List of Compositions
* indicates works with available recording.
All scores and parts are available for rental and purchase from the Canadian Music Centre.
You can sample some of them here.
| Keep Driving, I’m Dreaming* ballet for orchestra and soundtrack (2016). Commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra and National Arts Centre Dance. |
16m00s |
| Another Living Soul* for string quartet (2016). Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for Fifty for the Future. |
8m00s |
| Darkness is Not Well Lit* for string quartet (2016). Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for Fifty for the Future. |
4m00s |
| Bondarsphere* for orchestra, soundtrack, and film (2016). Commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra. |
16m00s |
| 8-Bit Urbex* for 10 players, soundtrack, and film (2016). Commissioned by the Australian Art Orchestra and the Metropolis New Music Festival. |
16m00s |
| House of Stylus* for piano and turntables (2016). Commissioned by Vancouver New Music. |
20m00s |
| Lynch Études* for piano, soundtrack, and film (2016). Commissioned by Eve Egoyan with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
25m00s |
| The Filthy Fifteen* for percussion, soundtrack, and film (2016). Commissioned by Joby Burgess with the Lancashire Institute for Contemporary Arts. |
10m00s |
| Tarantino Études* for bass flute, soundtrack, and film (2015). Commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
22m00s |
| Isabella Blow at Somerset House* for string quartet (2015). Commissioned by the Cecilia String Quartet with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
16m00s |
| How to Fake Your Own Death* for brass octet, percussion and solo horn (2015). Commissioned by James Sommerville and the Canadian National Brass Project. |
12m00s |
| Family Sing-A-Long and Game Night* for guitar, drum kit, and 1970s board games (2015). Commissioned by The Living Earth Show. |
10m00s |
| Colliding Galaxies: Colour and Tones* for 6 players, soundtrack and film (2015). Commissioned by Continuum/Subtle Technologies with Daniel Cooper and Ed Epstein. |
16m00s |
| Wunderkammer* for piano trio (vln, vc, pno) and chamber orchestra (2015). Commissioned by ECM+/Gryphon Trio with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
25m00s |
| La Callas Fantasie* for soprano, percussion, turntables and film (2015). Commissioned by Tapestry New Opera. |
23m00s |
| Kool-Aid Acid Test #17: Blotterberry Bursst* for sinfonietta, soundtrack and video (2015). Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony/SoundBox. |
33m00s |
| Zoetropes* for reed quintet and Loop Stations (2014). Commissioned by Calefax Reed Quintet. |
12m00s |
| Phonographenlieder* for string quartet, percussion, piano, mezzo soprano and turntablist (2014). Commissioned by la Fondation Arte Musica/Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. |
16m00s |
| Hymns to Pareidolia* for large ensemble and electronics (2014). Commissioned by Soundstreams/the Australian Art Orchestra. |
14m00s |
| Behind the Sound of Music* for orchestra and glitch (soundtrack, film) (2014). Written with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. |
15m00s |
| Katana of Choice* for percussion quartet and drumkit soloist (2014). Commissioned by TorQ Percussion with le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. |
22m00s |
| Hitchcock Études* for string quartet, percussion, and glitch (soundtrack and film) (2014). Commissioned by Music in the Barns. |
20m00s |
| Ouijist* for alto flute, percussion, violin, double bass and electronics (2013). Commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
13m00s |
| Hymnals* for string quartet and electronics (2013). Commissioned by Kronos Quartet with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
16m00s |
| Son of the Man With the Golden Arms* for percussion quartet, 2 electric guitars, and drumkit soloist (2013). Commissioned by Ben Reimer and Architek Percussion. |
18m00s |
| Kubrick Études* for piano and glitch (soundtrack and film) (2013). Commissioned by Megumi Masaki with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
15m00s |
| Lock the Door, Swallow the Key* for brass quintet, electric guitar, drumkit and track (2013). Commissioned by Magnitude6. |
15m00s |
| The Man With the Golden Arms* for chamber ensemble, percussion sextet and drumkit soloist (2012). Commissioned by La Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
22m00s |
| The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop* (Fibre-Optic Flowers) for string quartet and electronics (2012). Commissioned for Kronos Quartet by BBC Radio 3 for the 2012 BBC Proms. | 11m00s |
| 2012: Concerto for Power Trio and Orchestra* (Fantasia on Themes by Rush) for orchestra and solo electric guitar, electric bass, and drum kit (2012). Commissioned by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. | 24m00s |
| White Label Experiment* for percussion quartet and live electronics (2012). Commissioned for So Percussion by Soundstreams/the Royal Conservatory of Music with the Canada Council for the Arts. |
14m00s |
| Bookburners* for violoncello and turntablist (2008/rev.2012). Commissioned by the CBC. | 15m00s |
| Cathedral Mountain* for string orchestra and violin solo (2011). Commissioned by la Société Radio-Canada and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. | 17m00s |
| Music for Body-Without-Organs* for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello (2011). Commissioned by Transmission with the assistance of le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. | 15m00s |
| Traumnovelle* for 7 players and turntablist (2011). [Clarinet, trumpet, piano, 2 percussion, violin, double bass, turntables]. Commissioned by Arraymusic with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | 15m00s |
| Death to Kosmische* for string quartet and electronics (2011). Commissioned by Kronos Quartet with the Margaret Dorfman and the Ralph I. Dorfman Family Fund. | 25m00s |
| Lock the Door, Swallow the Key* for 18 piece big band (2011). Commissioned by the Kaufman Center for the Performing Arts/Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society. | 15m00s |
| Sculptress* for clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello and vintage machines (2010). Commissioned by Standing Wave with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | 17m00s |
| Hitchcock Études* for piano, glitch and film (2010). Commissioned by Megumi Masaki. | 20m00s |
| Dust for percussion, 2 violins, cello and electronica (2010). Commissioned by Event Horizon Dance. | 25m00s |
| Incense and Peppermints* arrangement for orchestra and mezzo soprano (2010). [4 2 2 1/2 2 2 2/cel. hrp 2 perc/7 6 6 4 3/mezzo sop]. Commissioned by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. | 6m00s |
| The Red Room* for string orchestra and harpsichord (2009). [strings: 5 4 3 3 2/amplified harpsichord]. Commissioned by the McGill Chamber Orchestra with the assistance of le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. | 10m00s |
| Pirate Radio for mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet (+bass cl.), perc, violin, double bass (2009). Commissioned by Motion Ensemble. | 12m00s |
| X is for Xerxes* for orchestra (2009). [2 2 2 2/2 hrns/3 perc/pno+cel/hrp/5 4 3 3 2]. Commissioned by l’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | 15m00s |
| Dystopia Suite* for percussion quartet (2009). Commissioned by MATA/So Percussion with the assistance of the James R. and Frederica Rosenfield Foundation. | 18m00s |
| En Campagne for mezzo soprano, percussion, violin, turntables, live voice manipulation. Text by Renée Gagnon (2009). Commissioned by Les Productions[sic] with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | 12m00s |
| Bonjour et sans Demain for bass flute, percussion, turntables, poet. Text by Thierry Dimanche (2009). Commissioned by Les Productions[sic] with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | 10m00s |
| Ringer* for solo drumset (2009). Commissioned by Ben Reimer with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | 15m00s |
| Cryptograms for cello, electronics, and improvised DJ (2008). Commissioned by the CBC. | 12m00s |
| Modern Hearts* for electric guitar solo (+effects) (2008). | 8m00s |
| Promises, Promises* for Fender Rhodes (+effects), piano, percussion, and new wave track (2008). Commissioned by Toca Loca with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | 10m00s |
| Vertigo Beach [À Tom Verlaine]* for solo piano (2007). Commissioned by Brigitte Poulin with the assistance of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. | 15m00s |
| The Small Hours, Parts I and II for tenor saxophone, piano (+toy piano, organ, rhodes), percussion/drum kit, electric guitar (2006–2007). Commissioned by Bradyworks Ensemble with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. | P.1: 13m00s P.2: 12m00s |
| Marsh Chapel Experiment* for 6 players, karaoke tapes and video (2007). [Flute, clarinet, piano/celesta, percussion (+ghetto blaster), violin, cello (+ghetto blaster), video]. Commissioned by Continuum Ensemble with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts. |
16m00s |
| This Will Not Be Televised* for 7 players and turntablist (2005-2007). [2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, turntables]. Commissioned by the CBC. | 21m00s |
| Love Theme 1978 for Simon™ handheld game and percussion (2006). | 4m00s |
| Karappo Okesutura Vol. I and II for 7 players, mezzo soprano and karaoke tapes (2006). [Fl. (+picc., alto), cl. (+b.cl.), keys, perc., gtr, vln, db, mezzo soprano]. Written with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. | 40m00s |
| Nosferatu (Death Ship) for orchestra (2006). Commissioned by the Victoria Symphony Orchestra. | 5m00s |
| Metal Jacket* for tabla and harmonium (2005). Commissioned by Shawn Mativetsky. | 12m00s |
| RPM for large ensemble and solo turntablist (2005 Revision). [Picc. fl., fl., ob., cl. (+b. cl.), bssn, hrn, tpt, tbn, 3 perc., hrp, pno (+cel.), 2 vlns, vla, vc, db, turntables]. | 13m30s |
| Arcadiac* for orchestra, 1970s/1980s Arcade Consoles and video (2005/rev. 2007). [2 2 2 2/4 2 2 1/timp 2 prc/strings, video projection]. Commissioned by l’Association des orchestres de Jeunes du Québec (AOJQ). | 11m30s |
| Timeless Remix for bass clarinet, percussion, and sampler (2004). Commissioned by La Biennale de Montréal in collaboration with ALSOP Architects. | 11m30s |
| 2600 Dollar Man* for 5 players and Atari 2600 Game Console (2004). [Electric guitar, keyboard/sampler, percussion, violin, double bass, Atari 2600, video projection]. Commissioned by Ensemble Kore with the assistance of le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. | 8m00s |
| Jailbreak ‘04 for 6 players (2004). [alto sax, elec. gtr, vln, db, perc, keyboard/sampler]. Commissioned by Ensemble Kore with the assistance of le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. | 8m00s |
| Girl, You’re Living a Life of Crime* for electric guitar, double bass, vibraphone, drum kit, rhodes (2004). | 4m25s |
| King Kong and Fay Wray* for orchestra and solo turntablist (2004). [3 2 3 3/4 2 3 1/timp 3 perc. 2 harps celesta/10 8 7 6 4/turntables,sampler]. Commissioned by l’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal. | 17m00s |
| Album Leaf for viola, piano/rhodes, percussion and turntablist (2003). | 13m30s |
| Live! for virtual orchestra: constructed of samples from my previous works (2003). | 10m00s |
| Left Brain/ Right Brain* for 7 players (2002). [Fl (+picc.), cl (+b.cl.), tpt, tbn, perc, pno, vln, vc, db]. Commissioned by L’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal with the assistance of le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. | 12m00s |
| Télévision* for flute and 2 percussion (2001). Commissioned by Lithium Ensemble. | 12m00s |
| Carpal Tunnels* for alto sax, electric guitar, rhodes piano, double bass, drum kit (2001). | 7m00s |
| Jupiter Moon Menace* for alto sax, electric guitar, rhodes piano, double bass, drum kit (2001). | 5m22s |
| Analogue Out* for 11 players (2001). [Fl., cl. (+b.cl.), alto sax., tpt, tbn, perc, pno, vln, vla, vc, db]. | 10m00s |
| Sumo for 10 players (2001). [Fl., cl., b. cl., bssn, perc., vln, vla, vc, db, solo pno]. | 11m00s |
| Planet Spectra for 2 flutes, 2 cellos, 2 percussion (2001). | 7m30s |
| Throwingstars! for violin, viola, cello, piano (2000). | 8m45s |
| RPM* for large ensemble and solo turntablist (1999). [Picc. fl., fl., ob., cl. (+b. cl.), bssn, hrn, 2 tpts, tbn, 3 perc., hrp, pno (+cel.), 2 vlns, vla, vc, db]. Work for Masters thesis. Premiered by the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble in 1999. | 11m40s |
| Gravitron for flute, clarinet, percussion., piano, violin, cello (1997). | 8m00s |
| *Indicates available recording | |