip T. Young Hall, University of Victoria, April 2, 2023
Livingry and Ways of Seeing (2022) 17’
six songs for baritone, piano, and two keyboards
commissioned by Jeffrey Gavett
premiere: Jeffrey Gavett with Corey Hamm and Hamilton Lau, Phillip T. Young Hall, University of Victoria, February 12, 2023
Soundscaper (2022) ~
improviser with computer improviser
premiere: Alex Matterson, Phillip T. Young Hall, University of Victoria, February 12, 2023
Industry and the Arts (2022) 8’
five short pieces for solo alto voice with MUGIC controller and live electronics
premiere: Heather Byford, Phillip T. Young Hall, University of Victoria, February 12, 2023
One-Footed (2022) 30’
concerto grosso for string quartet and Partch instruments
commissioned by Del Sol Quartet and PARTCH ensemble
premiere: Del Sol Quartet and PARTCH Ensemble, REDCAT, Disney Hall, Los Angeles, June 17/18, 2022
BLOCK (2022) 11’
steel string guitar and electronics
commissioned by Anthology of Recorded Music
recorded by the composer in 2022 for New World Records
Provenances (2021) 25’
viola concerto
premiere: Marina Thibeault and Turning Point Ensemble, Chan Centre, UBC, Vancouver, February 26/27, 2021
Wheels (2021) 18’
19-tone microtonal guitar
Commissioned by Daniel Lippel
Domicilary (2021) 12’
soprano sax and piano
premiere: Geoffrey Landman and Osnat Netzer, Longy School of Music, Boston, March 25, 2022
Star Maker Fragments (2020) 45’
trumpet, percussion, piano, and computer improvisor
recorded by TAK ensemble, October 2020
premiere: TAK ensemble, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, January 11, 2022
Pileup (2020) 15’
trumpet, percussion, piano, and computer improvisor
premiere: Splice Ensemble at Splice Festival, Souers Hall, Miami University, Ohio, February 22, 2020
Aberration (2019) 9’
trumpet and electronics
commissioned by Andrew Kozar
premiere: Andrew Kozar, Longy School of Music, Boston, February 17, 2020
Set (2019) 45’
solo bassoon and electronics
commissioned by Dana Jessen
premiere: Dana Jessen and the composer at Splice Festival, Souers Hall, Miami University, Ohio, February 21, 2020
Shakeout (2019) 2’
solo piano left hand
commissioned by Adam Scime
premiere: Adam Scime, Canadian Music Centre, Toronto, June 5, 2019
Prelude/Postlude (2019) 15’
viola solo
commissioned by Marina Thibeault, Summer 2019
Distances (2018) 4’
two microtonal pianos
dedicated to Fred Lerdahl, recording realized as an electroacoustic work
Idioms (2018) 10’
piano and string quartet
premiere: Quatuor Molinari and Sara Laimon at Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montreal, September 29, 2018
Cube (2018) 15’
tenor sax, trumpet, trombone, and contrabass with electronics
premiere: International Contemporary Ensemble, Abrons Arts Center, New York, April 13, 2018
Virtutes Occultae (2017) 90’
six physically modelled pianos
premiere (installation form) at Qubit LES Space, New York, May 2019
Axon (2017) 10’
duo for contrabass and alto flute
premiere: Jeunesses Musicales (Gaspard Daigle and Marilène Provencher-Leduc), Théâtre Rouge du Conservatoire, Montreal, March 4, 2019
Alluvium (2017) 10’
solo oboe d’amore and fixed media
premiere: Catherine Lee, Willamette University, Portland, April 11, 2017
Pulses (2017) 13’
solo percussion, violin, flute, clarinet, soprano, and percussion quartet
premiere: TAK Ensemble and Architek Percussion, La Sala Rosa, Montreal, November 25, 2017
The Power of Emotion (2017) 60’
soprano, 2 female actor/singers, flute, clarinet, percussion, and violin music theater/opera project in collaboration with Tele-Violet Theater
premiered at La MaMa Experimental Theatre, New York, January 11, 2014,; presented by the Public Theater at Abrons Arts Center, New York, October 11–21, 2017
Flux Candrix (2017) 14’
saxophone quartet
premiere: New Thread Quartet, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, April 20, 2017
Rust (2017) 11’
percussion octet
premiere: Manhattan School of Music Percussion ensemble, Manhattan School of Music, April 5, 2017
Drifts (2017) 12’
string quartet
premiere: JACK Quartet, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, March 25, 2017
Tirant Lo Blanc (2016) 15’
concerto for flute and ensemble
premiere: ECM+ and Marie-Hélène Breault, flute solo, Banff Centre, October 21, 2016
Wane (2016) 12’
solo violin with four pre-recorded violins
premiere: Olivia De Prato with Taylor Brook, conductor, Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York, June 12, 2019
Song (2016) 9’
solo cello
commissioned by Anssi Kartunnen
premiere: Anssi Kartunnen, Scandinavia House, New York, October 28, 2016
Ptolemy’s Dilemma (2016) 8’
string orchestra (studies in just intonation performance)
premiere: Leeds University String Orchestra, Mira Benjamin cond., at Leeds University, UK, May 2017
Exploded Views (2016) 15’
clarinet, horn, percussion, string quintet
premiere: Talea Ensemble, Italian Academy, New York, October 14, 2016
Lush (2016) 15’
for 11 players and electronics
premiere: Wet Ink ensemble, St. Peter’s Church, New York, April 26, 2016
Tarantism (2016) 12’
soloist ensemble of baritone, bass clarinet, and trumpet with string orchestra
premiere: Loadbang and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Roulette, Brooklyn, March 23, 2016
Seconds (2015) 10’
orchestra (2-2-2-2 / 4-2-2-1 / 2 timp. / bass drum / piano / harp / strings)
read by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, on February 2, 2015
Amalgam (2015) 10’
solo female voice with flute, clarinet, violin, and percussion
recorded by TAK ensemble in November 2015
Ouaricon Songs Vol. 2 (2015) 14’
baritone, bass clarinet, trumpet, and trombone
premiere: Loadbang at the Festival of New American Music, Sacramento, November 8, 2014
Ouaricon Songs Vol. 1 (2014) 10’
baritone and string quartet
premiere: Jeffrey Gavett, baritone, and Mivos Quartet, Issue Project Room, New York, Fall 2014
Incantation (2014) 60’
percussion quartet
premiere: Achitek Percussion, La Sala Rosa, Montreal, May 29, 2015
Five Weather Reports (2014) 18’
solo female voice with flute, clarinet, violin, percussion, and electronics
premiere: TAK ensemble, Secret Theater, New York, May 2014
Covers (2014) 13’
oboe, clarinet, bar. saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, bass trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, 2 bass
premiere: Either/Or, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, April 13, 2014
Musique de Chambre (Noire) (2014) 60’
string quartet, electronics, and video (by Nathalie Bujold)
premiere: Quatuor Bozzini at the Akousma Festival, Montreal, October 2014
Hallucigenia (2014) 10’
3 cellos
premiere: Tre Vocci, King’s Place, London, January 2014
Sui Generis (2014) 9’
steel-string guitar and electronics
recorded by Kobe Van Cauwenberghe for release on Carrier Records in April 2014
El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan (2013) 24’
string quartet
premiere: JACK Quartet, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, March 12, 2014
Motorman Sextet (2013) 25’
vocal sextet
premiere: Ekmeles, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, November 15, 2013
Breaking Out (2012) 7’30”
string quartet, video, and electronics
premiere: Quatuor Bozzini at Artspring, Salt Spring Island, BC, August 6, 2012
Arrhythmia (2012) 10’
string quartet
commissioned by the American Composers Forum
premiere: JACK Quartet, Cary Hall, DiMenna Center, New York, September 12, 2012
Five Weather Reports (solo version) (2012) 10’
mezzo-soprano and electronics
premiere: Charlotte Mundy, Prentis Hall, Columbia University, New York, December 10, 2012
Ecstatic Music (2012 rev. 2013) 7’
violin and percussion
commissioned by NU:NORD festival, Montreal
premiered at Sala Rosa, Montreal, July 7, 2012; performances by TAK ensemble across US
L’érotisme sacré (2012) 11’
flute, piano, and electronics
premiere: Solomiya Moroz and Keith Kirchoff at the Cluster Festival, Winnipeg, 2012
Motorman Fragments (2012) 12’
SATBar with clarinet, percussion, guitar, and cello
premiere: Ekmeles, Roulette, Brooklyn, March 4, 2012
Coil (2012) 6’
tabla and electronics
premiere: Shawn Mativetsky, Ottawa, Spring 2017
Stranger Dance (2011) 7’30”
trio for bass clarinet, flute, and prepared piano
original version: trio for baritone saxophone, flute, and prepared piano for Acanthes Festival 2011
premiere: Vincent Leterme, Jean-Pierre Pinet, and Stéphane Meugé, Metz, France, July 13, 2011
Gamaka (2011) 13’
trio for cello, flute and piano for the NU:BC ensemble
commissioned by Canada Council for the Arts
premiere and second performance: NU:BC in Vancouver, September 2011
Against the Morning (2011) 14’
solo harmonium with flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, and bass
commissioned by the Banff Centre
premiere: Henk Guittart and Gruppo Montebello, Rolstrom Recital Hall, Banff, October 2011
Upshift (2011) 10’
orchestra (3-3-3-3 / 4-3-3-1 / timp / 2 perc / harp / strings)
Images in Homage (2011) 13’
flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass
premiere: contemporary music ensemble of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, October 2015
Florescences (2011) 3’
miniature for string quartet
commissioned by Quatour Bozzini with the support of Rodney Sharman and Timothy Brook
premiere: Quatour Bozzini, Chapelle St. John Baptiste, Montreal, April 2011
Passacaglia Fanstasia (2011) 5’
miniature for Baroque ensemble for the Aradia Ensemble
premiere: Aradia Ensemble, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Toronto, February 5, 2011
Five Stages (2011) 13’
percussion solo
commissioned by Ben Duinker and Eric Derr
Les trains où vont les choses (2010) 8’30”
chamber ensemble of 15 players with video 1(picc)-1-2(b,cl) - 1/1-1-1/perc./pno./2-1-1-1
premiere: Lorraine Vaillancourt and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Salle Claude Champagne, Montreal, November 25, 2010
Faith in Numbers: violin concerto (2010) 26’
solo violin with percussion quartet
premiere: Mira Benjamin with Parker Bert, Eric Derr, Ben Duinker, and Sandra Joseph, Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montreal, May 14, 2010
Mitya: Concerto for Clarinet (2010) 18’
solo B-flat clarinet with chamber orchestra of 18 players
(1(picc)-1-1- 1/ ten sax - bar sax/1-1-1-1/2 perc./hrp./2-1-1-1/MIDI keyboard)
premiere: Mark Bradley (soloist) with Denys Bouliane and the Contemporary Music Ensemble of McGill University, Montreal, April 14, 2010
Murder Ballad (2009) 19’30”
chamber ensemble of 15 players (1-1-2(b,cl) - 1/1-1-1/perc./pno./2-1-1-1)
premiere: Lorraine Vaillancourt and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne at Domaine Forget, Saint Irénée, Quebec, August 21, 2009
Motorman Overture (2009) 12’
brass quintet, woodwind quintet, 2 percussion, and piano
premiere: Alain Cazes with the Schulich School of Music Wind Ensemble, 2010 Musimars International Music Festival, March 5, 2010
String Quartet (2009) 15’
2 violins, viola, and cello
premiere: Quatuor Bozzini, Chapelle Saint-John-Baptiste, Montreal, May 3, 2009
Vocalise (2009) 9’
violin solo with drone
commissioned by Mira Benjamin
premiere: Mira Benjamin at the Casalmaggiore International Festival, Italy, July 18, 2009
Stuart Lake (2009) 45’
adaptable instrumentation (live DSP with hexaphonic speaker setup)
premiere: Craig Pederson (soloist) with Taylor Brook and Ryan Purchase (offstage), Ottawa, December 7, 2009
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there (2008) 10’
piano solo
premiere: Fernando Saint Martin, Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montreal, April 2, 2009
Kolkata Predawn (2008) 11’
chamber ensemble of 12 players (1*(picc)-1(E.hrn.)-1(b,cl)/Hrn./perc./pno./2-1-1-1)
premiere: Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne with Jean-Philippe Tremblay (conductor), Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, June 25, 2008
In Terra Nullius (2008) 13’
guitar solo
premiere: Danielle Cumming, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, on March 2, 2009
Kandinsky’s Palette (2007) 12’
chamber ensemble of 15 players (1*(picc)-1(E.hrn.)-1(b,cl)-1(cntrbsn.)/1-1-1./perc./pno./2-1-1-1)
premiere: Lorraine Vaillancourt and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne at Domaine Forget, Saint Irénée, Quebec, August 18, 2007
Knowledge Believes Memory (2007) 3’
soprano solo
premiere: Jessica Wise, Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Toronto, March 1, 2007
Last Night of the Earth Songs (2007) 12’
flute, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, and cello
premiere: Contemporary Music Ensemble of McGill University, Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill University, Montreal, February 15, 2007