List of Works

Recordings linked in descriptions, on Deutsche Grammophon’s Stage+, or on Soundcloud.

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Opera

new work, Canadian Opera Company
details to be announced

Fall River, the legend of Lizzie Borden (2026)
80’00
libretto by Michael Patrick Albano
for the University of Toronto Faculty of Music
made possible through the generous support of Denton Creighton and Kristine Vikmanis
and the Roger D. Moore Distinguished Visitor in Composition Fund at the Faculty of Music

Pay the Piper (2022)
65’00
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, from the life of Anne Frank
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’s ‘Masque of the Red Death’
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 Nasim Asgari and Madeleine Co.
watch on Vimeo or on Score Follower

Large Ensemble

Breath Alone (2024), for soprano/mezzo and orchestra
25’00
text by Anne Michaels, on the lives of artists Eva Hesse, Nelly Sachs, and Paula Modersohn-Becker
2/Picc.2.2.2/contra | 4.3.3.1 | timp+2 | hp | sop/mezzo | str

mark (2023), for viola, baritone, SATB choir, percussion, and celeste
40’00
text by Duncan McFarlane, on the art of Mark Rothko and the Rothko Chapel
for Soundstreams

Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage and Die Lorelei (2023), 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

Chamber

including voices

After the Wind (2025), string quartet
5’00
for the New Orford String Quartet

Fanfare (2022), horn quartet
3’00
for Glyndebourne and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, on Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers

Gone with the Winds (2020), wind sextet
3’30
for Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
(0.2.2.2)

Seaglass (2020), solo piano
1’00
for Jani Parsons and Latitude 49

Flay (2016), for soprano, piano, percussion
8’00
text by Duncan McFarlane
for Soundstreams

Strange Flesh (2016), for soprano/mezzo, violin, cello, percussion
10’00
text by Duncan McFarlane, on the art of Alberto Burri
for Thin Edge New Music Collective

Troy (2014), for four vibraphones
7’00
for Bang On a Can's Summer Music Festival, on the art of Anselm Kiefer

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

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

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

Lullabies (2011), for mezzo and marimba (also arr. for tenor, marimba; for mezzo, vla, vc, pno)
5’30
texts by Walter de la Mare (d. 1956)
for Michelle Colton
listen on Spotify, with mezzo Emily D’Angelo (arr. for voice, piano, guitar)

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

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

Art Song

Nothing Can End (2025), song cycle for baritone and piano
15’00
for the Brooklyn Art Song Society

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

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

Breath Alone (2023), song cycle for soprano/mezzo and piano
25’00
text by Anne Michaels, on the lives of artists Eva Hesse, Nelly Sachs, and Paula Modersohn-Becker

Salt Air, song cycle for soprano and piano
18’00
texts by Duncan McFarlane and Cecilia Livingston, on Homer's Odyssey
Kalypso, 6’00 (2015, for the American Opera Project)
Circe, 3’30 (2025, for Laura Strickling)
Penelope, 8’00 (2014, for Alexandra Smither); also available for mezzo and piano

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Parting (2012), for soprano and piano
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

Vocal Ensemble

mark (2023), for viola, baritone, SATB choir, percussion, and celeste
40’00
text by Duncan McFarlane, on the art of Mark Rothko and the Rothko Chapel
for Soundstreams

Capture (2022), for SATB with cello solo
20’00
text by Duncan McFarlane, on the Unicorn Tapestries
for Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of the Performing Arts

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

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

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

Three Songs For Sara (2011), for SSAA choir with piano (also arr. with piano quintet)
9’00
texts by Sara Teasdale

Dona Nobis Pacem (2011), for SAA a cappella choir
2’40

Bright Wings (2011), for SATB a cappella choir
6’00
text by Gerard Manley Hopkins