ENSEMBLE
Caeli Nullius (2023)
for violin and cello duo
Commissioned by Orbit Ensemble
Premiered at Open Waters, Halifax, NS, January 9, 2024
Lysis (2023)
for string quartet (10 min)
Commissioned by JACK Quartet (JACK Studio Artist 2020)
Premiered at Mannes School of Music, NYC, January 28, 2023.
Caduceus (2023)
for cello duo and electronics (5 minutes)
Commissioned by Leah Plave and India Gailey
Affine (2023)
for any group of 7+ instruments (10 min)
Commissioned by Alkali Ensemble
Premiered in Halifax, NS, September 17, 2022
mouthfeel (2023)
for improvising ensemble
Commissioned by Upstream Ensemble
Premiered in Halifax, NS, June 25, 2022
plesiosynchronous (2022)
for guitar duo (10 min)
Commissioned by ChromaDuo
Premiered in Toronto, ON, September 17, 2022
threads (2019)
For string trio and string quartet.
Commissioned by Chartreuse Trio, and supported by Canada Council for the Arts.
Studio recording of threads by Chartreuse Trio.
Canadian premiere by Zeehelden Quartet at the Banff Centre in July, 2019.
Tsiyr (2020)
For septet (flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet).
Microtonal work written for Ireland’s KIRKOS Ensemble.
Tsiyr is an Old Hebrew word which means 'pivot of a door' or 'hinge' as well as 'envoy' or 'messenger'. I find the duality of this word beautiful and fascinating, that a physical pivot is in some way the transmitter of messages. This piece has two very different tuning worlds, and only with the use of a 'hinge' or 'messenger' - a pitch which is barely perceptibly common to both, can travel between these universes be reached. Of course, when one moves unnaturally between universes there are disruptions in the stasis.
Live recording of lake strata by the Groundswell Trio, on August 26, 2017.
Live recording of lake strata by the Mise En Ensemble, in NYC on July 28, 2018.
gestures of recoil (2018)
For prepared piano, cello and flute.
Commissioned by Caution Tape Sound Collective, Toronto.
USA premiere at the Hildegard Competition, National Sawdust, NYC.
Studio recording of gestures of recoil by Dorothy Chan (pno), Anna Urrey (fl) and Jeff Zeigler (vc).
Live performance by Dmitry Glivinskiy (pno), Anna Urrey (fl) and Jeff Zeigler (vc) at National Sawdust on June 12, 2018.
Live performance of gestures of recoil by NAT 28 Ensemble on December 8, 2019.
Aperture (2018)
Microtonal / just-intonation work for string quartet.
Commissioned for Tesselat Composers' Collective Inaugural Concert.
Premiered by Clara Kim (violin), Adda Kridler (violin), Jocelin Pan (viola) & Joann Whang (cello) on October 21, 2018 @ Metropolis, NYC
Winner of the Central European String Quartet’s ‘Most Innovative’ Prize.
Pitch-correct MIDI rendering of Aperture
crown of the sun (2019)
For flute, oboe and Bb clarinet.
Commissioned by Exponential Ensemble.
Premiered at The Opera Center, NYC on March 4, 2020.
Mimic (2019)
For bass clarinet, percussion, piano and elec. (stereo or 8-ch).
Written for PIVOT.
Premiered at the Music Gallery, Toronto by Continuum Contemporary Music in March, 2019.
Performance of mimic by Ria Kim (pn.), Mark Adam (perc.) and Jeff Reilly (b.cl.)
MIDI rendering of Resonance