Works
* 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.
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Games People Play* for string quartet and percussion quartet (2018).
Commissioned by the Penderecki String Quartet and TorQ Percussion with the Canada Council for the Arts.14m00s
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The Criterion Collection* version for string quartet, soundtrack, and video (2018).
Commissioned by Friction Quartet.24m00s
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I Still Think About You* for solo percussion (2018).
Commissioned for Ryan Scott and Soundstreams by Michael and Sonya Koerner.14m00s
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The Bessborough Hotel* for piano quartet (2018).
Commissioned by Ensemble Made in Canada.4m00s
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Folk Noir/Canadiana* for 4 vlns, 2 vlas, 2 vc, db, 4 percussion, soundtrack, and video (2018).
Commissioned by Collectif 9 and Architek Percussion with the Canada Council for the Arts.14m00s
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La terre a des maux* for full orchestra and solo vocalist/rapper (2018).
Commissioned by l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.15m00s
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Tarantino Études (Doppelgänger and Duel)* for two bass flutes, soundtrack, and video (2017).
Commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor and Jeff Stonehouse with the Canada Council for the Arts.22m00s
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Urbexploitation (Leave Nothing But Footprints, Break Nothing But Silence)* for vln, vla, vc, hrpschrd, soundtrack, and video (2017).
Commissioned by Nordic Affect and the Transit Festival.13m00s
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Legacy of Love* for full orchestra, voice, soundtrack, and video (2017).
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony.12m00s
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Malfunctionlieder* for solo voice (Soprano, Mezzo), piano, soundtrack, and video (2017).
Commissioned by the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition with the Canada Council for the Arts.12m00s
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Sasktronica* for trumpet, percussion, turntables/electronics, soundtrack, and video (2017).
Commissioned by Amy Horvey and Innovations en Concert with the Canada Council for the Arts.30m00s
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Black MIDI* for solo string quartet, orchestra, soundtrack, and video (2017).
Commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Kronos Quartet with the Canada Council for the Arts.22m00s
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Softcore* for piano, percussion, electronics, soundtrack, and video (2017).
Commissioned for Vicky Chow and Ben Reimer by Music on Main.12m00s
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Keep Driving, I’m Dreaming* ballet for orchestra and soundtrack (2016).
Commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra and National Arts Centre Dance.30m00s
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Another Living Soul* for string quartet (2016).
Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for Fifty for the Future.8m00s
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Darkness is Not Well Lit* for string quartet (2016).
Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for Fifty for the Future.4m00s
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Bondarsphere* for orchestra, soundtrack, and film (2016).
Commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra.16m00s
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8-Bit Urbex* for 10 players, soundtrack, and film (2016).
Commissioned by the Australian Art Orchestra and the Metropolis New Music Festival.16m00s
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House of Stylus* for piano and turntables (2016).
Commissioned by Vancouver New Music.20m00s
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The Filthy Fifteen* for percussion, soundtrack, and film (2016).
Commissioned by Joby Burgess with the Lancashire Institute for Contemporary Arts.10m00s
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Tarantino Études* for bass flute, soundtrack, and film (2015).
Commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor with the Canada Council for the Arts.22m00s
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Isabella Blow at Somerset House* for string quartet (2015).
Commissioned by the Cecilia String Quartet with the Canada Council for the Arts.16m00s
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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
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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
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Wunderkammer* for piano trio (vln, vc, pno) and chamber orchestra (2015).
Commissioned by ECM+/Gryphon Trio with the Canada Council for the Arts.25m00s
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La Callas Fantasie* for soprano, percussion, turntables and film (2015).
Commissioned by Tapestry New Opera.23m00s
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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
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Hymns to Pareidolia* for large ensemble and electronics (2014).
Commissioned by Soundstreams/the Australian Art Orchestra.14m00s
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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
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Hitchcock Études* for string quartet, percussion, and glitch (soundtrack and film) (2014).
Commissioned by Music in the Barns.20m00s
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Ouijist* for alto flute, percussion, violin, double bass and electronics (2013).
Commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor with the Canada Council for the Arts.13m00s
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Hymnals* for string quartet and electronics (2013).
Commissioned by Kronos Quartet with the Canada Council for the Arts.16m00s
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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
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Kubrick Études* for piano and glitch (soundtrack and film) (2013).
Commissioned by Megumi Masaki with the Canada Council for the Arts.15m00s
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Lock the Door, Swallow the Key* for brass quintet, electric guitar, drumkit and track (2013).
Commissioned by Magnitude6.15m00s
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cathedral Mountain* for string orchestra and violin solo (2011). Commissioned by la Société Radio-Canada and the McGill Chamber Orchestra.17m00s
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dystopia Suite* for percussion quartet (2009). Commissioned by MATA/So Percussion with the assistance of the James R. and Frederica Rosenfield Foundation.18m00s
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Love Theme 1978 for Simon™ handheld game and percussion (2006).4m00s
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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
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Metal Jacket* for tabla and harmonium (2005). Commissioned by Shawn Mativetsky.12m00s
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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
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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
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Timeless Remix for bass clarinet, percussion, and sampler (2004). Commissioned by La Biennale de Montréal in collaboration with ALSOP Architects.11m30s
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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
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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
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Girl, You’re Living a Life of Crime* for electric guitar, double bass, vibraphone, drum kit, rhodes (2004).4m25s
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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
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Album Leaf for viola, piano/rhodes, percussion and turntablist (2003).13m30s
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Live! for virtual orchestra: constructed of samples from my previous works (2003).10m00s
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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
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Télévision* for flute and 2 percussion (2001). Commissioned by Lithium Ensemble.12m00s
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Carpal Tunnels* for alto sax, electric guitar, rhodes piano, double bass, drum kit (2001).7m00s
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Jupiter Moon Menace* for alto sax, electric guitar, rhodes piano, double bass, drum kit (2001).5m22s
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Analogue Out* for 11 players (2001). [Fl., cl. (+b.cl.), alto sax., tpt, tbn, perc, pno, vln, vla, vc, db].10m00s
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Sumo for 10 players (2001). [Fl., cl., b. cl., bssn, perc., vln, vla, vc, db, solo pno].11m00s
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Planet Spectra for 2 flutes, 2 cellos, 2 percussion (2001).7m30s
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Throwingstars! for violin, viola, cello, piano (2000).8m45s
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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
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Gravitron for flute, clarinet, percussion., piano, violin, cello (1997).8m00s
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*Indicates available recording