SELECTED WORKS

OPERA & THEATRE

Co-created by Luke Hathaway and Benton Roark
Duration: ca. 60 minutes
Instrumentation: 5 traditional singers, including and/or plus guitar, banjo, hammered dulcimer, psaltery, fiddle, accordion, piano, dobro, percussion, double bass

Notes: Sparse in construction, timeless in imagery, arcane in meaning, and proto-mythical in characters and narrative, The Sign of Jonas superimposes personal apocalypse on environmental and cultural collapse. It imagines a song cycle lost and found: a musical manuscript orphaned by the cataclysms of the 21st century, and rewakened to ritual life far in the future. The fragmentary text speaks of travelling, of death and rebirth, of decay and regeneration; the music is a ritualized series of part songs, responsorials, chants, chorales, and incantations, performed as a folk-music-pageant-mystery-play, complete with communal singing and other forms of audience participation. When our lives end, they continue in one another.

Workshop information:

11.9-11.21 | FIRST LIGHT COMMUNITY CENTRE, COCHRANE ST. | ST. JOHN’S, NL

Pamela Morgan – vocals, hammered dulcimer, guitar; Carole Bestvater – fiddle, vocals; Sandy Morris – dobro, slide guitar; Michelle LaCour – psaltery, accordion, audio engineering; Paddy Byrne – double bass; Jack Etchegary – percussion; Benton Roark – composer and vocals, banjo, guitar, piano; Kathleen Allan – music director and soprano; Debi Wong – dramaturge and mezzo; Luke Hathaway – poet/librettist 

Photos: Christopher Deacon

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Co-created by Debi Wong, Michael Hidetoshi Mori, and Benton Roark; Music: Benton Roark.
Duration: ca. 50 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano, two mezzo-sopranos, piano/keyboard, microtonal keyboard/electric guitar/synthesizer

Notes (excerpted from www.tapestryopera.com): TAP:EX Augmented Opera, delves into the world of analog and digital storytelling augmentation, challenging our notion of what is real. TAP:EX Augmented Opera invites us to submerge ourselves in a night of experiential and experimental opera. 

Conceived by Tapestry Opera’s Artistic Director Michael Hidetoshi Mori, composer Benton Roark, and co-director Debi Wong, TAP:EX Augmented Opera explores the ways we experience memories: how they are sometimes completely sensory, how specific ones haunt us, and how they change over lifetimes. We live in a world that pushes us to extend or augment our lived experiences through technology. This TAP:EX explores all of these mnemonic possibilities framed through a Silicon Valley product launch. The audience is invited as the first guests to learn about Elysium, a new cloud-based technology that reimagines the afterlife as a perfect curation of our best memories. 

Vanessa Oude-Reimerink, Lyndsay Promane, Lauren Segal (last seen as M’dea in M’Dea Undone), and pianist Michael Shannon bring TAP:EX Augmented Opera to life. The three singers embody different aspects of our heroine Eurydice’s memory; they are fantasy futures she did not live, raw experiences she never processed. These powerhouse performers represent layers of perception, triggered by the happy memory uploader, Elysium. 

In association with re:Naissance Opera

11.20-23.19 | SIDEWALK LABS | TAPESTRY OPERA | TORONTO, ON

Michael Hidetoshi Mori: co-direction; Debi Wong: co-direction/CEO-Elysium/Calliope; Michael Shannon: music direction/piano/keyboard; Vanessa Oude-Reimerink: Eurydice A; Lyndsay Promane: Eurydice B; Lauren Segal: Eurydice C; Benton Roark: microtonal keyboard (Lumatone), electric guitar, synthesizer; Jacqueline Costa: set and lighting design; Guillermo Subauste: sound design and engineering; Lisa Traini: stage management; Wes Babcock; production management

Press: “a compact, experimental success…Benton Roark’s music evades labels, but nods audibly to Philip Glass, Richard Strauss, Thom Yorke, Moby and J.S. Bach. And though it seems odd to consider organicism here, Roark’s sound palette, shared by acoustic and electric instruments, is a perfect fit for the venue” (The Globe and Mail);

“a haunting success…The dark soundscape (Benton Roark) that follows is both haunting and beautiful, and the unabashed triumph of the evening” (Opera Canada);

“evocative and soothing…cutting-edge” (Schmopera)

Photos: Dahlia Katz

Libretto: Katherine Koller; Music: Benton Roark
Duration: ca. 100 minutes
Instrumentation: two sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone; spatialized flute choir, ensemble

Notes: a contemporary operatic setting of the myth of the Handless Maiden; commissioned by Tempest Flute Ensemble

6.17-19.19 | WORKSHOP PRESENTATION | PACIFIC SPIRIT UNITED CHURCH | TEMPEST FLUTE ENSEMBLE | VANCOUVER, BC

A workshop presentation with the Tempest Flute Ensemble (Mark Takeshi McGregor, director), featuring Teiya Kasahara: soprano; Heather Pawsey: soprano; Debi Wong: mezzo-soprano; Scott Rumble: tenor; Tyler Simpson: baritone; Brian Nesselroad: percussion; Noel McRobbie: piano; Kathleen Allan: conductor; Brenna Corner: stage director

4.27,30.19 | VANCOUVER OPERA FESTIVAL | QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE | REDSHIFT MUSIC | VANCOUVER, BC

A performance of Scene 3 at the Vancouver Opera Festival, featuring: Heather Pawsey: soprano; Debi Wong: mezzo-soprano; Alireza Mojibian: baritone; Mark McGregor: flute; Adrian Verdejo: electric guitar; Alexander Kramer: cell; Brian Nesselroad: percussion; Kathleen Allan: conductor; produced by Redshift Music

6.18.17 | CASSE-TETE FESTIVAL | THEATRE NORTHWEST | PRINCE GEORGE, BC

An aria excerpt with Melanie Taylor: mezzo-soprano; Mark McGregor: flute; The Redshift Array

9.21-23.12 | TAPESTRY OPERA BRIEFS | ERNEST BALMER STUDIO | TAPESTRY OPERA | TORONTO, ON

A performance of one scene in development with: Keith Klassen: tenor; Alison Cecilia Arends: soprano; Andrea Ludwig: mezzo-soprano; Geoffrey Sirrett: baritone; Jennifer Tung: mezzo-soprano; Chris Foley: piano; Lesley Abarquez Bradley: lighting design; Michael Mori: direction

Libretto: Julie Tepperman; Music: Benton Roark
Duration: ca. 60 minutes
Producer: Tapestry Opera
Instrumentation: two sopranos, mezzo-soprano, two tenors, baritone; accordion, guitar, piano, percussion

Notes: commissioned by Tapestry Opera; The place is Toronto’s Don Valley in the year 1880.  George Taylor and a traveling Gilbert & Sullivan theatrical troupe The Vagabonds, celebrate the 25th anniversary of his paper mill.  Meanwhile, Jeremiah, the leader of a local small-potatoes bandit group called The Rift Rafters has just discovered a long-hidden secret about his own identity and summons the audience in helping him break into Taylor’s house to obtain the evidence he needs. This is a site-specific work where the audience follows several characters and story lines all over the historic Todmorden Mills . . . perhaps some people will even find themselves summoned to be players on the stage!

9.EVERY WEEKEND.17 | TODMORDEN MILLS | TAPESTRY OPERA | TORONTO, ON

Direction: Michael Hidetoshi Mori

Keith Klassen: Jeremiah (tenor, guitar); Jennifer Taverner: Lily (soprano, piano); Alexander Dobson: George (baritone, recorder); Stephanie Tritchew: Birgitta (mezzo-soprano, percussion); Jacques Arsenault: Freddy (tenor, accordion); Sara Schabas: Henrietta (soprano, piano and recorder)

Press: “delight new production,” “great fun,” “The real joy of the production lies in the music and performances” NOW Toronto 

Photos: Dahlia Katz

Libretto: Lucia Frangione; Music: Benton Roark
Duration: ca. 120 minutes
Producer: Fugue Theatre (with development support by Turning Point Ensemble)

Instrumentation/cast: four singers (SSTB), clarinet, piano, percussion, double bass

Notes: a darkly ridiculous operetta; commissioned by Fugue Theatre

10.30-11.8.16 | STUDIO 16 | FUGUE THEATRE | VANCOUVER, BC

Sarah Rodgers: Direction; Kathleen Allan: Musical Direction; William Hopkins: Assistant Director; Kimberley-Ann Bartczak: Associate Music Director and Rehearsal Pianist; Drew Facey: Set and Costume designer; Gerald King: Lighting Design; Lucy Pratt-Johnson: Stage Manager; Damon Jang: Publicity; Nicholas Jacques: Production Manager; Mark Halliday: Photography/Videography   

Laura Di Cicco: Isola/Sasha; Kerry van der Griend: JB/Buddy; Simon Webb: Danny/Jacques; Karen Ydenberg: Carol/Ruby; James Dandifer:Clarinet; Kimberley-Ann Bartczak:Piano; Meaghan Williams:Double Bass; Martin Fisk: Percussion

Press: “one of the most unique theatrical experiences currently on Vancouver stages” (Vancity Buzz); “trots along the fine line of simple fun and thoughtful discourse”(Living Myth Magazine)

Libretto: Hannah Moscovitch; Music: Benton Roark
Duration: ca. 20 minutes
Producer: Tapestry Opera

Notes: The Whisky Opera consists of four scenes based on The Bush Brooks Gang, a 19th century organized crime gang based in Toronto’s Don Valley; commissioned by Tapestry Opera

11.13-16.14 | BOOSTER SHOTS | ERNEST BALMER STUDIO | TAPESTRY OPERA | TORONTO, ON

Direction: Michael Hidetoshi Mori

Carla Huhtanen: soprano; Krisztina Szabo: mezzo-soprano; Keith Klassen: tenor; Alex Dobson: baritone

Press: “exuberant, light-hearted”, “ardent and soaring” (The National Post)l “raw and amusing.” (NOW Toronto)

Photos: Dahlia Katz

Libretto: Lindsay Cuff; Music: Benton Roark
Duration: ca. 90 minutes
Instrumentation: soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), clarinet/bass clarinet, electric guitar, violin/viola, percussion, double bass

7.5.12| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE OF GREATER VANCOUVER | VANCOUVER, BC | WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

Producer: Benton Roark/Jordan Nobles/Redshift Music. Marguerite Witvoet: Music Director; Richard Wolfe: Stage Director; Megan Morrison: The Dreamer; Joshua McFaul: The Traveler; Alex McMorran: The Diver; Lucy Smith: Nurse/Inquisitor 1; Melanie Adams: Nurse/Inquisitor 2; Shane Raman: Doctor/Inquisitor; Steven Bélanger: Anesthesiologist/Head Inquisitor; Molly MacKinnon: Violin; Caroline Gauthier: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet; Adrian Verdejo: Electric Guitar; Mark Haney: Double-bass; Brian Nesselroad: Percussion; Courtenay Grant: Swimmer 1/choreography; Aly Plecash: Swimmer 2

Videographer: Yana Kehrlein; Sound recording and diffusion: Jon Bitze; Photography: Diane Smithers

6.18.13 | ERNEST BALMER STUDIO | TORONTO, ON | WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

Benton Roark/Tapestry Opera: Producer; Michael Mori: Stage Director; Kathleen Allan: Music Director; Andrea Ludwig: The Dreamer; Alex Dobson: The Traveler; Keith Klassen: The Diver; Carla Huhtanen: Nurse/Inquisitor 1; Stephanie Tritchew: Nurse/Inquisitor 2; Christopher Mayell: Doctor/Inquisitor; Peter McGillivray: Anesthesiologist/Head Inquisitor; Gregory Oh: Pianist; David Schotzko: Percussionist; Yulia Shtern: Costume and Prop Designer; David de Grow: Lighting Technician

Videographer: Yana Kehrlein; Assistant Videographer: Janice Joo

Libretto: Daphne Marlatt; Music: Dorothy Chang (Act I), Benton Roark (Act 2), Jennifer Butler (Act 3), Farshid Samandari (Act 4)
Duration: ca. 120 minutes
Producer: Vancouver Pro Music & Tomoe Arts
Instrumentation: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, flute, cello, percussion

12.2-4.11| THE FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE | VANCOUVER, BC

Notes: commissioned by Vancouver Pro Musica, Tomoe Arts, and UBC

Benton Roark/Vancouver Pro Music/Tomoe Arts: Producer; Colleen Lank: Direction; Marguerite Witvoet: Musical direction; Yulia Shtern: Costume and set design; Craig Alfredson: Lighting and projection design; Dani Fecko: Stage Management

Melanie Adams: Maple Tree Spirit; Michael Mori: Asahi Ball Player; Margo Levae: Madam; Lawrence Cotton: Cop; Joseph Bulman: Runaway; Mark McGregor: flute; Brian Nesselroad: percussion; Lee Duckles: cello.

Photos: Tim Matheson

Text: Guillaume Pigé; Music: Benton Roark
Duration: ca. 60 minutes (Music suite: ca. 20 minutes)
Producer: Théatre Re
Instrumentation: actor, flute, percussion

Notes: commissioned by Théatre Re

2012| CENTRE CULTUREL LE POINT DU JOUR | PARIS

2011| LE THEATRE DE L’IRIS | VILLEURBANNE

2011| LE THEATRE DES CLOCHARDS CELESTES | LYON

2011| TRISTAN BATES THEATRE | LONDON

2009| DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL | DUBLIN

2008| EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL | EDINBURGH

Nicolàs Rodríguez Galvis: Dramaturge; Veronica Dyas (Dublin performances): Creative producer; John Quigley (Ciaran O’Melia for Dublin performances): Lighting designer & Technical manager

Recording: Flute: Mark McGregor; Percussion: Brian Nesselroad

7.2012 | VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE | VANCOUVER PRO MUSICA | VANCOUVER, BC

Butoh-inspired dancer/choreographer: Carolyn Chan; Flute: Mark McGregor; Percussion: Brian Nesselroad

Video: Clancy Dennehy

CHORAL & VOCAL

Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Text: Anonymous (“Kingwood,” Sacred Harp 266)
Instrumentation: eight singers (SATBx2), electric guitar, percussion, keyboard, violin, cello

Notes: part of the Dystopia Lost cycle

9.27.2018 | MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY | ARKORA | VANCOUVER, BC

Kathleen Allan: conductor; Jane Long, Alicia Hansen: soprano; Hilary Ison, Debi Wong: alto; Noah Horn, Taka Shimojima: tenor; Tyler Simpson, David McCune: bass; Brendon Randall-Myers: electric guitar; Miranda Wong: keyboard; Jonny Allen: drum kit; Jae-won Bang: violin; Rebecca Wenham: cello

Co-produced by Arkora and Redshift Music Society

Lighting design: Jeff Harrison; Videography and photography: Angela Stearns

Duration: ca. 7 minutes
Text: Roark
Instrumentation: eight singers (SATBx2), electric guitar, percussion, keyboard, violin, cello

Notes: part of the Dystopia Lost cycle

9.27.2018 | MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY | ARKORA | VANCOUVER, BC

Kathleen Allan: conductor; Jane Long, Alicia Hansen: soprano; Hilary Ison, Debi Wong: alto; Noah Horn, Taka Shimojima: tenor; Tyler Simpson, David McCune: bass; Brendon Randall-Myers: electric guitar; Miranda Wong: keyboard; Dan Morphy: microtonal marimba; Jae-won Bang: violin; Rebecca Wenham: cello

Co-produced by Arkora and Redshift Music Society

Lighting design: Jeff Harrison; Videography and photography: Angela Stearns

Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Text: excerpted from Adonais, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Instrumentation: eight singers (SATBx2), electric guitar, percussion, keyboard, violin, cello

Notes: part of the Dystopia Lost cycle

9.27.2018 | MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY | ARKORA | VANCOUVER, BC

Kathleen Allan: conductor; Jane Long, Arianne Abela: soprano; Hilary Ison, Erik Kallo: alto; Noah Horn, Ian Bannerman: tenor; Dashon Burton, David McCune: bass; Brendon Randall-Myers: electric guitar; Kim Bartczak: piano; Dan Morphy: microtonal marimba; Benton Roark: singing bowls; Jae-won Bang: violin; Rebecca Wenham: cello

Producer: Redshift Music Society

Videography: Chris Randall

Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Text: excerpted from The Yosemite, John Muir
Instrumentation: eight singers (SATBx2), electric guitar, percussion, keyboard, violin, cello

Notes: part of the Dystopia Lost cycle

9.27.2018 | MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY | ARKORA | VANCOUVER, BC

Kathleen Allan: conductor; Jane Long, Arianne Abela: soprano; Hilary Ison, Erik Kallo: alto; Noah Horn, Ian Bannerman: tenor; Dashon Burton, David McCune: bass; Brendon Randall-Myers: electric guitar; Kim Bartczak: piano; Dan Morphy: microtonal marimba; Benton Roark: singing bowls; Jae-won Bang: violin; Rebecca Wenham: cello

Producer: Redshift Music Society

Videography: Chris Randall

Duration: ca. 5 minutes
Text: William Croswell
Instrumentation: treble voice(s), organ; treble voice(s), chamber orchestra (strings, brass, piano, and percussion)

Notes: commissioned by Saint Michael’s Choir School

12.6-7.14 | MASSEY HALL | SAINT MICHAEL’S CHOIR SCHOOL | TORONTO, ON

Kathleen Allan: conductor; Saint Michael’s Choir School Junior Choir; True North Brass; Schola Cantorum Strings

Duration: ca. 6 minutes
Text: Roark
Instrumentation: two sopranos, two altos, two tenors, baritone, bass, flute, modified electric guitar, 31 tone organ, percussion, and string quintet

Notes: aria from Alley’s Grocery, or Scenes from a Fairy Tale Apocalypse

5.8.2011 | RYERSON UNITED CHURCH | VOX NU | VANCOUVER, BC

Charissa Bagan: conductor; Kathleen Allan: soprano; Lucy Smith; soprano; Hillary Young: soprano; Blake Abbey: tenor; Jake Gramit: baritone; Adam Tryczynski: fretless electric guitar; Jen Lewin: 31 tone organ; Brian Nesselroad: percussion; Mark McGregor: flute; Llowyn Ball: violin; Molly MacKinnon: violin; John Kastelic: viola; Bo Peng: cello; Adam Jones: double bass

Duration: ca. 33 minutes
Text: Roark (sung)*
Instrumentation: soprano, flute, viola, electric guitar, double bass, percussion, narrator, and recorded sounds

Notes: a song cycle in five movements exploring depersonalization; Nominated as Composition of the Year by the 2016 Western Canadian Music Awards; commissioned by Redshift Music Society

Spoken text:
Frédéric Amiel, Journal Intime
Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Meister Eckhart, Sermons
Léon Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys, Les rêves et les moyens de les diriger
Aldous Huxley, "Man and Reality"*
Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
Suzanne Segal, Collision with the Infinite

Released on the album of the same name, Redshift Records (TK444), March 2015.

Videographer, film-maker, album art: Jeanne Stern

Press: “an experience of deep and darkling beauty” (The Austin Chronicle), “simply beautiful” (newmusicbuff.com), “a deep unity of music and text” (Vital Weekly), “perfection…a mysterious landscape” The WholeNote

5.27-28.2016 | SALVAGE VANGUARD | CHURCH OF THE FRIENDLY GHOST | ARKORA | AUSTIN, TX

Kathleen Allan: soprano; Seetha Shivaswama: flute; Sean Harvey: percussion; Alan Retamozo: electric guitar'; Andrew Noble: viola; Jane Cowan: double bass; Julie Slim-Nassif: narration; and Benton Roark: diffusion

3.24.2015 | ROULETTE | EAR HEART MUSIC | ARKORA | BROOKLYN, NY

Kathleen Allan: soprano: Amelia Lukas: flute; Doug Perry: percussion; Brendon Randall-Myers: electric guitar; Angela Pickett: viola; Sam Suggs: double bass; Angela Dee: narration; Benton Roark: diffusion

3.22.2015 | DWIGHT CHAPEL | ARKORA | NEW HAVEN, CT

Kathleen Allan: soprano: Amelia Lukas: flute; Doug Perry: percussion; Brendon Randall-Myers: electric guitar; Angela Pickett: viola; Sam Suggs: double bass; Angela Dee: narration; Benton Roark: diffusion

7.4.2014 | LSPU HALL | SOUND SYMPOSIUM | ARKORA | ST. JOHN’S, NL

Kathleen Allan: soprano; Gillian Sheppard: flute; David Schotzko: percussion; Steve Cowan: electric guitar; Kate Read: viola; Frank Fusari: double bass; Mary Barry: narration; Benton Roark: diffusion

5.10.12 | THE CULTCH | REDSHIFT MUSIC | MARS ENSEMBLE | VANCOUVER, BC

Kathleen Allan: soprano; Mark McGregor: flute; Martin Fisk: percussion; Adrian Verdejo: electric guitar; Marcus Takizawa: viola; Mark Haney: double bass; Adrienne Wong: narration; Benton Roark: diffusion

Duration: ca. 9 minutes
Text: Canadian government reports/statistics on Francophone and Indigenous students; Euclidean texts; psychological research
Instrumentation: soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, alto saxophone, guitar, and two percussionists

Notes: commissioned by the Erasmus Foundation IP Programme. Congruency explores how smaller shapes (i.e. individuals) may or may not reflect or fit into larger ones (i.e. society) and includes sung texts and measured and free recitation drawn from a collage of sources.

6.2010 | TEATRO TOSELLI | ERASMUS PROGRAM | CUNEO, IT 

CHAMBER

Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Instrumentation: Lumiphone (31-EDO glass marimba)

Notes: 3 miniatures for 31-tone glass marimba, two or four hands; Benton Roark, instrument designer and builder

4.11.16 | ARTS UMBRELLA | REDSHIFT MUSIC SOCIETY | VANCOUVER, BC

Martin Fisk & Brian Nesselroad: lumiphone 4-hands

Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Instrumentation: classical guitar trio

Notes: commissioned by the Victoria Guitar Trio; released on the album Concentric Rings by the Victoria Guitar Trio (Redshift Records, TK 450)

Adrian Verdejo, Bradford Werner, Michael Dias: guitars

3.22.15 |OAK BAY MUSIC SOCIETY | VICTORIA GUITAR TRIO | VICTORIA, BC

6.30.14 | WOOD HALL | VICTORIA GUITAR TRIO | VICTORIA, BC

6.23.14 | CAMBRIAN HALL | VICTORIA GUITAR TRIO | VANCOUVER, BC

Duration: ca. 10 minutes
Instrumentation: solo flute (c, alto)

Notes: commissioned by Mark Takeshi McGregor; release on the album Sins and Fantasies, solo flute music performed by Mark Takeshi McGregor (Redshift Records TK 430)

10.15.16 | WESTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH | WESTERN CANADIAN MUSIC AWARDS SHOWCASE | REGINA, SK

Flute: Paolo Bortolussi

6.16.11 | THE CULTCH | VANCOUVER, BC

Mark Takeshi McGregor: flute

Duration: ca. 4 minutes
Instrumentation: ten flutes (C, alto, piccolo)

5.2009 | CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL | TEMPEST FLUTES | VANCOUVER, BC

3.2008 | SINCLAIR CENTRE | TEMPEST FLUTES | VANCOUVER, BC

Duration: ca. 8 minutes
Instrumentation: string quartet

Notes: A Set of Various Future Times (“‘but not all’”) as Foretold by Ts’ui Pen’s Garden of Forking Paths (inspired by the short story The Garden of Forking Paths by Borges), was written for the Quatuor Bozzini.

4.2007 | EDIFICE BELGO | QUATUOR BOZZINI | MONTREAL, QC

7.2007 | SALLE DES COLONNES | FONTAINEBLEAU SESSIONS | FONTAINEBLEAU, FR

Ashley Pensinger: violin; Alicia Ciccione: violin; Alex Baldock: violin; and Rachel Gawell: cello

Duration: ca. 9 minutes
Instrumentation: three pianos

3.2006 | BARNETT RECITAL HALL | VANCOUVER, BC

Jesse Popov, Aleks Szram, and Brad Stark: pianos

ORCHESTRAL

Duration: 6 minutes
Instrumentation: large orchestra (2222/4231/timp/perc/piano/harp/strings)

Notes: a steampunk overture inspired by Symphonie Fantastique; commissioned by the Vancouver Academy Symphony of Music Symphony Orchestra

2.19/2017 | ORPHEUM | VANCOUVER ACADEMY OF MUSIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | VANCOUVER, BC

Duration: 10 minutes
Instrumentation: large orchestra (2222/4231/timp/2 perc/harp/strings)

3.2009 | VICTORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | WORKSHOP | VICTORIA, BC

Duration: 14 minutes
Instrumentation: string orchestra, harp, and solo violin (chamber version available)

Notes: based on the poem The Diver’s Clothes Lying Empty by Rumi, in nine chapters

3.2008 | BARNETT RECITAL HALL | UBC STRINGS | VANCOUVER, BC

11.2007 | ROLSTON RECITAL HALL | BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS | BANFF, AB

Duration: 7 minutes
Instrumentation: large orchestra (2222/4231/timp/2 perc/harp/pno-celesta/strings)

3.2007 | ORPHEUM | VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | VANCOUVER, BC

11.2006 | ALIX GOOLDEN HALL | VICTORIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | VICTORIA, BC