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Trio at Carnegie Hall
My music is going to Carnegie Hall next week! Boston-based Trio Klaritas will perform Like doves with grey wings embracing at the Weill Recital Hall on January 25 at 8 pm. This is going to be my second Carnegie Hall appearance. The first was the 2012 premiere of my solo cello work, The child, bringer of light, performed…
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The Door at Princeton
Last weekend, Princeton University celebrated the opening of the new Lewis Centre arts complex with a big multi-day festival. The door-score for the violin duo Through closed doors and the set of prints that make up the illustrated score for Mirror, mirror were on display at the Co-lab located on the forum level of the new complex. Through closed doors received…
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Festival of the Arts at Princeton
This week, Princeton University will celebrate the opening of its new multi-building centre for the arts, the new Lewis Centre. As part of this festival, the music department is hosting various performances and sound events. The ‘door score’ for my violin duo Through closed doors is making its premiere appearance in the US as part of this…
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“The Child” in Duhamel, QC
I am so honoured that the wonderful violist Marina Thibeault will perform the viola version of my piece The Child, Bringer of Light in Duhamel, QC tomorrow, September 23. For more information, please visit this site. I heard Marina play at a new music showcase at the IAMA conference which took place in Toronto last year.…
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Wild Dogs in Vancouver
For the last three years I have been involved in the production of a new opera Wild Dogs based on a novel of the same name by Helen Humphreys. This project is being produced by Vancouver’s start-up opera company black bachx opera lab in collaboration with Standing Wave and Music on Main. Producer Robert Carey and librettist Val…
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Mise-En Festival 2017
I am exited to participate in the Mise-En Festival 2017 taking place June 20-25 in New York City. The festival will feature works by several dozen composers from around the world with concerts, workshops and presentations happening in different locations throughout the city. My piece Weeping, originally commissioned and premiered by New Music Concerts in Toronto,…
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“Waiting” premier in Vancouver
Tonight Ensemble Paramirabo will be premiering my piece Waiting as part of their joint tour with my long time collaborators Thin Edge New Music Collective. The concert, titled Raging Against the Machine: Coming Together, is presented by Music on Main and will take place at the Fox Cabaret. It’s a very special honour for me to finally be…
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“Obsessive circularity” in Montreal
I was very pleased to find out recently that Katelyn Clark will be performing my piece Obsessive circularity of thought on Wed, February 22 (8:00 pm) at Chapelle St-Louis (4230, rue Drolet) in Montreal, QC. She commissioned and premiered the piece back in early 2015 and made this lovely recording at the Banff Centre. More info on…
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Forms of Sound 2017
I am excited to be a guest at University of Calgary’s Forms of Sound 2017 festival starting today. Tonight I will be performing my very first ‘invented folksong’ Weeping for a dead love with the university’s percussion ensemble. They have been fantastic and we’ve had two amazing rehearsals. This work is my take on traditional Ukrainian weeping…
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Drowning in Princeton
Later today I will be performing a revised version of my invented folksong Drown in the depth, which was commissioned by the 21C Festival in Toronto and premiered there last May.This time I will be joined by composers Matt McBane on violin and Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade on cello, and Mark Eichenberger on percussion. Drawing on and subverting Ukrainian folk…
