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credentials

• experience in various compositional styles for all instrument combinations

serialism, 12-tone, minimalism, jazz composition, contemporary, electronic, multicultural,
choral, classical (tonal writing), scoring to visuals (all types of broadcast media)

• compositions performed nationally and internationally

 
• recipient of the 1997-1998 Millican Award (Berklee College of Music)

 
• recipient of the ORMTA class "c" competition

 
• extensive studies in composition :

Jack M Jarrett (Boston, MA)
Donald McDonnell (Boston, MA)
Thomas J. McGah (Boston, MA)
Jerry Gates (Boston, MA)
Leroy H. Southers (Boston, MA)
Clyde H. Wityer (Boston, MA)
Richard Davis (Boston, MA)
Jonathan Klein (Boston, MA)
Wayne Naus (Boston, MA)
Jack Behrens (London, Ontario)
Gail Dixon (London, Ontario)

discography
 
 

1991 IBS - Intrada (Fanfare & Chorale) (click)

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anthology
 

           Filmography (1997-2000) - (click here)

2000 - "Sister's"- original composition for orchestra and solo piano, premiered by Orchestra London, with
          John Regan (solo piano), Dave Martin, Conductor

2000 - "Boogies Stride 'N Boogie" (1st Movement of "Canada Swings")- original composition for orchestra and solo piano,
          premiered by Orchestra London, with Dean Harrison (solo piano), Dave Martin, Conductor

1999 - "St. Giles Fanfare" - composition for trumpet, horn, and trombone, commissioned for The Inter-Provincial Music
          Camp Scholarship Concert, premiered by Terry Samuel (trumpet), Ronald George (horn), and Geoff Gander
          (trombone) - (adapted for 3 horns, recorded by Tim Lockwood, french horn)

1999 - "Sithi bamba Siyayilanda - Dare To Care" - original composition for two choirs,two flutes,piano, and percussion,
          Commissioned by Entral United Church, St. Thomas, Ontario, premiered at a millennium celebratory service,
          Gillian Laidlaw, Conductor

1999 - "A Millennium Portrait" - original composition for Concert Band, Commissioned by John McCrae Secondary
          School, Ottawa, Ontario, Robert Denney, Conductor, premiered at the official opening of John McCrae S.S.

1999 - "Festival Fanfare and Theme" - original composition for Concert Band, Commissioned by Sir Wilfrid Laurier
          Secondary School, Orleans, Ontario, Richard Arrigo, Conductor,premiered at the 1999 Tulip Festival (Ottawa, Ontario)

1998 - "A Lil' Island Music"- original composition for brass ensemble, percussion, piano, bass, drums, and solo Trumpet,
          premiered by Brassroots with Guido Basso (trumpet), Bramwell Gregson, Conductor (DAT Recording)

1998 - "Sister's"- original composition for brass ensemble, percussion, and flügel horn duet, premiered by Brassroots with
          Paul Stevenson and Julie Meyers (flügel horn), Bramwell Gregson, Conductor (DAT Recording)

1998 - "Blue Nostagia"- original composition for studio orchestra, with piano solo, premiered in Boston, Massachusetts,
          at the Berklee Performance Center, commissioned by the Professional Writing Division at Berklee College of Music,
          for the "Professional Writing Division Awards Concert", Jeff Christmas, Conductor
         Winner of the 1997/1998 Millican Award

1998 - "Continuum" - original composition for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Violoncello, and Harp, premiered in Boston,
          Massachusetts

1998 - "Fugue in F Major" - original composition for string quartet

1998 - "S'mor Music" - original composition for piano

1998 - "Hallucinating" - original composition for vibraphone and contrabass, premiered in Boston, Massachusetts

1998 - "Dust To Dust" - original composition for french horn and piano, premiered in London, Ontario by Tim Lockwood (horn)
          and Wendy Christmas (piano)

1997 - "Project One" - original composition for violin and contrabass

1997 - "Buoyancy" - original composition for violoncello and piano

1997 - "Canon in G Minor" - original composition for keyboard

1997 - "Final Invention" - original composition for keyboard

1997 - "Annie and Charles Fanfare"- original composition for brass quintet, premiered in Sarnia, Ontario, performed by
          Paul Stevenson: Trumpet, Chris Coyle: Trumpet, Tim Lockwood: Horn, Karl Hermann: Trombone, John Lam: Tuba

1997 - "Half Mast"- original composition for brass ensemble and  percussion, premiered by Brassroots, Bramwell Gregson,
          Conductor (DAT Recording)

1996 - "Atlanta (Olympic Dream)"- original composition for brass ensemble and  percussion, premiered by Brassroots
          Bramwell Gregson, Conductor (DAT Recording)

1996 - "Fanfare and O Canada"- original composition for brass and percussion, premiered at The Opening of the Third
          International Symposium for Olympic Research, Bramwell Gregson, Conductor

1995 -  "(The) Warburton Arms"- original composition for piano solo, premiered by Wendy Christmas (DAT Recording)

1995 - "(The) Warburton Arms"- original composition for piano solo transcribed for brass ensemble, percussion, and solo flügel
          horn, premiered by Brassroots with Julie Meyers (flügel horn), James White, Conductor

1992 - "Fanfare Regalis"- original composition for brass ensemble and  percussion, premiered by Brassroots, James White,
          Conductor (DAT Recording)

1991 - "IBS- Intrada (Fanfare & Chorale)"- original composition for brass  quintet, premiered in Spiegelzelt, performed by
          The International Brass Soloists: Erik Schultz: Trumpet, James Watson: Trumpet, Ifor James: Horn, Stanley Clarke:
          Trombone, Michael Lind: Tuba (CD Recording)

1982 - "You Never Know About Tomorrow" - original composition for Piano,  Bass, Drums, and Vibraphone
        Winner of ORMTA Class "C" Competition
 
 
 

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• "Fanfare to ‘Deep Harmony'" - original composition for brass band, premiered by the London Citadel Band, Bramwell Gregson, Conductor, (CD Recording)

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