This year I had the honour of being part of New Music Concerts Toronto’s MAKEWAY composer program, where I worked on developing my piece Feeling along... for 5 Instruments and Electronics.

‘Feeling along...’ is a piece where musicians perform barefoot and feel their way across a multi-textured performance surface created by stitching together carpet off-cuts, linoleum tiles, stone tiles, and other common flooring surfaces. The semi-improvisational score, comprised of cards and a set of game rules, guides performers across the performance surface.

Performers translate the textural responses they feel to sound through a pre-determined set of instructions given on the cards. To enhance the visual experience for the audience, projections utilizing an digitally distorted live webcam feed should be shone onto the carpet surface from a raised platform.

Stay tuned for a recording of Feeling along… soon!

I’m pleased to announce the creation of a brand new electroacoustic series based in Toronto, entitled Digital: North!

The idea behind this concert series is to support new Canadian electroacoustic music from across the country, by featuring both emerging Canadian composers as well as bringing new attention to historic and significant Canadian electroacoustic works.

Our first concert is happening on May 17th at 7:00 p.m. at St. George Church on the Grange (30 Stephanie St.) in Toronto.

Grab your tickets here!

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I’m pleased to announce the completion of a choral project with the Elmer Isler Singers and KöNG Duo. The Going (SATB) is based on a poem of the same name by poet Wilfrid William Gibson, who wrote the poem about his friend going off to war at the start of World War 1.

He's gone.
I do not understand.
I only know
That as he turned to go
And waved his hand,
In his young eyes a sudden glory shone,
And I was dazzled with a sunset glow,
And he was gone.

Find Out More about the project!

I’m excited to announce that my 2021 video music work, entitled iSAD has been selected to be part of the 2024 edition of the MUSLAB International Electroacoustic Music Exhibition.

MUSLAB - AFTER is an exhibition that brings together a careful selection of sound art, video art and photographic works, all focused on the exploration of cultural identities and the analysis of the relationship between local social processes and globalization. This project offers a look into the future of the planetary scenario, where art becomes an oracle capable of predicting the challenges and opportunities of the 22nd century and beyond, reflecting on such urgent issues as the state of society, ecology and other aspects of the planet.

Check out iSAD below.

The LithoPhone Project began out of a desire of mine to extend my practice to the art of instrument building and sound installations, attempting to create unique sonic textures through unusual and novel uses of existing technologies paired with creative instrument designs. The LithoPhone is a custom-built sound box, which combines an electrical motor, stylus, and amplification chamber to produce and enhance the natural resonances and harmonics found in stones. The box is amplified through use of a contact microphone, with the captured audio being processed through an Ableton Live patch.

Check out the first movement below!

As a millennial, I was among the first generation to grow up fully online and in the digital age. As I entered my teens and early adult years, it continued to grow as a source of news, entertainment, knowledge, and a place community — its impact growing on my life and others over time. While this brought with it countless benefits, exposing my generation to new ideas and creating relationships with people around the world, it has, especially in recent years, become more and more of a detriment to my own and others’ mental health, and impacting our outlook on the future of our species.

Gen(Self) is a self-portrait. Following in the tradition of many visual artists, this self-portrait examines my personal experiences and reactions to these changes in society brought about by rapid technological change. After being online for two and half decades, I’ve seen the changes occurring in real time, and it has begun to take its toll on me.

Check out Gen(Self) below!