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Writing Music With Children

I relate my own craft to the creative spirit of children because I aspire to be as uninhibited creatively as they are. To that end, I took a creative dive with my daughter this past summer. I transcribed some songs she sung to me and recorded them with a colleague. The results are quite marvelous:

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My Trip To World Music Days In Lisbon

The annual ISCM World (New) Music Days Festival is organized each year by a different host. The festival presents music from each of our members, showcasing the incredible diversity of musical practice in our time. I was invited to attend this year…

Chor Leoni’s Premiere Of Au Clair De La Lune

Au Clair De La Lune was written for Chor Leoni’s annual C/4 Composition Competition and performed in Vancouver, BC on June 14th, 2024. The funny story was that June 14th was my birthday – the other part of the funny story was…

My First Foray Into Christmas Choral Music

A wizened old choral leader once told me, “If you’re in the choir business, you’re in the Christmas business!”. Meaning, of course, that Christmas music is a major money maker for singing organizations. He was/is right. In North America, there is a…

Featured Works

“Alouette Meets Her Maker” is a tone poem for chamber choir in which the choir imitates a satellite falling out of orbit and crashing into the earth below. The satellite in question so happens to be the first Canadian satellite, the Alouette I.
A dark setting of the text, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” for mixed chorus. A director once described this work as a miniature secular mass (Complete with an, “Amen” at the end).
“Where The Moon Goes” is a choral work for mixed chorus, cello, and harp. It’s one of my favourite pieces of mine – it’s very satisfying to sing and leaves a big impression on the audience.
“Patrick Stewart Bakes A Cake” – A tuneful string quartet built on a restless bed of syncopation. My artistic team produced an award-winning music video that toured the festival circuit. You have so many questions about the title.