Music

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Opera

Pay the Piper (2022)
65’
for three soloists, youth chorus, and chamber ensemble
co-created with Anna Appleby, Ailie Robertson, and Ninfea Cruttwell-Read
libretto by Hazel Gould, from the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin
for Glyndebourne

Singing Only Softly (2019)
35’00
chamber opera/song cycle
for two sopranos and piano, or solo soprano and piano
libretto by Monica Pearce
with the support of the Ontario Arts Council
Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes for female opera creators
nominated for two 2020 Dora Mavor Moore Awards
Outstanding New Opera
Outstanding Performance by an Individual, soprano Sara Schabas

Freud / Jung (2016)
25’00
chamber opera
libretto by Duncan McFarlane
for The American Opera Project

Masque
30’00
chamber orchestra, choir, and soloists (2013), 1.0.1.0 | 0.0.0.0 | 1 perc | pno | str quartet
orchestra, choir, and soloists (2015), 2/Picc. 2/E.Hn. 2/Eb Cl. 2 | 4.3.3.1 | timp + 2 | pno | str
libretto by Duncan McFarlane, from Edgar Allan Poe
for Opera 5 (2013) and the Kingston Symphony (2015)

Four Scenes of Loss (2013)
30’00
opera scenes for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and piano
libretti by Nicolas Billon, David Yee, Morris Panych, and Julie Tepperman
for Tapestry Opera's Composer-Librettist Laboratory (LibLab)

Multimedia

Listen to the Chorus (2017)
7’00, looping
immersive outdoor video installation
for Nuit Blanche Toronto
spoken-word poet and three female voices
with Nasim Asgari and Madeleine Co.

Chamber

including voices

Fanfare (2022)
3’
horn quartet
for Glyndebourne and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gone with the Winds (2020)
3’30
wind sextet
for Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Flay (2016)
8’00
soprano, piano, percussion
for Soundstreams

Strange Flesh (2016)
10’00
soprano/mezzo, violin, cello, percussion
for Thin Edge New Music Collective

Troy (2014)
7’00
four vibraphones
for Bang On a Can's Summer Music Festival

Light (2014)
3’30
violin, vibraphone, piano
for Bang On a Can's Summer Music Festival

Two Dreams (2013)
10’00
soprano and string quartet (also arr. for soprano and piano)
for Alexandra Smither
SOCAN Foundation Award

Garden (2012)
12’00
vibraphone and harp
for Angela Schwarzkopf and Michelle Colton
2020 JUNO Award-winning album detach on Redshift Records

Lullabies 
for mezzo-soprano and marimba (2011) 5’30
also available for tenor and marimba (2018)
texts by Walter de la Mare
for Michelle Colton

Moon (2011)
3’30
solo piano
for Wesley Shen

Three Memories for Piano (2008)
9’00
solo piano
for Wesley Shen

Art Song

luna premit (2023)
20’00
song cycle for high voice and piano
text by Anne Michaels and Duncan McFarlane
for the Canadian Art Song Project

hyacinth: songs of the Minotaur (2023)
15’00
song cycle for soprano/mezzo and piano
text by Duncan McFarlane
for SongFest

Breath Alone (2023)
25’00
song cycle for soprano/mezzo and piano
text by Anne Michaels

Singing Only Softly (2019)
35’00
chamber opera/song cycle
for two sopranos and piano, or solo soprano and piano
libretto by Monica Pearce
for Musique 3 Femmes and Loose Tea Music Theatre
with the support of the Ontario Arts Council

Homesung: Four Songs by Wade Hemsworth
15’00
for high voice and piano (2019)
for the Canadian Art Song Project

Kalypso, for soprano and piano (2015)
6’00
text by Duncan McFarlane (on Homer's Odyssey)
for The American Opera Project

Mercy, for soprano and piano (2015)
5’45
text by Duncan McFarlane
for The American Opera Project

Penelope
for soprano and piano (2014)
for mezzo and piano (2020)
8’00
text by Cecilia Livingston (on Homer's Odyssey)
for Alexandra Smither

Give Me Your Hand
for mezzo-soprano and piano (2015)
7’00
text by Duncan McFarlane (on Shakespeare's Macbeth)
for The American Opera Project

The Dismantled Ship, for tenor and piano (2016)
4’00
text by Walt Whitman
for The American Opera Project

The Wisdom of Yogi Berra, for baritone and piano (2016)
2’00
text by Duncan McFarlane (on quotations from Yogi Berra)
for The American Opera Project

Who Has Seen the Wind?, for bass-baritone and piano (2016)
7’00
text by Duncan McFarlane
for The American Opera Project

Parting, soprano and piano (2012)
5’00
text by Jane Lew
for the Vancouver International Song Institute's 2012 Art Song Lab

please inquire about other art song, including songs for young voices

Large Ensemble

Breath Alone (2023), for soprano/mezzo and orchestra
25’00
text by Anne Michaels
2/Picc.2.2.2/contra | 4.3.3.1 | timp+2 | hp | sop/mezzo | str

mark (2023)
40’
viola, baritone, chorus, percussion, and celeste
text by Duncan McFarlane
for Soundstreams

Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage and Die Lorelei, for mezzo and orchestra
5’00
Clara Schumann, arr. Livingston
for the National Arts Centre Orchestra
2.2.2.2 | 4.1.1.0 | timp+1 | sop/mezzo | str

Paula from Breath Alone (2023), for soprano/mezzo and chamber orchestra
7’00
text by Anne Michaels
for Hera Hyesang Park and Deutsche Grammophon
1.1.1.1 | 1.0.0.0 | 2 perc | hp | sop/mezzo | str quintet

Last Acts (2018), miniature for orchestra
2’00
for Glyndebourne’s 2018 Tour

Leap of the Heart (2017)
miniature for orchestra
2.2.2.2 | 4.2.3.1 | timp + 2 | str
2’00
Canada Mosaic co-commission
for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
and the Kingston Symphony

Masque (2015)
30’00
opera for orchestra, choir, and soloists
2/Picc. 2/E.Hn. 2/Eb Cl. 2 | 4.3.3.1 | timp + 2 | pno | str
(see Opera, above)

Noyade (2014)
8’00
chamber orchestra
2/Picc.0.2/BCl.0 | 0.0.0.0 | 2 perc | pno | gtr | str quartet
for Bang On a Can's Summer Music Festival

Starve (2013, rev. 2018)
9’00
string orchestra, min. 3.3.2.2.1
for the Canadian Contemporary Music Workshop

Vocal Ensemble

mark (2023)
40’
viola, baritone, chorus, percussion, and celeste
text by Duncan McFarlane
for Soundstreams

Capture (2022)
20’
SATB with cello solo
text by Duncan McFarlane
for Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of the Performing Arts

ex remedia amoris (2020)
5’00
SSAA
text by Duncan McFarlane
for Hillary LaBonte

Kiss Goodnight (2012, rev. 2016)
6’00
a cappella men's choir and countertenor soloist
text by Cecilia Livingston
Pro Coro Canada Choral Series at Leading Note

Dear Illusion (2015)
5’00
a cappella men's choir
text by E. J. Pratt

Three Songs For Sara (2011)
9’00
SSAA choir with piano accompaniment (also arranged for piano quintet accompaniment)
texts by Sara Teasdale
for the Vespera Ensemble

Dona Nobis Pacem (2011)
2’40
SAA a cappella choir
for the Cantabile Chamber Singers