All scores and parts are available for sales or rental through the Canadian Music Centre.
Most of the following works can be heard on Spotify.
STRING QUARTET No.2: in 4 Episodes (2008) c.21:00
- 2 violins, viola & cello.
- Private commissioned by Mary Lu MacDonald for the Scotia Music Festival. Performed by the Supernova Quartet on June 3, 2008.
SCALES OF JOY AND SORROW (2007) c. 19:00
- Violin, cello & piano.
- Funded by the Ottawa Chamber Music Society. Written for & premiered by the Gryphon Trio at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, July 25, 2008.
- Listen (YouTube) – Mov’t 1; Mov’t 2&3.
GOODBYE MY FRIEND (2002) c.15:00
- Flute, viola & harp
- Ontario Arts Council commission. Written for & premiered by Trio Lyra for the Queen’s Performing Arts Concert at Grant Hall, Queen’s University, Kingston in October 2002.
DUET IN BLUE (2000) c.4:00
- Flute/violin & bassoon/cello.
- Canadian Music Centre commission. Written for a CMC Millennium Project, New Music for Young Musicians. Published by Avondale Press.
HYMN OF ASCENSION (1998) c.13:00
- String quartet & organ/harmonium. A CBC Radio commission. Premiered by the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival at St. Andrew’s Church, Ottawa, on July 31, 1998.
TIME TO LEAVE (1997) c.3:30
- Violin, clarinet, trumpet, bass, marimba & piano.
- Written for ARRAYMUSIC: 25th anniversary concert May 4, 1997, Premiere (Fleck) Dance Theatre, Toronto.
ODES TO THE AMERICAS: Good Times; Blue Souls; With You I Dance (1997) c.16:15
- Bassoon Quartet: 3 bassoons & contrabassoon.
- Ontario Arts Council Commission. Written for and premiered by the Caliban Quartet on February 7, 1997, Walter Hall, University of Toronto.
- Listen (YouTube)
L’ÉSPRIT CHANTANT (1995) c. 7:30
- Violin & piano.
- Société Radio-Canada commission. Written for the 1995 Montréal International Music Competition.
- Premiered by 15 contestants in the semi-final rounds at Place des Arts, Montreal, May 1995.
- Listen
SOLOS: Flute à la Française; Oboe in the Orient; Clarinet a Swinging; Horn Tango; Waltzing Bassoon (1993)
- Woodwind quintet c. 21:00
- Ontario Arts Council commission. Written for Les Mistrals Winds. Premiered by the Onyx Wind Quintet in 1998.
- Listen (YouTube) to: Flute; Bassoon
LAMENT IN THE TRAMPLED GARDEN (1992) c. 13:30
- String quartet
- CBC Radio commission. Written for the l992 Banff International String & premiered by nine competing string quartets on April 22, l992. Promotional recording by the St. Lawrence Quartet in 1993 sponsored by the Banff School of Music and the Royal Bank.
- Recorded on Centrediscs label by the Penderecki Quartet in 2009.
- Excerpt (YouTube)
NIGHT WATCH (1990) c. 12:00
- Soprano & gamelan ensemble
- Ontario Arts Council commission. Written for and premiered by soprano, Irena Neufeld, & the Evergreen Club Gamelan Ensemble: Hart House Theatre, U. of Toronto, April 21, 1990.
ANGELS IN FLIGHT: Arrival & Dialogue; Song to the Eternal; Departure (1987) c. 18:00
- Flute, clarinet, harp & string quartet (compliments Ravel’s Introduction & Allegro)
- Canada Council commission. Written for & premiere by the Vancouver New Music Society, April 5, 1987.
- Listen (YouTube)
DESIRE AT TWILIGHT (1986) c. 11:30
- Violin & piano.
- Les Amis Concerts commission. Premiered by Jovan & Nadia Kolundjia at the St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, Nov.20, 1986.
SONATA: Moderato; Lullaby; Rondo (1984) c. 15:00
- flute & harp.
- Canada Council commission. Written for & premiered by Robert Aitkin and Erica Goodman on Northern Ontario Tour, January, 1985.
TRIO IN JEST (three movements) (1983) c. 21:30
- Clarinet, viola & piano.
- Ontario Arts Council commission. Written for Electra Music Concerts. Premiered by ARRAYMUSIC, St. Catherine’s, Ont., March 1983.
FANTASIA…sul linguaggio perduto (on a lost language) (l981) c. 14:45
- Flute & violin, viola & cello
- Ontario Arts Council commission. Written for & premiered by the Galliard Ensemble at the Edmonton Chamber Music Society Concert, Dec.1981.
DANCING STRINGS: 5 short pieces for intermediate violist. c. 14:00
- Viola & piano (1980)
- Ontario Arts Council commission. Written for the Alliance for Canadian Music Projects. Premiered by Scott St.John (at age 11) with mother accompanying: Contemporary Music Showcase, U.of Toronto, April 1980.
- Listen (YouTube)
DANCE OF THE BLIND: (1980) c.10:15
- Accordion & string trio.
- CBC Radio commission. Radio premiere: June 1980. Concert premiere: ARRAYMUSIC at Hamilton Art Gallery, Jan.15,1981. Honorary jury award: Concorso Internazionale di Composizione per Fisarmonica (1987), Castelfidardo, Italy.
- Listen (YouTube)
PROCESSION (1979) c. 14:30
- Septet: clarinet, Fr. horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello & bass. (Compliments Beethoven’s Septet)
- Canada Council commission. Written for & premiered by the Toronto Septet: St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto, 1981.
APPARITION (1978, revised 2000) c. 11:00
- Harpsichord, harp & piano. Canada Council commission. Written for & premiered by Music Inter Alia: Winnipeg, January 1979. Revised version premiered by New Music Concerts in Toronto 199?.
ICE (1977) c. 1978
- Flute, viola, trombone & piano
- Written for and premiered by ARRAYMUSIC at the Art Gallery of Ontario in March 1978. CBC broadcast 1978.